All manner of knuckle-draggers want be the next Speaker of the House.  Where is Dennis Hastert now that you really need him?  Oh, yeah, never mind.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who is quietly locking down support to be the next House speaker, is privately assuring Republicans he’ll take a tougher stand against the White House — and also the Senate GOP leadership, according to people familiar with the talks.

Oh yeah, it can get worse.  Even their “moderate candidate” wants blood on the floor.

Another funny name I saw mentioned is Pistol Pete Sessions from Texas.  Oh Holy Crap. The guy is also known as Captain Stupid.  But there’s also the possibility that he’ll be a hairdresser’s dream.

Best Pete Sessions?

Just hours after federal agents charged banker Allen Stanford with fleecing investors of $7 billion, the disgraced financier received a message from one of Congress’ most powerful members, Pete Sessions.

“I love you and believe in you,” said the e-mail sent on Feb. 17. “If you want my ear/voice — e-mail,” it said, signed “Pete.”

He’s a crate of crazy, Honey.

Oh yeah, pick him!  Pick him!

So ya know how the NRA says the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun?

Totally not true.

At about 11:00 pm last night, police responded to a shooting at a gas station in Houston.

Officials say two men jumped another man in the gas station parking lot and took the victim’s Chevrolet pickup truck. Police say a witness then pulled out a gun and began shooting at the suspects, accidentally hitting the carjacking victim in the head.

The good guy with a gun, fearing ruining the NRA’s motto I suppose, did not hang around.

Police say the witness who shot at the suspects picked up shell casings and left the scene.

See, that’s the whole deal.  How do you know who the bad guys are and the good guys are?  I know, let’s make it a law that good guys always wear white hats.  That will work just as well as arming idiots.  Maybe better.

Thanks to Ralph for the heads up.

Welcome to South Dakota, where there’s some explainin’ to do.

South Dakota man is currently in custody after telling police officers he was shot in the penis by a “black guy” when he actually shot himself while attempting to purchase a gun illegally.

I mean, there’s hardly anything else to tell except that Miss Karma is having giggling fits.

Donald Watson is a 43 year old white convicted felon and showed up at the emergency room with a gunshot wound to the oh dear God.  He told the police that he was shot by “a black guy (who) tried to rob” him while he was taking out the trash at his apartment.

The police went back to try to solve this crime and found no blood around the supposed crime scene.  It was then that a neighbor told the police that he heard “screams of pain coming from Watson’s apartment about 1 a.m. that morning.”  They got a search warrant for the apartment and found bullet fragments in Watson’s bed.

However, no gun was found. So either he wasn’t alone in bed at 1:00 am or he took the trouble to hide the gun before going to the emergency room.

Watson, two days after surgery, changed his story.  There was no black guy, but there was a whole lot of garbage.

Thanks to Glen and Ralph for the heads up.

Obviously, the tent isn’t as big as they claim.

They also have a Hispanic Republicans of Durham County banner, but they built a wall around it.

Thanks to Elizabeth for the heads up.

Okay, so here’s the deal.  There’s an incumbent Republican blonde congresshoney in North Carolina who has been accused of dabbling in moderation.

Out comes the guns, bygawd!

Incumbent Republican Renee Ellmers is facing a challenge from goofybutt crazy former North Carolina GOP spokeswoman Kay Daly.  I need to tell you that Renee Ellmers is no moderate.  She hates Muslims, Hispanics, and hungry children plenty enough.

Apparently her opponent Kay didn’t get mellowed-out during the Pope’s visit like everybody else did, and she’s obviously about a quart low on estrogen.

Get a damn load of her latest teevee ad.

Something tells me that there’s gonna be all manner of insane commercials during the GOP primary so keep an eye out for them and send your entries right here.

Thanks to Claudia for this one.

Guys, I’ve had a bunch of comments go to my spam box.  If you post something and there no cussing in it, odds are about 100% that I’ll approve it if I see it.  So, if you post and it doesn’t get approved in a couple of hours, please use the Tell Juanita button to tell me to go look for it.

If it become habit, I have a fix for it that I’ll send you.

I don’t want to miss any of your comments.

Thanks again to DaChipster for covering the joint while I go tend to Momma on Fridays.