Seeing red

The 2008 presidential election reduced the number of red states, but there are still too many and Texas is one of the reddest. There are signs that may be changing, but for now Republicans still control every statewide office worth mentioning. Basically, whoever wins the Republican nomination is a lock to win the office in November and to win primaries, people like Rick Perry spend most of their time sucking up to dipshits who think W was a great American president.

The legislative session wrapped up, and the prevailing attitude seems to be that nothing significant was accomplished and no major damage was done. The amount of time wasted in the pissing contest over voter ID requirements may have been a factor. It's amazing that during all those years when Republicans were coasting to victory, the possibility of voting fraud was never given a second thought; it suddenly became a problem when GOP candidates started having a hard time winning, or even losing close races. Conservative yahoos faced the possibility a majority of their fellow citizens were fed up with their bullshit, and rather than accept reality, decided to blame their losses on illegal voting by wetbacks.

Anyway, the voter ID bill was popular with Ricardo's constituents, the deadenders who vote in GOP primaries, so there's always a chance it'll be back in a special session.