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This was hand printed on a sign hung to the front door of the beauty salon this morning —

New Rule:  You cannot go on Dancing with the Stars and make a fool of yourself and then turn around and whine like a little ninny baby that people think you’re a fool.

It was not Juanita’s handwriting but she agreed that statement needs to be written down somewhere.  The Austin American Statesman came real close themselves.

The poll the defense commissioned asked 400 registered voters their opinions about DeLay and the case.

DeLay’s name recognition in Travis County is almost as high as President Barack Obama’s and former President George W. Bush’s, and his negatives — at 59 percent — are almost as high, the poll found.

Some witnesses, however, suggested that DeLay’s appearance on the ABC TV show “Dancing With the Stars,” might account for such high name recognition.

“I do not see Tom returning the reported $200,000 he made on Dancing with the Stars.  He wanted the money without the bad reviews.  Hollywood Hot Tub Tom wants to have his cake and eat it, too, as his spreading rear end will attest.”

“Ole Tom tried to argue that people didn’t think well of him in Travis County because he redrew the district of popular Congressman Lloyd Doggett, causing Doggett’s district to look like a fajita.  Well, that and the certified fact that Tom may not be the devil, but he’s blood relative,” Juanita explains.  “That devil part might be more of factor in their opinions.”

“Tom’s all mouthing off that he’s going after Ronnie Earle, the District Attorney with the courage to indict him, when this trial is over.  Yeah, and I’d be the Queen of Ohio.  If I lived in Ohio.  And could get elected queen.”

“Tom DeLay,” she grins, “is the only man I know who can strut sitting down, so this show will be worth the price of admission.”

If you want to make reservations to go with us, call the salon at 1-800-BIG-HAIR.