shiftyandquick said:
And just blew Collin Allred out of the water with the fundraising reports just released. Not taking PAC money, not taking AIPAC money. Preacher, man of the cloth.
The best Democratic senate candidate in a generation.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/01/texas-senate-democratic-fundraising-james-talarico-colin-allred/
shiftyandquick said:
And just blew Collin Allred out of the water with the fundraising reports just released. Not taking PAC money, not taking AIPAC money. Preacher, man of the cloth.
The best Democratic senate candidate in a generation.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/01/texas-senate-democratic-fundraising-james-talarico-colin-allred/
Old McDonald said:if you think christ can be owned by one party, you've shrunk him into a partisan mascot, not a savioraggieforester05 said:
He's a POS like every leftist. The ideology of the Democrat party is antithetical to Christianity.
shiftyandquick said:
Senator Talarico. There's words will issue forth from every mouth in time.
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But even given several chances, Mr O'Rourke does not disavow socialism as a creed, instead insisting "the party labels just do not matter anymore. I'm convinced of it. It's not Republican or Democrat. It's Texan and American and that's what we're standing for in this campaign".
Rapier108 said:shiftyandquick said:
He's more formidable than all the others. Esp going against Paxton who carries, shall we way, a lot of baggage.
Go ahead and take him for granted that he's a nothing and no one and is going nowhere.
We heard the same thing about Abortion Barbie, then Beto, and then Allred.
And Paxton isn't the nominee, and good chance he won't be.
Cornyn would squish your guy like the cockroach he is.
empty accusation, scripture gives no such commandment on the matter. calling others false christians over an issue He never addressed is itself closer to bearing false witness.Teslag said:Old McDonald said:if you think christ can be owned by one party, you've shrunk him into a partisan mascot, not a savioraggieforester05 said:
He's a POS like every leftist. The ideology of the Democrat party is antithetical to Christianity.
You cannot be a Christian and call Christ a liar, which is basically what being pro-abortion is.
SociallyConditionedAg said:Rapier108 said:shiftyandquick said:
He's more formidable than all the others. Esp going against Paxton who carries, shall we way, a lot of baggage.
Go ahead and take him for granted that he's a nothing and no one and is going nowhere.
We heard the same thing about Abortion Barbie, then Beto, and then Allred.
And Paxton isn't the nominee, and good chance he won't be.
Cornyn would squish your guy like the cockroach he is.
And he would basically vote the same as Cornyn. If Cornyn is the standard, we're toast.
Old McDonald said:Teslag said:Old McDonald said:aggieforester05 said:
He's a POS like every leftist. The ideology of the Democrat party is antithetical to Christianity.
if you think christ can be owned by one party, you've shrunk him into a partisan mascot, not a savior
You cannot be a Christian and call Christ a liar, which is basically what being pro-abortion is.
empty accusation, scripture gives no such commandment on the matter. calling others false christians over an issue He never addressed is itself closer to bearing false witness.
Teslag said:Old McDonald said:aggieforester05 said:
He's a POS like every leftist. The ideology of the Democrat party is antithetical to Christianity.
if you think christ can be owned by one party, you've shrunk him into a partisan mascot, not a savior
You cannot be a Christian and call Christ a liar, which is basically what being pro-abortion is.
gkaggie08 said:
Austin Presbyterian
Old McDonald said:
talarico unsettles the christian right because he embodies a version of christianity they cannot control. his faith is not angry or punitive, it is compassionate and rooted in the gospel's command to love the least of these. that directly threatens the republican project of monopolizing and wielding religion as a weapon of resentment.
their cultural monopoly on "real christianity" is cracking, and the louder they squeal about talarico, the clearer it becomes that people are hungry for an alternative
powerbelly said:
Allred was a much stronger candidate.
Old McDonald said:
talarico unsettles the christian right because he embodies a version of christianity they cannot control. his faith is not angry or punitive, it is compassionate and rooted in the gospel's command to love the least of these. that directly threatens the republican project of monopolizing and wielding religion as a weapon of resentment.
their cultural monopoly on "real christianity" is cracking, and the louder they squeal about talarico, the clearer it becomes that people are hungry for an alternative
Old McDonald said:
talarico unsettles the christian right because he embodies a version of christianity they cannot control. his faith is not angry or punitive, it is compassionate and rooted in the gospel's command to love the least of these. that directly threatens the republican project of monopolizing and wielding religion as a weapon of resentment.
their cultural monopoly on "real christianity" is cracking, and the louder they squeal about talarico, the clearer it becomes that people are hungry for an alternative
Old McDonald said:
talarico unsettles the christian right because he embodies a version of christianity they cannot control. his faith is not angry or punitive, it is compassionate and rooted in the gospel's command to love the least of these. that directly threatens the republican project of monopolizing and wielding religion as a weapon of resentment.
their cultural monopoly on "real christianity" is cracking, and the louder they squeal about talarico, the clearer it becomes that people are hungry for an alternative
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He's Young, Talented and Openly Religious. Is He the Savior Democrats Have Been Waiting For?
James Talarico, a Texas Democratic lawmaker running for Senate, was supposed to hold the second rally of his nascent campaign on Sept. 10, the day Charlie Kirk was shot. The horror of the killing shook him deeply, and he thought about canceling. Instead, Talarico retooled his speech to make it all about Kirk's murder and the algorithmically fueled rancor and contempt deforming American life.
That evening, almost 2,000 people crammed into the sprawling patio of a San Antonio pizza and burger joint called Backyard on Broadway. It was so crowded that before Talarico arrived, the kitchen announced that it had sold out of all its food. There were none of the windup speeches so common at political rallies. Instead, standing inches from the throng, Talarico spoke about Kirk's death and the atmosphere of hatred suffocating the nation.
"I disagree with Charlie Kirk on almost every political issue, but Charlie Kirk was a child of God," he said. "There is something broken in this country. Our politics are broken. Our media are broken. Even our relationships with each other feel broken."
.....Yet Talarico, a 36-year-old former middle-school teacher and a member of the Texas House of Representatives, is generating excitement far out of proportion to his political prospects. On social media, his videos challenging Republican politicians and conservative dogma, often from a Christian perspective, regularly go viral.
Just before Kirk was shot, I was talking to Talarico at Ken's Tacos, a cheap, unpretentious spot a few blocks from his house in East Austin. As we spoke, a young Black man approached him, delight and recognition on his face. "Are you who I think you are?" asked Ugo Bosah, a 28-year-old insurance broker on his lunch break. "I just started watching your reels!"
Bosah hadn't known that Talarico lived in Austin, and he hadn't heard much about his Senate run. He knew him only from social media.
The video that had most impressed him one that's been viewed almost 13 million times on TikTok features Talarico's exchange with his Republican State House colleague Candy Noble. She'd sponsored a bill, since signed into law, forcing Texas public schools to post the Ten Commandments in every classroom. Talarico flummoxed her by asking about the myriad ways in which Republicans break the commandments, including by scheduling a vote on her bill on a Sunday, the Christian sabbath.
"What I like is how you're able to make MAGA look stupid, but you do it in such a nice and polite way," said Bosah.
Old McDonald said:
talarico unsettles the christian right because he embodies a version of christianity they cannot control. his faith is not angry or punitive, it is compassionate and rooted in the gospel's command to love the least of these. that directly threatens the republican project of monopolizing and wielding religion as a weapon of resentment.
their cultural monopoly on "real christianity" is cracking, and the louder they squeal about talarico, the clearer it becomes that people are hungry for an alternative
Reno Hightower said:
LowT Talarico. There's a name to remember.
Old McDonald said:empty accusation, scripture gives no such commandment on the matter. calling others false christians over an issue He never addressed is itself closer to bearing false witness.Teslag said:Old McDonald said:if you think christ can be owned by one party, you've shrunk him into a partisan mascot, not a savioraggieforester05 said:
He's a POS like every leftist. The ideology of the Democrat party is antithetical to Christianity.
You cannot be a Christian and call Christ a liar, which is basically what being pro-abortion is.
Old McDonald said:if you think christ can be owned by one party, you've shrunk him into a partisan mascot, not a savioraggieforester05 said:
He's a POS like every leftist. The ideology of the Democrat party is antithetical to Christianity.
Old McDonald said:
talarico unsettles the christian right because he embodies a version of christianity they cannot control. his faith is not angry or punitive, it is compassionate and rooted in the gospel's command to love the least of these. that directly threatens the republican project of monopolizing and wielding religion as a weapon of resentment.
their cultural monopoly on "real christianity" is cracking, and the louder they squeal about talarico, the clearer it becomes that people are hungry for an alternative
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I disagree with Charlie Kirk on almost every political issue...
Old McDonald said:
talarico unsettles the christian right because he embodies a version of christianity they cannot control. his faith is not angry or punitive, it is compassionate and rooted in the gospel's command to love the least of these. that directly threatens the republican project of monopolizing and wielding religion as a weapon of resentment.
their cultural monopoly on "real christianity" is cracking, and the louder they squeal about talarico, the clearer it becomes that people are hungry for an alternative
