Yea, and since most of the people of Texas are just as shallow and stupid, he will be re-elected next year.

This may be the dummest blog I've ever seen. The charge you say is so petty, using state computers for campaign activity, is exactly the charghe Ronnie Earle brought against Kay Hutchison ten years ago. Are you ready to concede that similar charges brought against Kay Hutchison and Tom DeLay were equally petty?

This is the silliest blog I have ever seen. The "petty" charges brought against Carole are exactly the charges brought by Ronnnie Earle ten years ago- that Kay used a state computer for campaign purposes. Are you saying that the charges against Kay and Tom DeLay were petty and should have been dropped?

I didn't live in Texas 10 years ago and could care less about what happened in this state 10 years ago--to be completely honest with you. As for silliest blog...thanks.

Royal Masset everybody! Glad to see you read us Mr. Curmudgeon. Stick around, comment some more, we get tired of having Wonk as our lone Republican dissenter (I still love you Wonk). And you even composed different drafts for your comments. I don't even do that for posts, guess I'll never get a swank QuorumReport gig. And to answer your question, yes, pretty much all politics is petty, we get to make fun of it anonymously, and we do a decent enough job of it that people like you are reading us.

Its illegal. The bitch gets what she deserves. This is politics whaddya expect, PD?

Agree with PD. This is petty ass bullshit.

So Strayhorn uses her computer. Big f***ing deal! How does that affect the economy? How does that affect our public schools? How does that affect health care in Texas? How does that affect anything except the pussy-ass feelings of career politicians who have nothing better to do with their time than sit and bitch that someone forgot to put the toilet seat down.

There must be SOMETHING more important for these two "leaders" to do with their time than tattle on each other. Come on, Royal. Come on, Wonk. Surely -- even you can agree with that?

Yes Wizard - they did do much more important things last session - like keepen them homosexuals out of the act of the most holy of holy acts - heterosexual marriage vows. And by trying to get them faggots from fosterin kids. I am quite sure that if stupid things didn't keep comin up like school finance, taxes and that other crap, our great white leader and his choir would have done a lot more to stop that homosexual agenda. Maybe more anti-homosexual stuff can be brought up at the upcoming special session - like keepin the vermin faggots from adopting kids or claiming any special rights - or any rights at all fer that matter! Damn homosexuals - causing Gods wrath against us all..

^ Man you harp on homo's every chance you get huh? Give it a break already. We know you're gay!

Uhm, Wonk...his screenname is 'gayinmidland'...so, D'er

Yes thank you for clarifying that, PD.

Wonk: You don't get it do you? I am not the one that keeps bringng homo issues into the Texas legislature. If you truly think what you say:

"Man you harp on homo's every chance you get huh? Give it a break already."

You will call your state rep, Senator and Govenor and tell them same thing. Get it?

No it’s true -- every single issue re state politics comes back around to gay issues when gayinmidland posts. A few posts ago we went from nepotism to gay marriage in just two steps – and i’m still trying to figure out where that came from.
Btw – the lege nixed the proposed ban on gay foster parents.
And Royal – “dummest” is actually spelled “dumbest.” Dumbass.

Jezze-a-mong-ii!!! I will not bring homo issues up in my posts unless they relate (which I do think the Texas legs spent too much time/effort/money on these type issues vs. real issues) Don't you?

And PD's point about petty silly issues is valid. Instead of dealing with tough issues like schools, taxes, low test scores, etc., they continue to talk about silly things like state computer usage and such.

We agree, they whole legislative session was silly. That's why we enjoyed it so much.

LOL awesome

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3499643.html

Get over it guys. This is called opposition research. There are many legitimate campaign issues. This ain't one.

Glad you "enjoyed" the session PD. While the rest of us were watching having our rights taken away, watching having school funding fucked up, and watching as legislators failed to deal with SCOTUS rulings on the death penalty, you were poking fun. Sure it makes life easier to laugh -- but your position is INSANE. You enjoy watching this shit??? For the rest of us who actually LOST in the last session we're still in MOURNING for the death of DECENCY and HUMANE VALUES.

Abe Lincoln once said, "If I don't laugh, I'll weep."

I think they did, actually, deal with the scotus decision on death penalty.

Sorry drink_at_the_stephen_f -- but you're wrong -- if you were right, then why the continuing confusion over Atkins about mental retardation, and why did SCOTUS have to abolish the juvenile death penalty? The TX lege did nothing.

i was thinking about the juvenile death penalty issue. when scotus handed that down, the lege did their thing. you weren't being clear.

The Texas Legislature is so absurd, how can you not laugh? It's a complete joke. Full of morons, ne'er do wells and crooks. If we don't laugh, we'd simply cry. We hope that by poking fun at things here we inspire people to realize the absurdities and take action...become involved...do something.

We're just a fucking blog. If you read what we write and it spurs you to write a letter, get involved with a campaign, call and voice your opposition then good. Otherwise, give us our ability to ridicule the stupidity that reigns in the pinkdome.

All we do is post an entry, it's up to y'all do to do something about it.

It's getting TIRED and TIRESOME pd.
Molly Ivins said all of this a long time ago. You're just recycling a mode of address about the lege that's way too comfortable with its own smug sense of self importance.
Oh, and nobody of note reads Molly Ivins anymore anyway.

Nobody reads Molly because she isn't funny anymore.

Was she ever?