Archive for June, 2010
Bill Flores Wants Me To Go Away – Blocks Me On Twitter!
UPDATE - 17 SEPTEMBER 2010: Campaign Manager Matt Mackowiak has been tweeting asking folks if they are following Bill on Twitter. As of today I am still blocked: Oh, boo-freaking-hoo. Take my plane and go home… See the screenshots below, first one of me logged in under my @KristoferCowles Twitter account which Flores blocked and you can see [...]
Straight Talk For Bill Flores
Recently, there have been some conversations on facebook and comments on this blog that have gotten some attention from various camps. I even tweeted last Friday the following: Sometimes I just don't understand the @flores4congress campaign. The latest FB tactic toward me is fascinating. Am I THAT important? #tx17 It's a rhetorical question... To [...]
What You Do Speaks So Loud That I Cannot Hear What You Say
There has been a flurry - no let’s make that a blizzard - of commentary concerning NOTA. Read Kristofer’s post “Voting NOTA In District 17’s Congressional Race From the Founding Fathers Perspective”. What these men said, some having put their very lives on the line reminds us of our duty when casting a vote. I volunteered for the Rob [...]
Unions – A Primer You Should Not Need
Envy. One of the seven deadly sins. Envy is the driving force in liberal politics, and fuels the engine of liberal support, organized labor. Unions. I’m not anti-union. One of my dearest, best friends is a hard working union member who fights for the safe conditions of his colleagues everyday. I’ve worked in union shops before, and several [...]
A Conservative Victory in Texas SD-22
Tonight Conservatives in Texas Senate District 22 were victorious as we voted Lt. Col. (Ret.) Brian Birdwell to represent us in the State Senate for the unexpired term of Senator Kip Averitt who resigned due to medical problems. Congratulations to all of us! Much of State Senate District 22 is also in CD 17 so we now must work to get a [...]
Football Texas (District 17) Style
There’s the Nuclear Football. The Political Football. And then there’s natural born killer of many an unsuspecting soul: Texas Football. The missed opportunities and fumbles from Bill Flores are becoming blatant. And when a team of rookies like that is up against a seasoned veteran squad like Chet Edwards’, you have to wonder if Flores [...]
Voting NOTA In District 17’s Congressional Race From The Founding Father’s Perspective
From Dead Poets Society: Keating: Now we all have a great need for acceptance, but you must trust that your beliefs are unique, your own, even though others may think them odd or unpopular. Even though the herd may go “That’s bad." Robert Frost said, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and I, I took the one less travelled by, and that has [...]
A Message For The Huckster
Has anyone noticed that all of the endorsements of Bill Flores say the same thing? My guess is that an endorsement of Bill is like buying a used car. Sign here, here and here, initial here and don’t worry about what that says, we will fill it in for you later. Governor Huckabee and Huckpac are just the latest endorsements that once again [...]
Communication Blackout From The Flores Campaign?
A month ago I signed up for the email communications from the Bill Flores campaign, using an address that clearly identified who was signing up: bill4congress kristofercowles com. I registered with both campaigns in order to be able to report to you the news as it happens…and to be able to comment upon it without having to wade through the [...]
District 17 Winners Or Whiners In My Inbox?
Oh, this is rich! It's like the gift that keeps on giving. I present to you the email communications from the Chet Edwards campaign sent at 5:00PM today, and the response sent by Bill Flores one hour later. Edwards Flores What fascinates me about this is the entire first paragraph of Flores is accusatory (which I do not have a problem [...]
