If Texas was still an independent republic would George W. Bush still be a powerful man?

 

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your opinions?

obviously not. Then again, the majority of Texans are pretty simple... they'd never be able to govern themselves, bless 'em.

obviously not. Then again, the majority of Texans are pretty simple... they'd never be able to govern themselves, bless 'em.

 

I dunno, if they put the folks of Austin in charge, they might do okay..... Austin is the one place in Texas where culture and intellectualism actually thrives.... An Oasis of intellectualism in a desert of pig-ignorance....