Monday, January 21, 2008

Texas politicians

There were 2 articles on the odd news section of yahoo news today that had to do with Texas politicians that I thought were funny.
The first one was headlined as "Texas candidate alters photo in mailer." Basically he attached his face to a slimmer body. My favorite line in this article:
"(Dean) Hrbacek (former mayor of Sugarland, TX) has been so busy that he had no time to pose for a full-length photo for the mailing, (campaign manager) Broschart said."
He didn't have the 1/10,000th of a second for a photo. Basically, he just wanted to look skinnier for the voters. The funniest thing is that he got caught. Someone getting the mailer must have been like, "Hey, he's a lot chubbier than that."

The Second article was headlined as: "Texas Mayor in Dog Fracas Could Lose Job."
Basically, she was dogsitting for a neighbor for the summer. She called them and told them the dog was dead, but instead just kept the dog. She faked a death, hid evidence, lied to the family, and kidnapped a dog. My favorite quote from this article was:
"She told me that if she were a single woman, she would not care if she went to jail for the rest of her life before she would give the dog back."
That a mayor would be willing to lose her job and go to jail for a dog suggests some sort of mental illness if you ask me. And these are the types of people who are getting elected into office in Texas. Almost makes Arnold getting elected as governor of California not seem so odd.

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