A politician in Mexico is suing her opponents after she lost a race.

A 32-year-old Mexican politician who made headlines for appearing in a promotional video wearing skimpy lingerie is suing her political rivals for claims that she is a call girl.

Giselle Arellano, who lives in Las Vegas, says the ‘misogynistic’ accusations caused her to lose the congressional primary in the Mexican state of Zacatecas.

‘This is an abhorrent injustice,’ Arellano said in an interview with CNN Mexico. ‘They are judging me, without having even listened to me.’

Look, I’m not saying that this is the way a politician should dress, but it sure worked for Texas Congressman Blake Farenthold  —

That’s Blake on the far right.  Yeah, even literally.

Thanks to Ralph for the heads up.

Mother Jones did an article about Governor Rick Perry and his adorable little Texas Enterprise Fund.

Watchdog groups have long argued that the Texas Enterprise Fund, a taxpayer-funded program that has awarded more than $487 million to big businesses that set up shop in the Lone Star State since 2004, is a slush fund that allows Gov. Rick Perry to reward allies and political donors. Despite the criticisms, the Texas State Auditor’s Office hasn’t examined the fund’s finances in at least a decade. Now a bipartisan group of state senators is pushing a bill that would subject the Enterprise Fund to an independent state audit. But Perry’s office won’t explain whether the governor backs the idea. Besides, it says, the state’s top three Republicans have everything under control.

Besides the obvious fact that the last time we had three Republicans having “everything under control,” we ended up in a war that didn’t need fighting paid for by money we did have, there remains another problem.  The three Republicans are the Governor, the Lt. Governor, and the Speaker of the Texas House – three Republicans who are tighter than skin on a sausage.   In all honesty, the word cahoots was invented to describe these three guys.

It’s been six months since you first read about this right here at the beauty salon. The Associated Press was investigating it but that’s about it.

Hell, we can’t even put convicted felon Tom DeLay (yeah, I still like saying that) in prison.  Do you honestly think we give a big bear’s butt about how Rick Perry became a millionaire on a public servant’s salary?  Toss back the covers and get outta bed if you do.

Look, it ain’t like this is the first taxpayer money that Rick Perry has frittered away to his friends.  There was Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas that Rick Perry will burn in hell for that saw scientist resign and throw up their hands.  There was the Emerging Technology Fund almost three years ago that I told you about where money was scammed from Texas through Governor Perry.

The Mother Jones story is not an event – it’s a habit.  Rich Perry has more slush than the Dairy Queen.

He has single handedly disproved George Bush’s theory that you can’t get fooled again.  Yeah, ya can.  Rick Perry is the fooler and Texans are the foolees.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.

When CNN tried to question Michele Bachmann about outright lies that came out of her Christian mouth in her CPAC speech, there was a 50 yard dash involved and more unrighteous indignation than proper for even Michele Bachmann.

Click right here to see the You Tube.

On the upside, it appears that she did qualify for the US Olympic track team.

Thanks to Brian for the heads up.

Head on down to Steak ‘n Shake in Fort Mills, South Carolina, where you can shoot yourself in the butt and get free medical attention.

And not get arrested.

Around 8 a.m. Tuesday, the 29-year-old man was getting his jacket when he accidentally discharged his 9 mm semi-automatic handgun. The round struck him in his backside then went through the seat and struck the floor, according to a Rock Hill police report.

The man said he would pay for the damages.

Ho Boy, will he ever pay.

What a way to start the day!

Thanks to Carl for the heads up.

“I am shocked, just shocked that Ted Cruz wants to run for President,” said no one.  Ever.

So they’ve run it up the flagpole.

And some in the conservative movement are already talking him up as a potential 2016 presidential candidate.

“It is an undercurrent and growing,” said Texas GOP consultant Bill Miller. “Most observers believe he is moving very fast toward a much higher visibility. The presidential buzz has begun in earnest.”

Jeff Judson, a major tea party figure in the Lone Star State and a Cruz booster, said the movement is totally organic and not emanating from Cruz or his staff.

Yeah, totally organic.  Completely organic.  You know what an organic fertilizer is, right?  Hey, Cruz has a whole lot of that.

Birthers?  Hummm … where are the birthers?  Cruz was born in Canada to an American mother and a Cuban father.  I guess Kenya is like a whole different “foreign country” than Canada.  If Barack Obama was born in Kenya to an American mother, he cannot be President, but there’s  one of those Papal dispensation for Canada?

Good Lord, a Fidel shirt and a hockey stick  in the White House?  I am certain that rightwing will be mortified at the thought.

Thanks to Andrea for the heads up.

Term limits.  I would prefer campaign finance reform.  If you limit the money and gifts coming into politics, you don’t need term limits, because bad incumbents become much easier to beat.  And, some people have served for a lifetime and done an excellent job.

I see term limits in the city of Houston come to mean they play musical office holders chairs and they just scamper around seeking each others jobs when their term is up.

On the other hand, with this Supreme Court, campaign finance reform ain’t gonna happen.

The Texas Senate today voted 28 – 3 for HJR13, which would limit non-judicial statewide officeholders to two consecutive terms in office.  The starting point would be 2014 – the next election.  This means that officeholders can serve more than two terms if they sit out one term.  Humm … that seems like something that could be become a family full employment act pretty quickly.

I have not made up my mind about this term limits stuff.

You might have.  Let’s hear it.