You may remember theRepublican Family Values man who has been having an affair with his secretary, and denying it... and who is also a racist.  And the Republican party in Houston wanted him NOT to run again and Rosenthal basically told them to kiss his butt.. until he finally said he wasn't going to run.. except that he might change his mind. Pretty entertaining.

But not as entertaining as actually reading the emails that KHOU got. IT's not just that Rosenthal is a lying, cheating scumball who was screwing his secretary. It's also that he is a racist. And that he used his public office to pay for his campaign activities.

Take his campaign Web site. It's designed and run by a county employee, who also happens to run the district attorney office's IT department. 

In an afternoon e-mail to that IT director, Rosenthal writes, "How much do I owe ya'all for keeping my campaign website up?"

Another example: An e-mailed note from Rosenthal meant to ask people if they "would be interested in purchasing "Re-Elect Chuck Rosenthal" children campaign T-shirts for those "little voters to be."

There are also numerous other exchanges with county employees about Rosenthal's re-election barbecue fundraiser. All were sent from county e-mail addresses and the vast majority, during normal county business hours.