Fred J. McCall ) wrote:
: h (Rand Simberg) wrote:

: :On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 01:51:28 +0000 (UTC), in a place far, far away,
: (Eric Chomko) made the phosphor on my
: :monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:
: :
: :But ISS is run out of JSC in Houston, Texas, which as been solidly
: :Republican for a long time now.
: :
: :Ummm...Eric?
: :
: :The mayor of Houston is a Democrat.

: And the Governor was alternating Democrat and Republican for a long,
: long time. GWB was the first Governor reelected to a second term in a
: long time.

Yep, Houston is a hotbed of liberalism.

: Ditto Senators. In fact, one of the reasons postulated for the
: shutdown of the Superconducting Super Collider project was when Texas
: sent a Republican Senator to the Senate to replace a Democrat (leaving
: Texas with two Republican Senators). Democrats (who controlled things
: at the time) decided to 'punish' Texas for that.

When was the last time Texas had a Democratic senator that was liberal?

: Ditto the House. The Speaker of the House used to be a Democrat from
: Fort Worth.

The operative term is "used to be".

: Eric claims to be from Texas. Eric is exceedingly ignorant about
: things he ought to know.

Stuff it, Fred! The point is that Tom DeLay got away with gerrymandering
Texas in a way that favors Republicans.

Eric

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