Today, the whole left side of the aisle is whinging because Representative Jasmine “Try Jesus, Do Not Try Me” Crockett had the audacity to call Governor Greg “I Got Mine, Now Fuck You” Abbott: Governor Hot Wheels1.
Not since His Rotundity himself, John Adams, has there been such a cool nickname in politics.
But you wouldn’t know it to hear liberals tell it. They are furious with Rep. Crockett because… well, because they’re fucking stupid. No party is better at battling within over the absolute most insignificant nonsense. Governor Hot Wheels is in a wheelchair. We mustn’t mock that!
Dude, she didn’t mock him for being handicapped. She saw what we all see — the man is in a fucking wheelchair. And rather than pretend otherwise, she zeroed in and gave him a cool nickname that, if he were smart, he would mount on a plaque outside his office.
But that’s the thing. Abbott isn’t smart. He’s a right-wing ghoul who would rather people freeze to death than admit he’s in bed with energy companies. He…
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