The Texas Democratic Party has a new chairman.  And by new chairman I mean, “Holy crap!”

This guy seriously wants to quit losing and he even has some new ideas we’ve never tried before.

The Texas Democratic Party has a history of throwing somewhere between 6 to 8 million dollars at political consultants who sold the party on the idea that we couldn’t win but we could adopt the Republican platform and accidentally get a county commissioner or sheriff in East Texas elected.

The whole strategy was not to draw attention to ourselves except to apologize for being … well, you know, Democrats.

It got so bad that a Democratic congressional candidate in my neck of the woods whined and stomped his feet that he had a 100% voting record with the Chamber of Commerce and then they endorsed his Republican opponent.  Of course they did.  Good Lord, even those Chamber boys know a cheap whore when they see one.  He laid down with those dogs and when he got up all he had was fleas.  Barack Obama out-performed him in the district because even Democrats wouldn’t vote for him.

Texas Democrats haven’t held statewide office since Elvis died but, bygawd, we liked it that way.

The only bright spot were the lawyers who fought Tom DeLay, redistricting, and now voter ID.  Their work has been stunning in its simplicity and effectiveness.  However, mostly they worked for free because they are true believers.

We need more true believers.

Lookin' for butts to kick

The election of Judge Gilberto Hinojosa as State Chairman means that we quit apologizing for being Democrats.

He’s a doozy.

When he is being interviewed by one of the most conservative Republican newspapers in the state, he doesn’t back down but leads, leads, leads by explaining how Democratic policies are better than Republican policies.  That’s how you know the big buck at the lick – he doesn’t apologize for being big and for being right.

If I was in charge of messaging for the Democratic Party, which I am not and never will be because Judge Hinojosa is smart, my message would be “Damn straight we’re different from those jerks.  Damn straight we are!”

Next week is the first State Democratic Executive Committee meeting since the convention and if a few mouths don’t drop open, I’ll be sorely disappointed.

I need to make one thing very clear.  I am a member of the State Democratic Executive Committee.  I do not speak for the Committee or the Party.  I speak only for myself.  Additionally, I don’t speak for Bubba or even Truman, who is an overly opinionated dog if you ask me.

Okay, it’s Monday and some rumps need rippin’ so I’m back at work.