Shilling for Hubbard

 www.HubbardForSenate.com

I'm putting it out there that currently I'm part of the "kitchen cabinet" for the Sean Hubbard U.S. Senate campaign here in Texas. That means I contribute time and effort to his campaign and get to weigh in on decisions, but I don't come close to calling the shots and I don't get paid. Like many of my friends and acquaintances who are elected or are candidates, I get abouthalf of my calls/texts/emails to them answered, but few Christmas cards.

Anyway, Sean Hubbard is running as a Democrat for the open U.S. Senate seat in Texas, and I invite you to check out his website and Facebook page. For Democrats, he's a refreshing alternative to the latest DSCC recruit who I think is the product of a cynical, misguided calculation that military background + latino + conservative + no real DSCC support is a great choice for Democrats and other Texans. We're filthy in Texas with consultants and candidates with a dream who think they can trick red state voters into voting for Republican-lite Democrats who will run against the Democratic Party. Good Luck with that. We have dozens of Republican-lite Dems in Texas who got shown the door by voters in 2010 because soft R's and Indies have gotten savvier, spotting the "trick", and the Dem base in Texas is fed up with Dem candidates that show contempt for their values and the President they recently helped elect.

While Sean Hubbard is no tree-hugging hippy, he is a proud Texas Democrat who believes that women, particularly those who are the head of household, are the bedrock of our state and don't deserve the insulting treatment they sometimes receive in Texas, whether it be pay discrimination or access to resources to better themselves and those they take care of. Hubbard considers the LGBT community as equal partners in our society, even if some of our society is uncomfortable with other people's personal business. Hubbard isn't frightened by people eager to join this mutt of a nation founded by immigrants known as the United States of America. Hubbard believes there's a better balance to be struck between personal responsibility and community needs than what's being offered in Texas right now. Hubbard believes that evolution is a reality and that talk of secession is an offensive waste of time.

He's pretty much just as underfunded and overworked as his primary challenger. The difference is, he's part of what will make you proud to be a Democrat and a Texan. I highly recommend Texans contact the campaign to have him join an event in your area. His team is working to create new materials and media to spread his message and mission digitally. Until then, he's still happy to hop in a car or plane and talk to voters whenever he can. You can help out by clicking here.

Oh, I know he looks he can't legally buy a beer, but that's just blessed genetics and sunscreen at work. If elected to Senate, he'll be older than Joe Biden when he was first sworn into the Senate. Now, if I can get him to cut his hair more often...