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.

Cruz-Sadler Debate Goes About the Way You Would Expect

Ted Cruz pretty much wiped the floor with him, if the reports of our Demophilic media are to believed. Visibly angry, [Sadler] repeatedly accused Cruz of lying. The Republican largely kept his cool and cast his little-known Democratic rival as … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California Roundup: October 2, 2012

Time for another Texas vs. California roundup. First up: The man who moved from one to the other: Chuck DeVore examines the differences between California and Texas. Scariest takeaway? “With one-eighth of the nation’s population, California has one-third of America’s … Continue reading →

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Help Me, Elspeth Reeve, You’re My Only Hope!

Let’s talk about the ObamaPhone video, shall we? The video is both funny (the woman is an idiot with a comical voice) and politically useful (displaying, as it does, a sense of entitlement to government handouts). So, naturally, some liberals … Continue reading →

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Dear California: You Know That Money Will Be Wasted, and You Know Those Tax Hikes Will Be Permanent

I’ve got another Texas vs. California piece coming around on the guitar, but I thought there was enough here to warrant a separate post. Hold on to your hats, but it seems that California voters might, just might, be catching … Continue reading →

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Team Gallego Lies About Rep. Canseco

As previously reported, the Texas 23rd Congressional District is one of the most closely watched races in the country. As such, it’s no surprise that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is rolling out attack ads against incumbent Republican Rep. Francisco … Continue reading →

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Tell Us What Your Really Think

British atheist commentator and comedian Pat Condell let’s Islam have it with both barrels: I doubt any of these sentiments will be new to anyone following attempts to contain Jihadism, but are seldom expressed with such pithy concision and free … Continue reading →

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The New York Times Really Does Think You’re a Moron

Right after I talked about how the mainstream media thinks you’re stupid enough to swallow badly skewed polls, Jim Geraghty reports that the New York Times is proving my point all over again by publishing a poll with more Democrats … Continue reading →

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A Bit on Polling (or, Why the Media Thinks You’re a Moron)

Remember how how incredibly tight the 1980 election was? How Ronald Reagan managed to edge Jimmy Carter at the last minute despite losing Texas and New York? Probably not, mainly because that didn’t happen. But as Jeffrey Lord’s story makes … Continue reading →

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Dick Armey Aims to Unseat Speaker Joe Straus

Well, this is very interesting: FreedomWorks, which helped insurgent Ted Cruz snatch the GOP nod for U.S. Senate from Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, said Monday it will put its muscle behind toppling Texas House Speaker Joe Straus of San Antonio … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for September 23, 2012

Random swarm of interesting links for your amusement and edification: Just in case you didn’t notice, in Obama’s interview with Univision (where he faced much tougher questions that from America’s lapdog media), Obama pretty much admitted that he failed, because … Continue reading →

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