Archive for March, 2016

Ted Cruz Is Already Practicing For His Swearing-In

March 10, 2016 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized

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The Supremes

March 10, 2016 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized

Public Policy Polling is out with some news about how much Americans trust the Republican frontrunners to pick a new Supreme Court Justice.

Only 33% of voters trust Ted Cruz to nominate the new Supreme Court justice (57% don’t), only 31% trust Donald Trump to (62% don’t), and just 26% trust Marco Rubio to (61% don’t).

The poll also found that the public feels Taylor Swift is just as qualified as Donald Trump to make a court appointment.  I suspect that Lady GaGa would have hit the more qualified threshold.

Independent voters in particular have little faith in the GOP hopefuls to nominate a Supreme Court justice- 61% don’t trust Trump to, and 58% don’t trust either Cruz or Rubio to. One particularly brutal finding for Rubio on this poll is that even among Republicans there are more (45%) who don’t trust him to make that appointment than do (41%) trust him.

Yeah, brutal is right.  Even more brutal?  Any one of those guys trying to be loved.

Thanks to Debby for the heads up.

Fun With Guns: I’ve Got Your Back Edition

March 09, 2016 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized

Jamie Gilt is a pro-gun activist in Florida.  Okay, maybe I should change “is” to “was.”

A high-profile pro-gun activist was rushed to hospital after she was shot in the back by her four-year-old son after he found her pistol lying on the back seat of her truck.

To make this even more ironic, a month ago she took to Facebook and said:

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Tell ya what, Jamie, you give us your gun and we’ll let you keep your kid.  You just can’t have both.

Thanks to John for the heads up.

Here Ya Go

March 09, 2016 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized

Look, if Alfredo and I say it’s Christmas, you better go buy some little twinkling lights because we have a helluva crystal ball.

Last August, August the 1st mind you, we told you how weird it was that Ted Cruz’s SuperPAC gave Carly Fiorina’s campaign half a damn million dollars.

 

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The New York Times, two months later, catches it.  I joked at the time:

The head of Ted’s SuperPAC says it’s “nothing.” Yeah well, that’s not an answer.

He said the Cruz committee had given the money to the Fiorina group in June when “it was still considering its options.”

Wait a minute, the Ted Cruz SuperPAC wasn’t all that sure it was supporting Ted Cruz?

Well, well, well.  Now we know it was an investment.

Carly-Fiorina-1Carly Fiorina endorsed Senator Ted Cruz of Texas on Wednesday, supplying his campaign with a high-profile supporter and an eager critic of Donald J. Trump.

Mrs. Fiorina, the former presidential candidate and Hewlett-Packard chief executive, took to the role quickly, appearing as a surprise guest at Mr. Cruz’s morning rally in Florida.

Yeah, surprise, surprise, surprise.

Madam Swami Juanita and her crystal ball are spending the morning over at the Dairy Queen with Alfredo, saying, “I’ll have my hamburger with a little cynicism on the side.”

 

Maybe I Spoke Too Soon

March 09, 2016 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized

I know I told you that Molly White, the Muslim-hating State Rep in Texas, was defeated in the primary.

I may have been wrong.  Yesterday, Molly asked for a recount.

White, who lost by 118 votes out of the 19,060 cast in the Bell County district to former state Rep. Hugh Shine, must deposit $2,900 toward the recount and will ultimately be billed for its costs by the state Republican Party, according to county election officials.

So, I can’t tell you who to root for.  A Republican who embarrasses us but is totally ineffective or a Republican who doesn’t embarrass us but might be effective.

I’m pulling for Molly.  Texas has a high embarrassment threshold.

 

A Lesser Known Bush

March 09, 2016 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized

Neil Bush is a Bush Baby who never ran for President.  He used his father’s and brother’s connections to make more money than landing on Boardwalk with five hotels.

UnknownI guess he is the smart one, right?  No, not really.  He’s the sleazy one.  He made millions by being a “consultant” to businesses where he knew nothing about the business or the product.

Anyway, in 2003, Neil was in a messy divorce with the mother of his three children.  Depositions in that case caused Neil to admit, or maybe brag, about sexual encounters in Thailand and Hong Kong.

The Bush divorce, completed in April after 23 years of marriage, was prompted in part by Bush’s relationship with another woman. He admitted in the deposition that he previously had sex with several other women while on trips to Thailand and Hong Kong at least five years ago.

The women, he said, simply knocked on the door of his hotel room, entered and had sex with him. He said he did not know if they were prostitutes because they never asked for money and he did not pay them.

“Mr. Bush, you have to admit it’s a pretty remarkable thing for a man just to go to a hotel room door and open it and have a woman standing there and have sex with her,” Brown said.

“It was very unusual,” Bush said.

Apparently, not if you’re a Bush.

Before the ink was dry on the divorce, he got married again very quickly.  The new wife claimed that her two year old son was Bush’s baby which really hacked-off her husband who sued her.

I guess what Neil is best at is giving depositions.

Next, he got all into Rev. Sun Ayung Moon, after Moon bought the rightwing Washington Times and started handing out speakers fees like condoms at Planned Parenthood.

Anyway, in news that almost slipped past you but was probably very predictable, he has joined the finance committee of none other than … Ted Cruz.

“We are seeing incredible momentum around our campaign,” Cruz said in a statement. “I am thrilled to welcome these new members to our outstanding team. This race is winnowing down between two candidates and this is further testament that conservatives are continuing to unite behind this campaign.”

I wonder if there’s hookers involved?