Jokes on You

Last night I stopped over at one of my favorite eateries to catch a quick bite to eat. I’ve been way busy lately, and dinner has been an afterthought.

So, we were enjoying a quiet beer and a pizza when some folks I know walked in and the husband immediately said to me; “well looks like we have a new County Judge…..”, “He’ll sure be better than what we’ve got!”

“Oh yea” I said to him. “Well tell me about this guys record, what has he done?”

The guy admitted that he didn’t know.

“Well” he said “he’s gotta be better than what we’ve got” and his voice trailed off.

By this time I was getting irritated. “Just how in the hell can you vote for a person and not know his qualifications, his record?”. “Jeezus H. that’s about as fucking stupid as you can get, are you on drugs or something?”. “I mean, just to get somebody OUT of office?”…”How do you know your guy will be any better, he might be worse.”

“That’s irresponsible”.

I could see the guy shrinking, his wife grimacing. I guess they hadn’t thought of it that way.

Yesterday the fiends of Isla Blanca held a 5th grade like pep rally at the park. “Go Cascos go” they chanted in unison.

Fucking rah, rah, rah.

Well folks, the truth of the matter is that you elected an (as Teddy Kennedy says) unelectable abomination. You didn’t bother to check out the mans credentials, you voted for him just to get your hated opponent out of office.

There was no mandate for Carlos Cascos. No, the mandate was against Gilbert Hinojosa. Because of this you have opened a pandoras box.

You were more concerned with preserving your pot smoking parking lot than the good of Cameron County. You don’t care if this guy is good, bad or ugly…..and as a result of your selfish selfcenteredness, Cameron County will probably suffer a period of chaos and disorganization as the faithful and the faithless battle it out. And there are a lot of innocent folks caught in the middle.

You didn’t give a goddamn about the welfare of this County. Hell, a lot of you only voted here under technicalities, establishing residences in Isla Blanca from Hidalgo County and even other states just so you could protect your vested interest, cheap rent, a good place to smoke dope, your hallowed surf break.

Pathetic bastards.

Do you really believe that this guy will take care of you now that he’s in office? Do you know his track record?

I thought not.

Keep smiling motherfuckers. The joke's on you.