“And, Im sorry, its not because of carpetbaggers. Rick Perry, anyone? What? Hes from the upper west side of Manhattan?!”
Nope. He turned scalawag, for whatever reason, which I see as an increasing trend in the South. I fear that the Texas I grew up in is getting displaced by death and outsiders. It was just getting into high gear in the 1980s, and has only gotten worse.
The state just isn’t what she used to be, sort of like the nation. I am doing some grinding, difficult physical labor at an age when I should have been contemplating retirement. I find that I can work circles around people young enough to be my grandchildren. Looking at America now is like looking at a soft fruit deliquesce. On the other hand, Trump is winning because he harks back to what we were just a few decades ago.
Yes, Rush has always predicted that Texas might go blue. But, on the other hand, Perry is NOT a carpetbagger. You guys have to deal with the fact that some of your own are backstabbers.
Here in NYC, conservatives - who are on the forefront of years of abuse and stalwart consistency on the subjects of abortion, the Consitution, et al - are trying to change the culture without any belief that it can be done. Can you say the same of Texans?
No state is what it once was and hell yes, Trump IS an old fashioned patriot, Conservative, and a man who harkens back to the way men used to be, instead of the damned silly, soft, Pajama boys in footies, metrosexuals that the Millennials are today.