I'M GOING DOWN TO THE REPUBLICAN WELL TONIGHT AND I'M GONNA DRINK MY FILL!

 I think I'm going down to the well tonight

And I'm gonna drink till I get my fill

And I hope when I get old I don't sit around thinking about it

But I probably will

"Glory Days"

Bruce Springstein

Cameron County Republican Chair Morgan Cisneros Graham

When we posted a Facebook discussion among local Republicans about trading support for the party's candidates for a job, County Chair Morgan Graham suggested "we (Republicans) have to entertain you to some degree."

She later clarified that comment by saying: "I was referring to how some of us act when given a little anonymity."

Morgan is correct. I do lower my bucket down into the local Republican well on occasion because those stories typically generate interest disproportionate to the actual size and influence of the local G.O.P.

A small feisty group of mature females (blue hairs?), Bible thumpers and young gadflies, county Republicans and former Republicans are ever present as anonymous commenters, some say trolls. No matter what we post about them, we can count on post comments to vastly outnumber their strength and relevance in local politics.

Catching our attention currently is a post yesterday by the Cameron County Republican Party calling for "solidarity" behind the party's nominee for County Judge, Carlos Cascos posted below:

(https://www.facebook.com/901849823238411/posts/1756677594422292/)

Pretty innocuous, innocent. Cameron County Trumpers want tangible social media support for former county judge Carlos Cascos. You may recall, when Cascos aborted his last term as County Judge shortly after his election for a position in state government, Cascos anointed an unelected bureaucrat from the toll road authority to replace him. Now, Trump Republicans in Cameron County want him to get his old job back with the substantial salary.

But wait! There is a potential legal problem with the graphic used in the call to arms, referring to Carlos Cascos as "County Judge," a position he does not currently hold. Eddie Trevino is County Judge.

The Texas Election Code explicitly covers candidates under Chapter 255.006 “Misleading Use of Office Title.” Each offense is a Class A Misdemeanor. (https://ethics.state.tx.us/statutes/title15.html#255.006)

Bobby Wightman-Cervantes

Yet, it was not Carlos Cascos or his campaign who posted the cover photo. Were the Brownsville Observer to offer a position on whether or not the local party, not the candidate, could legally describe a mere candidate for county judge as "county judge," blogger Bobby Wightman-Cervantes would go bat shit crazy as Bobby alone, in this blogosphere, is allowed to make a comment even hinting at a legal matter.

Paraphrasing Morgan Graham, such a display of bat shit craziness would "entertain" us all "to some degree."