April 09, 2013 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized
I am with 700 other Texas Women in Austin today
Talk amongst yourselves until I get through raising hell.
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This was the delegation / girlfriends from my county to the Texas Blue Ribbon Day. Everybody’s feet hurt this morning but we’re all still grinning!
We are turning Texas Blue!
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My name is Susan DuQuesnay Bankston. I live in Richmond, Texas, in the heart of Tom DeLay's old district. It's nuttier than squirrel poop here.
I am honored and privileged to know Miss Juanita Jean Herownself, hairdresser extraordinary and political maven. Since she does not have time to fiddle with this internet stuff, I type her website for her and you can read it if you want to. If you don't, she truly does not give a big bear's butt.
A lot of what I post here has to do with local politics, but you probably have the same folks in your local government.
This ain't a blog. Blogs are way too trendy for me. This is a professional political organization.
You have my sincerely best wishes for SUCCESS!
1In the meantime, we can concentrate on Mitch McConnell’s dastardly plans to to destroy Ashley Judd had she run against him. He thought her religious views and past mental health treatment would be fun to exploit.
I guess he’s forgotten about all the republican crazies who desperately need to seek psychiatric help, but are in complete denial.
You have my sincerest best wishes for SUCCESS!
2In the meantime, we can concentrate on Mitch McConnell’s dastardly plans to to destroy Ashley Judd had she run against him. He thought her religious views and past mental health treatment would be fun to exploit.
I guess he’s forgotten about all the republican crazies who desperately need to seek psychiatric help, but are in complete denial.
How do I get to be a member of that group?
3As Truman once said, “I just tell them the truth and they think it’s hell!” I’m just guessing the same thing applies to this endeavor, in any case, you go girls!
4Seizing the forum, may I pose a question that was raised a week or so ago, and that is whether or not there are circumstances under which Democrats should vote in the primary returning to the fold in November. Any thougts?
5My granddaughters are raising hell in Austin, too. They are both in Texas Junior Roller Derby. Good practice for turning Texas blue!
6Old White Male Christians, with bigoted opinions, better watch their mouths today. I hear JJ carries a bar of soap in her purse next to her stun gun and picture of Molly Ivins.
7Words are a dime a dozen unless their true meaning is realized. Example – devotion. Susan doesn’t know lip-service. She is a dedicated totally driven lady who gives of herself in everything she aims at.
8I looked for Juanita Jean at the Capitol but guess she was stirring up dust somewhere else. I met Virg from Harris County Democrats. Hey, Virg! She has a nifty idea; see what you think. She thinks it would be good for Battleground Texas (or just y’all on your own) to find friends in rural Texas and get them to invite some Democratic or even just honest, thinking folks to get together around the state and take a bus of Democrats from urban areas to meet with rural folks and talk about why we are Democrats and what we can do together. What do you think? I mean, if Nuns on a Bus can do it, maybe some others of us can.
9Marge Woods … you all could be Texans in a Truck! LOL I think a lot of the more rural folks in ALL the states do not get out and vote in either the mid-term nor the primary elections.
10Texans in a Truck! Y’all have any trucks with seatbelts in the back?
11Wish I had felt well enough to be with you. My spirit certainly was. We will overcome.
12@Lorraine, thank you for two excellent suggestions to add to my purse: a stun gun and a picture of Molly Ivans. I couldn’t add the soap because I’d have to use it on myself way too much. Thank the grandmas, I was never threatened with “I’ll wash your mouth out with hand sanitizer.”
13Uncle Dave: I know for a fact that Republicans were urged to register as Democrats in Pennsylvania in the 2007 primary. Their strategy was to vote en masse for Obama because they KNEW that if Obama was the candidate, nobody would vote for him. We all know how that worked out.
14I don’t know if emulating the Rethugs dirty tricks somehow pulls us down in the swamp too.
Kick ass, JJ!
15Following up on Marge’s suggestion of conversion….
A study said that when people who don’t like gays read a story about a character who was gay, it did a lot more to change their minds if the nice, kind, grandma-helping (or whatever) fellow turned out to be gay after they’d already started liking him, rather than when his sexual orientation was mentioned early in the story.
Maybe it would be more effective to invite people to something or aid a charity work and THEN mention that you’re Democrats and you’d sure like them to consider certain ideas and candidates. Charm them first, and then “lure them in”….
16You’re right, Rhea. Talk about something that everyone is bound to need, like water. And you get their sympathy more if you talk about your daughter who now makes $12 an hour instead of $17 an hour which in Austin ain’t ’nuff to live on, unless you rent out the spare bedroom and do babysitting on weekends. Everyone will have a story. And Donna A., what group were you talking about? Blue Ribbon Lobby Day is a one time event but it was sponsored by a bunch of groups, including Capitol Area Democratic Women which has chapters around the state. Basically it was women from Texas who are Democrats. If you want a group, find a few friends and meet and decide what you want to do. Get the precinct chairs in the target area to help email their voters about it. My friends and I have a group (South Travis United Democrats) that meets once a month at a restaurant and provides a venue for Dem. candidates as well as having a guest speaker every month. You can advertise it on the web and/or Facebook. We don’t charge dues but some groups do. You can also have potlucks in homes, etc.There are rules about clubs. Let us know what you end up doing!
17What a wonderful group of women! What a wonderfully diverse group of women!! What a wonderfully diverse group of smart women!!! Sic ’em y’all!!!!!!
18JJ we confer Diplomatic Immunity on you. You Do Not have to use it on yourself! Go get ’em!
19*to you.
20Grrr- caffiene level is low!
Thanks so much. Marge…Sounds like I need to get busy. I will let you know.
21Great Picture.
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