With the campaign season ramping up, the political ads are coming fast and furious from candidates vying for office at the state and federal level.
So here is my way of cutting through the barrage of information being circulated: Just ignore it.
If you are a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat and you enjoy historic inflation, such as high gas and food prices, keep voting for your party. If you are a Republican and value the sanctity of life, energy independence, secure borders and economic prosperity by decreasing the federal
government, not by adding more IRS agents and canceling everyone’s debt, then pull the lever for that candidate.
I have a buddy who is a Democrat and he says he is happy with gas over $3 a gallon because he drives an electric car, but he is the same guy who now owns a propane generator because when the freeze of February 2021 hit he had no power to charge his car. He also claims to be immune from inflation because he has a fixed-rate mortgage well below the current 5% rate that he locked in during Trump’s presidency.
My Democrat buddy is also unconcerned with border security, because he lives outside of Austin and in his opinion it is all political hype and besides, it’s not that big a deal. Like he says, “we are a country of immigrants.”
I think it strange that this educated Longhorn is oblivious to the fact that all the things he benefits or is immune to were derived from Trump-era policies.
Now as for the border situation, I’m going to reach out to our governor’s office and give him my friend’s location so he can get a bus load sent there, since immigration is not that big a deal.
Jake Longoria
Mission
Campaign
complaint
There are many races in the November elections, from the state to the local level. Some candidates get donated campaign money, which I guess is fine and they can use it to advertise through posters, signs and TV ads in which they hardly come out and are expensive. Somebody else campaigns for them. The candidates go door to door or appear in public, which is fine.
I am only referring to two important races. One is for state representative for District 34, the other is for governor. Both Republicans and Democrats.
In their advertising on TV it’s not them, it’s their peer bashing one another; this one does this and the other does that and don’t vote for them.
One of them coming out is a business person who speaks about the opposition in a negative manner.
I know the candidates want to win and do whatever it takes. But for once can the candidate come out on TV and say straight what they are going to accomplish if they get elected? Talk about positive things you want to do to improve what’s needed and why you need their votes.
Candidates waste time on social media with more bashing against their opponents than saying “This is what I need to do for you people, that’s why I need your vote.”
Frank Galindo
Brownsville
