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So, on Monday Juanita got to watch Tom DeLay clutching a Bible to chest, swearing that he’s a pitiful victim of Nancy Pelosi, Patrick Kennedy and Ronnie Earl while standing in front of a judge who openly called him a crook.  It was an amazing sight.

On Tuesday, she got to watch her brand spankin’ new State Representative Ron Reynold get sworn-in.

So today she bought a lottery ticket.  Gotta make it three in a row!

We cannot find a recording of Juanita’s own personal favorite teevee interview she did after the Tom DeLay sentencing where she said, “He stood up there in front of the judge and said ‘I’m not whining,’ three different times.  If you have to say ‘I’m not whining’ three times in ten minutes, you’re whining.”  Even Momma loved that one!

I do not know what strange power Tom has.  His lawyer, one of the best in the whole state, gave one of the worse closing arguments I have ever heard, and ho boy! I’ve heard some dandy bad one.  Dick DeGuerin, a fine lawyer, pandered to Tom and Christine DeLay in his closing argument instead of arguing law and justice.  People stood around in the hallway shaking their heads after that closing, wondering why DeGuerin said what Tom wanted to hear instead of what the judge needed to hear.

Then DeGuerin, in a moment stunning goofy, announced to the press who asked his reaction to the sentence, “I can’t say what I want to say because I’d get sued.”

Say what, Clarence Darrow?

Good Lord, you’re a lawyer and you’re scared of getting sued?  What the hell did you do with the money your Momma gave you to go to law school, son?  You have to say something that is (1) false, and (2) malicious in order to get sued successfully in Texas.  A good rule of thumb is not to say a malicious lie and your fear of lawsuits disappears quickly.  Kinda makes you wonder what the hell he wanted to say, huh?

Makes me wonder if he wanted to say that his client is a criminal  prevaricating ninny baby totally out of touch with reality and suffering from delusions of paranoia.  Nope, couldn’t be that because that passes the truth test.

Later on, I’ll tell you about Dennis Hastert and why the Peter Principle took over when he stopped being a wrestling coach.

It’s good to be back at the beauty shop.