In Birmingham they love the governor…….

In Baton Rouge, we do not. At least I don’t. And, I am happy to say, she is not running for reelection. She had that phone call from ‘the man’ who told her that she would not be running again. Mr. Breaux was set to take her place, until someone found out that he couldn’t run here, because he no longer lives here. You would think that someone would have checked into this before he made his big announcement, to spare him looking like an ass, but then again, we are talking about politicians.

Then you have Walt Boasso, who realized that he had about as much chance of beating Bobby Jindal as a poor Hispanic would moving into Bocage. So, he changed parties. This man is the definition of hypocrite in my opinion. I loved his commercials where he talks about ‘those politicians in Baton Rouge’. Obviously referring to the Legislature, of which he is a current member. So, he was talking bad about his own group while simultaneously trying to separate himself from them. Genius!

It comes as no surprise that the gubernatorial election is already rife with controversy and stupidity. I’m sure it will only get more interesting as we go along. Some say Blanco may even reenter the race. I guess she will have to wait for another phone call to tell her what she should do. Maybe this time Ray Nagin will give her a call, and say, “I got reelected, brother Jefferson got reelected, you should give it a shot! I’ll come down to Baton Rouge and make a campaign speech for you.”

This time around I gotta think that Bobby Jindal will easily win. If not, I just might have to change my blog to TX or GA – not the good one, but that would make no sense. He is clearly the best candidate. The problem is the trailer park voters out there who look at him and say, “I ain’t voting fer no damn foreigner”. They would rather have a bloated, toupeed, greaseball, good ole boy politician raping them then elect someone who looks different than they do.

Of course, even if he does win the election, to really turn the state around, he would have to clean out the vast majority of the Legislature, who falls into the above mentioned group. Anyone who thinks that our tax dollars are wasted should go and spend a day watching the Legislature in action. You won’t think that anymore, you will KNOW it. Eighty year old men beached up at a desk, sporting a tie that ends somewhere around the nipples, and more chins than a Chinatown phone book. The only important and meaningful decision that they make in a given day is whether to order the filet or the ribeye from Ruth’s Chris.

They can’t even seem to figure out what every other state has, that cockfighting should be banned. I’m no animal loving PETA spokesperson, but besides the moral and ethical aspect of it, it just makes us look stupid. On the big chart of state information, it reads like a mathematical cross reference. Just look under the column that says unemployment, then the row that is educational status, and where they meet it says cockfighting legal. I mean, how advanced can a state be that doesn’t realize that there is no need to tie razor blades to chickens and watch them fight for money? I love what this one politician says, “We have to gradually phase out cockfighting as to give those involved with the industry time to get out of it.”

I’m sure these individuals are well educated, and have their assets diversified over a myriad of stocks and mutual funds so that leaving the industry won’t affect them that much. It’s not like these people have to restructure some corporation, just kill the chickens and fry them up. Then take your razor claw attachments and figure out how to affix them to a nutria or something. Problem solved.