We get a lot of emails.  A LOT of emails.  In fact, we got one today from GOPUSA.  Since it is a republican organization, we thought we would give them a chance to set things right before we relegate them to the spam bin forevermore.

If you check out our previous post, Burn Baby Burn, you’ll see that we harshly -and deservedly- criticized retired Generals Arthur “Chip” Dielh, III and Tommy Franks for lending their name, rank, and reputations to a couple of fundraising operations, the Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes and Help Hospitalized Veterans.  A direct-mail venture that funded lavish lifestyles for its founders Roger Chapin, Mike Lynch, and Richard A. Viguerie.

As we said, we will give GOPUSA the benefit of the doubt.  Perhaps GOPUSA can explain to us why they are promoting these disgraceful organizations.  Even with the disclaimer that the email, signed by “General Chip Dielh”, is from one of their “sponsoring advertisers” it still rankles.  Especially since it is a fundraising ploy of the worst ilk, preying upon the sympathies and patriotism of Americans for our wounded servicemen and women.  

It’s hard to defend the indefensible, guys, but we’re willing to give you a chance.   Elsewise, we’re going to ask for a special seat in hell for GOPUSA, too. 

Early Voting results here in the land of Wilco - state-wide results are too incomplete to bother with at this point:

McCain   7,398  (56%)     Huckabee   4,040  (30%)    Paul   1,069 (8%)

Obama    13,985 (59%)     Her Royal Clintoness  9,313  (39%)

Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 4:      Womack   6,568  (66%)      Francis   3,346 (33%)

State Rep - HD 52:  Hobbs   1,337 (31%)   Daniel   1,360  (31%)   Sullivan   379  (8%)    Gordon  1,216  (28%)

Commissioner, Pct 1:    Birkman  1,088  (52%)     Laukhuf   973  (47%)

Constable, Pct 1:   Chody   1,152 (58%)     Griffin   811 (41%)

It’s gonna be a looooooong night for some of our candidates. 

UPDATE  UPDATE  UPDATE:   Huckkkabee has dropped out of the race.  Buh bye.

UPDATE  UPDATE   UPDATE:  It’s 11:15PM, the polls have been closed for more than four hours and still no electronic voting results.  They’re supposed to be sooooo much faster and better than the old-timey paper ballots.  Uh huh…

Up and at ‘em.  For those of y’all too busy to make it to the polls in the past two weeks, today is the day. 

It’s your last chance.  So far, the dimocrats are out voting us by 588,540 votes state-wide and by 10,139 here.  Who knew there were 23,252 dimocrats lurking about…

If you don’t vote, you can’t bitch.

This just in:  One of our fine, feathered little friends (a tipster) just happened to mention that speaker Craddick plans to replace Patrick Rose as Chair of the House Human Services Committee.  (See More’s Afoot).

Generally, we’re in favor of replacing dimocrat chairs with republican chairs (See The Game’s Afoot).  But, Human Services?  Come on.  Talk about the big green booger of committee assignments….don’t you just love you some of that TIERS?  Can you think of a better hellhole to park some of those dimocrat law makers?  Too bad the Agriculture & Livestock Committee is full up with republicans.

What makes it even better is the identity of Craddick’s alleged chair - the honorable ethically-challenged John Davis of Houston.  Yep, that John Davis, he of the serial double-dipping fame, who’s been fined by the Texas Ethics Commission more times than our own Paul Womack.  It truly is a match made in heaven.  

We believe the rumor is true - after all, Davis himself said it.   While we know he’s a thief, we don’t know if he’s a liar, too, so we’re giving Davis the benefit of the doubt.  For now.

It’s shaping up to be one heck of a greased pig race up in the House Chamber next January.

WTF is going on with our District Attorneys?  Harris County is still reeling from Love Struck Chuck’s email escapade.  Now, it’s neighbor to the north, Montgomery County, has a sticky little problem with its DA, too. 

According to the Houston Chronicle, the Montgomery County District Attorney, Mike McDougal, has been caught with his hand in the cookie jar.  District Attorneys routinely sieze money from various vermin engaging or participating in criminal enterprises on their turf.  If your turf just happens to be located on an interstate highway, seizing those cash assets can be a real lucrative part of the administration of justice.   According to the Chronicle:

“State law says the district attorney must use the money ’solely for official puposes,’ but it does not define them.  The murkiness of the law makes it difficult to determine whether McDougal’s expenditures are out of line.”

While he spent some of the money on computers and prosecution-related expenses, it appears McDougal spent some of the money like it was cash from his campaign account or something.  He spent more than $9K on staff parties and donated $38K to local charitable organizations and a golf tournament - organizations he just happens to serve as a board member. 

McDougal told the Chronicle he saw no problem with spending the moolah on staff parties to “help boost staff morale“.  Staff parties? Golf tournaments?

We gotta call bullsh*t on you, Dude.  Since you’ve got two opponents, it’s up to the voters to decide if those expenses are out of line or not.  They just might call bullsh*t on you, too.

The Senate Criminal Justice Committee is starting to look into what we’re gonna have to do to clean up the dirty laundry of our District Attorneys.  Thanks, guys.

Let’s just take a look at the early voting numbers in Wilco World:

2008     republican     10,321     dimocrat     18,044

2004     republican     10,136     dimocrat       2,627

See anything a little off here?   Just in case you are a public school graduate, let us break it down for you.  See that big whopping 1% increase in our side?  Are you impressed?  Now check out the other side.  Did that 85% increase make you throw up in your mouth a little?

To put it another way, do you really believe that 85% of Wilco voters really could be dimocrats?    You can blame it on the northern migration of blue-blooded liberals from just south of our border or the ever-popular RINOs amongst us.  Either way, that 85 f*ing percent remains the 500 lb blue gorilla in the parlor that no one wants to talk about.  Damn, it’s enough to make your skin crawl.

Note to Texas republicans: looks like Get Out The Vote has changed to Get Out The Vasoline.  You’re in for a heck of a ride between now and November.