Another big day at the Supreme Court today. But before the news cycle explodes into total gayness, let us take a moment to salute what happened last night in Austin.
Democratic State Senator Wendy Davis's filibuster of the Republicans' draconian Texas abortion bill — which, thanks to Ken Cuccinelli, we essentially have here in Virginia, no doubt making Rick Perry very jealous — was shut down 30 minutes to the bill's midnight deadline. Why? Because she "violated" three filibuster "rules" set by Lt. Governor David Dewhurst — who clearly was a member of the Spanish Inquisition in a previous life and who, by the way, was the "reasonable" alternative to Ted Cruz in last year's Senate race. (Brrrr!)
Nevertheless, the bill is dead — because 400 supporters of reproductive rights up in the gallery hit the ceiling, and screamed so loudly for 15 minutes that they disrupted the vote. Stories conflict as to whether the vote was taken before or after midnight, but the computer said after. Dewhurst, caught in a vise that he would have loved back in his Inquisition days, simply said, "With all the ruckus and noise going on, I couldn't sign the bill." (What?) He swore he didn't lose control of the proceedings, blaming the "angry mob" upstairs. And hinted the Republicans would try again.
We don't care. All we know is that this is just another very bad development for Rancid Pieface's reboot of his sorry party brand. And clearly, the Republicans in charge of last night's GOP disaster in Austin were the same team of skilled professionals who ran Rick Perry's 2012 Presidential campaign. So we cats PURR.
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