3 officeholders switch to GOP in Wise County (Texas)

Star-Telegram ^ | March 25, 2005 | Don Chance

[SwinneySwitch]

"The jog compensates for the curvature of the earth."

LOL

[Trajan88]

I concur. Zell's book is a very good read - it kicks the Dims right where the sun don't shine.

Trajan88

[Michael121]

When they were making the roads the Steer just wouldn't move.

Steers win in TX. They went around.

Then they just paved the path already made.

:o)

[wku man]

I spent five years stationed at Ft. Hood, and never felt more at home anywhere until I found Idaho. I'll never leave the Gem State, but I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for Texas. I never understood why Texans loved their home so much until I spent time there.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[ExtremeUnction]

It seems that every time I hear Texas mentioned here at FR, it's in the context of something good happening there, and the Freepers that I've spoken to about Texas always have very nice things to say about the Lone Star State. It sounds like a great place with very nice and SANE people....I simply MUST visit there one day :-)

I lived in Texas for many years. I have three grand-daughters, and the middle one (age 8) was born in Plano. While now living in California, she constantly upsets her teachers by sayings, such as, "I tell all'yall, them clouds tell me it's a fixin' to rain!". Bless her sweet Texas heart.

[Balding_Eagle]

Sure, any country boy knew that by the time he was 10.

[CurlyBill]

Yeah .... and Howard Dean is convinced that the Democratic Party can take back the south. LOL!!

[gorush]

Great, just what the party needs, more Olympia Snowes, Susan Collins, Hagels, Jeffries...etc and we still can't vote for the judges who wield the real power...and Atlas Shrugged

[CyberAnt]

Geeeeee .. I think I'll move there. I'm in the tail end of a blue monster.

[LdSentinal]

Pat Carlson, chairwoman of the Tarrant County Republican Party, said the county is already 98 percent Republican. It's so heavily Republican, she said, that it's not unusual for Republicans to run against one another in key races.

98% Republican? Sounds like paradise.

[TXBubba]

It sounds like a great place with very nice and SANE people....I simply MUST visit there one day :-)

Thank you for your kind words. You are correct with one exception...Austin. We live here. The folks here are not SANE...except for the Freepers of course!

[Balding_Eagle]

"The jog compensates for the curvature of the earth."

I probably should explain a little.

If you put squares on a globe, the corners won't match with the next square 'above' it. That's because the distance around the globe becomes smaller as you reach the poles. That same situation causes problems with lining up county roads.

I grew up in southern MN, the N/S roads to the north of our house jogged about a hundred yards in order to meet up with the roads in the next county. Nearly every N/S road did so.

Texas is closer to the equator, and the jog for the same size county won't be a large, but the counties are probably larger

[Ro_Thunder]

Austin is the liberal mecca of Texas. Think Berkley, but deep in the heart of Texas.

It just doesn't make any sense, until you factor in TU being there. It's amazing to think that A&M is so staunchly conservative, yet TU is so liberal.

[MeekOneGOP]

"All three of them are not saying they've changed their philosophy," Sharpe said. "They've been conservative Democrats, and the Democratic Party has left them, is how they describe it."

That seems to be a major factor when Democrats walk across the aisle. (Reagan and my brother to name two).

[SwinneySwitch]

Me three.

Ralph Hall is my sons US Rep., and his state Rep., Jodie Laubenberg, was one of few Republicans who voted against the infamous HB3!

[MeekOneGOP]

I am just BARELY out of Hall's district.
Rockwall is just down the road from me.

[humblegunner]

I'm the only really odd FReeper here

Excuse me???

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

Excuse me???

It's Holy week, I was being nice.

[RVN Airplane Driver]

I wasn't born in Texas, but got here as quick as I could. I wouldn't move anywhere else for "Love nor Money" as the old saying goes....

[CyberAnt]

Well .. I love San Diego - it's a RED county - but it has a BLUE city govt. We've tried 3 times to elect a RED mayor - and lost. The city is like most major cities - full of minorities - gays - DEMOCRATS. So that small minority rule the rest of the RED city.

It's very frustrating.

I stay here because of my mom (whom I take care of). However, if I was by myself, I would probably move - but I would definitely not choose Florida.