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Hillary seeks to 'decapitate' Trump campaign in historic bid to take Texas for the Democrats
The London Telegraph ^ | October 19, 2016 | Nick Allen in Washington

Posted on 10/21/2016 5:24:17 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, has launched a historic bid to win the deeply Republican state of Texas in a bid to destroy Donald Trump's chances of becoming president.

Mrs Clinton committed $1.5 million to begin running television advertisements in the Lone Star state, which is usually ignored by Democratic presidential nominees who have not won it for 40 years.

Texas has 38 votes in the presidential electoral college, the second biggest number of any state after California. A candidate needs 270 to win.

Targeting Texas amounted to a political "decapitation strategy" by taking the biggest Republican state....

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Texas; Campaign News; Polls
KEYWORDS: democrats; hillary; redstates; texas; trump; tx2016; wishfulthinking
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To: BigEdLB

Maybe a little less than that, since 2012 we’ve gotten thousands more illegals and Texas is top destination for Muslim refugees. Plus all the liberals moving in from other states.


61 posted on 10/21/2016 6:38:45 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: arthurus

*** I believe there is a pretty serious vote fraud effort in Texas also aided mightily by the inevitable Federal Judge. ***

There is voter fraud in TX every election. It is sometimes discovered, and made public.

Then nothing is done, and voters are told “the effect of the fraud was minimal, not changing overall results.”

I wonder if the investigation of vote fraud in Tarrant County will end with the usual response.


62 posted on 10/21/2016 6:39:12 AM PDT by sockmonkey (Donald Trump will ban auto-correct with an Executive Order. Go Trump!)
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To: jsanders2001

And San Antonio.


63 posted on 10/21/2016 6:40:39 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Army Air Corps

Democrats are like Jihadists in the matter of voting fraud. They seem unfazed by the prospect of going to jail.


64 posted on 10/21/2016 6:48:39 AM PDT by arthurus (Hillary's campaign is getting shaky)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Let her campaign waste its time and money on this. There is no way in Hell that Texas will vote for the Wicked Witch.

My Jewish, Hispanic wife and I will be early voting sometime next week, just to make sure. With my wife, the Witch is a 3-time loser - she should be getting her vote because of religion, ethnicity and vagina, but my wife is smarter than that. Ironically, many of her Hispanic, female friends hate Trump, but they can’t vote because they’re not citizens (and they are very law-abiding and haven’t even thought about registering to vote).


65 posted on 10/21/2016 6:53:16 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: wright2bear

I get a 404 error at this link...

CA....


66 posted on 10/21/2016 6:54:09 AM PDT by Chances Are (Seems I've found that silly grin again....)
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To: Helicondelta

“I’m sure the London Telegraph knows all about Texas.”


Well, if its writers are anything like the Brits that I’ve met, they don’t know schit from Shinola about us. I’ve invited a couple to go shooting at a local range over the years, and all but one got a look on their faces like I had asked them to eat their best friend’s liver. The other one was ex-British military and was very excited to go. Their attitudes are SO alien to most of Texas as to make this story suspect from the start.


67 posted on 10/21/2016 6:57:21 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They are that stupid.

I am offended that there is a Hitlery sign in my neighborhood. Hitlery signs do NOT good neighbors make.


68 posted on 10/21/2016 6:57:22 AM PDT by Wneighbor (Deplorable, livin in a swamp of crazy and lovin it)
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To: dp0622

Last gubernatorial election there was some Dimwitocrat woman who thought she was turning Texas too. She went down hard.

The only thing turning Texas toward purple is immigrants. Not just illegal. Yup, we brought people here cuz we got jobs. Just wish they didn’t bring their blue state yammering with em.


69 posted on 10/21/2016 7:01:43 AM PDT by Wneighbor (Deplorable, livin in a swamp of crazy and lovin it)
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To: donozark
If/when Texas goes for Hillary, all is lost. We may as well take to ground. Or start filling sandbags and hunkering down!

and killin neighbors with hitlery signs.

70 posted on 10/21/2016 7:04:17 AM PDT by Wneighbor (Deplorable, livin in a swamp of crazy and lovin it)
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To: Psalm 144

First World: U.S. Canada, Western Europe, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Israel.

Second World: Communist countries.

Third World (or, as I prefer to call it, the Turd World): Poor countries with the potential to become reasonably prosperous if their population gets educated and can work under a sensible set of laws. IMHO, it isn’t very likely that any of these nations will progress to true prosperity.

Fourth World: Poorest of the poor, no hope to fix it.

We’re still First World, but rapidly descending through the ranks.


71 posted on 10/21/2016 7:04:43 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: arthurus

That is a true statement.

And we will still overcome.


72 posted on 10/21/2016 7:05:25 AM PDT by Wneighbor (Deplorable, livin in a swamp of crazy and lovin it)
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To: oblomov

Please post about which country you ultimately choose if Hillary takes Texas.

Do keep in mind I am not a fan of tropical climates.


73 posted on 10/21/2016 7:05:48 AM PDT by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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To: Wneighbor

“I am offended that there is a Hitlery sign in my neighborhood.”


Well, come a SHTF event, you will know who NOT to help out or trust.


74 posted on 10/21/2016 7:08:38 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: Wneighbor

I remember that idiot :) Abortion advocates bussed in and everything. She still got clobbered.

Though the people I know from up here who moved to Texas are die hard conservatives.

NC is a different story.

But libs KNOW what Texas is and are hesitant to move there. Good.


75 posted on 10/21/2016 7:08:43 AM PDT by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: dp0622

“Though the people I know from up here who moved to Texas are die hard conservatives.”


I moved from the Peoples Republik of Neu Joisey to Texas about 16 years ago - now I am actually represented (well, not in my shitty, San Antonio, but in Congress and the State House).


76 posted on 10/21/2016 7:10:46 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: Chances Are

I’ll try to correct the clickable link. In the mean time, I just copied and pasted the link and it worked.

http://www.geocurrents.info/geopolitics/elections/changes-in-u-s-electoral-geography-from-2000-to-2012-a-renewed-northsouth-divide


77 posted on 10/21/2016 7:11:22 AM PDT by wright2bear (#NeverTrump is a mental disorder!)
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To: Army Air Corps
Recently, another Democrat vote fraud ring has been uncovered in Dallas.

and Ft. Worth. They've been all over that one to.

78 posted on 10/21/2016 7:15:44 AM PDT by Wneighbor (Deplorable, livin in a swamp of crazy and lovin it)
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To: Leep

I can’t believe the senile stupidity of the senior vote.

the “greatest generation” has failed themselves, their children and their grandchildren. The saddest part is they do not give a rats behind. The old ladies spew dnc talking points like zombies and the old men blabber about fdr.


79 posted on 10/21/2016 7:16:45 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Pollard
Maybe they want to secede so bad that they’re going to vote for her to make sure they have a reason..../s

That, my FRiend, is a plan :)

80 posted on 10/21/2016 7:18:22 AM PDT by Wneighbor (Deplorable, livin in a swamp of crazy and lovin it)
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