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I can’t reveal my sources, but I’ve heard there’s a new political drama set for teevee in Texas.  Luckily, my semi-reliable, low placed sources say it’s called:  Jeb Hensarling –  Money Whore.

The role of Jeb Hensarling will be played by Jeb Hensarling and his Republican hair.    The character Jeb, exactly like the real Jeb, is a Republican Congressman from Texas’ 5th District, which goes from North Dallas to – you guessed it – East Texas.

The opening season will explain that Hensarling spends his day stuffing money into his pockets.  All day, every day.  And there’s the distinct possibility that some of it may have ended up offshore, thanks to his best friends, Sam and Charles, the Wyly Brothers.  This part of the teevee show, of course, will be filmed in neon noir, at a honky tonk on the outskirts of Rush, Texas.

Oh, the Wyly Brothers.  They are two guys, brothers even, who are currently getting set for trial for trading stock illegally.

The Securities and Exchange Commission filed suit against the Wylys in July, accusing them of using offshore entities based in the Cayman Islands and the Isle of Man to hide investments in companies they directed. They are also accused of using insider information to guide their trading. The brothers, who allegedly netted $550 million in profit, were also the target of a Senate investigation into illegal tax shelters several years ago .

The Washington Post wrote an article about it entitled, “The Influence Industry: A leading Republican’s longtime ties to 2 men accused of financial fraud.”  Jeb and the Wyly Brother are tighter than skin on a sausage.

Jeb is a leading member of the House Financial Services Committee, and he’s been loudly critical of the SEC.  This part of the teevee show will take on the ambiance of a Corleone christening.

Well, they’ve already got the next season on the drawing board.

You remember UBS?  The Swiss bank that who agreed to pay a fine of $780 million to the United States and entered into a deferred prosecution agreement on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States?  You know, the bank that lets rich people hide money.  You know, that bank.

Well, the star of our show, Jeb Hensarling, has stuffed the maximum allowable donation into his pockets from the boys at UBS.  And UBS also maxed out to Jeb’s PAC.

Now, we had to make this a fiction teevee show because nobody, flat nobody, would believe this is real.

Thanks to Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen for the heads up.