Texas Representative Tom DeLay has a reputation of being very mean and vindictive - apparently, it's a well-deserved reputation, too. He recently made a visit to the Rosenberg Civic Center to explain his position on teacher retirement funds to a group of teachers. There, he was booed and laughed at for some of the ridiculous things he said.

Juanita was there and reports:

Tom was there to explain to Fort Bend teachers why he won’t let HR 594 come to the House floor for a vote. Being as how Tom couldn’t explain that without using words to describe himself like mean, condescending, hateful, and/or money grubbing egg-sucking-dog elitist in a heap o donkey dump, he took another route. Instead, he chose to explain that gypping Texas schoolteachers out of their full retirement is good for them and wonderful for the Iraqi rebuilding effort.

It didn’t go over well.

When the womenfolks started asking questions that the fluffy white boys couldn’t answer, Tom brought the African American male on stage. When he didn’t snap-to as Tom has come to expect from people who don’t want to get their heads bitten off, Tom snarled at him, “Answer me! Answer me!” The crowd got ugly. They booed Tom’s little temper tantrum.

Tom rolled his eyes and sighed dramatically so many times that even a twelve-year old girl would be impressed with his stamina. The man is a drama queen, plain and simple. He’s lost it. I guess the best part was when the teachers suggested that maybe the economy could use some help. Tom was shocked, shocked I tell you. He puffed himself up like a little banty rooster prissed, “Well, I don’t know what world you live in but this economy has never been better ……” I didn’t hear the rest because people were howling with laughter. I mean, really howling.

The economy has never been better? I can see someone trying to argue that the economy is showing signs of improvement, perhaps, but declaring that the economy is the best it has ever been is just.... just.... well, I'm having trouble finding the words that adequately express the depth of stupidity required for such a declaration. That sort of bumptious performance might win DeLay votes among those who aren't used to questioning and thinking, but it apparently didn't go over so well with Texas teachers.

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