Howdy there Mr. Just a story. What a charming little tale you tell. Why, I bet you a 1933 dollar that you could make more than that 50 bucks you're jawing about by writing fiction for Rush and Fox News. You think you're wealthy enough to have oh, I don't know--40,000 or so unemployed Texans come mow your yard every week? Maybe pick a little cotton? What a typical and shameful Republican response. When enough of us are homeless and come calling on YOU--you'll be running for the hills to save your hide.

I recently asked my friend's little girl what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said she wanted to be President some day. Both of her parents, Progressive Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her, 'If you were President what would be the first thing you would do?' She replied, 'I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people.' Her parents beamed. 'Wow...what a worthy goal.' I told her, 'But you don't have to wait until you're President to do that. You can come over to my house now and mow the lawn, pull weeds, and rake my yard, and I'll pay you $50. Then I'll take you over to the grocery store where a homeless guy hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use toward food and a new house.' She thought that over for a few seconds; then she looked me straight in the eye and asked, 'Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you just pay him the $50?' I said, 'Welcome to the Republican Party!'

Bob, I'd sure like a hit off of whatever it is you're smoking. Maybe those tax cuts stimulate your personal economy but they don't do diddly squat for he rest of us. In case you've been asleep for the last 30 years there's never been a better time to be a rich guy in this country of ours. There's never been a better time to run a big corporation. There's never been a better time to be the fox in the henhouse. And there's never been a better time for downward mobility. That's what's happened to most of us while you counted your many pennies. I fully understand your unwillingness to do the right thing. It's hard to part with those few percents you'll never miss. Take a look around Bob. This America is no longer the land of the free. We don't make anything here any more other than hamburgers. Want fries with that economy?

Reaganomics DID work. Reagan came in to a flat economy and made it boom. In fact, it was the best ever until Clinton, who benefitted from the dot.com ascension. When that heretofore phenomenon settled down & got real, the economy fell again the last 3 quarters of Clinton's reign, leaving Bush II with a mild recession with which to start (no fault of Clinton's). Bush saved the economy with massive tax cuts, putting more money in the economy. We had the fastest growth since Reagan during Bush's time, until summer of 2007 when the worldwide energy crunch hit the world's economy. Tax cuts work for stimulating the economy. That has been proven by Kennedy, Reagan, and Bush.

Hey never--wake up. Reagan's economics is called voodoo for a reason. Trickle down peters out at the source. Didn't work then--won't work now.

I never got a job offer from a poor person. Raising taxes is bad for jobs, especially in a recession.

I misspelled in that previous post. Conscious was meant to be conscience. Either way it works. Republicans are generally unconscious when it comes to social issues and generally lack a conscience when it comes to the suffering of their fellow Americans.

Bob, Bob, Bob, don't be like that. If you've done well I'm very happy for you. I still believe that without rolling back the Bush tax cuts for the rich we just won't get very far. I don't have any idea how many people you employ or how much you might pump into this local economy, but I'll tell you this. Without a middle class you ain't gonna have any customers for whatever it is you're pushing. Maybe you'll retire and buy an island with your riches but the rest of us poor slobs will be starving back here in your homeland. A straight republican vote is NOT in your long term best interest. If you only look at your quarterly profits and that's all you care about then vote for the party of NO. No ideas, no social conscious, no future. If you want this country back on track and moving forward you better rethink your politics.

Michael, you are the reason old Democrats like myself are voting straight Republican this year. You attack the prosperous people as though successful people got that way through hook or crook. I am sick of the class envy and the playing of the race card. I reluctantly have to admit that it is our party which instigates that. I have always support Chet, but he is a vote for Pelosi, & that supersedes everything. She MUST go.

Hey Murph--have you happened to notice that the top 5% of income earners in this country control 95% of the wealth? Do you think this is fair? 15 million haves versus 285 million have nots? Without a middle class we are doomed to third world status. It's time to stand up to corporatocracy and facism and their republican lackeys. We need unions and reforms and health care and people in government looking out for the majority, not just the handful of rich and powerful who are robbing us of our future. What's your fair share? If you're in that top 5%, enough to make you bleed. Without a more equitable distribution of wealth we might as well be the United States of Guatemala. Hope y'all like bananas because that's all we're likely to get from republican obstructionism.

I notice that the backers of BO, constantly uses the term, "fair share" when they are talking about taxes. Just what is a fair share? (you give me everything and I will spend it for you!!)

after all of Bill Flores' recent lies, half-truths, and gaffes, his DC handlers are keeping him away from the press. He will be ducking debates with Chet, wait and see. The knuckledraggers, Palinites and Branch Davidians that have taken over the local Republican party from the mainstream conservatives will give him a strong showing, no doubt. David Sibley may be a lazy jerk, but he was head and shoulders better than the new nutty Senator that hates Waco. Flores isn't even as smart as that joker. Hopefully, at the end of the day the district will have enough senses to send Chet back into office and send Bill back to the oil business. Public service should be for the people that actually care about the public, not British Petroleum.

Leigh--have you never seen a politician waffle? It's the nature of the beast. better to stay focused on the big picture and not get bogged down in the forest nitpicking bark off the trees. This is the way the game is played, and it's a game all right, but the stakes grow more desperate as each day elapses. Chet is a capable statesman who has managed to hold on to his seat in spite of machiavellian machinations of the far right--something not many dems have been able to do in this part of the world. If we can't get past the republican roadblocks this country's going straight down the tubes.

And let's not forget--Chet voted to let the Obamacare legislation come to a vote, then voted against it, but when asked if he would repeal it, has said "no." How's that for changing your mind, being disingenuous or whatever you want to call it?

Wow--you guys are brutal! It would be nice to get facts straight though. First, Bill Flores is not a career politician. He didn't lie about the nuclear plant--just changed his position after having time to visit with people who know the situation. He NEVER said that it was "unconstitutional" for Chet to get involved with the Big 12. He just said that he didn't think it was a candidates place to get involved, and that Chet was doing it for political gain. If you listen to the interview on KBTX, you will see how Team Chet took a snippit of what he said, and didn't use the rest of the comment. He said that he wanted Baylor to stay with the Big 12. On the Curnock issue, he admitted that he made a mistake. Apologized! He's a real snake, isn't he? I find it refreshing that he would be HONEST and say he was sorry. He's not a career politician, but a decent man trying to help fix the mess our country is in. I can see why more good people don't run for office. If you are looking for a perfect candidate, you won't find one, but if you are willing to let a decent, hard working businessman give it a shot, then Bill is your man.

Log--you poor dear. If you're in the income bracket that is supposed to pay 39% you should count yourself among the luckiest of the lucky, you're loaded! What's a few percent to you? Pay your fair share and quit complaining. Democrat--stick with the one who brung ya. I didn't appreciate Chet's healthcare vote either, but we desperately need Chet and every other dem we can get right now. In case you didn't notice, the climate bill got shuttered last week. We'll never get anything done until we can get an overwhelming majority in Washington that wants to move forward. Volcik--are you kidding me? The lib trib? Are you a direct descendant of Joe McCarthy? Wake up, Waco. The stakes are high and the time is nigh. It's time to nut it up and make a stand.

Bill Flores says he thinks Chet acted unconstitutionally by helping Baylor stay in the Big 12. He said he voted for Rob Curnok, but was caught lying..caught red-handed. He said he supported TXU's nuclear plant, but was caught again lying when a tape was found where he bad-mouthed nuclear power. Then he said he was confused and misinformed. And this clown is the man the wingnuts are all fired up about? Please.

Liberal democrats ,like the ones at the lib trib and in the courthouse, liberals who like chet need to wake up ,read the book, YOU CAN TRUST THE COMMUNISTS (to do exactly as they say)just had the word liberal.

John Wesley--your racism is showing. The democratic hatred and lies are really getting old. Have you ever met or talked to Bill Flores??? I doubt it. I used to be a conservative Democrat but the hate and stupid and reckless laws and spending of the Democrats caused me to now vote Republican. There are no conservatives left in the Democratic Party.

Bill Flores made the idiotic statement that Chet's efforts to help Baylor stay in the Big 12 were "unconstitutional" - he was working to get the Aggies in the SEC where they would go winless every year. he's as sharp as a bowling ball. he came out against TXu expanding Comanche Peak, and then lied (again) when he got caught on tape at one of the tea party klan meetings.

Bill Flores is running to wage war against the working man. He is in the pockets of the big oil and coal companies and has a history of shady business dealings. The only way you can tell Flores is lying is if his lips are moving. He has brought in out of town campaign managers who mock and laugh at the Central Texans who they're trying to manipulate into putting their crooked front man into office. He will not do a thing for Waco.

I USE TO LIKE SOMETHINGS ABOUT CHET BUT WITH THE DEMOCRATS IN WASHINGTON NOW I WILL VOTE STRAIGHT REPULICAN FROM NOW ON UNTIL THEY SCREWS US AS BAD AS THE DEMOCRATS HAVE IN THIS SHORT TIME OF THEIR CONTROL CHET IS GOING TO NEED ALOT OF HELP THIS TIME BUT HIS HELP WILL NOT GET A VOTE FROM ME

Michael, Nancy Pelosi has harmed me by adding a 3.45% Medicare tax to my investment income. Never before have we had a Medicare tax on passive income. Thanks Pres. Obama, and Speaker Pelosi!! Howong do you think it will be until they raise the top tax bracket to 39% and make us pay social securty taxes on investment income?

The worst thing about these comment pages on web stories are the obvious ones that come from a candidate's campaign team. Sad.

"Chel looks out for the remaining 95%" Really - is this why he voted against healthcare and DADT? I believe that Chet's voting history is closer to that of a Republican than a Democrat. I know MANY Democrats who are so upset with Chet and the elitists in the local Democratic party that they will either not vote for either candidate or vote straigh D except for casting a vote for Flores.

Come on, Log. Do you really believe the propaganda? You don't get to vote for Pelosi, Frank, or Rangel. Their constituents do. I challenge you to put one single fact on the page regarding how Nancy Pelosi has harmed you. Can you do it? Were your eyes open during Bush's 8 disasterous years? Have you no compassion for the plight of your fellow Americans? What is your plan to fix this mess? If you could come up with just one better idea than "just say no" you'd be way ahead of your republican pals. I stand ready to be surprised by a positive response. If we continue down the established Republican agenda pathway, we'll all be looking for jobs--jobs we won't be able to find in the United States.

Of Course they are going to try to spend millions to buy the race. Only this time it will not work. Remember Chet Edwards support of BARAK HUSSEIN OBAMA early in the primary. Nancy Pelosi and Charles Rangel want to keep Edwards in Washington. The tide has turned. President Obama is not very popular around this area. Neither is Barney Frank, the values he and Edwards share do not line up with our conservative, Bible (not the Quoran)reading, local population. For the first time in his life Mr. Edwards will probaly have to get a "REAL" (not taxpayer funded) JOB!! And have to "PAY" for health insurance like the rest of us.

Dear democrats, If there was ever a time to rally around our candidate, that time is now. Redumblican poster girl Palin is on her way to Waco to stump for obstructionism and a reactionary agenda. Chet has a great record of service to this constituency and can do a lot more for the district, but we've got to get out the vote. The last thing we need in Washington is another rich Texas oil man. The middle class in this country has been under assault for the last three decades. We have to have someone who will stand up for us. Flores ain't the guy. Support Chet Edwards and protect your own best interest--unless you're one of the handful who happen to live in one of those McMansions and make a zillion bucks. Flores is on the side of the rich and powerful. Chet looks out for the remaining 95%. What's it going to be, Waco?