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Mayor of Texas town has a bit of a credibility problem
Her claims: She sang backup for Linda Ronstadt and Jackson Browne, was once engaged to Eagles singer-songwriter Don Henley, and was devastated by a brother's death in Vietnam. Um, it appears they're all fibs. (Dallas Morning News)
May 7, 2008 | Permalink
Comments
Everything's bigger in Texas. Even the lies.
Posted by: Joe | May 7, 2008 6:55:45 AM
wow she's a psycho.
Posted by: elchampino | May 7, 2008 6:58:05 AM
Well she definitely qualifies as a politician. Now read her lips "No new taxes".
Posted by: G-Man | May 7, 2008 7:00:21 AM
Was she also married to Morgan Fairchild?
Posted by: ScubaSteve | May 7, 2008 7:10:13 AM
Clearly she missed her calling -- with her imagination, she should be writing potboilers, not running for mayor.
Posted by: Phranqlin | May 7, 2008 7:11:15 AM
She's like this because she really works for the CIA but if she revealed it, she'd have to kill you. On her real resume, she's the one who found out where Saddam was hiding, and she actually had Bin Laden's location - her superiors were too slow to catch him. Oh, and she invented a perpetual motion/free energy source machine but you'll have to figure it out for yourself.
Posted by: Janky-o | May 7, 2008 7:11:58 AM
DOES IT REALLY MATTER?
Posted by: ULTRA | May 7, 2008 7:22:05 AM
Must have gone to the Hilary Clinton School of Politics...
Posted by: TSA | May 7, 2008 7:25:10 AM
Actually, TSA, she's fittingly a Republican.
Posted by: elchampino | May 7, 2008 7:32:53 AM
WHAT ?? A Politician that lies? Tell me it isn't so.
Posted by: Blairwitch | May 7, 2008 7:47:08 AM
It's kind of like my friends 4 year old son who keeps insisting he saw Spiderman, only he's not running for mayor...
Posted by: sometimesilie | May 7, 2008 7:47:26 AM
I did not have sexual relations with that woman. I mean, NO NEW TAXES!
Posted by: Lou Ford Prefect | May 7, 2008 7:48:57 AM
How does someone that out of touch with reality get elected in the first place?
I suspect she believes her own lies.
Posted by: shrink | May 7, 2008 8:02:47 AM
I think she developed the polio vaccine, too, and climbed Mt. Everest before Hillary and Norgay.
Posted by: Sheila | May 7, 2008 8:03:15 AM
What does Farmer Bob think should be done to her ?
Posted by: Rock Marine | May 7, 2008 8:04:53 AM
"He can't remember tomorrow". Right there should tell you something. If I could remember tomorrow I would be able to get the winning lottery numbers.
Posted by: lld | May 7, 2008 8:09:08 AM
"He can't remember tomorrow". Right there should tell you something. If I could remember tomorrow I would be able to get the winning lottery numbers.
Posted by: lld | May 7, 2008 8:09:14 AM
I'm surprised that my old Batallion Commander is now the Mayor of a town in Texas ! She would sing to us between the gun fire. Of course, it was a very sad day when we placed her brother in that ugly green body bag. Although, she consoled us with the promise of her famous singing partners coming to our next USO show.
Posted by: Rock Marine | May 7, 2008 8:09:55 AM
I thought it was a requirement for politicians to have issues with the truth. Huh. Learn something new every day.
Posted by: Soo | May 7, 2008 8:26:06 AM
Anyone else flashing back to the Lying Woman from David Byrne's "True Stories"? Which takes place in TEXAS.
Posted by: nellagain | May 7, 2008 8:29:13 AM
Coincidently, I live in Carrollton where she's mayor. Just heard about this on the news this morning.
When I mentioned it to my wife, she said "I think she should still be mayor, because she clearly has imagination."
My wife should be a political consultant.
Posted by: Nonchalant Savant | May 7, 2008 8:44:16 AM
Her web page
http://www.cityofcarrollton.com/government/mayorbio.asp
Posted by: David | May 7, 2008 9:15:40 AM
This is additional proof why women are unfit for public office or any position of authority in the workplace. Quite frankly, women are too emotionally unstable to be entrusted with important decisions. Most women are in the workplace only to find a husband or a man to have an affair with. Their petty jealousies and bickering with other women demoralizes and disrupts those who are there to learn and practice a career. The woman's proper place is at home, providing a comfortable environment for her husband and being a good mother to her children.
Posted by: Dick Tater | May 7, 2008 9:16:22 AM
We have just seen why "Dick Taster" is an appropriate and accurate name.
Posted by: A.V. | May 7, 2008 9:38:00 AM
Dick:
You're absolutely right. My friend David Paterson also agrees.
Would you be interested in a career in politics?
Posted by: Elliot Spitzer | May 7, 2008 9:42:51 AM
AV--that's why I coined that name for him.
lld--that "can't remember tomorrow" quote jumped off the page at me, too.
Posted by: troschne | May 7, 2008 9:43:47 AM
Yeah, Dick, men never lie.....
Posted by: mydogFoster | May 7, 2008 9:48:23 AM
Nell, that's one of my favorite movies. I love the Lying Woman, she reminds me of so many of my acquaintances over the years...
Posted by: LooseyGoosey | May 7, 2008 9:49:10 AM
She ought to pair up with Tommy Flanagan from SNL--"Yeah--that's the ticket.."
Posted by: troschne | May 7, 2008 10:30:42 AM
LG: I just watched it again recently. Still good. The Lying woman always struck me as extremly creepy, although I've never been quite able to figure out why--maybe it was just the way people around her reacted. They were so disengaged, not only from her, but from everything.
Here's to a Celebration of Special-ness!
Posted by: nellagain | May 7, 2008 10:43:52 AM
Someone with her abilities shouldn't be wasting her time as a Mayor...she should be a Senator!
Posted by: Cherie | May 7, 2008 10:53:49 AM
Dick Tater needs to be euthanized. Seriously, Dick, are you just trying to get conversation started or are you really that stupid?
Posted by: blips | May 7, 2008 11:00:46 AM
He's really that stupid.
Posted by: troschne | May 7, 2008 12:29:04 PM
"Actually, TSA, she's fittingly a Republican."
Yes, because democrats don't lie. Good observation.
Posted by: KF | May 7, 2008 1:15:14 PM
Dick T speaks the truth.
Posted by: Naga Please! | May 7, 2008 1:16:47 PM
If she told you the truth, she'd have to kill you!
Posted by: Anna | May 7, 2008 1:39:52 PM
Asshat. Pure and simple.
Posted by: Travman | May 7, 2008 3:56:09 PM
"I get angry when people get into my personal life..."
Yeah, I hate hearing all the dirty details (truth) about politicians' lives.....blue dresses, 3-somes, Rev. Wrong-Wright, smoking - but not inhaling, cocaine use, alcoholism, avoiding the draft, prostitutes, rest stop quickies, airport quickies, affairs, affairs,& more affairs...
It's quite an 'affair' to be a politician.
But what do I know....I'm just a voting constituent.
If you can't stand the heat.... (you know the rest!)
Posted by: Anna | May 7, 2008 4:40:14 PM
I think Dick Tater and the Mayor should run off together and get sterilized ...they obviously neither one have the brains God gave 'em or the ass to back up the incredibly stupid statements they make.
Posted by: jojo | May 7, 2008 6:58:54 PM
She ought to consider wearing a squeaky ball gag to keep her lying yap busy in a more interesting way. Dumb broad.
Posted by: CryMeAriver | May 8, 2008 4:33:22 AM
She also claimed to invent the internet, and the movie Love Story was written about her life. errr.... thats right, that was Al Gore.
Posted by: Mike Nolder | May 8, 2008 7:37:22 AM
that woman is a mess.
it's too bad b/c those stupid lies have distracted everyone from the truly good she has apparently achieved as mayor.
clever of the opponent for using those lies against her.
I think Dick Taster is her husband!
Posted by: Madame Foster | May 8, 2008 10:30:16 AM
