John Cornyn is a Texas sized hypocritical ass!

[sonias]

AAS 7/24/09
GOP Sens. Cornyn, Hatch to vote against Sotomayor

WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. John Cornyn, the head of his party's Senate campaign arm, said Friday he'll vote against Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, siding with GOP leaders and conservatives who are lining up against President Barack Obama's nominee to be the first Hispanic justice.

The Texas Republican acknowledged that his decision to oppose Sotomayor could carry political risks — one-third of his constituents are Hispanic — and said he was announcing it with "regret and some sadness."

"Voting to confirm a judge — this judge or any judge — despite doubts would certainly be the politically expedient thing to do, but I don't believe it would be the right thing to do," said Cornyn, a member of the Judiciary Committee, who said he came away from Sotomayor's confirmation hearings still wondering, "Who is the real Judge Sonia Sotomayor?"

Cornyn is a vivid example of Republicans' dilemma in deciding how to vote on the 55-year-old appeals court judge, who is virtually guaranteed confirmation by early August. Like other GOP leaders, he's concerned with placating a conservative base that's vehemently opposed to Obama's nominee, but he's one of many Republicans who risks undercutting himself with Hispanic voters, a growing part of the electorate, by doing so.

You can kiss any Latino support you ever had goodbye Corny. Keep it up pendejo! You and your bigoted party can kiss my brown ass! :grr:

We will dance in the streets the day you and your party get handed your pink slip in Texas. I will bet you that we Texas Latinos will throw a big pachanga when we kick your racist ass to the curb!

Sonia

[babylonsister]

1. I hope he loses lots of votes over this. I think he will, and I'll be

dancing in the streets right along with you, Sonia! :toast:

[Aragorn]

2. I'm no dancer

but o/w I agree.

[onestepforward]

3. Excellent post!

He will surely lose votes. I just hope enough people hear about it.

[ashling]

4. Aw, c'mon, Sonia:

say what you really mean. LOL

[sonias]

6. Hey I'm still seething

Look this idiot just got re-elected. If he was coming up for re-election in 2010 I could see him "cowering" before his party base. But he could actually justify the vote because she is more than qualified. He could have stood on principle. And his nut wing base would have forgotten about the vote by 2014. Obviously the coward has no real principles. What a surprise! :grr:

Us Latinos however, we are never going to forget any of the racist Senators that vote against Sotomayor. A vote against Sotomayor is a vote against all of us. It just tells us that no matter how qualified you are that you are never "qualified enough" for the GOP.

KBH is the one in the worst position. She absolutely is in between a rock and a hard place. If she votes against Sotomayor she is losing the Governor's race for sure. If she votes for Sotomayor her rabid nut wings in the Texas Rs will bury her in the primary. What are you going to do KBH?


Sonia

[hobbit709]

5. I think there's a contest among the TX GOP

To see which one of them can come up with stupidest statement every day.
The current crop makes Claytie look like Einstein.

[sonias]

7. They underestimate what this means

I assure you, that this vote is going to "cost them". They just have no idea. None of us are moving back to the bus. And for continuing to play the "spoiled little rich kids" on the bus, we're just going to leave them by the side of the road.

Yeah, let them just keep throwing their weight around. We're going to "outnumber" them really soon. We're just biding our time, getting stronger. When the time comes to move together- they are going to get squashed - big time.

I'm just happy I'm on the momentum side of that wave - not the thinning, frail, cracks in the wall side that's going to get washed away. :)


Sonia

[Gulftrout]

8. Hispanic Voting Bloc?

The Hispanic voting bloc in Texas hasn't delivered just yet. Rick Noriega got 43% in his 2008 US Senate bid.
Outnumber? Don't matter if you don't participate!! Get a little money and y'all turn Republican.

[sonias]

12. Thanks for the added swipe at my people

We really appreciate your pessimism. With friends like you ... well you know how it goes.


Sonia

[Gulftrout]

13. You can twist perception

Reality won't budge. As a Democratic voting bloc, Latinos are a mirage of votes. Rick Noriega
took a whuppin', no amount of your Pollyanna optimism will change that. Maybe the Democratic powers that be should try and figure out how they can get Anglo voters to vote Democratic again. Then you'll flip this state Democratic.

[Lithos]

11. It is a bit more than just whites becoming a majority minority

Part of the change is also from the movement of people from the two coasts to Texas.

L-

[WolverineDG]

9. He feels he's safe because in 2010, it's not his turn

He'll have 4 years to kiss ass & make up. :grr:

Okay, this is why we need a Latino/a senatorial candidate for 2010 NOW!! Where's Rick? Is he gonna try again?

BTW, I have a fat white ass & he can kiss mine too!

dg

[tammywammy]

10. I just gotta say ditto on your post. n/t

[Virginia_Dare]

14. The REAL reason he voted against her.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKzPPqHKhYI

[sonias]

15. Welcome to DU Virginia_Dare!

:hi:

I boo him all the time and I'm not in his base.

Sonia

[sonias]

16. Cornyn is so right that he's wrong

AAS Editorial 7/28/09
Cornyn is so right that he's wrong
Editorial Board
(snip)
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, has announced he's going to vote "no" even though he judged Sotomayor "qualified" to take the bench. Cornyn most likely considers that a safe political play given the opposition to the nomination driven by the Republican hard right.

(snip)
In a rather tortured explanation of why he was voting "no," Cornyn tried to have it both ways: Yes, the Sotomayor nomination is historic and, yes, she's a mainstream jurist. But no, he won't vote for her.

(snip)
And Cornyn has between now and 2014 to explain to his old friends on the party's right flank how he came to conclude that the woman they enjoy vilifying is "qualified" and "mainstream" while explaining to everyone else how he could vote against someone he judged to be "qualified" and "mainstream."

As for us, we'd love for the senator to provide some examples of the liberal hanky-panky on the U.S. Supreme Court that has bothered him in the past few years. Perhaps the senator will kindly expound on the theme when he joins fellow Republicans on the committee in opposing the Sotomayor nomination.

Yeah, what they said Corny you hypocrite!

Sonia

[onestepforward]

17. Possible backlash beginning?

"Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, others blast GOP foes of Sotomayor"

http://blogs.chron.com/txpotomac/2009/07/hispanic_chamber_of_commerce_o_1.html

Corny's actions are being noticed!

[sonias]

18. The pressure is on KBH now

With Cornyn a lost cause, Latino business groups will now focus their attention on Texas' other senator, Kay Bailey Hutchison, who has not yet publicly revealed her intentions.

Hispanic groups made clear today that senators will pay a political price for opposing the judge almost certain to become the first Latina and third woman on the Supreme Court.

"The slew of slanderous accusations against this eminent jurist by forces more interested in the cynical pursuit of their long-term regressive agendas than in participating in a fair and reasoned debate has marred these confirmation proceedings," said Thomas Saenz, incoming president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund. "A swift and overwhelming floor vote to confirm Judge Sotomayor is the only appropriate step following the committee vote."

Sonia

[sonias]

19. Texas' Hutchison voting against Sotomayor

Salon.com 7/28/09
Texas' Hutchison voting against Sotomayor

Jul 28th, 2009 | WASHINGTON -- Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison says she will vote against confirming Sonia Sotomayor to be a Supreme Court justice.

She said Tuesday she is concerned about Sotomayor's views on the Second Amendment on the right to bear arms. Hutchison is from Texas, where the population is more than a third Hispanic.

Sotomayor is expected to be confirmed as the first Hispanic justice of the high court.

Gee she sounds exactly like John Cornyn. :grr:
A pox on both their houses!

Sonia