Please meet Congressvarmint Blake Farenthold.

And then hear what he said —

“With President Trump, I’m ready to get off defense and go on offense. Trump is going to slaughter some sacred cows, and I’m ready for the barbecue.”

I imagine you are, Blake, I imagine you are.

In response to the worst mass shooting in American history, Texas Lt. Governor tweeted —

The responses can be seen here.

Tell me, Patrick, who is the terrorist?  The shooter or the man who stands and loudly applauds him?

I know the NRA tells me that it’s too soon for me to talk about guns, because, you know, I’m reacting from emotion.  I am surely talking about gun today but it’s not about what happened today, it’s about what happened at the last mass shooting, and the one before that, and the one before that, and the one before ….

There is no reason for anyone to own an assault weapon.

Last night, Donald Trump announced that he’s gonna jazz up the Republican National Convention this year.

He’s gonna have “a “winner’s evening” of sports celebrities and champions addressing the convention rather than politicians.”  Because that’s how you win thee women’s vote, I suspect.

After regaling the crowd with the long story of how he successfully courted the endorsement of Bobby Knight, the former Indiana University basketball coach, Mr. Trump rattled off a list of other names of sports figures who he said have supported him. According to the candidate, he also has the support of the star quarterbacks Tom Brady and Ben Roethlisberger; Brian France, the chief executive of Nascar; and Dana White, the president of Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Hey, I hear that Clint Eastwood and an empty chair are available, too.

I cannot tell you the number of times I have thought to myself, “That’s what we need, a winner in the White House. We need to quit electing losers. How do we expect to run this county if we keep electing people who have never won anything?”  But then I sobered-up.  Obviously, Trump hasn’t.

Think how often you leave the really important decisions in your life to recommendations of sport’s stars. Investments, health care, whether or not to bomb somebody – you know, things sport’s stars know about.

I notice that all the guys he mentions have a few things in common.  You know, like old, like white, like men.

That’s cool.

Sharron Angle, the perpetual Harry Reid Republican opponent, has an opponent in the GOP primary this time.  His name is Joe Heck.

Things like names are hard on Sharron’s thinking mechanism.  In her printed newsletter and on her website, she told Republicans that her opponent’s website is joeheck.com

There’s a small problem with that.  That website is porn.  Joe Heck’s actual website is DrJoeHeck.com.

Angle’s campaign tried to shake off some responsibility for the mistake in a statement to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, saying it “has absolutely nothing to do with this domain, and sincerely apologizes for this printing error, as the Heck campaign has changed their web address a number of times.”

But Brian Baluta, Heck’s campaign manager, said Heck has only ever used drjoeheck.com and heck4nevada.com for his campaigns.

There’s this thing that happens only to Republicans and it’s the damnest thing I’ve ever seen.  If they make a mistake, they are the victim.  She’s actually, “He tricked me into making a mistake because he changed his website name one time. I’m the victim of his evil plotting against all that is holy and good.”

By the way, I hate these people. They make me cringe.

Thanks to Deb for the heads up.

… but probably not the best way.

He’s running for Governor, y’all. Governor of Missouri. I’ve been to Missouri. I like Missouri. I have wonderful friends in Missouri. For the life of me I cannot figure out how blowing up crap is gonna help Missouri.

Thanks to Deb for the heads up.