Is The Republican Party Boring?
Yes.
The most politically informed members of society have dedicated countless hours of personal research to come to hold their professed beliefs. The most informed among us—those most likely to know the details of a random House Bill that died in a random committee in 2019—these are the kinds of people you find at the state convention of the Republican Party of Texas.
They have looked at the situation as a whole, and many of those people are saying we are dealing with “demonic, Satanic forces.”
Do you really disagree?
Go ahead, close one eye and look at some of the latest happenings.
Invasion
Party doing invasion replaces their puppet, kid-sniffing president with another puppet, not even bothering with a fake election
Party installing candidates outside of elections organizes conspiracy to kill your Party’s nominee
Needless to say, these are exciting times.
So with this kind of environment, why was this year’s Republican Party of Texas convention in San Antonio so boring and is anyone even donating to the RPT?
Many people have noted this convention has seen a significant decline in attendance in the last 20 years. This one was pretty boring, and there was even free alcohol being passed out.
Besides being boring, you have to ask why would anyone donate to the RPT, when they can donate directly to a candidate instead?
Apparently, everyone else has figured this out as well.
Approximate cash on hand, summer 2024:
Greg Abbott: $50M
Dan Patrick: $30M
Phelan: $1M (prob more)
Republican Party of Texas: $45k
Imagine you are a Republican running in the general election, and the Democrats somehow get a guy with a half-working brain and only a slight body odor to be on the ballot as a Dem. In this scenario, you may find yourself in a heated contest in November. Who is more likely to help you in a tough election? Greg Abbott or the RPT?
“It might seem too good to be true... but trust me it's legitimate. As Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, you have my word on it!”
- Abraham George
Party financial records show the Texas GOP runs lean. I guess you could say it’s a “limited government” model?
Even more limited than the Democrats, in some respects.
Here’s a bunch more of those numbers if you care about that sort of thing.
The purpose isn’t to kick the RPT in the nuts for being poor. The point is to put the RPT’s influence in perspective.
Why would anyone give money to the RPT? To do what?
These guys are writing messages on the outside of letters. It’s truly the ultimate “gotcha!”
So far in this sloppy analysis, we have uncovered the RPT’s plan is to ask for money, so they can send you more letters asking for more money.
It matters to you that Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick have all the money, because people’s loyalty will always be with the aforementioned candidates who gave them all that money when their election was on the ropes.
So what are we doing by supporting the RPT? Fighting for sloppy seconds?
Abraham George had the chance to make the Republican Party of Texas relevant when he promised to disqualify Brent Hagenbuch from his cartoonish campaign for Texas Senate— where he posed as some kind of homeless person to meet the residency requirement.
George campaigned on this very issue, saying he would take decisive action against such acts. People who voted for George saw the promises he made, and then voted for him a few days later.
Turns out it wasn’t a “simple issue.” Turns out it was “complicated” or whatever the excuse is.
Why go through all the hassle to get elected—the police report drama, etc.—only to cave and side with the power structure at the first chance?
It was very much a “Lucy pulling the football” moment.
Yeah, that didn’t age well, did it?
I’m over Abraham George. Writing a letter on the outside of the envelope is cool and all, but I need more.
We should stick to what Republicans do best: be awesome.
RULE 2: “Never go outside the expertise of your people.” It results in confusion, fear, and retreat. Feeling secure adds to the backbone of anyone.
—Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals
Republicans just have to show up to beat Democrats.
I don’t mean show up to these official meetings that happen. (Those should be abolished.) I mean show up in real life—Tailgates, bbq’s, clean up parks, post wholesome things online. Those sorts of things. It’s really that simple.
Democrats spend most of the day inside, doing sexual stuff, and thinking about how to politically spread their sexual interests. Their 2024 presidential platform is mostly sexual liberation and dead babies in all 50 states. Many I assume are good people, but really we can’t have Democrats in charge anymore, so Republicans need to get out there and SMILE.
Probably need a new chairman also.
Abraham George keeps calling me and telling me he’s calling from windows and that I have a computer virus.
I'll Rumsfeld your Alinsky: It's true that you go to war with The Army You Have. I hate that it's so, but it do be like that.
I'd love it if The Best of Us actually prevailed in contests for party or state or country leadership. It's a tragedy that they do not. Too often a person exquisitely qualified for an office is not skilled in the least in the completely separate task of obtaining the job. So the next question has to be, how do we prevail in spite of the leadership we have? We should be talking about that a lot more.