Call bank #3 is in da books. We had six people doing yeoman's work. Also I got rid of my two extra t-shirts and my yard sign that MB12 and I double-ordered.
You know, not that we need any more examples of their rank and stunning hypocrisy, but I wonder what the Republicans beshitting themselves over Beto's arrest record have to say about Paxton's. Because nothing says "Honest Conservative" quite like supporting a State Attorney General indicted for fucking securities fraud, apparently.
We have 11 people signed up for our Beto phonebank tomorrow night. I say gottdam. Don't know where we're going to put them all.
You know, as far as conservative vs. liberal is concerned - I have a slightly different take on it than most of y'all because I have a vagina. And the way I see it, one of the parties wants to get all up in my wallet and the other one wants to get all up in my vagina. So it comes down to, which do I value most? Wait for it....wait for it.....VAGINA. So as much as wasteful spending irritates the fuck out of me, I'd rather throw a bit more coin at the feds and be able to do what I want with my vagina.
Beto Phone Bank #2 of 7 at la casa last night. Lots of positivity and energy and excitement. No references to Whataburger. Looking forward to #s 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.
Oh yeah and noticed the first "Cruz" sign in the 'hood, at the big house on the hill on the corner of Valburn and Ladera Norte. For the last couple of month's he's had a John Galt sign up - changed it to Ted in the last few days. Fuck that guy.
I'll get an invite out to you tomorrow. Bring the fam. The more the merrier. And, for some reason, the more people using the Beto Dialer (yes, it's really called that), the more efficiently it works. I have to say as sick as I am about this whole shitstain of a country we're becoming, it does feel good to actually become involved and try to do something about it. I was a political virgin until this campaign. Now I'm a dirty Beto whore. So to speak.
I got people at my house making calls for Beto tonight. You might have talked to me or Macallan12, yo. Srsly please bear with us if you get multiple calls. We're working off a list of publicly available voters and obviously there are some duplicates, etc. Part of what we're doing now is trying to scrub the lists and get everything consolidated. If you get multiple calls please let the callers know and we'll try to fix it.
Yeah there are a lot of youngsters working for Beto. If we can survive this current shit we just might be in good hands.
On Edit - we're doing a lot more of these phone banks so if you're in Austin (NW) and interested, holla and we'll fix you up. It's a really interesting experience.
Couldn't get to my yoga studio because the street was blocked off. Fuck you shooter/shootee. In the meantime the Houston doc shooter offed himself pretty much across the street from my parents' house, police/media is set up in my parents' front yard so I've gotten a play-by-play of all that from my mom. Hell of a morning.
Yeah, Teodoro's dark money is gonna show up any day now and the b.s. smear campaign will start. Just to reiterate, Beto is not taking any corporate or PAC money so he needs funding from us rubes. DO it.
My brother is a cardiothoracic surgeon. When he was doing his fellowship at Cornel a woman died under his care. Her husband made all sorts of threats, and my brother was put under 24/7 protection by NYPD for several months until the guy got deported back to whatever South American country he was from - can't remember the details now. It really was scary. Brother did work at Baylor for several years and knew Hausknecht. Said he was a good person and a good doctor. Fuck that guy who killed him.
Except the constituents these states are protecting are not the 1%, they are the rank & file who are disproportionately affected having lost their state tax deductions due to the tax law shenanigans. But other than that you're spot on.
So hi. Some of y'all may remember me as Macallan12's Better Half from Shaggy and the Other-Site-That-Shall-Not-Be-Named. I'm really sickened by all this shit and I"m volunteering for the Beto campaign. My husband (Yes, that would be Macallan 12) and I are hosting Phone Banking for Beto most Tuesday and Thursday evenings at our home in August. If any of y'all want to participate, please message me and I'll give you the information. We live near 360/2222 in Austin, and I know some of y'all <cough Brisket, JimmyJazz/cough> are practically neighbors so please join us if you can. We will feed you and, um, "drink" you. So yeah. DO it.