Comments on: Mayor of San Antonio one heartbeat away from the presidency?

By: platypus

platypus — Sun, 18 May 2014 17:06:50 +0000

“When he first ran for mayor he had two campaign commitments at the same time. To meet his commitment at one place he had his twin brother step in to fill the void pretending to be Julian.”

This sleazy trick alone disqualifies him. Nobody would know who is actually the vice-president. Secret Service would automatically have to double the number of agents and its budget as well.

How in the world could anyone actually trust someone who would do this instead of simply admitting that his campaign screwed up on scheduling? Like this never happened before. Anybody whose ego is that fragile should be put in a home, IMO.

By: MTED

MTED — Sun, 18 May 2014 15:35:35 +0000

….Henry.

By: MTED

MTED — Sun, 18 May 2014 15:34:47 +0000

Great point! I wonder who remembers

By: MTED

MTED — Sun, 18 May 2014 15:32:30 +0000

“This man is a lightweight when it comes to politics”
He’s the leftist du jour – what did you expect?

By: David Gerstman

David Gerstman — Sun, 18 May 2014 15:13:01 +0000

Last time a Dem picked a mayor of San Antonia for HUD it didn’t work out too well.

By: Juba Doobai!

Juba Doobai! — Sun, 18 May 2014 08:26:46 +0000

A Hispanic as VP? Black Americans will stay home for reasons everyone knows.

As for Castro, he looks like a sleazebag. I dont know know him but have seen his image a time or two. Immediate impression? Con man. Sleazebag. He will make Obama look like a piker.

Please, no more race politics. We need a president who has experience running something other than his mouth. We need Palin.

By: Kinnick

Kinnick — Sun, 18 May 2014 03:28:40 +0000

Ben Domenech’s tweet is spot-on. Outside of a municipal election (or in his brother’s case, a safe-democrat congressional district), Casto can’t win a statewide race. It does beg the question why he didn’t compete against Wendy Davis for the Democrat’s nomination for Governor of Texas. Makes one wonder why he didn’t run…

Just a thought, not that I followed the show much, but I’d bet Democrats see in Julian Castro a Matt Santos-quality from the final season of West Wing.

By: retire05

retire05 — Sun, 18 May 2014 02:05:19 +0000

It is no surprise that Castro was picked for a cabinet position. Rosie Castro is a solid Marxist, and the twin acorns didn’t fall far from that tree and under Julian’s guiding hand, San Antonio has been experiencing radical leftist changes that has left most Texans shaking their heads. There is a lot to equate the Texas brothers with the Cuban brothers of the same name.

Hopefully Cruz and Cornyn will block his appointment. Julian Castro would be the Kathleen Sebelius of HUD.

By: moonstone716

moonstone716 — Sat, 17 May 2014 23:30:35 +0000

That would be just too, too appropriate for Obama to usher in a Castro. Fits with his juvenile sense of humor.

By: Elliott

Elliott — Sat, 17 May 2014 21:38:00 +0000

His mom is a radical from way back. Her bio is here http://keywiki.org/index.php/Rosie_Castro
The Democrats think he is a key to Hispanics since their other client coalition is falling apart.

By: snopercod

snopercod — Sat, 17 May 2014 21:17:52 +0000

Is he any relation to Fidel?

By: Conservative Beaner

Conservative Beaner — Sat, 17 May 2014 21:15:56 +0000

This man is a lightweight when it comes to politics.

When he first ran for mayor he had two campaign commitments at the same time. To meet his commitment at one place he had his twin brother step in to fill the void pretending to be Julian. Castro lost to Phil Hardberger who served two terms. Castro succeeded Hardberger as mayor when he was term limited, people in this town have short memories.

Castro’s biggest accomplishment so far is the “4K 4 Pre-K” program which some schools refuse to participate in because they have their own system, of course we had a .25% sales tax added to pay for this. Currently Castro and the rest of the leftist on the city council are pushing a street car down out throats. Most of the folks here are against it including the poor who can not afford to pay the fare for riding it.

What gets me is why Charlie Gonzales did not run for Congress again, I can only imagine the Castro’s want to be the new king makers in San Antonio and Charlie was asked to “step aside”.

I would not call him a lock right now. He could self destruct like former San Antonio Mayor and HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros. He was caught lying to the FBI when he was interviewed by the FBI for confirmation.