Man, it has been a crazy day. Where to begin? I think I'll start with a certain tweet that I got mentioned in on Twitter (or X, or whatever they are calling it these days) by a certain disgruntled ex-District Attorney.
Now, before I give the backstory on this Tweet, I would like to be very clear that I found it to be absolutely hilarious. I am keenly aware of how much I piss off certain people online and I have a pretty thick skin when it comes to the responses to things I say. Kim calling me a cockroach, although not very inventive, was more than fair game.
That being said, in the space of one Tweet, our former District Attorney not only calls for my death, but, as per usual, she's trying to outsource the dirty work.
Do I think she was serious? No.
Do I think she would be sad if I died? Also no.
Do I think I would have had a bunch of cops at my door if I had posted anything remotely resembling a tweet like this about her? 100%
But there is a big difference between me and Kim. The most profound one being that I'm not stupid. I don't wish death on anyone and even if I did, I wouldn't put it in a tweet. I don't care how frustrated I was with the person. There are too many unstable people out there already to make pretending to be one of them seem like a good idea.
The next difference between me and Kimbra is that I wouldn't try to waste the legal system's time and resources to help me satisfy a personal grudge. It was suggested to me that I should file a police report. That's not really my style. Instead, I just responded to her tweet as follows:
Do I think that I'm funny? Well, obviously.
But going back to that whole "not wasting legal system's time and resources to help me satisfy a personal grudge" thing, I think it is worth noting my original post that got Kim so riled up.
Backstory time.
So, as many of you may remember during the Ogg Administration, Kim led a highly publicized "investigation" into Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo. Although charges were never brought against Hidalgo, three staffers were ultimately charged with felonies. Two of those staffers had their cases dismissed outright once the case was taken over by the Texas Attorney General's Office, and the third completed a very brief pre-trial diversion. When all was said and done, Kim's "investigation" into Hidalgo cost Harris County hundreds of thousands of dollars (if not more).
The recipient of lots of those thousands and thousands of dollar was none other than Kim's close personal friend and former-5th Amendment-invoking-prosecutor, Rachel Palmer Hooper, who had gone onto bigger and better things working for a big law firm and serving as General Counsel to the Texas GOP. In her spare time, she was known for running the criminal history of black people she saw voting and other fun Right Wing activities. Kim hired Rachel as a "special prosecutor" to investigate Hidalgo, but she did everything in her power to keep that a secret from the general public. Since Kim was a Democrat trying to take out another Democrat, it wasn't a good idea to be using office funds to hire the general counsel for the Republicans to do the dirty work. The story didn't end well for Kimbra.
Although Rachel blocks me on Twitter because I keep pointing out to the general public that I really don't feel that she is being the best version of herself that she can be, she has been very vocal lately. That's probably because her beloved husband, Donald P. Hooper, is running to be the Party Chair for GOP in Harris County.
Now, those of you who have followed this blog for a long time know that the Donner and I have a special relationship. It's very much a love/hate relationship in the sense that he hates me and I love how much he hates me. He would probably be very surprised to know that I think he would be perfect for the job of Harris County GOP Chair. That's not a compliment. It's just a testament to how badly the GOP has deteriorated. If you are looking for a homophobic, shit talking, semi-literate, nimwit, Don is definitely the candidate for you.
But I digress . . .
So, anyway, several days ago, Rachel posted on Twitter that she believed U.S. Senator John Cornyn needed to be investigated for something or other involving Senate Candidate Wesley Hunt's personal information. Her solution to the problem? They should just appoint Kim Ogg as the new, permanent U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas.
Now, I'm not entirely sure who the "Marxist DA" is that Rachel is referencing in this post, but I did find her advocating for Kim to be as predictable as it was shameless. And I said so.
Little did I know that it would cause Kimbra's mind to turn to MURDER!
Obviously I don't feel particularly at risk after Kim's solicitation of murder upon me, but in all seriousness, what the hell?
Kim Ogg is a vindictive child with the temperament of a slow-witted rattlesnake. She abused her power as Harris County District Attorney and she doubtlessly would do so again if (God forbid) she were to become the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District. She's as stupid as she is ruthless, and that's saying something.
Regardless of whether or not her tweet was meant to be taken seriously, she has demonstrated yet again that she is not fit to hold public office.
No comments:
Post a Comment