Posted on 06/19/2004 8:32:21 AM PDT by Theodore R.
Texas Demos set sites on the White House
BY APRIL CASTRO Associated Press Writer
HOUSTON - Texas Democrats rallied in support of presidential candidate John Kerry on Friday, buoyed by a call to action by Henry Cisneros, former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Cisneros criticized President Bush during an address to the Hispanic Caucus of the Texas Democratic Party, saying he ended the "longest economic expansion" in modern history. Cisneros, a former San Antonio mayor, vowed Kerry would usher the country into better economic times and bring more Hispanics into the middle-class.
"The greatest tragedy to me is to watch the progress stop," Cisneros said.
Cisneros stuck with a familiar theme during the convention, which began Thursday and wraps up Saturday: Ousting Bush.
"We're here to talk about how we're going to welcome George Bush back to Texas as a private citizen," he told the cheering crowd.
Bush campaign officials didn't immediately return calls seeking comment Friday afternoon.
Former presidential candidate John Edwards, a North Carolina senator and a possible choice for Kerry's running mate, was scheduled to address the convention Friday evening.
Cisneros invoked the names of Democrats John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Bill Clinton, to hearty cheers. At each mention of Kerry, the audience cheered excitedly, holding up signs emblazoned "Unidos con Kerry," or "United With Kerry."
Cisneros, who was a member of Clinton's cabinet, now serves as co-chair of the John Kerry for President Campaign.
He urged delegates to hit the road in support of Kerry, focusing on states where the Hispanic population has grown since Bush was elected in 2000. He said Arizona and Nevada could be won this time, but he cast no illusions that the majority of Texans would vote Democrat.
"The truth is, Texas is today a Republican state," Cisneros said.
Republicans hold all statewide elected offices and are expected to take a majority in the 32-member congressional delegation in November. The GOP hopes to gain several seats in the delegation, currently split evenly, under the state's new congressional district map drawn by Republicans.
Party Chairman Charles Soechting said re-energizing the Democratic party in Texas would be a "rebuilding process."
"They made (Bush) look like he was smarter, stronger, more intelligent than he was and it's just taking a while for voters to realize that he's none of the above," Soechting said.
Meanwhile Friday, convention-goers spread out at the George R. Brown Convention center, attending meetings of various caucus meetings and delegations.
06/19/04
Let's see here:
Henry Cisneros:
Extramarital fling, dumping his wife and family, his moving in with his mistress, their breakup, the humiliating return to his long-suffering wife, the pay-off to the mistress, lying to the FBI, resigning his position in the Clinton administration.
And we should listen to this man why?
The understatement of the decade.
I read in the Dallas paper where Tony Sanchez is considering running for governor again.
I guess he wants to be told "no", again, only louder this time.
Tony Sanchez must have another $80 million that he wants to blow off again.
The last time Texas Democrats won the White House, it was because their policies were much closer to those of Republicans today.
Sites????
SIGHTS!!!!!!
And we should read this person why?
What was the matter with Oklahoma?
Stupid April. Another product of American skools.
Correct. And the best example against a 'liberal' education.
Don't underestimate Texas Democrats! When the going gets tough, they hunker down and runaway to Oklahoma or New Mexico. ARKANSAW YOUR NEXT!!!!!
They can bring themselves to the middle-class, and even the upper class (many have done it). The looser set of mind is that people cannot do anything without big brother 'bringing them' into it.
So9
And we should listen to this man why?
For some reason, however, Henry Cisneros still represents in the mind of many TX Democrats the great unfulfilled hope of the future! People can't get enough of Cisneros.
Did you recall that Walter F. Mondale considered offering Cisneros the vice presidency before "Tip" O'Neill persuaded him to go with Geraldine Ferraro Zaccaro? In that Ferraro could not carry Queens for Mondale, I don't think the popular Cisneros could have tipped TX either!!
White House? You guys can't even take the Governor's mansion! And we don't even think Perry is all that great - you still can't beat him.
Sure sign when the Democrats *know* they'll lose an election - they turn to "first" candidates such as the first woman, the first Hispanic, the first black, the first homosexual, the first transvestite, etc. The news media loves this angle. Fortunately, most of us see through it and aren't persuaded. If Kerry is a sure loser, look for a "first" vice presidential nominee, such as Ferraro or Lieberman.
SIGHTS!!!!!!
Must notta ben usin that thar spel cheker thang.
One thing going for the TX "democracy" is that outgoing Rep. Chris Bell of Houston has filed ethics charges against Majority Leader Tom DeLay, also of the Houston metro area. Bell hopes to force DeLay out office, much as Newt Gingrich helped to topple another popular Texas Democrat, James C. "Jim" Wright, in 1989. Bell considers DeLay exceptionally "corrupt," but Republicans say that Bell is still smarting over his primary defeat on March 9. He lost his bid in a reconstituted district drafted in part by DeLay.
"He lost his bid in a reconstituted district drafted in part by DeLay."
Bell lost his bid to a demonrat in the demonratic primary; held and voted in by demonrats!! I think his "sites" are a little off!!
"...unfulfilled hope..."
Speaking of which....is Dan Morales out of prison yet? *wink*
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