High School Heathers and Puppy Love

by: raskolnikov

Sat Jan 20, 2007 at 07:22 PM CST

What lies in store for those Democrats so enamored with Craddick that 100,000 of children are freed from the need to apply for Health Insurance -b/c there isn't any? God only knows. But, I imagine that for this year there will be a record number of appointments of Democratic Chairmen chosen to lead Republican controlled committees.

So, what is their collective 30 pieces of silver for betraying their constituents needs so egregiously? Whatever it is; it won't be worth a nickel to make Texas a better place.

Many voted to protect their chairmanships. Others may have voted to protect god only knows what. I will not conjecture about the motives of my elected betters. Call me a petty jerk, but each one of those turn coats is a breathless, panting high school heather hoping against hope that the captain of the football team Tom Craddick will notice the color of their lip gloss.

But to be clear, horribly clear, but for the personal avarice of these members, Texas might have become a better place to live, learn, and work.

After the flip there will be a table that you may use to track the upward mobility of these Craddick Alley Cats.

Warning: this entry is long and possibly only interesting to me.

Austin is in an Icy Prison Right Now, and I know why-

by: raskolnikov

Tue Jan 16, 2007 at 06:11 PM CST

It's because of Tom Craddick's cold, black heart.

We as an on-line community need to foster the kind of courage it takes to stand up to Craddick, because it sure won't come from their own caucus and apparently it won't come from a majority of our caucus either.

Even a small change in the Leadership won't come from a Republican majority short of a frog-walk in hand cuffs - that much is evident from last week. But no meaningful, real change in the Texas House of Representatives will come unless we eliminate those callow Craddick-enabling Democrats.