What do Steve Ogden and Bill Flores have in common, aside from being candidates for office and from the oil industry?

I think they share a common denominator in that it feels like they think we, the voters, are either ignorant or just plain stupid.

I come to this after hearing their Radio commercials. One of the disadvantages of spending so much money (more…)

Below is the complete text of the press release from the Curnock campaign regarding the claims of an individual seeking back pay from Curnock’s 2008 congressional campaign.

I publish press releases in their entirety as a means of getting to you the full, unedited copy. Since I do not have space or editorial limitations other media have, I think you should have as much information as the media is provided.

My thought on this is that it’s just a final hour hit job. If this had been an issue, the timing could have been less conspicuous.

First, if you are owed money (more…)

“Reconciliation,” as the Liberals in Congress are calling it relative to the potential for using it to pass Obamacare, is what used to be called the Nuclear Option back when Republicans were threatening to use it to get President Bush’s judicial nominees through the advise and consent process.

The Liberals are threatening to use it now to pass Obamacare while a few years ago they were aghast at the thought of using it for anything other than the strict budget process usage it was designed for – by Liberal Racist Senator Byrd, incidentally.

Here’s what they said:

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER HARRY REID: (more…)

So I went to the Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce Candidates Forum tonight at the College Station Hilton. This was the last one for the Congressional seat primary, which is next Tuesday, March 2nd. The audio for the forum will be linked below as soon as WTAW has it archived.

A couple of photos for this event are on my tweetphoto site.

I left immediately afterwards. Candidates and/or staff all know me, and to stick around for a potential to visit (more…)

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Okay…so I’ve told you of my challenges of folks thinking I am still affiliated with the Delasandro campaign. I address that here.

I got a call from a Steve Archer in Washington (as he put it) on my voicemail on Saturday, concerning “Tim’s campaign.”

Well, I had just posted what my position in supporting Timothy was, and I thought maybe he was somebody from the press (more…)

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On September 16, 2009, the Brazos County Republican Club had a meeting that, from all accounts, made many leaders of the local Party sick to their stomachs…almost literally.

But first, know this: The Brazos County Republican Club is NOT the Brazos County Republican Party.

Read that again. It is VERY important. You could get the wrong idea or opinion if you don’t make that distinction.

Let me be clear (A little Obama-lingo there for those of you in the RNC and NRCC): These are two separate entities. The Club is a gathering of Republicans, the Party is the official party affiliated with the national party that holds the primaries, recruits candidates, doesn’t get invited (more…)

Thursday night, February 18, the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce, along with WTAW Radio and KBTX TV, hosted a State Representative District 14 candidate’s forum at the College Station Hilton. I discuss the Senate District 5 race here. And I discuss the actual event here.

The audio of the forum is at WTAW. To make it easy on you (WTAW seems to be set only for news readers right now), I have uploaded a copy that you can download or listen to, and provide that at the bottom of this post.I do have my own recording of the forum and the interactions afterward.

The candidates and incumbent were all in attendance. They were (more…)

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I was talking to my banker on Friday, February 18, the day after the Texas Senate District 5 Candidate’s Forum. He summed it up this way: “Ogden is an elitist.”

Steve Ogden looking bored while asking Ben Bius a question

That’s the impression I got, too. And my banker wasn’t even at the forum – though he has lived in this community for decades and has served at the highest level in the Chamber of Commerce. It’s an impression of Ogden that does not need to be perpetuated and rewarded by sending him back to Austin. Steve Ogden seems to represent that which we have been deploring for (more…)

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So I took my son to the candidates’ forum Thursday night, February 18. Figured it was a good exercise for him, and a chance for me to get to know the candidates. I discuss the House District 14 part of the forum here, and the Senate District 5 forum here.

The event was broadcast on WTAW and simultaneously streamed on their web site (I have linked the audio in the posts mentioned above), as well as webcast on the KBTX TV web site, though a search of their site for “forum” doesn’t show it now…perhaps the lack of an audience doesn’t make for good TV? (more…)

American Write-Ins will remember that I asked each campaign for interview time. Please check that post if you haven’t seen it yet.

This post is the result of those interviews.

I contacted each campaign, and have email receipts that each campaign did receive the request. Four campaigns responded, and two granted the interview. (more…)