Reply #165: Hood ornament =TX governor

[rainbow4321]

That's all he is.

I know you know all this, tammywammy, but for those who don't:

When chimp FIRST became TX gov in 1994, he HAD to play nice..his Lt Gov was Dem Bob Bullock, a DEMOCRAT, and then he had the lawmakers to deal with. Out of all of them, chimp's political power was the WEAKEST.
Which is why in the months leading up to Nov 2000, there were a LOT of Texans screaming "WTF? It's not like he RUNS the state or anything, the TX gov job is the weakest in the nation!"

IN 1998, when he ran again, the LT Gov race was a bloodbath..why??? Because if a Dem had won the office, it would have made a Dem Lt Gov, meaning if chimp ran for the WH and won, it would leave TX in the hands of a Dem gov, and that was not on the repuke agenda. Perry, the repuke Lt Gov runner won by less then 70,000 votes, I believe. So it was those 70,000 votes that started chimp's fucking path to the WH and our 8 years of death and destruction. The bullshit line of "if you re-elect me, I will fulfill my four years as gov..really I will" was BULLSHIT on chimp's part. He knew what he was going to do all along.

You can see the pattern of TX elections here:

http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=48&f=0&off=99

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Disclaimer:
I was not into watching politics back then as much as I am now, there are probably many more TX Dems here who can fill in whatever details that I have left out. But I remember the Lt Gov bloodbath race...I avoided TV and radio the whole time because of it all!