Okay, so what do you call a man who grew up with a single mother, spent time on food stamps, and was mostly raised by middle class grandparents?  According to Rick Perry, that’s “privileged.” And, thankfully, people laughed at him for saying it.

(And I just want to add one thing here.  I would like for Rick Perry to have to live for one day as a black man in America.  You know, out where N-head rock is.  Just one day to see what a privileged that is.)

And what do you have to do to make the President of the United States of America look bad?  You have to take his words out of context.  And, thankfully, the media called Rick Perry on it.

And, thankfully, Nancy Pelosi replied to Rick Perry’s strangely odd request for a debate with her by saying —

“Monday I’m going to be in Portland in the morning. I’m going to be visiting some of our labs in California in the afternoon. That’s two,” Pelosi told reporters. “I can’t remember what the third thing is I’m going to be doing.”

I love Nancy.  I do.

Thanks to Angela, Kathleen, and Henry for the heads-up.

I’m kinda thinkin’ that what goes around comes around.  And here’s why.

Texas got our new judicially drawn interim redistricting maps late yesterday afternoon and there has been happy juice flowing like the Jordan River all over the Texas Democrats.

The Republicans who dominated the the Texas Lege proved once again that pigs get fat but hogs get slaughtered.  They gave Hispanics, the largest growing group in Texas, diddle squat under the Republican plan.  They also chainsawed a very popular female Democrat in the State Senate.  They made every arrogant mistake in the book, including bypassing pre-clearance by the Justice Depart on civil rights violations.

They got ripped.  Even through the federal judge panel was two Republicans and one Democrat, the Texas Republicans got hammered like a greased nail in a snow drift.  By a 3 – 0 vote, the Texas Senate lines were redrawn to give the Democratic female her district back.

By a 2 – 1 vote, the map for the Texas House was redrawn to give Democrats an equal opportunity footing.  One of those judges was Republican Xavier Rodriguez, who has not forgotten how Republicans treat Hispanics.

The Mexican-American Legislative Caucus is estimating that the map creates 58 minority opportunity districts, up from 49 in the state’s map. Some sources are saying the map could create as many 15 new Democratic leaning seats.

And an additional one here in Fort Bend County that used to be strongly Republican, but the court made it a district where Barack Obama got 49% of the vote.  It’s a largely Asian district and we have an excellent Asian female attorney who has already been on the ground making headway. The incumbent is retiring.

A couple of interesting things for the local folks here.  I live in Richmond.  In the past three months, I have lived in all three of Fort Bend’s districts without ever moving.  First I was in 26 (Reynolds) where I was perfectly happy, then the Republicans moved me to 27 (C. Howard) where I woke up every morning and threw up.  And now I am in 28 (Zerwas), who is one of the lesser offensive Republicans if we can get his goofy wife to shuddup about Planned Parenthood.

Now, for the icing on the cake.  Sugar Creek is the home of the Belles of Heaven Republican Women’s Club and Terese Raia, a loudmouth judgmental SuperDeLux Brand Christian, who keeps sending Democrats handbaskets and a map to hell.  She was the one who had the granddaughter who played a hooker to James O’Keefe’s pimp and was so darn proud of it.

After all those years of having to live with Tom DeLay as my state rep and then my congressman, with Terese rubbing my nose in it, guess who is her new state rep?

Yes.  Yes, it is.  No, I am not kidding you.

Ron Reynolds.  My good friend and Outstanding Democratic Freshman Member of the Lege.  The district is 66% Democratic so Terese is just going to have to learn to live with Barack Obama in the White House and Ron Reynolds in the State House.  I tried to make Ron promise me that I could go with him to introduce himself to Terese as her new state rep, but he’s a good, decent man and doesn’t think that me sticking my thumbs in my ears while waving my fingers and making ppppsssssstttt sounds is a professional way to meet his constituents.  But, he did laugh his butt off on the phone last night.

I am headed to Austin today because we’re expecting the new court ordered congressional maps later today.  I’ll keep you guys updated best I can.  I want to pour over the maps with my buddies.

And I wonder if he thinks they speak Latin in Latin America?

Asked by a reporter what he thought of Obama’s policy to ease travel restrictions to Cuba, Cain dismissed the inquiry as a “gotcha question.”

But it was a question of Cain’s own that got him into trouble as he sipped Cuban-style coffee and sampled a croqueta while surrounded by cameras at the Versailles event.

“How do you say ‘delicious’ in Cuban?” he asked.

You thought it was impossible to be dumber than George Bush?

Yep, it’s become a reality show.

Thanks to Bubba and Marge for the heads-up.

You know you have an image problem with Jack Abramoff calls you a crook.

When asked about Newt’s role in Freddie Mac, Abramoff said —

“Because he is doing, and engaging in the exact kind of corruption that America disdains. The very things that anger the Tea Party movement and the Occupy Wall Street movement and everybody who is not in a movement and watches washington and says why are these guys getting all this money, why do they all become so rich, why do they have these advantages? Unfortunately Newt seems to play right into it.”

Now if only one of the Kardashians would accuse him of being a slut.

Thanks to Carl for the heads-up.

All those wonderful debate performances and praises for his forensic skills have gone to Rick Perry’s head.  In a bad way.  Like, delusional.

Rick Perry has challenged House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to debate him next week about his plan for a part-time Congress.

In a letter to Pelosi (D-Calif.) obtained by The Hill, the Texas governor wrote: “I am in Washington Monday and would love to engage you in a public debate about my Overhaul Washington plan versus the congressional status quo.

Do you mean "Princess Nancy?"

Oh, that’s smart, Rick.  Take your strongest skill and start a road show. (Sarcasm is just another of the free, friendly services we offer at The World’s Most Dangerous Beauty Salon, Inc.)

“I think it would be a tremendous service to the American people to see a public airing of these differences,” he continued. “Let the people decide.”

Lemme get this straight.  You refused to debate your opponent in the Governor’s race so the “people can decide,” but you think you’re ready to take on the most powerful woman in America?  Oh Rick, sober up, Darlin’, you’re polling 3%.  She wipes things off the bottom of her pumps every day that are more important than you.

And Honey, even if she did say yes, she’d have your pecker in her pocket before you even get to say “San Francisco gay-lovin’ librul pervert.”

But, there seems to be a more fundamental question here:  if you want to debate about “overhauling Washington versus Congressional status quo”, why not debate John Boehner?  Or Eric Cantor? You know, the ones who have the votes to do something about it but won’t.

Nancy Pelosi is not the problem, Idiot Boy, John Boehner is.

I swear, y’all, one day somebody is gonna poke Rick Perry with a sewing needle and that boy is going to fly around the room backward for three days spurting ego all over the place.

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Thanks to Angela, Bubba, and Jim for the heads-up this morning.