Tag Archives: John Cornyn

Till Death Do You Part

Posted on March 28, 2013 at 8:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – Pat Bagley In other news, the state of Wisconsin reportedly sank to 44th in the nation for private-sector job growth in 2012. State Republicans recently announced that they will take up emergency job-creating legislation to rectify the problem … Continue reading →
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Reminder: Congressional Republicans are Terrible People

Posted on February 12, 2013 at 6:30 pm by JM Ashby

The good news is Senate Democrats defeated an amendment introduced by Republicans that would have stripped protections for Native American women from the Violence Against Women Act. The bad news is Senators Tom Coburn and John Cornyn believe protecting Native … Continue reading →
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Death By Fork

Posted on June 13, 2012 at 8:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – David Fitzsimmons In other news, you should stop whatever you’re doing and read Eric Holder’s epic rebuttal to John Cornyn’s call for his resignation. And I’ll repeat again, for vanity’s sake — Fast and Furious began under former … Continue reading →

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Grasping at Straws

Posted on November 10, 2011 at 6:30 pm by JM Ashby

According to Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), the real reason we cannot afford, literally, to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, which the Department of Justice has labeled unconstitutional, is because it simply costs too much. “Repealing the Defense of Marriage … Continue reading →

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The Party of No Ideas

Posted on July 19, 2010 at 3:22 pm by Bob Cesca

In addition to Big John Cowboy getting all kerfuffled on Meet the Press, here’s Republican Pete Sessions — totally incapable of naming a single program the Republicans will cut in order to reduce the deficit:

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Hawkery

Posted on July 19, 2010 at 9:41 am by Bob Cesca

Via Duncan, here’s a Meet the Press exchange illustrating how specific the Republicans are when it comes to reducing the deficit. GREGORY: Senator, I’m sorry, I’m not hearing an answer here on specifics. What painful choices to really deal with … Continue reading →

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Public Option Tab Dump

Posted on September 24, 2009 at 9:33 pm by Bob Cesca

Just arrived home after a long day of trains and subways. Lots of stuff happening with the public option. -Senators Schumer and Rockefeller say the final bill will have a “good, strong public option.” -Speaker Pelosi doesn’t even want to … Continue reading →

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Zero Cred

Posted on September 22, 2009 at 2:32 pm by Bob Cesca

The Republican’s utter lack of credibility on the deficit is rivaled only by their ability to shamelessly demagogue government spending now. In today’s Finance Committee debate, here’s Orrin Hatch: “This bill is laying — we are giving washington a new … Continue reading →

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Big John Cornyn Believes Big Fakery

Posted on June 22, 2009 at 7:44 pm by Bob Cesca

The wingnuts who run the blog Powerline think they’ve debunked the CBS/NYT poll showing overwhelming super-majority support for the public option. They cite the “who did you vote for?” question that shows a larger percentage of respondents claiming to have … Continue reading →

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Big John

Posted on March 5, 2009 at 8:35 am by JumpyPants

Senator John Cornyn — “Big John” — is circulating a petition demanding that the Obama administration come clean about its “conspiracy” to smear Rush Limbaugh. Seriously. President Obama owes the American people an explanation. His staff should apologize to the … Continue reading →

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