Texas GOP candidate for Governor Greg Abbott declares need to protect Texas' northern border from Americans just as much as Texas' southern border

[mota bhai 2,675]

On Monday, a newly silver-haired Glenn Beck worried that the state of Texas is under threat from migrating northern liberals.

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“You’ve got to do a campaign,” he said to his guest, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, who is expected to be the Republican candidate for governo ... “‘Come to Texas: Not because of the taxes or the weather, but because you’re free. You’re free to pursue your own dreams.’”

Beck then said that he is “sometimes more worried about the northern border than the southern border” of Texas in that “carpetbaggers” from the north are coming south “and they don’t really understand Texas.”

Abbott used that moment to kick off a brief stump speech about “securing the border” at the Red River as well as the Rio Grande.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/05/glenn-beck-frets-that-northern-carpetbaggers-will-make-texas-less-free/

Wikipedia: The Red River is the second-largest river basin in the southern Great Plains. It ... acts as the border between the states of Texas and Oklahoma. It forms a short border between Texas and Arkansas before entering Arkansas, turning south near Fulton, Arkansas and flowing into Louisiana.

[B_J 2,752]

Great. Now after reading that I have a Wendy Davis ad showing up on my screen.

But honestly, right now Greg Abbot can say almost anything he wants. I can't think of any mistake he could make that would cost him this election.

[luckytxn 2,265]

Pretty much right on there. Texas loves compassionate Conservatism.

Great. Now after reading that I have a Wendy Davis ad showing up on my screen.

But honestly, right now Greg Abbot can say almost anything he wants. I can't think of any mistake he could make that would cost him this election.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Great. Now after reading that I have a Wendy Davis ad showing up on my screen.

But honestly, right now Greg Abbot can say almost anything he wants. I can't think of any mistake he could make that would cost him this election.

I tend to think when a man can say anything he wants, he says what he means.

Clearly, he sees Americans north of the Red River as people as foreign to Texas as people south of the Rio Grande.

All this does is solidify my belief that there is something really really weird about Texas and Texans.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I tend to think when a man can say anything he wants, he says what he means.

Clearly, he sees Americans north of the Red River as people as foreign to Texas as people south of the Rio Grande.

All this does is solidify my belief that there is something really really weird about Texas and Texans.

So I'm headed that way in a few weeks. Will I require a visa?

[mota bhai 2,675]

So I'm headed that way in a few weeks. Will I require a visa?

Wear a sombrero and do your best mexican accent, they might not realize you're american. It's the only way to be safe in Texas.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Wear a sombrero and do your best mexican accent, they might not realize you're american. It's the only way to be safe in Texas.

That's not gonna fly - I'm as white as cream cheese. Plain cream cheese.

[mota bhai 2,675]

That's not gonna fly - I'm as white as cream cheese. Plain cream cheese.

Mexican albino.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Mexican albino.

Okay, I'll go with that. Gracias!

[luckytxn 2,265]

Welcome to Texas.

Now git.

[GandD 5,966]

Great. Now after reading that I have a Wendy Davis ad showing up on my screen.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/478464-the-game-of-inappropriate-vj-ads/

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

That's not gonna fly - I'm as white as cream cheese. Plain cream cheese.

As a German they'll probably be expecting a spiked helmet and monocle. Just remember to take a six shooter with you and be prepared to shoot anyone in a black cowboy hat (they're all villains).

[luckytxn 2,265]

Lol. She is trying too hard.

Wendy Davis supports open carry of pistols

AUSTIN – Democratic Sen. Wendy Davis wants licensed Texans to be able to openly carry handguns, a position that could help her strike back against opponents in her race for governor who paint her as anti-gun.

Davis told the Associated Press that she supports a proposed “open carry” law that would allow people with concealed handgun licenses to openly wear pistols in public.

She doesn’t have a concealed handgun permit herself, her campaign spokesman, Bo Delp, told me. She has said she is a gun owner.

Her position puts her in line on open carry with Attorney General Greg Abbott as they look toward the general-election battle for governor. Each is expected to get the party nod for the post March 4.

Abbott’s campaign has accused Davis of wanting to bring “Bloomberg-style gun control to Texas.” His campaign in part has pointed to her support, as a Fort Worth City Council member, for buyer background checks at gun shows at city facilities, and her assertion to the Texas Tribune last year that she still thought that was the right thing.

Her campaign spokeswoman Rebecca Acuña last year told PolitiFact Texas that Davis wants to safeguard gun rights “for honest citizens by assuring that they are kept out of the hands of criminals.”

Under current Texas law, people can get a license to carry a concealed handgun. They can carry rifles openly if not done in a threatening way.

Abbott campaign spokesman Avdiel Huerta said, “Sen. Wendy Davis’ new pro-gun stance may help improve her low grade with the NRA, but it won’t help her be a straight shooter when it comes to the facts of her anti-gun record.”

Edited February 6, 2014 by luckytxn