Welcome to Filibuster, Texas. Population: 12
As you know, we have been trying to have a citizen filibuster against Texas Republicans wanting to take away our right to a safe, legal abortion.
Here’s the cheery and loving bunch of female Republican State Representatives who are fighting to deny rights to other women.
Good Lord, they all look like they just found out that they were runner up for Homecoming Queen. Or, they sucked on lemons right before they came out. It’s hard to tell.
The bimbo in the middle is the one who said they run your coochie through a car wash if you get raped.
I have some rotten news. The Texas House just passed the nation’s toughest restrictions on abortions. Democrats in the House did an amazing job of stalling as long as they could.
Next up – Democrats plan a filibuster in the Texas Senate where they hold 12 of the 31 seats. However, even if they are successful, Governor Perry is threatening to call another special session.
This is what the last redistricting gave us – a Texas House and Senate dominated by far right wing Republicans on a mission from God to keep me barefoot and pregnant and you poor and sick.
Texas Democrats will fight. I can promise you that. We’ll try to keep you up to date here, but I also suggest that you follow The Texas Democratic Party on Twitter or Facebook. The new chairman is making sure that their messaging has been great.
One thing we are keeping our eye on. Senator Leticia Van de Putte’s father died in a car wreck yesterday. We will need 12 votes to suspect the rules and Democrats have exactly 12 senators. Without Van de Putte, that only makes 11. If Republicans try to use that, there will be holy hell to pay.
Who’s the toad in the black dress and the Cinderella slippers? With her toes at 9 o’clock and 3 o’clock?
1@PDiddle – You made me laugh out loud! Right on!
I also want to know who Smarm on the right hand side is. She has a black dress and beige suit coat on. I think the dark haired one on the second row was trying to hide her guilty face.
2What a sad, sad sorry looking bunch of women!
3No…those are Dorothy’s slippers! Maybe she’ll click her heels and go back to OZ!!
4I can only deduce that the looks they were giving in that picture were at the hordes of people (mostly women?) who were there to try and stop this idiotic lunacy.
As many have said, 2014 is a time to make a difference if you can and get these disgusting people out of office. Shedding light on their shenanigans (sorry for the alliteration) and keeping it shining is what you do so well JJ.
Geeze is there a portrait in the attic of that Thompson dame, 74 and counting?
5Word is that Senator Van De Putte is leaving her fathers funeral to come back to Austin. Dewhurst has no soul!
6Whoops, I’m in error, nevermind. Sorry
7P Diddie, toads are nice and have beautiful eyes. That other creature is more properly referred to as a “turd” doncha think?
8PDiddie – I do believe that’s Stephanie Klick from Tarrant County. Honey, she looks like she spent the night in the dishwasher.
9They all look like they got into the persimmon tree.
I think this is the “misery loves company” caucus.
What a sad, sorry looking lot they are.
I would like to have names, please. And I would like to know if they have opponents in upcoming elections. So, I know where to send a donation or two… or three.
Thank yew. Geesh.
10They are a sad, sorry lot, and Geanie Morrison, over there 2nd from the left is one of the worst! She’s from Victoria. She got sideways with Joe Strauss and found herself in a basement office after years of enjoying nice digs upstairs. She’s a bimbo, and if these are her cohorts, I can assure you they are bimbos, too! Birds of a feather, you know…
11These idiots confuse being Pro-birth with being Pro-life.
12Smug little group, aren’t they?
13They look like a bunch of Super Deluxe Christians who would be more than happy to condemn the rest of us to hell…
14Listen, nobody, NOBODY, slept last night. I did but I cheated; I didn’t go to the Capitol. I just watched it. The hearings were actually informative, and even entertaining when Dawna started frothing at the mouth. I learned a lot from listening to my state rep, Donna Howard, who also happens to be an RN. She had actually talked to doctors and nurses. THIS SORRY LEGISLATION will make it impossible (like illegal) for doctors and nurses to properly take care of women in trouble.
15One thing to remember, and if you don’t know about ALEC, look it up. Ms. Laubenberg, (the one behind the podium, the one in hot pink), is the author of SB5 and is the Texas State Chair of ALEC. You can draw your own conclusions.
Well, I don’t see the Abilene Rep, Susan King, in this shot. I would have avoided that podium sharing experience, too, if I were her. Since she always seems to wear a red jacket of some sort, she usually sticks out. Ya think perhaps Ms King didn’t want to be branded for life as an ugly sow, or something? (no offense to female pigs)….
16Bunch of sour females not women.
17i lived in TX, but only on direct orders. lordy, am i ever glad i got out. problem is i wound up in south carolina.
no offense intended, but somebody brain washed those, um, ah, well, i will say they is female, and i wonder about that??
18Clear thinking Texas women need to:
191. March on the capital and make their presence known.
2. Vote the crazy Talibanesque numbskulls out of office in 2014.
I cannot for the life of me understand why these women–they ARE women, I assume–hate other women.
And do they LOOK like they ever have any fun? Maybe they could use a little of that “carwash cootchie” action themselves.
20It certainly explains the GOP old white male war on women.
21Honestly, JJ, they just don’t look happy to be Repigs. They all look as if they have been threatened if they don’t do this. Is there any way to find out if they were intimidated? In most states, that would be against the law. And for Perry to even think of calling a Special Session is laughable! Doesn’t he know that these lege sessions cost $$$$? I don’t know of a single state that has $$$$ to throw around whenever they like.
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