Cooke GOP candidate forum an eyeroll

Cooke County Republican Women had the first of two candidate forums Jan. 4. At the regional level, it featured the four contenders for Texas Senate District 30, and locally, the four for County Commissioner Precinct 1.

It was a hoot even before the forum itself, in the GOP wimmin's business affairs. A speaker said they were soliciting for thank you cards for the border, presumably for Border Patrol agents and Texas National Guard members also serving there. I imagine something like this:

Thank you cards for the border? 

“We’re glad you’re tonking a tonk!” 

So, are La Migra, and the Texas National Guard, not getting enough money? 

Why doesn’t Strangeabbott directly pay them?

Naturally, this is called an Americanism project. I tried not to laugh out loud, thinking of Alan Alda as Hawkeye Pierce mentioning exactly this on a M*A*S*H episode.

The forum? They're nutters. (I had not yet googled full bios of any of them.)

On State Senate District 30, Jace Yarbrough is, if not a full antivaxxer, then a COVID nutter. Brent Hagenbuch, like Yarbrough, is a wingnut culture warrior. Cody Clark sounded humane, but wearing a baseball cap at such a debate looked a bit off-putting. And, after his intro, he sounded like just another Republican, also mentioning “woke” and supporting book banning. Yarbrough thinks a health clinic in Denton ISD is the camel’s nose for “trans care,” though he didn’t say that. Carrie De Moor a nutter on health issues, claiming that even Republicans were trying to promote universal health care, while at the same time claiming that this was about insurance companies, too. De Moor said Arizona’s system works on vouchers. Her answer otherwise seemed to indicate she opposed standardized testing for private schools or homeschooling with voucher money. (And thus my idea that she wasn't good enough for Dan Patrick on vouchers is kaput.)

At the local level, in the commissioners court?

None of the challengers knocked off the king, Gary Hollowell, at least in public, on the Precinct 1 County Commissioner race. Casey Fain came closest with his repeated emphasis on a capital improvement plan. Phil Elmore was the one candidate of the four to mention being a constitutional conservative.