I know you’re not supposed to stop your enemy when he’s committing suicide, but this is too amazing to ignore.

Republicans are pushing hard for cuts in food stamps, which apparently will result in fewer Republicans as they die of hunger.

Among the 254 counties where food stamp recipients doubled between 2007 and 2011, Republican Mitt Romney won 213 of them in last year’s presidential election, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data compiled by Bloomberg. Kentucky’s Owsley County, which backed Romney with 81 percent of its vote, has the largest proportion of food stamp recipients among those that he carried.

And the winner of the snake oil salesman award for Republican bait and switching goes to Hal Rogers, the Republican chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.  Rogers represents Owsley County and just won his 16th term with 84 percent of the vote.

More than half of the Owsley County’s population — 52 percent — received food stamps in 2011, the most recent yearly number available. The county, which in 2012 was 97.6 percent non-Hispanic white and had 4,722 residents, had a median household income of $19,344, well below the Kentucky median of $42,248 and the $52,762 figure nationally, U.S. census data shows. Roughly four in 10 residents live below the poverty line.

So, the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee represents a district that is so poor that they have to stay alive because they can’t afford to be buried.  However, he’s trying his damn level best to kill them.  And they vote for him to help him do it.

It’s the damnest thing ever.

Thanks to Carl for the heads up.

David Dewhurst, Lt. Governor of Texas who gained famed for cheating on the timesheets during the Wendy Davis filibuster and lost the GOP senatorial primary to Ted Cruz, is getting even more bad press.

His failed campaign for senator still owe $1 million in debt to vendors, lawyers, and consultants.

Dewhurst is blaming it on his campaign manager —

In a written statement, Dewhurst spokesman Travis Considine pointed to the alleged embezzlement by former campaign manager Kenneth “Buddy” Barfield. Lawyers for Dewhurst’s state and federal campaign committees have accused Barfield of stealing as much as $2 million from both his state and federal campaign coffers.

Having learned and served in Texas government, Dewhurst thought this level of inefficiency, failure, and finger pointing made him highly qualified for national office as a Republican.

He’s probably right you know.

Thanks to Kyle for the heads up.

Look, the entire Texas Republican congressional delegation is a damn goat rodeo.

I know that.  You know that.  Everybody knows that.

So, why do they feel the need to keep proving it?

Texas Congressman Steve Stockman on Wednesday invited the rodeo clown who stirred a ruckus at the Missouri State Fair over their portrayal of President Barack Obama to perform at a rodeo in his district.

We’re gonna import more crazy clowns.  We don’t have enough.

Holy crap, Stockman, you can’t find some famous writer to invite or maybe an astronaut or a teacher?  Oh no, you invite some goofball with an Obama mask.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.

Being as how Texas has sent its top two Republicans to Iowa to witch slap each other into some kinky kind of bondage submission, I feel it’s my duty to let America know how Ted Cruz and Rick Perry are getting along.

Apparently, not so good.

As you recall, Rick Perry came in fifth at the last Iowa Republican crowning event.  Another finish like that and he’ll be lumps in the kitty litter again.

But, Ted Cruz is Elvis in rightwing Iowa circles.  Now, that may be only crop circles because if the birthers are right, Ted cannot be President.  But what he can do is spoil the pot for Perry.

Please don’t forget that Rick Perry endorsed Cruz’s opponent, David Dewhurst, in the primary and political revenge in Texas is a blood sport.

We know it is our duty here at The World’s Most Dangerous Beauty Salon, Inc. to keep you updated on Texans – especially when they go to foreign states and try to export bat crap crazy.  We take this job seriously.

Thanks to Kyle for the heads up.

There’s an Assistant US Attorney in Beaumont, Texas – yes, that is East Texas – who has  taken to Facebook to show his ability to seek justice.  Okay, not justice exactly.  More like to make a total jerk of himself.

Speaking about the Trayon Martin trial, Assistant US Attorney  John Craft tried to make Facebook friends with this —

Craft wrote: “How are you fixed for Skittles and Arizona watermelon fruitcocktail (and maybe a bottle of Robitussin, too) in your neighborhood? I am fresh out of “purple drank.” So, I may come by for a visit. In a rainstorm. In the middle of the night. In a hoodie. Don’t get upset or anything if you see me looking in your window … kay?”

Nope, no racial prejudice here.

And there’s this —

In another comment, Craft wrote that “low information voters carried the day for the Dalibama in the last election” and posted an image of a graphic that said: “Obama: Why Stupid People Shouldn’t Vote.”

Babe, Eric Holder is your boss.  Do you know who selected Eric Holder?  Honey, are you living proof that maybe stoopid people did elect somebody who would hire you?

His boss says there is not social media policy but that he found Craft’s comments to be “reprehensible.”  However, he wouldn’t say if Craft would be disciplined.

Talk is so cheap.

Thanks to Dennis for the heads up.

Hooters Restaurant, that bastion of dignity and apple pie, has drawn the line.

According to Francis Barraza, the executive director of the San Diego Republican party, the Hooters in Rancho Bernardo posted this notice refusing to serve the mayor because “women should be treated with respect.”

Lemme get this right.  Hooters, a place where the sexual harassment of women is their business model, is refusing to serve San Diego Mayor Bob Filner because women should be treated with respect.

Good thing they let the executive director of the San Diego Republican Party announce it.  The hypocrisy would have killed anybody else.  Republicans, however, have built up a tolerance.

Thanks to Mike for the heads up.