Just the Kay You Are
OH MY GOD she’s just like Sarah Palin! Sans mum! Quitting before her term in office is up! Kay Bailey Hutchison has announced that she will resign from the Senate in either October or November because she doesn’t want to be an unproductive, typical, politics-as-usual lame duck. And now she’ll be able to fight even harder for Texans. It’s not like she needs a title to do that.
Yes, Kay announced today that she is resigning her Senate seat, saying that she’ll formally throw her hair helmet in the ring (HELMET-OFF!) in August. “I am in,” Hutchison said, keeping her fingers crossed behind her back in case she changes her mind. Again. “The actual leaving of the Senate will be sometime – October, November – that, in that time frame.” As for Gov. Perry, “I had hoped that he wouldn’t [run for re-election again]. You know, no one expected him to run again,” Hutchison said. “And I thought, you know, I stepped back last time. I tried to give him a, really, a free ride with no primary because I thought it was right for Texas. But for him to try to stay on for 15 years is too long.”
DAMN. Fifteen years as governor? Isn’t it time to move on? He could always apply for President of Texas Monthly. My record of holding the same job is, like, two years. Maybe two and a half if you count my personal unpaid leave. In her radio interview, Kay said she believes there is a need for new leadership in Texas. I’m sure Mayor Bill White would agree. There are other people running for her seat but their names escape me. However, Perry could name Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst as Hutchison’s interim replacement, which would mean that he’d have a leg up on the competition. (That’s what she said.)
Tagged: announcement, bill white, david dewhurst, kay bailey hutchison, mayor bill white, resigning, rick perry, senate.
Don't Mess w/ Pink says:
Hey, why aren’t you on this list of interweb terrorists?
http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/07/protect-america.php
You are clearly not doing your job.
/One more scoliosis ad, and I’m reporting you to Homeland Security.
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potted meat says:
drinkin’ wine, wine ,wine, scolly-oly……
PL theme song?………
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NancyinTexas says:
You are the BEST HEADLINE WRITER of all
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potted meat says:
If you see Kay, tell her to go home and take care of her kids.
Old bitch.
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eileen Reply:
July 29th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Take that back or I will be forced to call you an ageist sexist.
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potted meat Reply:
July 29th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Ok.
Kay Batshitcrazy Hutchinson is not old.
/fine. now I’m pink whipped , in addition to all my other problems.
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eileen Reply:
July 29th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
I think it’s calling her a bitch and telling her to stay home with her kids is what got me. But ALL IS FORGIVEN.
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potted meat Reply:
July 29th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Well the B thing is just repeating what her office mgr called her back when I used to have her for a customer…..
And I really am thinking of the kids…..I find her adopting at that age, with her ‘work agenda’, to be short changing the kids…
but hey, I said it, you whacked me for it.
Seriously, IIIIN, I really do find her ‘motherhood’ offensive.
If she had not ‘aquired’ the kids, already mired in her career, ie: she was a mom, and then ran for office, I would have a different view. It all strikes me as very Angelina Jolie/Madonna/Bruno….
/ btw you missed the….
‘if you see Kay’……juvenile joke…guys are so immature, you know…..
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Destiny Reply:
July 29th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
I got it….the NOFX song. (:
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WallyinIowa says:
Now, if we in Iowa could just get Senator Chuck Grassley(R), to follow KBH out the door, our prayers would be answered. As a nonresident Texas…(once a Texan, always a Texan) I thought all the really bad, incompetent senators came from Texas, until now.
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the straggler says:
Sound like Kay Bailey thinks Dewhurst is a Blue Dog.
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Pud Pounder says:
Kay thinks 15 years is too long as governor as she concludes 16 years in the U.S. Senate. Wow.
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potted meat says:
Hey, she (was allowed to)adopt kids in her 60’s ….ageless, timeless, thoughtless, er…….
No preferential treatment there, no doubt.
Oops, I did it again…..
/She’s a spring chicken, the yokes on me…..
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potted Vegetable says:
Pud Pounder, that is priceless.
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Rog says:
It will be interesting to see if the big dollar donors who left Perry will come forward and state publicly what Perry told them the last time he ran. That is, he told them that if they stayed with him just once more (in 2006), that would be the last time he would run. Maybe some of them asked for that agreement in writing.
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Briscoe Democrat Reply:
July 29th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Rog, my prediction: Perry STAYS in the governor’s race and campaigns for reelection to a 3rd full term.
Perry will also appoint either Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst (R) or State Attorney General Greg Abbott (R) to KBH’s Senate seat IF she backs the heck out of the Senate seat this FALL.
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Art Vandelay says:
Maybe Kay should set her sights on Lt. Gov spot. After 16 years in the US Senate she should know something about passing meaningful legislation. Come to think of it I can’t recall any legislation that she has passed. Crap..so much for my brainfart
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RDR says:
If you see Kay, tell her that if she has all these great ideas for saving Texas, she should have thought about trying to pass a bill in DC.
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RDR says:
/ I just REALLY wanted to use the “if you see Kay”… I may actually start caring about this race just so I can use that line over and over and over ….
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eileen Reply:
July 29th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
OK, fine. What does that mean?
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RDR says:
say it out loud
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eileen Reply:
July 29th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Just repeated it like three times in my office. Is that firing-worthy? Still have no idea.
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Anonymous Reply:
July 29th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Try paging Phil Latio over the office intercom.
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eileen Reply:
July 29th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
I already paged Seymour Butz.
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potted meat Reply:
July 29th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
that’s the spirit.
/btw, is your refrigerator running?
//I just cannot apologize enough for all the banality I have created. So I guess I shouldn’t even try.
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RDR says:
I think you are safe in your office. Unless you throw out “IF YOU SEE KAY” YOU BURKA!
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capitolstaffer says:
Perry is said to have Michael Williams at the top of his list. Wouldn’t that just ruffle Dewhurst’s…ruffles…
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Prince Royal says:
Michael Williams needs to shed the bow ties. The only other bow-tie people out there (now that Orvell is dead) is George Wills and Farrakahn.
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eileen Reply:
July 30th, 2009 at 11:54 am
Don’t forget Tucker Carlson.
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Jackson says:
Michael WIlliams is a joke. He only has $168k to work with and $100k is a loan. You can barely run a Houston city council race on that. I would think he would have to be at the BOTTOM of Perry’s list.
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potted meat Reply:
July 30th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Re: bowtie….
I keep waiting for Franken to do a “What about the bowtie?” ‘tribute’ to Paul Simon, now that he is in Congress……..
Over/under 80% he’ll do it , when things aren’t so serious.
My opinion: the only good look for a bowtie is a PB Bunnie…..
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Texas Democrat says:
Dewhurst OR Abbott are likely to get the Senate appointment
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