Barbara mailed me the envelopes you sent.  Some of you sent anonymously, but others were kind or dumb enough to want your name associated with Juanita Jean.

Most of it is in small but oh so appreciated amounts.  Almost all of them included personal notes to Barbara that made her smile while she worked to care for others.  Thanks for that, guys.

We are edging up on $1,500 that will make a big difference in Bastrop, Texas.  I promise each of you a thank you note before Christmas – Momma raised me right, plus it’s something I really want to do.

If you’re new here, it’s not too late to help a Democrat in Bastrop County recover from devastating fires that destroyed most of the town.

And to those of you who opened your heart and wallets, you make me prouder every day of being a Democrat and picking my customers well.

Thank you.

Hey Juanita,

I saw your preview of last night’s GOP debate. I work with the team at Google who provided the trends data for the debate. Based on the reaction this morning, voters are turning to the web to find out more about the issues, candidates, and the race. The team @ Google has been closely watching search trends around the race and found that – just like polls showed – searches surged for Rick Perry’s name after he joined the race. They also found that important primary states are some of Ron Paul’s best for search traffic.

http://googlepublicsector.blogspot.com/2011/09/taking-peek-at-political-trends-ahead.html

Last night, much of this data was incorporated directly in the debate itself and more interestingly, Google has quickly rolled up their sleeves to sift through the huge amount of data that was pulled in *during* the debate. Former New Mexico Governor appeared to steal the show as searches for him spiked well above the presumed front runners. You can find that data here.

http://googlepublicsector.blogspot.com/2011/09/searching-fox-newsgoogle-debate.html

I thought you and your readers would find this interesting, especially because I think these search trends provide a pretty good proxy for how the public reacted to the debate in real time.

Take care,
Chris

Here’s the deal.  Tonight I am going to be at a real fancy pants party during the debate.  I won’t get to watch it.

So, please make your comments here and I have a friend who will approve those without dirty words or crazy stuff.  Okay, so maybe the crazy stuff will get posted, too.  In fact, I’m pretty sure of that.  I’ll sneak off to the bathroom a couple of times to see how things are going.

If Rick Perry accidentally mistakes Ron Paul for a coyote trying to attack his daughter’s dog, somebody TIVO it for me.

Old Mayfly sent me something to google.  If you google the exact phrase “Anita Perry” and then the words Texas and vacation, you get 16,300 results.

So, we’ve determined that she won’t hang around the state much, she needs to live in a $10,000 a month mansion, and we’ve learned from John Kelso at the Austin American Statesman that she rarely smiles.

People, grab ahold of those reins and holler whoa.  She’s married to Rick Perry.

Now, I’ve talked about my friend Judy Jennings here before.  I’ve also talk about David Barton, who is a total nincompoop (so sue me, David.).

It seems that David, who is having difficulty locating that “pray for your enemies” part in the Bible, is suing Dr. Jennings because he alleges that she said he spoke at a white supremacist group.  Which is true. She did.  And so did he.

David says he didn’t know it was a white supremacist group.  Because he’s an idiot.

Only in Texas would a Super DeLux Brand Christian sue someone for defamation with the defense being that they are an idiot.  “I’m not a racist.  I’m an idiot.”  Well hell, you know it’s real difficult to tell them apart.

Here’s the part I like best.

The suit asks for unspecified damages for opening Barton and WallBuilders to “public hatred, contempt, ridicule, financial injury and impeaching [Barton’s] honesty, integrity and virtue,”

Dude, listen up.  You do that every time you go outside in one of those goofy shirts of yours.  And then you open your mouth and get ridiculed to heck and back.  That ain’t Judy Jennings fault.  Dude, you teach at Glenn Beck University.  You’re just begging for contempt.  Dude, you made up quotes from the founding fathers and then admitted you hadn’t check the quotes.  You impeached your own honesty with that one.  Dude, if your snake oil ain’t selling, you can hardly blame Dr. Jennings.

I’ll let y’all know if Dr. Jennings starts a legal defense fund.

And if somebody is reading this to David Barton, please read this part real slow and clearly:  David, sit down and shuddup.  You yourownself have embarrassed yourself, Texas, and Sweet Jesus plenty enough.  Don’t start pickin’ on Texas wimmen.  We fight back.  We may not throw the first punch, but we will throw the second 12 punches.

Besides, David, I’m darn near certain that this is not the first or the last time a woman has laughed at you.

Thanks to Stephen for the heads up.