...from my (second) ex-wife about an hour ago, I thought she had been spammed (again). Everybody with a political brain knows who that is, so why "GOP Senate Candidate"? And Iceland? Are you fucking kidding me, Iceland? I thought that it was deliberately preposterous to be funny, a spoof that the Onion would put out. And yet, with the teeniest bit of plausibility given that it's Ken Paxton. So, as I have done before as a service to my (2nd) ex, I Googled it.
It's fucking true. The bimbo with Paxton is a MAGA "influencer", Tracy Duhon. I texted my ex- back confirmation.
I then started thinking about this. This is the kind of thing that happens in one-party states. Democrats haven't won a statewide, much less a United States Senate, race in Texas since 1994. The fucking Agricultural Commissioner is a statewide elected position. Not that, not one, not any statewide race.
When there is no effective competition, in nation-states and in Toilet Nation states, the one party thinks they can run a "yellow dog" and win against the opposition. The saying is that "unless you get caught with a live boy or a dead girl, you're a shoe-in." Well, Paxton got caught with (another) live girl. Close is not cigar. Scandal magnet Paxton, the Texas Attorney General by the way, leads his challenger, Democrat James Talarico, albeit by a single point in early polling.
Toilet Nation Premier Trump, who has been caught with many live girls, endorsed Paxton in the GOP primary, partly because he saw that incumbent Senator John Cornyn was trailing badly in the polls, partly as another stop on his revenge tour (Cornyn's sin: not endorsing Trump in 2024 until after the New Hampshire primary). The most corrupt president in Toilet Nation history endorsed the most corrupt politician in Texas for many, many years (which is saying something). Seems perversely reasonable. Paxton thrashed Cornyn in the primary and now has the Texas Republican machine, including Cornyn's support, in the race against Talarico.
Democrats have died on this hill many times before. See, e.g., Beto O'Rourke. Texas is our biggest wet dream. Some day, maybe even before I die, Democrats will win a Texas statewide race, maybe even the State House, or a U.S. Senate seat. Maybe that someday will come this November. Paxton is a uniquely corrupt opponent. The last time southern Republican voters chose so corrupt a candidate, Roy Moore lost a Senate seat to a Democrat in Alabama. (Judge Roy got caught with underage girls). Doug Jones lasted three years in the Senate and was cashiered by 20 points. Who knows, maybe Jim Paxton is Texas' Roy Moore but I'm not putting money into the race. Yellow dogs still have their day.
