Dee Margo was too good for El Paso

An opinion is like an, well, you know that goes...

Could not agree with you more Don. The ignorance in this city is shameful, Mr. Moodys lack of character, and as they say in this area "cajones" will make us look like the object of ridicule in Austin and the state of Texas one more time. But then again what do you to expect from a city that lacks higher levels of education and a self realization of what is actually acceptable for our El Paso. The only thing we come the expect are comical decisions and fabricated stories about an outstanding well-known El Pasoan.Good Luck.

I grew up in northeast el paso and now live on the westside. Pat Haggerty represented the district with dignity, and even if I disagreed with him, I never questioned his motives. As a democrat, I voted for him because I respected his independent streak. Your father announced his run for state rep when he did not even live in the district. He used negative ads towards Haggerty and Moody, and thought he could buy his way into office. These are not qualities appreciated by El Pasoans, especially the working class. Your father may have been better qualified, but as the old saying goes, "people don't care who much you know, until they know how much you care."

Young Donald Margo believes that his dad should have represented a district he never lived in, a district that didn't want him, and a community that rejected him twice. Why? Because this arrogant family believes they are ENTITLED to things they want simply because they want him.

While there are always ignorant voters (look how many American voters thought Pailin was qualified to be president. Talk about ignorance!), what young Donald doesn't want to accept is that Republicans came out in droves in a Republican District to vote against his father.

Why?

Talk to folks in that district and they say Margo is arrogant, self-important and pompous. Even people who were bullied by Margo into giving him money gave the dollars and proudly announced to others that they cast their vote against Margo.

Moody may be young and inexperienced but he has two things Margo doesn't have: humility and honesty. Haggerty called Margo a liar and nothing could be more true. This is the guy who had Fernando Parra do a commercial for him and then denied knowing him. This is the guy who helped Tury Duran rise to power and then denied knowing him. This is the guy who announced Cobos would be his "special guest" at his announcement and then denied knowing he would attend. This is the guy who proclaimed Cobos as "the right man for El Paso" and then acted as if he never endorsed him.

Liar is what he is, and liar is what the people saw.

No one wants a liar representing this great community. We deserved better and better is what we got. Congratulations Joe Moody! You won fair and square and you did it in a REPUBLICAN DISTRICT THAT DOESN'T VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS! That was a huge feat and it showed that not only do voters trust you more, but they definitely rejected Margo.

Young Donald, while I admire that you are reeling from your father's loss, you gotta admit the facts: republicans rejected him. Without the republican vote, Moody could not have won.

Your dad is an ass and El Paso doesn't like him. Sorry.

It is not the voters that are ignorant, but rather you and your father are brimming with stupidity and ignorance. Your father lost because he is arrognant, pompous, and, plainly put, had a false sense of entitlement. Your comments reflect a distain for voters, so why should they vote for that carpetbagger? I so loved the look on your dad's face when he lost. The man had such a sense of entitlement that seeing his bubble burst was worth a milion laughs. Don't be discouraged. I hear that the position of chief dog catcher is open. But he is likely to lose that too.

Way to say it Don! As an independent I am disgusted by this cities lack of critical thinking skills. I vote based on qualifications and character, not based on party alignments. I don't know if people vote straight ticket out of laziness or a lack of intelligence. But one thing is for sure, El Paso will continue to be the most disregarded and overlooked city in the state if we continue to elect leaders who are nothing more than a Democrat.

Don,

I voted for your Dad because I think it was about time we had a conservative represent district 78. The race was pretty close all the way up to the end. If you look at most of the state house races in El Paso County, either there were no Republicans running or the vote was 75% Democrat to 25% Republican.

If you look Joe Moody's margin of victory over your Dad, it was not much more than a couple of percentage points. Moody didn't run away with this election by any means. As a matter of fact, even at the top of the ticket, Obama won 51% to McCain's 49%. Not exactly a mandate if you ask me.

So what does this mean for us who arrived in El Paso from out of state, live in El Paso and choose to live and raise our families in El Paso and are an active part of this community? It means that the sun will rise again tomorrow and people like your Dad and many of us, will get up and figure out how to make El Paso a better place. There will always be another election and thinking men and women will eventually prevail.

Instead of criticizing us from so far away, I would invite you Don to return to this fair city and help us make it a better place.

I thought your father would be a perfect fit for Representative, being part of what the Times calls the "get-things-done" crowd and all. Apparently most of my fellow citizens felt differently. But this article comes off as as somewhat petty and tantrum-like.

Follow your father's more dignified acceptance of the loss.

Hey John,
Haggerty only had 1 opponent from 1988 on. I'm glad you had chance to exercise your independent streak once in close to 20 years. We all know that if Jeffery Dahmer was on the ballot he would have won. Then at least there would be fear in Austin as opposed to amusement.

Ahhh Don,

Lets be honest shall we. You left because your wife didnt like it here. Little cushy job at JDW wasnt enough. Nice little PR job wasnt enough for the wifey. I happen to be Republican and live in your daddy's "district". I agree that straight line democrats cost a lot of republicans their jobs around the country. You dont get to grab on to coat tails only when it is convenient. Buddy Bush is basically the most unpopular president in more than your lifetime. Thats life. Think you got your job at JDW because you are qualified? But more importantly, for those of us that know your dad he is a smart person who loves this city. He also reads his own press clippings, thinks he is above it all, and basically a pretty big deal. Maybe he is, but people dont want to vote for someone who admires themselves more than the voters they are seeking. But to put it simply, i didnt vote for him because I know him, and I was willing to take my chances on Moody because I didnt. How sad is that? Your wife and mother are lovely, but your dad is just a horse's xxx.

How do you think he beat Haggerty in the primary? Get a clue and quit whining. If there were no primaries Dee wouldnt have ever gotten past Pat. Dee plays it way to the right to get Pat out and then is shocked when he cant sell being down the middle for the general.

Don, maybe your father can move to another part of town and try again....you seem to forget how many years a republican, Haggerty, held the seat....funny how a democrat RAN when Dee Margo won the primary...when will he realize the people don't want him....the Margo loss was icing on the Obama cake

"Your dad is an ... and El Paso doesn't like him. Sorry."

" Don't be discouraged. I hear that the position of chief dog catcher is open. But he is likely to lose that too."

I moved from El Paso years ago to a far better place that's for sure, but I still keep in touch with social and political issues regarding the city. Reading this post just speaks volumes for the city as a whole. As I recall from my experiences and adolescence the East of Downtown is jealous of the Westside of town as usual, a well known, affluent, job creating "westsider" tries to get the city up to par and run for an influential position in government. The eastside revolts because the Cowboys are having a bad year and their F 150's aren't yielding favorable returns on gas and bam... the cathdral grad gets the nod.(Sorry Joe I went to La Cate with you years ago(good guy)...anyways no harm no foul)

As for Mr. Margo he apparently had corrupt ties and what not, but the sad reality is conflict of interest is everywhere even right under your noses voters east and west and north and south.

The reason for the postings above is a simple reminder of how El Paso keeps it classy. Keep it up and make us expatriates proud of an antiquated mentality and canny comments.

Dee Margo lost because republicans voted against him.

District 78 is not like other districts in town. It is heavy republican. Even with the new voters, the republicans in the west, upper valley and northeast still outnumber the democrats in canutillo, vinton, etc.

Dee Margo (if you look at the numbers alone) should have won this district. However, what he didn't count on was the fact that there would be very few democrats who would support him. He needed every single republican voter to vote for him.

They didn't.

Dee lost because Republicans voted for the Democrat.

I agree with Don Margo. El Paso can not look towards anything and the race was really decided on blanketed straight ticket lines. It was not so much a vote in favor of someone at the local level but in favor of President Elect Obama. El Paso deserves what it gets anyways, we vote stupidly here all the time and yet we expect change from the same machine that blame.

Why do all the El Paso conservatives submit their writings to their parents for approval? Can't think for yourselves?

Good for you Don Margo, good that you can go to a beach and laugh at ignorant El Pasoans,just don't come back here and if you do remember the hispanic vote carried Mr Moody and your father chose to ignore us as the force that now drives the political engine in this country.So stay in florida and enjoy yourself because we got the last laugh and sour grapes does run in your family!

In Midland, 78.21% of straight party votes were REPUBLICAN on Nov. 4! But El Pasoans are "ignorant" for doing the same?

Little Don, your op-ed is the uninformed rant of an entitled child. America dodged a bullet with McCain and El Paso dodged a bullet with Dee Margo.

Stay in Miami. Don't come back. Now we know loud and clear -- El Paso is too good for any Margo!

Are we supposed to be SO GRATEFUL that your dad "provides insurance benefits for nearly 100 El Pasoans AND their families?" Does he do this for free? I don't think so. You make it seem like he is some vital cog in this city.

El Paso deserves the best, not a two-time loser. Joe Moody we are behind you, not only because you are a Democrat, but also because you are the best choice for El Paso.

Don Margo! This is the same jock who threw down at the infamous race brawl at Coronado High School: Jocks vs. Chilangos.

You went to the high school that was too good for El Paso. So did I.

You have lived a cush life, surrounded by cash. Yet what have you done for this city you trash?

You and the likes of "independent" Tyler Francis, grandson of Larry Francis, were part of the Coronado elite, and were in tremendous position to help our fair city.

We knocked on doors for Joe since August. Over and over again we heard, "Dee Margo? Yeah I'll vote for Moody. I can't stand that guy."

Hey, thats your dad! And most of this city can't stand him. How's that feel?

Joe won this race because our ground game was a machine. We kicked --- and took names. People spoke to us about the issues. People appreciated the time we took to visit them.

And in the end, the thousands of doors we hit and the thousands of voters we encouraged to vote Joe and straight ticket is what won this race.

Deal with it.

Don's whining would have more substance if he'd actually campaigned for his dad here in El Paso.

But since he didn't, we can only guess that even Don didn't support his dad as much as his hissy fit masquerading as a letter indicates otherwise.

You are right. We do not deserve the services of Dee Margo. We deserve better! We deserve honest and trustworthy services. We do not need the services of one of Craddick's minions.

Don's rantings make me wonder if the apple fell far from the tree.
Donnie, you don't get it. The fact is your dad couldn't carry a Republican precinct. What does that say? That they didn't want him. I hope he gets the hint, because I'm tired of seeing the same video in his campaign ads. By the way, those ads gave me some insight into the type of person he is. All he was doing in all those clips was talking. He wasn't listening. We need more listening and less hot air from our state politicians. Thank goodness the West and Northeast parts of town did the right thing.

El Pasoans put a negative stigma on any one who is even remotely successful. Just because someone works hard and strives to provide a better life for their family and succeeds, they must be arrogant and pompous? Dee is a wonderful person who cares about this city and the people in it. He works hard, for free, to ensure El Paso doesn't stay on the same stupid path leading to no where. He always has the city's best interest at heart.

El Pasoans are ignorant and for whatever reason they'd like to stay that way. We had an opportunity for real change and now we are on the same old path to no where. Hopefully one day the people in this town will open their eyes.

Aww you poor baby....your dad lost....GO MOODY!!!

Don, I am embrassed for your Dad. I'm sure he did his best to bring you up properly. I know you hurt, but that does not give you the right to "kick" El Paso. You don't live here, your not part of this city, so you don't have a say. I understand your hurt - but this is not the way to show it, your Dad and Mom still live here. Your dad made the choice to "run" for this office, and as intelligent as he is, he knew what he was getting into. He took that chance and lost. Don, life goes on - get over it! I'm sure your Dad will. Enjoy the beach.

Of course, you have an unconditional love of your parents and that is admirable. I'm sure you follow the fifth commandment of "Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother." I have spoken to a few Republicans who voted for McCain but did not vote for Dee. Why?? He thinks he's above most everyone else. He's pompous and arrogant. You don't even have to speak to him to tell...it's even in his Body Language. I saw him at the golf course many times and could tell just by watching him.

Why would you embarrass your dad like that? Now he is going to be reminded of your comments everytime he tries to do something good for El Paso.

Comments like that do no good for El Paso. As if we didn't have enough people dumping on El Paso, now we have our own native son doing it.

Maybe you should talk to your BFF, Bushie. He had a lot to do with soling the Republican brand.

Calling those of us who do not support your father "ignorant voters" will do nothing to persuade us (those who do live in El Paso and pay property taxes) to vote for a Republican. They may create jobs and pay health care for some, but they will do little or nothing to help those who are under=employed and have no health coverage. Rather, they will help those who have already achieved the American Dream.

Give us all a chance to achieve our dreams without calling us names. It's counter-productive. It may be the nature of politics, but many of us are tired of that old game.

Get over it. Your Daddy's a big boy. You go to the beach now, Don, and soak the wounded Margo pride. Those of us who choose to stay will continue to work for our chance at the better life you have inherited.

Don, it looks like you did a good job of besmirching the old man's name as well...

Don,

Although I agree that this city is BRIMMING with ignorance, it merely exists because there is a lack of attention to down ticket races. I respect your father, but also believe that republicans/conservatives should be aware of the voting history here in El Paso. Engagement to the hispanic populations serves better at the top of the ticket, ie presidential tickets and the such. One thing that Republicans/conservatives have failed to do is expand the base, where it probably would better suit your father.

It is considerably hard for Republicans to win in El Paso.

To Don Margo,
Were glad your in Miami too! One blowhard that won't go away is enough for us!

The responses below only serve to confirm the ignorance of so many El Pasoans.

If any of you could pull your heads out of your @ss far enough to actual see or hear or even understand what Dee Margo has done and could do for all the people of the El Paso community, you might be able to make an educated choice.

You have elected one of the most unqualified people that you could find... short of a 5th grader.

You all are the reason that El Paso has never developed its true potential. You all only serve to bring all of El Paso down to your level.

OK, here's why he lost.....if Dee Margo's been in business this long in El Paso and he only has "100 El Pasoans and their families" as clients then he's not very good at ANYTHING he does...including politics. And this is a "can do" guy?

By quoting the voter at the beginning of his rant, then using it to make a blanket generalization about the voters of El Paso, this dolt displays the exact uninformed ignorance he criticizes. Good Riddance.

This young gentleman is absolutely correct, unless we get out of the border politics mentality, where we follow whomever the cattle baron tells us to vote for (i.e, the Democratic party) , then we will vote foolishly. Even though my loyalties fall with the Texas Democratic party(except in law enforcement issues), and I applauded the election of Joe Moody, we need to break this border politic mentality.

Sadly, even though I am glad El Paso is officially a liberal stronghold, and can now be closely aligned and be taken seriously by the intellectual elements of Texas Democrats, the Austin area delegation, there will be a significant portion of the voting population in El Paso County that will not have a true voice in Austin, that of the El Paso County republican.

Lets just hope (and pray) that Paul Foster and Governor Perry aren't too upset about this loss out in west Texas!

If it makes you feel better Don, I was one of the many people who not only voted for Joe Moody but against your father. I think most El Pasoans are tired of the politics of fear and hatred your father represents, nor do they care for the tyrannical actions of Tom Craddick and his cronies. I feel that most El Pasoans knew that and voted for change from the top of the ticket down.
Sincerely,
Raul Gonzalez

And so the brain drain beats on!

I see all these personal attacks on Mr. Don Margo, but no one has yet to state why they voted for now Representative Joe Moody. There is no question that Mr. Moody got the winning push he needed from people who turned out to vote for Obama.

According to the El Paso Times, Ms. Christina Mendez voted straight ticket, admittedly knowing nothing about the Moody-Margo race. I commend her for exercising her right to vote. I hold no ill feelings for her voting straight ticket. I merely believe that with the right to vote there comes a certain level of responsibility. For anyone who blindly votes, be it Democrat, Republican, or other party, are simply being irresponsible. I would hope that everyone who voted investigated the candidate they were choosing to represent their voices. It is better to abstain from voting than to elect someone simply based on party affiliation. We do a disservice to ourselves, to our neighbors, and to our community by electing someone with no credentials. I applaud the large voter turnout and hope that the next election will be more of the same. But I would advise voters to first familiarize themselves with the issues and the candidates, and then make a well informed educated decision.

Now I have to respond to some of the comments.

First, cities do not have "ignorance," "cajones [sic]," or "higher levels od educarion," as Osborn Cox suggests. People may have such qualities, but not cities.

Similarly, cities do not have "critical thinking skills" as Tyler Francis asserts. Some people do have such skills.

And for Roger to contend that the good people of El Paso would vote for "Jeffery [sic] Dahmer" if he ran as a Democrat is utterly unconscionable.

How effective is demonizing your fellow citizens with whom you disagree? I would venture - not very effective. I expect that's why the Republicans failed so miserably and were rejected.

Gentlemen, it is better to attack the idea in a message rather than the messenger or, in this case, his supporters.

Don, I wish you had caught your breath before you wrote this piece. While I agree with you about the idiocy of electing Moody, there are many El Pasoans who were grateful for your father's candidacy. Unfortunately, the Osama factor, another disaster, hurt many good people. Moody and Osama will prove me right. They are despicable. And your father, God bless him, will stay true to his course and continue to do well for El Paso.

Sour grapes from a non El Pasoan. PLEASE....

Don, if you are sitting in Miami then you should have the correct perspective that is held by this country which is that the Texas Republicans are the cause of embarrassment about Texas that makes this state the laughing stock. Just take a minute and recall the illegal schemes that Tom Delay employed with campaign finance, or what he set up on K Street. Or just take a look at the congressional district maps in Texas which were all redrawn by the Republicans to completely disenfranchise the Democrat voters. No other state has districts created with such insane geography.

Or perhaps you might give some thought to how embarrassing it is for Texas that our current President with approval ratings the lowest in history came from here. Or that Texans could ever have voted for him to become the Governor. Even Bush's parents and siblings have admitted they were amazed that he could have been voted Governor or President since he has no intellectual curiosity and he was just the family drunk before he became the embarrassing family religious nut.

Most intelligent people outside of Texas still cringe that Bush hasn't learned how to pronounce the word nuclear in his eight years as leader of the free world. And this most prominent Texas Republican is not embarrassment for us? You know...the President who doesn't believe in evolution or nation building.

If you don't believe the rest of the country resents the small minded, right wing, bible thumping Texas Republican politics you are very much out of touch. If you choose to believe that Texas Republicans have any national prestige then just keep listening to Rush and Sean and remain in your own little dream world and stay away from here. Maybe you would like Alaska where they nominate a Governor who doesn’t know Africa is a continent and not a country and where they re-elect a Republican Senator with seven felony convictions. Yea, write us again when you get to Anchorage with your chosen people. But stop being a cry baby.

To all the lefties who came out of the woodwork on this post: tell me if El Paso really is better off now than it was when Jonathan Rogers ran the city? Gas prices and property tax rates are the highest in the State, we still don't have any high-tech jobs, the median income of the average El Pasoan is less than $35,000 a year -- and virtually every office at the County and Municipal level has been occupied by Democrats for the past 10 years. And as for the truth behind the FBI investigation ... all those under investigation are Democrats.

El Paso didn't get anything done even when Ann Richards was governor. The Medical School and BRAC came our way only because the business community lobbied state and federal leaders, not because Anchondo, Escobar, or Shapleigh intimidated or threatened anyone.

Are you really that proud of what we've failed to accomplish in the last decade? Why are we still willing to pick losers? Obama can on "change" ... and in this city, that means electing someone other than a Democrat. Hopefully the FBI will take care of our mistakes.

Please do not put everyone from El Paso in the "D" category. There were quite of few of us who believe in El Paso and believe in your Dad. I still believe he will make it to Austin to help our city in the future. Be upset with the people who are ignorant, but also give a little credit to those of us who do pay attention and don't look for the "R" or the "D" after their name.

As for some Democrats like myself, we appreciate the Margo-Bush connection. That is what killed your Dad; do not be so
naive or smug. Stay in Miami! But be reminded that not all of us
voted for Obama. I did not. Nor did I vote for John McCain.
I voted for a write-in presidential candidate and for Joe Moody
because I know what stock he comes from........

If every registered Democrat in Texas voted a straight party ticket the Republicans would still maintain majority control because of how the Republicans had the congressional districts remaped. Think about that.

It will take years if not generations AND a lot of straight party ticket voting by Democrats to overcome this redistricting. This alone is justification for voting the straight Democrat party ticket. This is the only right choice for all Democrats in Texas - we don't have the luxury of being selective that voters in blue states have with reasonable districts and unbiased courts to protect them.

Riccardo, it is not my God you are invoking to bless Dee Margo when you refer to our President elect as Osama.

Yo Debra -- You gotta have a brain to have "drain."

As a young, liberal voter, I was slightly torn before voting. I voted for Obama because I think America deserves a change from Bush politics. But El Paso's case, at least in my opinion, is different. Though Moody presented himself as one 'for the common (liberal) El Pasoan', and Margo has been commonly perceived as an uptight (conservative) elitist, the reality was (and still is) Margo represented actual tangible progress for El Paso. Maybe even the right progress to prevent us young voters from leaving after high school or college. Alas, maybe El Paso is doomed to stay behind the times (a.k.a. straight ticket voting). C'est la vie.

What do you come to expect from a city that is 80 % Hispanic…Low education levels that translate into great jobs, such as Cops with sweet haircuts, Border Patrol agents with complexion problems, a vast array of 30 to 50 year olds being employed by that great institution called Cielo Vista Mall, and finally what’s that term “deadbeats”. That’s right everyone that drops out of UTEP after 12 years of trying to get a business degree as a matter of fact maybe even a criminal justice degree end up “sour graping” (as many of you have stated through this ingenious blog) one of the few wealth creating entities in our case a person (I would not like to offend any Poets with Pony Tails), the city has to offer.
It’s scary to think that if this gentlemen the Pompous, Boombastic ( as in the Shaggy song??) elitist , HUMAN and many of the” well - known” entrepreneurs of El Paso didn’t provide the city with good jobs, notoriety, and the aspirations of being something other than the branch manager of Burlington Coat Factory, El Paso would be...
…The armpit of Texas( wait we already are), Juarez Jr., the biggest city in New Mexico… with a beautiful desert with tons of potential with an overwhelming amount of tumbleweeds, overshadowed by a population that is content with being mediocre instead of exceptional.
But one thing I know for sure is that “US” lazy, sweatiest, fattest, dumbest Hispanics would not have half of the initiative and hard working skills to push ourselves to try to create, establish, or even formulate some sort of intelligent wealth creating body. Look in the mirror El Paso, and thank these gentlemen for your beloved existence of a Sun Bowl, that huge entertainment lifestyle center, and the chance to better our cities future with local homegrown doctors.
“The stagecoach has been done away with, but the mentality seems to be the same.” -JC
Yours Truly,
4th Generation HISPANIC !

Methinks "The Thinker" is insinuating El Paso doesn't have a brain to begin with. Our local high schools, as well as UTEP, produce thousands of qualified, intelligent individuals... who end up fleeing the city at their first chance.

Well, we can see that one of Dee Margo's major accomplishments was to raise a whining wiener of a son...

Don,

You are correct, El Paso does not deserve your dad. In fact we don't deserve you either. Get the out!!!

I can’t help but whole-heartedly agree with Don. This city is constantly complaining about its position in Texas, as the bastard step-child. However, when it comes time to elect someone who might actually be able to "change" things for the better, the people of this potentially great city, vote the way they always have. "Democrats understand us!” they so often say. I totally agree, they get the fact that the seeming majority of El Paso is uneducated and unmotivated; unmotivated to do anything but reinforce the same old thing. We constantly re-elect people like Congressman Reyes, a man who, in Washington, is looked at as a complete JOKE! (I am sure the rest of the country thought we, as a city, looked like highly educated and successful people when he referred to out university as “JUTEP” on national television. Great job Silvestre!) That’s what the rest of the country thinks of us, as the punch line to some joke, usually about drugs or illegal aliens. Way to go EL PASO, you made sure that we are now an even more heavily blue city in a red state. That’s sure to get more done on our behalf!!! A good, educated, ethical, God-fearing, philanthropic man lost and a leftist, self-centered, pretty boy who talks down about the very people who defend him won. How sad. Don, I may need your help house hunting in Miami soon.

Well, the majority of these comments prove that the residents of El Paso will never cast an educated vote. They’d rather look down on a person who is successful. If Mr. Margo hasn’t done any good for this community, what have you all done to make El Paso such a better place? While you may think Dee Margo is a pompous, arrogant person, he is one of the many individuals who helps bring great jobs to El Paso. He is one of the biggest advocates for our community. So, the next time you try to get a job at a company, which has relocated to El Paso, remember that it was that same individual you thought of as pompous and arrogant who helped recruit that company to our community. When a person is elected to represent the city of El Paso, it is expected that they will be chosen because they will accurately represent the needs of our community. Unfortunately, the people we have chosen are obviously not doing their best to help El Paso succeed because we’re still in the same place. El Pasoans want to see change. So, WHY elect another one of the same old Democrats, one who is from a family of politicians who don’t get anything accomplished for El Paso? JOE MOODY: an attorney who doesn’t know the appellate process and has never tried a criminal case; wasted tax payer money blogging on the job, bashing the military; takes ½ million dollars from special interest groups; doesn’t own property so he couldn’t possibly empathize with property owners; and is still figuring out if he even wants to live in El Paso; great job for electing a person who can only be coached by his FELLOW unaccomplished Democrats. All of this because you’re jealous of Dee Margo’s success! We NEED someone SUCCESSFUL in office! That’s why El Paso will never move forward, because people continue to elect unqualified candidates. As far as straight-ticket voting, if you are too lazy to look down the ballot, then do everyone a favor and stay home. Straight-ticket voting is done out of pure laziness, regardless of the party! It is our right as US citizens to vote, but we have a responsibility to make sure we are electing a person because they will get the job done, and honorably represent the community. Dee Margo is a GREAT person, who is more than qualified to voice our needs and would have done a GREAT job representing El Paso. I’m comforted knowing that he will always do his best to make El Paso a better place.

Unlike the people on here invoking name-calling as their main tactic, at least Don had the courage to put his name on the end of his comments.

I must be one of those ignorant voters that have voted in El Paso for the last 35 plus years. What a great country we have when all can express their opion in a public forum like Newspaper Tree. While I did not vote a straight ticket, and actually voted for some Republicans this year I feel that the voters have spoken and we should all work together in the future. Way too much money was spent by both sides on this election, and that should give food for thought to all the voing public, Why was close to a million dollars spent for a position that pays very little per year. I draw my own conclusions, Please my fellow El Pasoans draw your own.

Don,
Let's be honest, your father moved into District 78 so he could run against Haggerty. Many in El Paso saw that one coming a mile away. And if the truth be known, you dad's buddy Shrub and his henchman in Austin Tom Craddick begged you to challenge Haggerty because he wanted Craddick out as Texas Speaker. And your dad's ad about all the things he's "accomplished"? Again let's be honest...he was the President of the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce, a ceremonial/figurehead position at best. He might have sat in on a few of the meetings that helped make those things come to pass, but it's the hard work of Chamber CEO Richard Dayoub and others that REALLY made those things happen. How shameful that the GOP PR machine tried to fool voters into thinking your father did these things as a politician when in fact he wasn't.
I guess when it comes to your father's political aspirations, perhaps he was thinking of Dubya's version of the famous Abraham Lincoln quote..."You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on." Guess what Don? Some El Pasoans are smarter than your dad thinks they are.

Yes, Adrian Juarez, just before I pray for my family to be safe I will pray that Paul Foster and Rick Perry aren't too mad at us.

Poor Don Margo, taking up for his out-of-touch fat cat dad!
Somebobdy call a "whhaaammm" bulance.

THE TRUTH IS EL PASOANS ARE VERY SMART NOT TO VOTE
FOR SOME ONE AS ARROGANT AS YOUR FATHER, WHO LOOKS DOWN ON PEOPLE. .EL PASO IS MUCH BETTER WITH OUT YOU
HERE, THEY SAY THE APPLE DOES NOT FALL FAR AWAY FROM THE TREE.

wow nice hissy fit!

did you accomplish anything with it?

i'm sure your father is taking this as a setback. and guess what? there will always be setbacks. thats life! its what you do afterwards that counts. you can hang your head, go inside your tiny little brain, and self defeat yourself. which, apparently, you like to do. or you can grit your teeth and try again until you accomplish your goal. which i believe your father will do.

it doesn't take courage to throw a hissy fit. it takes courage to get up from defeat.

i voted for your father. i respect your father. but i sure don't respect you.

I agree with Don, this city is full of mislead sheep and the Democratic Party sends them to the slaughter every election and they walk in expecting something different. .

We wonder why we are the laughing stock of Texas, look at our voting record and our democratic tendencies. The rest of Texas does not realize we are here. The sad part is that we deserve it. We keep sending El Paso's finest clowns like Elliot Shapleigh, Norma Chavez and now the moron little Joe Moody to represent this great city of El Paso.

We deserve better, but as long as we have the ignorant Hispanic voters that vote straight ticket because they are misinformed, we will always be at the bottom of the list.

I grew up a Democrat and realized that the party wants to keep the people like mushrooms in the dark and feed them bullshit.

People like "In the Know" and most democrats, which includes some of my democratic family, they start personal attacks when they hear the truth about their party.

The Democratic Party wants to keep the poor people poor!
Like a saying by Stephen F. Covey;:

"Give a man a fish feed him for a day, Teach a man to fish you feed him for a life time."

As long as Moody, Chavez and Shapliegh keep promising the Re-opening of Speaking Rock Casino they will keep getting elected. Apparently, they want to bring gambling back to El Paso so the poor people can go and spend money so they can continue to ask the government for more money because they are poor.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

We have been run by the Democratic party for as long as I can remember, the change starts by..... Well read the insanity sentence again, again and again.

Wake UP EL PASO!!!!!

YOU, Don, are an idiot.

Name calling, Name calling..... Yeah! That is the Democratic Way!!!

Why do you insult someone that is giving an opinion, the only reason one will get upset is when it's the TRUTH!

I am disappointed that Mr. Moody did get 14,000 votes through the straight vote ticket and 11,000 on his name only... well, he did ride on the coat tails of Obama.

Best of Luck Don, you hit the mark and a delicate spot on the Great DEMOCRATIC Town of El Paso!

Don, Saludos from the Great City of El Paso where the DEMOCRATIC PARTY KEEPS THERE PEOPLE IN THE DARK AND FEEDS THEM B.S!!!!!

I got more political junk mail from Dee Margo in this one election than from all the other politicians together over the past decade. I received almost 1 piece a day, some days I got 2 or 3 pieces from Margo. Must have been some REALLY BIG Austin behind him money to spend like that. Looks like Rick Perry won't have Margo to sit in his lap with his head out the car window. The first carpetbaggers came to Texas right after the Civil War. Texans didn't like them then and we don't like them now.

amen sir.

Don, Don, Don,

You don't know of what you speak. Marvin & I are straight ticket, yellow-dog Democrats and there has never been a better time to vote straight ticket in the history of Texas.

Your parents' friend, W, has made such a mess of our economy, killed over 4,000 soliders for his own vengeance for Sadam Hussein, pretending there were weapons of mass-destruction in Iraq. He is the biggest joke to ever step foot in the White House, never elected, stole two elections by cheating, just like he did in college and in the National Guard. You can't really expect people to vote for any Republican when there were Democrats in the race. Please.

Brutons

It's over. Your loyalty is admirable, but your emotions are showing.

I found this article to be quite humorous, as Don Margo is the same spoiled-brat, smug, arrogant overgrown child he was back when we attended Cathedral together. This whole article sounds like sour grapes, and make no mistake, it is.

Joey Moody and his family have endured more hardship and dirty politics from the Dee Margo campaign than anyone and responded with dignity. Yes, he did attack Dee Margo's ethics, and did so after Dee Margo decided do the very Repubilican thing of taking a statement out of context and spinning it to whip people into a frenzy. The great man that is your father took comments and photographs Joey Moody had on MYSPACE and forced them to the forefront of his campaign rather than just attacking Joey on the issues. He was hoping that older adult voters would be as out of touch as he is about regarding the internet and social networks such as MYSPACE. MYSPACE, for God's sake! Unfortunately for him, it did not work! The fine man that is your father did everything he could to turn this election into a spin zone and attack Joey Moody's character. Again, it did not work. If this is what defines the fine man that is your father, you can keep him. You are right, El Paso does not deserve your father. El Paso deserves better, and they now have better.

I also love that you try to make it seem like your father ran an honorable campaign, when my house is littered with ads that attack everything but Joey's manhood. Unlike your father, Joey Moody worked his way to the top. He never had a false sense of entitlement nor did he even live in the district he wanted to represent. He tried to buy a seat and El Pasoans saw through line of crap. Joey worked his heart out to graduate near the top of his class in college and again to get into law school. He was more educated than your father and he hasn't reached 30. You're right, he hasn't created much business for El Paso, that's because he was too busy trying to put criminals away in the courtroom.

Joey may not own property, but maybe it's because he chooses to live his life on his own and not live off of Daddy's money. You are the same punk kid we knew in high school. The kid who whines when things didn't go his way and would take his ball and run off to Coronado. The kid who shakes hands and smiles to someone's face but writes an online article to cry about Daddy's loss.

Stay on your beach in Miami, in fact, take your father. El Paso obviously doesn't want him. Your cynicism is pardoned, because we all know it is not just cynicism, it is the same lack of integrity your father showed during the whole race.

So Don you flew from Miami, Florida to El Paso, Texas to vote? Where exactly is your residence, El Paso or Miami? Along the same lines, your father "moves" to the Northeast from Kern to run for office. As we say in El Chuco..."Cuando conviene..."

I agree with you Don. Your father is the reason El Paso's economy is still prospering due to the BRAC initiative at Fort Bliss which your
father sponsored. Joe Moody hasn't brought 2 cents of any
economic benefit to El Paso. El Pasoans are going to expect OBAMA to send El Paso infrastructure money to help our economy.
I am sure when the infrastructure money is sent from Washington to
the 50 states, El Paso will get the smallest ahare if we get any at all.
Why reward a city that voted 66% against the state and has no
republican voice at the republican deominated state level? Instead of both the newspaper tree and KVIA reporting on the letter they should have reported on what the loss of the election by republican Dee Margo means to El Paso's economy. The El Paso Times supported Dee Margo and attempted to show voters the benefit
of republican representation at the state level. It is a shame the other media outlets did not do the same. This was more than a contest between 2 candidates. It was a contest for infrastructure money and continued prosperity for El Paso.

As someone who has run for office and lost, you learn a lot from losing a campaign. It is pretty insulting to call people "ignorant" simply because they do not vote for you. I think the voters spoke and you need to accept the loss graciously. I can understand loving your father but this letter does not help in any way. You should have shared it with your family and not the public. Look at John McCain's speech the night of the election. It was a lesson in humility.

However, some of the comments indicate that there are some people who believe you have to be "successful" to run for office. I think Joe Moody as an attorney is a successful guy. It does not matter if he still does not have a house. He is young and will likely afford one once he has paid his student loans. Something so many people have to do to graduate from law schools. He is from a great family. He is the son of a great judge and a teacher. He may have said some things in error but most politicians have and they are not in their "20s". As I have gotten older, I can appreciate a young person being interested in office. Additionally, you do the job of assistant district attorney not for the money but for other reasons. Additionally, he ran a strong campaign and beat a well funded opponent. There are many ways to be successful.

Some of the commenters believe that you should only be able to vote if you are "smart or educated". Imagine if you had to show your college degree to vote. The other disturbing thing would be if there was a person who determined if a person had the right to vote (smart enough?). As an American, you have to believe in voting rights.

Whatever your opinion may be, we believe in the election system and we congratulate anyone who would want to do this especially with the amount of ridicule and attacks that occur when you run for office.

However, once the electoral process is done, what you need to do is run again. If Mr. Margo does not want to run again, then another Republican can run. Either way, we need to encourage people to run. If candidates have opponents, it reminds that candidate who they are supposed to be working for.

By the way, I am all for free speech so comment on. However, it would be nicer to not have the awful comments made against Mr. Moody or Mr. Margo. One of their mothers may be reading this.

Whatever you thought of the election results we can be happy that we live in a country that allows all people to vote, regardless of their race, sex or wealth. God bless America!

What a shameful, ignorant comment. How 'bout this Don? This is why El Paso was lucky to vote Joe Moody. If you were going to send a whining, childish letter every time Margo didn't get something done, this town would have been in deep sh**. Stay in Miami, El Paso doesn't need people like you, sell your bullsh** somewhere else.

Shame on you. The lack of graciousness on the Margo side makes me feel even better for voing for Moody. I'm a republican by the way. Comments such as yours will make it even more difficult for your dad to ever win an election. So, please keep it up! The vulgar language was an especially classy touch. You represent your family well.

Don, did you not notice that 2008 is a year for Democrats? All over the country, voters who were disgusted with Republicans in the White House, US Congress, and State Legislatures, voted for Democrats. Anyone associated in people's minds with the Bush Administration, as Dee Margo is, was likely not to be elected. Perhaps your father should have changed his party affiliation, as he did his residence, just for this election. Still, it's interesting to note that he was defeated in a district which had been held by Republican Pat Haggerty for 20 years.

Here are some stats for you, Don, and the rest of Dee's supporters. Straight ticket voters were not the reason for Dee's loss. Just face the fact the voters didn't want Dee!! These stats are from ABC-7 web site http://www.kvia.com/global/story.asp?s=9312651
State Rep.-Elect Joe Moody 26,115 votes; 14,465 of those came from straight-party votes.
That, in turn, means nearly 11,650 people voted expressly for Moody and while straight ticket voters helped, but they weren't the only reason Moody won. However, according Javier Chacon with the El Paso County Elections department, even if voters choose a straight party ticket, they can go back and change individual races.

The time for demonization and name-calling should end. Contrary to the critics, neither candidate deserves the accusations leveled at them.
Dee Margo is a better man than the campaigns he runs. His web site suggested a detailed, thoughtful analysis of the issues. I disagreed with a number of his positions, but not because they were irrational or unfounded. He's like a good kid raised in an abusive household -- he thinks that politics has to be nasty to be effective. If he could free himself from his handlers, a kinder, gentler, more effective Dee Margo would likely emerge.
Joe Moody is more substantive than his youth and web blogs would suggest. His political rhetoric reflects the calculated arguments of the young lawyer he is, but his positions are well founded, his intentions are earnest, and his character and honesty are above reproach. He has a great work-ethic and ran a model campaign. As our next Representative he will rise to the occasion.
As for El Paso, we're getting there, and we need both Dee Margo and Joe Moody to move us beyond rhetoric, now, to the genuine progress and achievement of which we are capable.

I was just reading through many of the comments to this opinion piece. I don't live in El Paso, or know any of the players or politics of the area, but I just wanted to point out how unbelievable it is that residents of such a large City display such low self-esteem, self-worth and are so self-depricating. Has it always been this way? Terms such as "armpit," "stepchild," "ignorant." And the City is 80% Hispanic? So, the majority is against each other?? It would be a fascinating place to do a psychological study, makes me wish I was still in the field. See, I live in a City that is largely ignored due to lack of proximity to the Capitol. We are about 80% white and our incomes are similar to El Pasoans. We complain about being ignored, but we also get together and do something about it. We are not nearly the size of El Paso. If we were? We could move mountains!! I guess the only real difference is there has always been great pride, respect and cohesiveness among the residents. You have no idea of the power you have just in shear numbers. Wish you all the best. RC.

There are many reasons why people vote. Straight ticket. Life Long political party affiliation, political wonks, and in many cases, just gut feelings.

I think gut feeling had a lot to do with this election.

After Margo defeated long-time beloved politician Haggerty (why run against someone that had held a seat for so long and was, in most people's minds, doing an ok job?) people had a gut feeling something was not right.

Why would someone want THAT position so badly?
It smelled wrong.

Margo presented himself as aloof, rich, and, for this town, out of touch with the community and more in touch with the local big wigs.

I lived in the area that Margo was running for. I received over 20 mailings from his campaign, but not one person from his campaign came by and knocked on my door. Canutillo...hmmm. Gut feeling. Enough money to send me a daily mailing, but not enough to come by and say hello. Gut feeling.

I have an educational technology blog, and sent each candidate\, via email, a set of ten questions to answer that I would post on the site, unedited.

Margo never responded. Moody did.
I sent three reminders to Margo. (I even went so far as to ask the Times and NPT to give me the email they had from him so that I knew he was receiving the reminders.)

No response from Margo. A response from Moody.

Gut feelings.

After Margo ousted Haggerty I predicted on this forum that the result might be a democratic gain, afterall, Northeast El Paso is not a Republican stronghold. I thought Pat was a good representative and I was sorry to see him go. But I am glad the Democrats took this seat.

I am a native son El Pasoan, 55 yrs old, raised and schooled in the lower valley and Hispanic. I now live on the Westside, had two children go to Coronado, and am not a straight ticket voter.

Don, you are fortunate that you live in Florida, please stay there and never return to El Paso and please invite your parents to come visit request them to reside permanently as they are seasoned carpetbaggers ready to move.

Don, my kids used to tell me that CHS had an "air about it". I know now that it is because of the likes of you and your buddies that stunk up the grounds of that fine school.

Get real Vato, your dad lost because he is pompous, out of touch with real El Pasoans, and is a legend in his own mind. Come to think, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree and Don, I think the door hit you too hard on the way out!

Sin Fin

Holy non sequitur! Did you proof that rant for typos and/or craziness before you posted it on such a public forum?

I've known you for a long time, Don. I thought you'd know better than to do something like this. Just goes to show you. You never really know someone until you see them in a personal crisis. Now that you've been exposed, warts and all, I have to say I'm extremely unimpressed. Something tells me this nonsensical rant is going to cost you dearly in the future, Don.

You've shown the world that you have absolutely no loyalty to the place you grew up. You're also guilty of gross over-generalizations that only people with poor arguments use to make a point. Shameful.

sour grapes, we know what and who the Margos represent.

Wow, Don! Check out the bad comments you generated for your father. I doubt this is going to help him any in business or in politics.

Your distain for El Paso is unfortunate, and you leave me wondering if your father had anything to do with how you think and feel about El Paso. Does he express himself this way too when he is behind closed doors? Umm, I wonder.

I was born here, I live here, and I intend to stay here for a long time. I'm glad that you left our lovely city, because it is your kind of mentality that holds us back. Decades and decades of negative comments/remarks about El Paso have done nothing to imporve it.

Wow.

Although I don't live in District 78 I was intrigued by this race for many reasons, two really stuck out in my mind why run against a popular Republican when it is rare that Republicans do well, and here is one that has been consistently doing well; and two, the person occupying the seat in the District you already live in is either going to retire or is a political newcomer, why not run there?

You see, Dee had lived in District 77 since he has lived in El Paso. The District 77 seat was held by Paul Moreno, who had not had an opponent for many years. It would seem that Margo could have ran for this seat unopposed during the primary and would have been fighting either Paul Moreno who was pretty much tinkering on retirement... or a political newcomer. By running in District 77 he could have easily gained an additional seat for a Republican and El Paso could have sent two.

But he didn't. He chose to run against Pat Haggerty, who was pretty popular amongst those in El Paso. Dee got a boost in the primary because District 78 is one that is made up of crossover voters. You see, when the Democratic Primary mattered in Texas, Haggerty lost many of his longtime supporters because people wanted to vote for Hillary or Barack. This was evident by the fact that Moody won his primary with more votes than Haggerty and Margo combined.

Don, your father sealed his own fate in this race. From the beginning his decision to run against the only Republican to maintain a seat in the Democratic stronghold in Texas. Rather than use that to your father's advantage and run in District 77, where he could have had an ally at the House, he chose to unseat this popular republican. The rest, as we say is history.

The only ignorance it seems comes from the choices your father made. Sorry, but if your father truly was running for the betterment of the city... he would have ran from District 77.

I can appreciate your disappointment and admire your loyalty. I voted for candidates that were not elected..but that is part of our democratic process. Whether your dad is the right man for the job or not politics is dirty and ugly. In a wonderland the people we elect would stop fighting and actually do some good for our nation,city state. I don't understand your anger with El Paso. Here is a thought.. much of El Paso does not know your dad, I for one did not know who he was before the election. Maybe a change in strategy wouldn't hurt..start by being more active with "everyday" people (Lower Valley, East etc.). I have to admit I did not vote for your dad but I also did not vote for Moody. This race became ugly and I got tired of the trash talk so I went independent. If anyone of these candidates had taken the time to get to know me (ring my doorbell, send people to campaign and tell me what Mr. Margo wants to do for the city NOT what Mr. Moody has done or did) I would have voted your way.This in my opinion lost the race for your dad.. Most of us do not know what his issues were. If he plans to run again and he gives us the "what I would like to do for El Paso" speech and I like what he has to say Heck! I will gladly volunteer to go door to door.But to blame El Paso is naive and quite frankly probably in anger. If you feel like this about El Paso then the right candidate won.

To one Don Margo,

although we've never met, I have met your father once or twice and sadly, but whole-heartedly, I must agree with your opinion. El Paso is the laughing-stock of the state because no one here seems to understand the great things for which your father stands. I've had occasion to shake his hand just before he did an interview with a local TV station; I've seen him at one of the local gyms; I've read about what REAL economic stimulus he has brought to our community and I am inspired by him. Sadly, I have to continue living in this cesspool of 'forcible redistribution of wealth' brought on by the 'Obama tsunami' and I hope to not drown during the next four years, but I want to say, proudly, to Don Margo and Mr. Dee Margo for that matter, "Thank you, sir, for all that you have done. You had my vote, but not just for the label you carried after your name on the ballot, but rather because of the ideas you chose to represent and defend."

Politics ARE ugly. It's plural in this sense.

"Politics" when referring to it as a study or science is singular. "Politics is a demanding profession."

At least try to get your grammar in line while you publicly kick people when they are down.

Dee, please continue to run your business as you see fit, as YOU WILL NEVER BE ELECTED TO OFFICE IN MY TOWN. Twice a bridesmaid, never the Bride.
El Paso is starting to move forward with a whole new mindset and young progressive thinkers. There is no more room for "THE GOOD OLE BOY" club.
And Dee, thank your son for being a chip off the old block and also give our regards to your Padrino Craddick.

Bravo Don, I concur! Yes, many would have told you to write this letter with less emotion. Sometimes you have to let people know what you really think!!
Knowning your parents for over 22 years, they have done so much volunteer work, contributed so much of their own money, time and helped to so many. But there is no banner on their front door declaring how wonderful they are, that is just not the kind of people they are.
And as for moving into my neighborhood to represent me, I welcomed Dee and Adair to the Upper Valley. I saw more of Dee here helping than I ever saw of Haggerty. Haggerty originally jumped from the Democrat Party to be a Republican in "Sheeps Clothing", since in those days he never could have won with a D attached to their name. Also Haggerty would'nt have won this race against a straight ticket vote.
But, back to the Democrats with El Pas having been controlled by the Democrat Party literally since the 1920's. What else are tvoters to think. They know nothing else. Today the D letter and Surname are the most important thing people look for when they vote or the good ol "Straight Ticket Lever".
I personally think there should not be any party affiliations with candidates. Perhaps make the people really have to think about who they are voting for.
This town has lagged, literally, behind the rest of the country in education, growth and economics forever. The only reason this town has grown and continues to grow is the military, and that was not, as many of our Representatives would have you think, due to their hardwork. It is due to our location, the Border, and cost of living and cheap labor. Best Bargin in the Country.
We enocuraged our children to not return to El Paso. We have good weather, and pretty nice people, but that is just not enough.
My husbamd I will also be leaving to live somewhere else soon, due to the quality of life, property taxes and politics of this city. I want to live in a progressive party of Texas, and El Paso just isn't that place.

In a way, I understand Don's frustration, but as an "inside-outsider", the blame cannot rest entirely on the straight-ticket voters. El Paso is comprised of mostly working class average joes--yes, although more Republican than the rest, this includes West and Upper Valley El Paso. By counting on the back-biting, two-faced, self-important country club crowd he calls friends, Dee basically did himself in--again. As important as those guys think they are, their money bears little weight compared to the power of the masses.

This is so funny... I didn't read all of the comments... bu the few I read were really funny. Bottom line is... El Paso has once again voted in another idiot... matters not what party he's with.... just another idiot... period. Take off the party symbol... he's an idiot anyway. The other guy... not an idiot... El Paso picked the idiot...live with it. I will... and keep laughing about it... its funny.

Why didn't this same pattern of straight ticket voting ever eliminate Mr Haggerty in general elections? El Pasoans in that district can split their votes, and the often do. Margo failed to win, in part, because he did not effectively distinguish himself from a Republican slate that, as a whole, was not going to carry the vote. Why should El Pasoans strenghten the Craddick-perry administration? If Mr. Margo had made it abundantly clear that he was not going to be a Tom Delay Republican, but an independent, moderate business-minded Republican, he would have won, as Mr Haggerty did. After reading this sniveling article, I am now grateful that Moody won. Political parties and political loyalties are a fact of life.

ay si...lol

Donny boy,

Pretty pathetic display. Why do I see you writing this in a diaper on a beach in Florida with a scotch flavored sucker in your sad george bush like pouty little mouth? You say Moody never "...made the difficult decision to fire somebody or really done anything overly productive in the El Paso community..." Overly productive? Dude, didn't your folks buy you a better education than that? As pathetic as you come off in this letter, I'm sure you are truely much more repugnant, as you likely tried to use some restraint while composing this embarassing diatribe (look it up!) Even without Obama's inspirational campaign your family has to pay its dues in El Paso. Your dad did great things for El Paso with the Border Fund, its true. But for all those nights that you all had slumber parties at W's white house an uppance has come. Influence earned by palling around with the worst president in history has a price. One that you will certainly never appreciate.

Maybe Dubya can offer Dee Margo a job at his Crawford, Texas ranch now. Or maybe he can start a Sarah Palin fan club. That way, maybe he can also get what he deserves. I found it interesting that Dee Margo said in the El Paso Times that he was looking forward to moving to his new house on the west side which was almost ready. So, did you plan to represent the Northeast from your westside residence? And by losing the election, you certainly helped El Paso in sending a completely Democratic delegation to Austin. Thank you, Dee Margo. Eventually, hopefully Tom Craddick and other Republicans will get booted out of Austin, too. We've certainly learned from this election that anything is possible.

What an idiot... we didn't elect your daddy and it is our fault.

As a Democrat I was sorry to see Pat Haggerty ousted, but hoping to see Margo beat Moody. We dont get anything from Austin that we don't pay for with our own money. Dee's relationship with the Republicans, good or bad, would have probably helped us more than Moody will.
I like Eliot Shapleigh, but for life of me, I don't know what the heck he does. I vote for him because he seems to be the Edward Kennedy of El Paso.
Don, it you read this, please tell your dad that if he wants to help El Paso, he should meet us at a level where we can get to know him.
Many of us are unhappy with our good friend John Cook! Tony Cobos is a terrible County Judge.
If your father doesn't think he's too good for local government, please ask him to run for City Council or County Commissiioner's Court.

Thank you,
BR

I read the crud above and now wish I never voted for Margo. Your rant does your father no service.

Grow up and get a job so you won't have all this free time to think about ridiculous things.

El Paso is a great city, no ocean here but we live in peace as crime is very low.

Thanks, Don!!!! I haven't laughed this much in a while...your dad to good for El Paso...now that's funny!

Don,

El Paso is a great city that that's owes much to your father.

I'm saddened to see such hurtful messages that seem more for sport than for another reason. It's especially disturbing that many who criticize your father admit to judging him only by "his body language at the golf course."

Time heals all wounds and I just pray that your father keeps championing for El Paso.

Very ironic. Dee Margo campaigned with negative ads that argued Joe Moody shouldn't be state rep because he allegedly hated el paso and was allegedly planning on moving to Ohio. Now Don Margo writes a letter that says El Paso sucks, and he's staying in Miami. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Dee Margo lambasted Moody for thinking about moving to Ohio. I wonder if he'll give his son the same tongue lashing, or are there special rules for special people?

I have been an independent for all of my life. I really liked Haggerty and went to a public meeting to meet your father when he ran for his seat. I have never met such a stuck up pompus man in my life. I have met a lot of rich people and it seem that the great ones are very down to earth and the wantabees act pompus and try to show you how important they are. You dad is a wannabee. Stay in Florida where the real estate values are dropping through the floor. Have you noticed that El Paso is doing pretty well in this downturn? How do you like all the bugs and humidity? And talk about ignorant rednecks...... I hope that you and Bubba are having fun on the beach.