Pass The Ribs & Get Out Your Bibs: Its Time For The Ron Paul BBQ! Woo Hoo!

If the Republican Party of Texas Convention a couple of weeks ago wasn’t enough to wet your appetite for making fun of ultra-conservatives, then you’d better gear up for this weekend so you can make fun of pseudo-Libertarian wingnut Conservatives in Texas City.

That’s right: It’s time for the Republican Liberty Caucus of Texas annual convention—COMBINED WITH the Ron Paul Barbecue!

No, they are not Barbecuing failed Libertarian-presidential candidate-turned Congressman Ron Paul himself, just combining their convention with Paul’s BBQ.

See, the Republican Liberty Caucus—a fringe group actually recognized by the Texas GOP—takes pride in calling themselves the “Ron Paul Republicans.” These are Republicans with “free market Libertarian beliefs.” In other words, wingnuts of one flavor or another. Evidently, insdead of just forming a new party, they’ve just formed the Republican Liberty Caucuses all across the nation.

On a sidenote, I remember back a few years ago when “ultra conservative Democrats” liked to call themselves “Ralph Hall Democrats.” Of course, this was before Hall switched partied and before being likened to Hall in that fashion could have been interpreted as “Democrats exhibiting signs of dementia who say stupid things.” But, I digress.

On point, the RLC’s convention this year is combined with the Ron Paul BBQ, which no doubt means there shant be enough flies in all of Texas City to devour the bullshit that will be heaped all over the local convention center.

Sadly, the pairing of the RLC and Ron Paul show just how out-of-step and out-of-touch both are. Paul, in fact, may be suffering from a little dementia himself, given that he recently bragged about bringing a bunch of disaster relief money to his district when he, in fact, voted against the legislation that appropriated the money:

Of the 435 members of the U.S. House, Paul was one of only eleven to oppose the legislation, which provides funds for housing for the victims and reimbursement to the effected states.

There is more good news for Paul’s opponent, Shane Sklar, too. Recent polling shows the incumbent in a bad place, with voters not too approving of his performance, illustrating that he has worn out his welcome.

And, something I just noticed today: Farm Bureau’s AGFUND PAC endorsed Sklar last year. That’s quite interesting to me, considering AGFUND failed to even endorse Charles Stenholm—a warhorse who served ag interests for decades in Congress—back in 2004.

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