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Mattress Mack files lawsuit against Harris County re 2022 election problems

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  1. astros123

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    I don't understand why right wingers have to spin baseless election conspiracies? Your candidate lost by less than 20k votes. What's the need to spin election conspiracies and cause all this drama?

    What for?
     
  2. Nook

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    Jesus ...... Mattress Mack and Wayne Dolcefino now look like aliens.....

    As for Wayne, I am surprised someone hasn't offed that guy yet..... I always liked him, sleezy as could be but always got things popping.

    Having said that, it would be absolute HELL to be stuck between Mack and Wayne for very long.... the level of obnoxiousness and narcissism would be off the charts.
     
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    It's effn pathetic that local news is covering his bogus press conference. Give me a effin break
     
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    I am sure we will have right wingers calling to say how they could not vote and MM will come out and say that thousands of cases are being reported but when it comes down to verifying anything we will hear a different story. I think we`ve seen this play out in other states and the stories wind up being bogus. It bothers me that MM is acting like he`s saving democracy, go back to putting up bets and selling OVERPRICED furniture to people who have no credit and then you rip them off on the interest rates. This always reeks of, "my person didn't win so there must be a conspiracy"
     
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    It's really sad when you think about the fact that their trying disenfranchise African American voters with this bs.

    Theres alot of people in white America that have never gotten over the fact that African Americans can vote. Don't forget that.
     
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    I'm sure some people are going to get offended that I'm besmirching the hero of hurricanes but ya Mattress Mack is a fascist.
     
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    https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/texaco-blamed-for-ruining-land-killing-people/

    But but but he does good in the CoMmUniTy ! Texaco also had tons of charity and non profit work in Venezuela while at same time poisoning its citizens and stealing their lands!

    Yeah corporations do good things in the name of branding and good PR. It doesn't take away from the scumbag things they attempt to do in the name of "democracy" aka white supremacy.

    Mack can kiss my ass.
     
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    The PR of Mattess Mack is so obvious. He has paid off all the local news stations. He'll call the stations saying he's about to do a PR stunt to give away a free sofa to a poor family and all the local stations flock to him and praise him. This has been his tactic for decades and it depresses me that moderate liberal Houstonians on this message board fall for it hook line and sinker.

    He is a pr spin master. He's always been a racist right wing ******* who has veered towards fascism as time moves forward. From racism towards costumers to treating his employees like ****, the dude is rotten to his core.
     
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  9. Amiga

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    "The right to vote is essential for a functioning democracy"

    "Your story can help bring attention to the need for fair and accessible elections"


    Republicans in Texas are major hypocrites. I'm sure they are for limiting accessibility and restricting voter rights, banning 24-hour and drive-thru voting, adding additional hurdles to mail-in ballots, and supporting the new proposal by Republicans in TX to ban polling in schools and college campuses.
     
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  10. rocketsjudoka

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    I'm guessing politically the Astros fan base is accross the spectrum and it wouldn't surprise me if it's more right leaning given this is a Texas team.

    That said I don't think we should be deciding who should be fans based on their politcal leanings.
     
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    If there are no legal enforcement of it why do you care if someone people don't want fascists being Houston Astros fan icons?
     
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    They have their place - and they are partially responsible for the success of this country - but they are sociopaths and we as a country and people need to reign them in and see through their bullshit.
     
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    This is the website. He doesn't seem to know the law. It's illegal to record sound, images, or video within 100 ft of voting stations in TX.

    https://hardtovote.com/

    Do you have any photos or videos related to your voting experience that you would like to share?*
     
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    Sure you can do that. I'm sure many others don't want Lefty Socialist as Astros fans either.

    Being a sports fan is already tribal I don't particularly see the need to get more tribal. I'm presuming all of us are on this board because we are fans of the Rockets and Houston Sports (except for Os and Rockss, those guys are traitors. ;) ). So now we want to divide ourselves even more?
     
  15. Nook

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    Two things can be true at the same time.

    It is a fact that Mattress Mack has been very involved in charities.

    It is also true that Mattress Mack has profited GREATLY off all of the attention and goodwill that he has received.

    This is something that he figured out really early on.

    He will call the local news in Houston when he is going to do something charitable (or did when I was still in Houston).

    Mattress Mack did not lose any money letting 400 people sleep in his store, he has received incredible amounts of positive press, he was on the local news for weeks afterwards and to this day it is still discussed.

    People are complicated and that includes Mattress Mack there are people that have worked with him and had business dealings with him that do not like him - and there are people that have benefitted from his generosity.

    My issue with him is that many people in Houston seem oblivious to the fact that he has mixed motives for what he does - he gets to help people, but it is also extremely good for business.
     
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    FIFY
     
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    Lefty socialist is different then a election denying conspiracy hack. Why are people mixing political parties when this isn't about Republicans or democrats. It's about election denying conspiracies. There's ZERO evidence of this bullshit election conspiracies bullshit. Paxon made a reward available for anyone to show the TEXAS AG proof of fraud and there wasn't anything.

    Stop confusing this as a Republicans and democrats issue when this is an issue about democracy. We've glorified a fascist racist gambling addict who peddles in charity for building up his brand.

    Mack is a effin loser. I have mini game tickets next time I see him I'll tell him to take his astros hat and he's a disgrace. I'll record the encounter.

    I don't buy this notion that astros are a right leaning fanbase just because they're a Texas based team. Stros have a huge following on the west coast.
     
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    Man, there's about 100 examples daily on the D&D of the word fascist being misinterpreted, misunderstood, and misused, and almost as many examples daily of somebody labeling another as a racist loosely and recklessly without any legitimate or sound basis.

    Gambling addict, I'll give you that, but that is still probably more marketing than anything else.
     
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    Define fascism. Also define it without just defining generic authoritarianism.

    And yes I have a specific definition I use before I apply it on someone. So it's far less Willy nilly than you think.
     
  20. astros123

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    Are not paying attention? He's telling folks to take pictures of election ballots and irregularities even though it's literally illegal to do so. This is a successful businessman who's caught up with his head up his ass. He's a millionaire peddling conspiracies while telling folks to literally break the law. THERES ZERO EVIDENCE OF ANY ELECTION FRAUD

    Stop glorifying bad behavior.
     
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