I was living in Texas at the time. Didn’t see that either.

And actually, it was Richards who gave Texas the sodomy law. Libs love to claim she was forced into it, but the liberals ran the legislature at the time. Therefore, the famous court case was, when you’re honest and boil it down,

Lawrence v. Richards.

Sorry, Houndie, but I live here in Houston and I have to say that I never saw any of these ads. Plus, to my knowledge Ann Richards never addressed the sodomy issue while in her term of office. If you have some links to back it up, I’d love to see them.

Regards,
Peter H.

I had a lot of problem with Clinton signing DOMA. And I’m well aware that he used it as an election strategy.

But are you saying Dole wouldn’t have signed it?

But yes Clinton did and shame on him. And it’s one of many reasons why I am hoping HRC does not get the nomination.

BTW, Bush ran ads against Richards in 1994 because she had tried to get rid of the state’s sodomy laws. Did you still vote for him for governor and later for president?

HT

Is this actually news to anyone? Bloomberg was a Democrat. Giuliani asked him to run for mayor knowing he could never get the Democratic nomination so he switched parties and ran as a Republican. I guess now that he’s an independent all the GOPers will be claiming he’s been a lousy mayor.

I like Mike. I don’t love him. He’s a politician now after all. I can’t imagine he could be president. He’s pretty much devoid of charisma. But he has been a decent mayor. The city still runs pretty well and without the constant infighting the Giuliani used to thrive on.

I’m terribly pleased that the only Republican I have voted for since 1990 is no an independent.

As for third party candidates, I think it’s pretty convenient in any race to count the votes for someone else. I don’t know anyone who voted for Perot who would have bothered voting at all if he hadn’t been in the race. I suspect that’s true of most of the people who voted for Nader as well.

Oh, and let’s go into the Rose Garden and do a press conference supporting the FMA. For votes.

But of course, you had no problem with Clinton buying commercial time on Christian radio stations to tout the fact that he signed DOMA as reflecting “American values”.

Furthermore, sean, given that HRC’s Democrat leadership endorses and supports FMA supporters, I fail to see what exactly your problem is.

Oh, and let’s go into the Rose Garden and do a press conference supporting the FMA. For votes. Bush is not an opportunist plain and simple at all! Always laughs on here…

Well, Brent scooped me as I was trying to think of a similar analogy to debunk the MSM’s meme today that Bloomberg is breaking with the GOP.

Kind of like Jim McGreevey divorcing his wife, in fact.

Regards,
Peter H.

Is Bloomberg an opportunist? Yes, probably. But were I thinking of running a liberal city, I might cross party lines and massage my message a bit, giving the opportunity for some leftists to claim “See, we have common sense too!” For many, voting is emotional, even psychosomatic — marking the little oval for the candidate is not a thoughtful decision, but a nervous tic.

Does liberalism really exist in any substantive way? Most of the folks I know who call themselves liberals are married and very stable, they pay their taxes, some are having beautiful babies, they are responsible, productive, believe there is no free ride, get good grades, etc. The personal lives of most are indistinguishable from those of conservatives; they live as conservatives, but preach liberalism. I’ve always thought of modern liberalism as merely the mitigation of consequences for bad decisions, but it seems that for the vast majority, liberalism is theory — a set of ideas to be worshipped, but not practiced. If not practiced, what’s the point?

(All our definitions of these terms differ in varying degrees; I’m using the broad, generally-accepted ones here.)

It’s not “just” political expediency, it’s the way the game is rigged by political demographics and the entrenched party bureaucracies on both sides. And considering the political dwarves currently presented on the GOP podium, we NEED more such renegades just to avoid being swamped-under by the radial-socialist and liberal-wings of the current Democratic Party.

A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention, updated throughout the day…so check back often….

Maybe we should start calling him “H. Ross Bloomberg?”

Regards,
Peter H.

The question is if he makes a run at the White House which party will he hurt more? In 1996, in 4 states, if Perot were not a candidate those votes would´ve gone to Dole and he would´ve been president. In 1980, John Anderson, probably took more votes from the Democrats than from the Republicans. 1912 Teddy Roosevelt´s third party run defeated President Taft and gave Woodrow Wilson the victory. Bloomberg is no Teddy Roosevelt but he could be another Ross Perot.

He has governed NYC rather as Hillary Clinton might have.