Old Norma is Back

And that is not a good thing.

I told you it was gonna happen. I'm surprised it took this long, and after how well she did at the Black El Paso Democrats event, I was starting to think that she really had changed.

But good ol' Norma proved everyone right last night, that leopard doesn't change her spots.

Last night at the Tejano Democrats endorsement event, the old Norma came roaring back.

You memmer, memmer?

The bully.

The angry, emotional, temperamental politician who over-stayed her welcome.

The bull in the China shop.

The one willing to say and do anything to win.

The one obsessed with "her place".

The one who felt like she was entitled to accolades and was angry she didn't get them.

The only thing missing was "lesbian gay woman".

Before I talk about last night, earlier in the week at Black El Paso Democrats, Norma was great. Classy. On message.

She did so well, I even told her that night that I thought she did really great.

And then the Tejano Democrats endorsement meeting happened. I don't know if it was the tension of the environment or the fact that she has basically no money to campaign with and she's not getting anywhere near the support she thought shew as gonna get, but the "new Norma" is gone and its back to the same old Norma everyone knows.

I saw a little crack in the facade of the new Norma at the westside Democrats forum when she tried to intimidate a Chicana elected official because she was upset that the elected official was supporting Escobar. Well last night Norma was overheard saying something just flat-out hurtful and shameful to another woman.

Even by Norma standards it was bad. I was asked not to repeat it, so I won't say what it was, but frankly, Norma should be ashamed of herself for saying something so terrible to another woman.

But back to Norma at the Tejano debate. Norma went back to doing what Norma always does, whining about not having her place and whining about her long-running beef with Eliot Shapleigh, who is still more popular at Tejano events than Norma Chavez and he hasn't been to one in a good 5 or 6 years.

You would've thought she was running against Shapleigh for congress.

Chavez showed what I said from the start - this was personal for her. Her and the Reyes clan just haven't gotten over the loss to Beto O'Rourke a few years ago. So it must have driven them nuts when O'Rourke was the only candidate that was actually endorsed by acclamation last night.

Speaking of the Reyes clan, remember how they came off the hinges when they lost to Beto a few years ago? Well they are at it again. But that is for another post, because nothing is so funny than to hear an ex Border Patrol Chief responsible for Operation Hold the Line point the finger about deporting people...

Okay to wrap things up, I'll let the cat out of the bag about what Norma's little surprise announcement is gonna be. Dolores Huerta is going to come to town right before early voting.