Boos & Cruz

So Ted Cruz came to El Paso Saturday night. He damn near filled the ENTIRE gym at Franklin High School!

The funniest thing about the Cruz visit is how the Republicans act. For a Party that likes to act tough and talk tough, they sure are a bunch of paranoid babies. They posted warnings all over their social media that people were going to be asked for their ID's and they were going to refuse entry to basically anyone they wanted to.

You'd think we were passed whites-only events in this town but I guess we haven't.

I kid.

We have monster truck rallies and they are quite popular.

For a Party that gives a lot of lip service to the constitution, they sure don't like people expressing their first amendment rights. If anyone boo'd during the event, they were kicked out.

What a bunch of delicate little flowers!

Don't believe me? They went so far to ensure that there were ONLY people that should cheer loudly for Cruz that they had "ushers" MONITORING the crowd and if you were anything less an energetic supporter of Cruz, you'd be removed.

I'm not making that up, here's proof. This is a picture of what was handed to my friend Danny Baca. He was in attendance and he boo'd when Cruz's name was mentioned. He was immediately approached by an "usher" and the police. He was handed this "red card" by the usher. Then they cops came and took him out. There was no first warning, not that you should need one in the first place.

Seriously, you can't make this shit up.



For a Party that says they want smaller government it sure is weird that they want to exercise this much control over people. That is the real GOP these days people.

Republicans and Libertarians want to surround themselves with an echo chamber of people that look and sound like them that all repeat the same talking points of Fox News, eat bacon and say "Muricuh all the time.

I've heard some of friends from that side whine about not wanting to be "harassed" at events. What they really mean is that they don't want public debate.

Nearly every single march or protest in town over the last year or so has had Republicans and Libertarians there.

No one bitches about it. They aren't there to change anyone's mind but that public conversation and disagreement was something this country was founded on.

So Republicans don't want physical protecting from a non-existent threat. They just want to protect their ears from hearing a message that wasn't pre-approved by their cult leader Donald Trump or the Trump State News Agency, commonly referred to as Fox News.

They can't win on ideas, so they shield themselves from honest debate.

Now lets talk about who was there.

There is a reason I harp a lot on Party is because Parties stand for a given set of values and principles. That is important information for a voter. It tells a voter what policies the given candidate is likely to support and also gives insight in to how they are going to govern.

This is particularly important in nonpartisan races like city council and school board races. Why? Because they spend more of our tax dollars than any other government entity, so you SHOULD know who you're voting for.

A lof to people will run for office as Democrats even though they really aren't. And sometimes people will support them. Dori Fenenbock is a perfect example. She was a straight up Republican and even a lot of old school Democrats supported her, but that was mostly because their individual egos were more important to them than voting for a real Democrat.

If this election doesn't show them the error of their ways, nothing will.

But if you recall, she even had two of her fellow EPISD board members using their positions on the board in an attempt to help Fenenbock.

Anyone else notice that Cruz had his event at a high school? Want to know why?

Here's why:

That is EPISD Trustee and Cruz Fanboy Trent Hatch. He's clearly a Republican. He's the guy that wants to close down all the schools in EPISD in poor brown neighborhoods. Like I said, Party matters.



That is why I love pictures because as the old saying goes, they say a thousand words.

Speaking of a thousand words here is eastside City Rep John Hogan. He's also there at the Cruz rally fanboying for Cruz. That rally is on the opposite side of town than the district he is running in. There are no votes for him to be won there, but he still attended.

Hogan is not just fanboying. He's front-row fanboying.

He's also the guy that posted this video (that you shouldn't watch around kids or at work) that has some not-so-nice things to say about the Democratic Party. He made it a point to send it directly to some folks.



Now he writes a lot about how the truth is he's just a (insert mash of independent, libertarian, republican, Democrat). Thats a complete lie. He's misleading voters, which is the real point of this post.

Dori misled you.

Hatch misled you.

Hogan is misleading you.

Vote accordingly.