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You have got to be kidding!!! - 2/18/2013 9:34:30 PM

jlf1961

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National Republicans see Texas as model for nation, but GOP here still making changes
When a political party loses badly in a national election, its leaders have to draw inspiration from somewhere.

Since Barack Obama creamed Republicans last year, GOP leaders have been looking to Texas for the path to success.

You hear it on conservative radio and television news shows, as well as from various Republicans who visit the state to speak: Texas is not only the economic model for the country, but its conservative leaders are role models.

“Texas is leading the country right now,” said Rick Santorum before speaking to hundreds of people gathered for the Tarrant County Republican Party Lincoln Day dinner.

Texas currently rank 47th in the nation in literacy, 49th in verbal SAT scores and 46th in math scores.

Texas ranks 16th in unemployment.

Texas has a 27 million dollar budget deficit...

And Texas is leading the country? IN WHAT?

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RE: You have got to be kidding!!! - 2/19/2013 12:01:34 AM

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National Republicans see Texas as model for nation, but GOP here still making changes
When a political party loses badly in a national election, its leaders have to draw inspiration from somewhere.

Since Barack Obama creamed Republicans last year, GOP leaders have been looking to Texas for the path to success.

You hear it on conservative radio and television news shows, as well as from various Republicans who visit the state to speak: Texas is not only the economic model for the country, but its conservative leaders are role models.

“Texas is leading the country right now,” said Rick Santorum before speaking to hundreds of people gathered for the Tarrant County Republican Party Lincoln Day dinner.

Texas currently rank 47th in the nation in literacy, 49th in verbal SAT scores and 46th in math scores.

Texas ranks 16th in unemployment.

Texas has a 27 million dollar budget deficit...

And Texas is leading the country? IN WHAT?

They are leading the country in trying to eliminate the term "slavery" from textbooks containing the history of the Civil War, and omitting President Obama's name as the 44th president. Do you wonder why they have test scores so low?

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RE: You have got to be kidding!!! - 2/19/2013 12:14:16 AM

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And your governor want California business to move there. We also got an offer to move Comic-Con there as well, we turned Texas down.

http://www.kcra.com/news/politics/Texas-governor-in-California-to-lure-businesses/-/11797268/18497388/-/mde0y/-/index.html

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RE: You have got to be kidding!!! - 2/19/2013 12:32:55 AM

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The numbers aren't big enough to make a significant dent, but I know a number of people who moved to Texas because of its apparently-booming economy in the past 5 years... who are now looking for the best opportunity to get back to civilization.

(You probably know civilization ... that's where misogyny doesn't reign supreme, where Congressfolk support the Violence Against Women Act, where 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' means that life comes before the NRA's liberty, where people like Alex Jones don't live in paranoia that the federal government is out to get them for obeying the law, and where people admire Elizabeth Warren for not letting the 'too big' banks completely off the hook.)

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RE: You have got to be kidding!!! - 2/19/2013 3:36:09 AM

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ORIGINAL: jlf1961

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National Republicans see Texas as model for nation, but GOP here still making changes
When a political party loses badly in a national election, its leaders have to draw inspiration from somewhere.
Since Barack Obama creamed Republicans last year, GOP leaders have been looking to Texas for the path to success.
You hear it on conservative radio and television news shows, as well as from various Republicans who visit the state to speak: Texas is not only the economic model for the country, but its conservative leaders are role models.
“Texas is leading the country right now,” said Rick Santorum before speaking to hundreds of people gathered for the Tarrant County Republican Party Lincoln Day dinner.

Texas currently rank 47th in the nation in literacy, 49th in verbal SAT scores and 46th in math scores.
Texas ranks 16th in unemployment.
Texas has a 27 million dollar budget deficit...
And Texas is leading the country? IN WHAT?

Just a quick point... Texas has a $27 Billion deficit, not million. I figured that $27M wasn't all that bad and that most states wouldn't have an issue trading for it (Ohio's 2 year (2012-13) budget deficit is $8B), but, it turns out, that Texas's deficit is in the Billions.

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