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So, on Monday Juanita got to watch Tom DeLay clutching a Bible to chest, swearing that he’s a pitiful victim of Nancy Pelosi, Patrick Kennedy and Ronnie Earl while standing in front of a judge who openly called him a crook.  It was an amazing sight.

On Tuesday, she got to watch her brand spankin’ new State Representative Ron Reynold get sworn-in.

So today she bought a lottery ticket.  Gotta make it three in a row!

We cannot find a recording of Juanita’s own personal favorite teevee interview she did after the Tom DeLay sentencing where she said, “He stood up there in front of the judge and said ‘I’m not whining,’ three different times.  If you have to say ‘I’m not whining’ three times in ten minutes, you’re whining.”  Even Momma loved that one!

I do not know what strange power Tom has.  His lawyer, one of the best in the whole state, gave one of the worse closing arguments I have ever heard, and ho boy! I’ve heard some dandy bad one.  Dick DeGuerin, a fine lawyer, pandered to Tom and Christine DeLay in his closing argument instead of arguing law and justice.  People stood around in the hallway shaking their heads after that closing, wondering why DeGuerin said what Tom wanted to hear instead of what the judge needed to hear.

Then DeGuerin, in a moment stunning goofy, announced to the press who asked his reaction to the sentence, “I can’t say what I want to say because I’d get sued.”

Say what, Clarence Darrow?

Good Lord, you’re a lawyer and you’re scared of getting sued?  What the hell did you do with the money your Momma gave you to go to law school, son?  You have to say something that is (1) false, and (2) malicious in order to get sued successfully in Texas.  A good rule of thumb is not to say a malicious lie and your fear of lawsuits disappears quickly.  Kinda makes you wonder what the hell he wanted to say, huh?

Makes me wonder if he wanted to say that his client is a criminal  prevaricating ninny baby totally out of touch with reality and suffering from delusions of paranoia.  Nope, couldn’t be that because that passes the truth test.

Later on, I’ll tell you about Dennis Hastert and why the Peter Principle took over when he stopped being a wrestling coach.

It’s good to be back at the beauty shop.

KTRK TV-13 wanted to know if she thought Tom got a fair sentence. Click the photo to see…

Okay, all the woman from the beauty shop are back at the hotel after twittering our little hearts out during the DeLay
trial.

Tom DeLay got 3 years in the joint on the first count, 5 years in the joint on the second count, and 10 years probation with
community supervision.

There was lots of fun stuff – including watching Dennis Hastert try to rewrite history – but the very best part was DeLay’s speech at the end right before sentencing.

He whined so much that he had say “I’m not whining,” three different times. If you have to say it that much, you’re whining.

He clutched a Bible in his hands as he told the judge that he wasn’t guilty and blamed Nancy Pelosi, Patrick Kennedy, and Ronnie Earl for all his problems. I’m sure they all three don’t mind.

He said that his wife says that he’s “passionate and arrogant.”  No kidding. He also said he’s raised and spent $10 million for legal fees. I would suggest that most of it was illegally raised. Best of all, he blamed ” the criminalization of politics.” Damn, he invented that! I’m sure that his trying to impeach Bill Clinton over hoochy-koochy was where he learned that. More later – we’re going to celebrate!

The party got started a little early last night. Beauty Salon customers were already at the bar when I got there. We laughed, we ate, we drank a few beers, and we are all keeping our fingers crossed.

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Yes, we are still breaking bread at Stubb’s tonight.  After much thought, I decided:  (1) Democrats need fellowship with each other right now and (2) we need to celebrate the rule of law over violence.

I just have one other comment.

Sarah Palin – The Courage to Delete Her Convictions.

Yes, she has deleted all evidence of it off her website.

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Through the urging of a good friend, I set up a Twitter account in January of 2008 and made one twit.  Then I got distracted for three years.

Other friends are now urging me to twitter from the DeLay sentencing hearing.  I’m going to try because I can do that from my iPhone.  I’m going to try. That’s the only promise I’m making.

If you want to follow me, and I cannot for the life of me figure out why you’d want to because I have no clue how to do this thing and am highly liable to break the whole damn Twitter Machine, my Twitter name is Crabbait.  I know that most of y’all don’t Twitter either, but those who do might get the results first.

I will explain the Crabbait name thing sometime when I’m so inclined.

By the way, there promises to be some fireworks at the hearing.  A good read for Delay followers.