[AGL] Democrats with Balls

[Harry Edwards]

Ronnie Earle is just a regular, ole Democrat. His revolution, such as 
it is, is to completely reform campaign financing. And he's religious 
about it. I happen to agree. As it stands now, where in political 
campaigns money doesn't talk, it swears -- good, honest people are not 
welcome in politics. Candidates are reduced to selling their asses to 
the devil to finance a campaign, or  .  .  .  selling Kinky action 
dolls over the Internet.    twisty d

On Apr 9, 2006, at 12:10 PM, Gerry wrote:

> And your party got trumped on a regular basis by Karl Rove who replaced
> virtually all state and national elected officers with repubs. Started 
> with
> John Hill (we had a band that played at some of his rallies). John 
> didn't
> overwork himself and Bill Clemmons and Rove snuck the election away. 
> Been
> downhill since then.
>
> Ronnie Earl? Yeah, he used to drink with us sometimes as I recall. I
> remember being around him and it was likely social--did not appear 
> before
> him. Now if he can lead a revolution that puts dems back in office in
> Texas...naw, but he has never been afraid to clamp down on wretched 
> excess.
> Feather in his cap. Deserves a statue next to Stevie Ray Vaughn at Town
> Lake.
>
> This makes me wonder, how long does one have to be a resident of 
> another
> place before one rids oneself of past identity? I decided that it's 
> when you
> start talking about homefolk as they instead of we...and when you come 
> to
> realize that you will likely be buried here rather than there.
> G
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J.David Moriaty" <moriaty at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"
> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
> Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 9:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [AGL] Democrats with Balls
>
>
>> Our DA got rid of Tom DeLay. That trumps petitions any day.
>>
>> judas dave
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