Author Archives: Lawrence Person

About Lawrence Person

Lawrence Person is a political commentator and science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. I'm still between jobs. Feel free to hit the tip jar if you're so inclined.

Your Obligatory “Day Before the Election” Horserace Post

Election day is tomorrow! So here’s a brief roundup of the state of play: Here’s the way Real Clear Politics breaks down Senate races: They show North Dakota Democrat incumbent Heidi Heitkamp as gone, which already brings Republicans up to … Continue reading →

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Willie Horton, Willie Horton

Ann Althouse links a Washington Post piece that declares “Trump revives ‘Willie Horton’ tactic with ad linking illegal immigrant killer to Democrats” based on this Trump tweet containing a (NSFW) ad: It is outrageous what the Democrats are doing to … Continue reading →

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Beto’s Boners & Bungles

Pretty soon we won’t have Robert “Bobby” Francis O’Rourke (AKA “Beto”) to kick around anymore, so let’s do a roundup of all his campaign’s most recent missteps, shall we? First up, front and center, are the Project Veritas sting videos … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for November 2, 2018

I already voted and the election is next week, so there is light at the end of the tunnel! And if political bloggers are already sick of this election season, just think how sick of it ordinary voters are. None … Continue reading →

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How Dallas Democrats Commit Voter Fraud

Step into the wayback machine for this one, as some of the stops go back decades. First read this piece from Jim Schutze from way back in 2002 about how then-Democratic State Rep. Terri Hodge would bring in mysterious courier … Continue reading →

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Ted Cruz Wins Halloween

Happy Halloween pic.twitter.com/jIgTaIMzep — Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) October 31, 2018 Happy Halloween, everyone!

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Bombshell!

If your liberal friends are wondering why no one trusts the mainstream media anymore, show them this video: If the boy cries wolf a thousand times, he can’t blame the villagers if they just tune him out entirely…

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I Use Facts and Logic on Popehat. Result: Blocked.

I’m on quite a winning streak with Twitter this week. Ken White, AKA Popehat, is a lawyer with some experience in First Amendment cases, and to which I’ve linked from time to time. Unfortunately, he seems to have come down … Continue reading →

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David Simon Makes False Statement. I Correct Him. Result: Blocked.

While I’ve long admired the work of David Simon (Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, The Corner, The Wire, etc.), he posted something on Twitter that was not only wrong, but an exact inversion of the truth, contending that … Continue reading →

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Austin Boil Notice Lifted

Good news, everyone! Austin Water lifted the boil water notice on Oct. 28, 2018. Customers no longer need to boil water used for drinking, cooking and making ice. Water quality testing submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has … Continue reading →

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