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Juanita had a run-in with Rahm Emanuel back when he was head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and she saw him waste money right here in her own district like money grew on trees and he had the concession on fertilizer.

“Never liked him and always will,” she admits.  “He ran campaigns in my district from Washington, DeeCee, when he did not know the lay of the land and worked hard to hack off the locals.  To tell you the truth, Rahm walking into a campaign is the same as twelve good folks leaving.  A pickel barrel full of feather is more helpful than he is.”

“I think he wants to be Sam Rayburn.  But Mr. Sam used a dinner knife, not a sledgehammer.  Mr. Sam made friends, not enemies.”

“So, my heart does not break with the news that Rahm is leaving,” she says.  “The only problem I have is that he’s not leaving soon enough.  We need him gone to win the mid-terms.”

“I wish he’d cut the chain on the anchor and row away so fast that the friction makes the water in the Potomac boil.”  We think she means it literally.

“I understand that the Republican Party needs a couple gallons of smart juice, but I think the Democrats drank it all,” Juanita suspects.  “Lookie here at this ad.”

“It looks like Old Whore Joe Barton gave Democrats the boost they needed.  Let’s strip him nakkid and dump his wrinkly old butt in the Gulf of Mexico with a can of hairspray, a bottle of Diet Pepsi, two ball point pens, and an inflatable lifeboat with a slow leak.  He can McGiver his way home,” Juanita grins.

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“I have often said that Verdelia has never killed anybody, but that she has read a few obituaries with more than the appropriate amount of glee,” Juanita begins.  “I feel the same way about this situation with the Republican Party of Texas.”

According to the latest filing with the Federal Election Commission, the party had $264,863 cash on hand and $501,174 in debt. Munisteri said the party actually owed $605,835. The Republican National Committee recently paid a bill worth $134,000, he said; otherwise, the RPT would owe $739,000.

“I have both a big debt, and we’re losing money every month,” he said.

“Hummmm ….. conservative leadership?  Hummmm ….. fiscal responsibility?  Hummmmm ….. balanced budgets?”

“Republicans walk like they talk?  Sure, and I’d be the Queen of Ohio.  If I lived in Ohio.  And could get elected queen,” she says.

“Being a believer in democracy, I would not wish ill will on any political party, however I did read this will more than the appropriate amount of glee.  Oh hell,” she admits, “that’s a big fat lie.  I am delighted.  It couldn’t happen to a more deserving bunch of folks.  I’d have shot them myself if I could have.”

“Now, everybody keep an eye on them because they are going to shakedown big insurance and big oil to fill their leaking coffers.  You heard it here first,” Juanita says.  “Sure as hurricane season, it’s gonna happen.”

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Our good friend Eclair put this in the comment section, but with all the comments about Joe Barton, I was afraid you’d miss it and be deprived of a great Friday treat.

Head on over here to see what else Old Whore Joe Barton has promised. Once you get there, hit refresh to get another one.

I’m sure we can add a few of our own.

By the way, Juanita thinks it’s real nice of Joe Barton to give us a little extra entertainment just in time for the Demcoratic State Convention this weekend.

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The television is on at the beauty salon this morning watching BP testify before Congress, every eye and ear tuned to the big screen as we go about the important job of beauty.

Thelma is taking careful notes for dating purpose.  “I’ve never in my life heard so many different ways to call someone a worthless butthead,” she says.  “You never know when you’re going to need those words.”

Juanita Herownself threw a hairbrush at the teevee screen when she heard Texas Congressfool Joe Barton, who is wholly owned by big business, express pure horror at what he called a “shakedown” of a private company over the $20 billion being put in escrow.  “Old Whore Joe is far more upset with Obama’s promise that BP will pay for the clean up than he is with BP for causing the mess.  That’s why we call him Old Whore Joe.”

“Besides, I think ‘shakedown’ is the wrong term.  If I was President I would have informed them nicely that I’m going to come after them with intent to barbeque,” she promises.