John Cornyn is the biggest asshat in Texas today

[sonias]

Yahoo News
Texas senator blocks Clinton's state confirmation

WASHINGTON – The confirmation of Hillary Rodham Clinton to be secretary of state will be held up for at least a day due to the objection of a single senator. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said he wanted "a full and open debate and an up-or-down vote on Sen. Clinton's nomination."

He said important questions remain unanswered concerning the foundation headed by former President Bill Clinton "and its acceptance of donations from foreign entities. Transparency transcends partisan politics and the American people deserve to know more."

Cornyn's spokesman Kevin McLaughlin said the senator is not trying to block her confirmation, but is seeking more debate on the donation issue.

Jim Manley, spokesman for Senate Majority Harry Reid, D-Nev., said that if a voice vote is blocked there will be a roll call vote Wednesday. He predicted that "she will receive overwhelming bipartisan support at that time."

Transparency my ass. Cornyn let bushie get away with secret torture and all of a sudden he's concerned with transparency. He'll go down in history as the stupid Senator from Texas that put a partisan mark on a historic day. Way to go, asshat!

:puke:


Sonia

[tbyg52]

1. Great minds think not only alike, but apparently simultaneously.....! ;->

:hi:

[art3]

2. what a foool

cornyn is fool. how embarassing

[Baby Snooks]

3. What would Molly say?

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0120-30.htm

She probably would have run another column. "Why I Will Not Support Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State." She would have wondered about those Bush Buddies on the list of donors to the Clinton Foundation.



And then of course she would have told John Cornyn to take of his own problems in his own party.

[sonias]

8. I think Molly would give Hillary a second chance

After all Obama picked her and he's a smart guy. I also think Hillary is a smart person too and she's learned some hard lessons this past election cycle. Not to mention the ones she had to endure while Bill Clinton was President. Interestingly Molly also mentioned Rahm and Biden in that same article.

This supposedly pits Howard Dean, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, emboldened by "a string of bad news from the Middle East ... into calling for premature retreat from Iraq," versus those pragmatic folk like Steny Hoyer, Rahm Emmanuel, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Joe Lieberman.

But I'm standing with President Obama today. I think Molly is going to give Hillary a shot at this:

What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them, that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long, no longer apply.
Obama's Inaguration speech 1/20/09

:patriot:

Sonia

[Baby Snooks]

14. I disagree...

I disagree.



April 2008

Molly would have gone nuts last April and then had a field day with "a picture is worth a thousand words."

I do agree Barack Obama's a smart guy. In the Kennedy tradition. Keep your enemies close to the heart. And out of the Senate where they can't block your legislation and use their opposition to your legislation to run for president in 2012.

[hobbit709]

4. Cornyn has broken his own record for STOOPID.

Every chance he gets, he tries to outdo his previous level.

[NoPasaran]

5. Thr republican party is having a cattle call for spokesmodel

We've seen Sarah Palin's audition tape, now Cornyn is showing what he can do.

[sonias]

6. True - Cornyn is running for head cheerleader

They got nothing on their side - nothing.

Sonia

[sonias]

7. Cornyn's pettiness sullies a historic day - AAS

http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/stories/01/01/21/0121cornyn_edit.html">Austin American Statesman EDITORIAL BOARD 1/21/09
Cornyn's pettiness sullies a historic day
Texas Republican had no chance to derail Hillary Clinton's confirmation as secretary of state.

Texas Sen. John Cornyn's threat to hold up the confirmation of Sen. Hillary Clinton as President Barack Obama's secretary of state was as hollow as it was vitriolic. Clinton's approval already had been assured, and all Cornyn did was sully an otherwise joyful inauguration day.

After the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's 16-1 vote to confirm Clinton, there was no way that Cornyn could prevent her ascension to Obama's cabinet. The futile gesture made the Texas Republican look petty on a historic day for the United States.


(snip)
Cornyn knew there was no way to derail Clinton's nomination. All he could do was muddy the water for a day and force a roll call vote on her nomination in the Senate. So his threat was not only an empty gesture, but also mean and entirely unnecessary.

To give Obama his Cabinet choices on the first day in office, the Senate offered voice vote confirmations on several nominees Tuesday after the inauguration.

That was not just a symbolic gesture but an important step toward seating a new government to address the nation's problems.

Even the AAS thinks Cornie boy was an ASS! :grr:

Sonia

[sonias]

9. Hillary Is Confirmed By Senate!

Hillary Is Confirmed By Senate!|DailyKos diary by StuHunter
Hillary Is Confirmed By Senate!

Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 01:41:02 PM PST

Hillary Clinton has been confirmed as Secretary of State and will now resign her senate seat thus paving the way for an announcement shortly by Governor David Paterson as to who her replacement will be..

Senate vote
Yea: 94

Nay:2
Vitter
DeMint

John Cornyn decided to make an ass out of himself again, and then had to relent when Senator John McCain (R-AZ) stepped in to the fray and told Cornyn to back off. Who knew McCain had that in him...

:rofl:

Asshat Cornyn didn't even stick up for himself. And voted "yes" on Clinton. Welcome to the new grand stander of the Senate John Cornyn who replaces Ted Stevens in the role!

[tbyg52]

10. And so Cornyn basically wasted all that time for NOTHING!

:grr:

[texastoast]

11. I think it is time

to plan on two Democratic Senators for 2010. I'm thinking Bill White and David Van Os (if we could get David). What say ye?

And I just saw this and had to post copy it from Ramblin Dave. Funniest thing on the board tonight.

[sonias]

12. That picture is hilarious

Jon Stewart showed a clip of hallway procession of the outgoing administration at the inauguration and somewhere along the way, Cheney's caretaker whisks off with him in his wheelchair. It's probably because she needed to detour for wheelchair access, but it did look like they just wanted to "hide" him.

Aretha Franklin can carry off that bow - but not Cheney. :rofl:



Sonia

[sonias]

13. Cornyn: Republicans could be irrelevant without Senate wins

Postcards from the Lege blog 1/22/09
Cornyn: Republicans could be irrelevant without Senate wins
(snip)
I wonder if Cornyn is shaping up as a national Republican attack dog—at the risk of being judged a grandstander—in his new role as chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which is tasked with helping elect GOP senators. Democrats hold a 58-41 Senate edge pending final resolution of the Minnesota race between Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken, who’s ahead after an extended recount.

Cornyn suggested grandstanding isn’t a worry.

"People who don’t like these kinds of questions being raised may attempt to characterize them as politics," he said, referring to the Clinton episode, but he said he considers them serious issues. He expressed shock at an Austin American-Statesman editorial on his actions, saying it was printed without complete information.

Earlier, he stressed the significance of his role on behalf of Republicans: "Republicans have not done well in the last two elections. And if the trend continues, Republicans will be essentially irrelevant” in the Senate. "And that's not a good place to be."

He was shocked and awed by the Statesman. And he goes on to say he's pro torture essentially because he objects to Gitmo closing. Another day, and he's still an ass!


Sonia

[sonias]

15. Prosecute Specter, Cornyn for Corruption & Graft? (DailyKos)

I like this diarist line of thinking. Please someone look into getting cornie convicted of something.

DailyKos diary
Prosecute Specter, Cornyn for Corruption & Graft?

News reports indicate to me that certain Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee could be said to have violated Federal Corruption Statutes, subjecting them to indictment and conviction. The following sets forth the nature of what I argue are illegal acts, with applicable Federal Law.

Credit Daily Kos diarist "SmileySam" for bringing this to my and others' attention through this diary.

To me it appears that Sen Cornyn of Texas and Sen Specter of Pennsylvania are walking dangerously close to (crossed?) the line of felonious acts relating to the confirmation process of Attorney General Nominee Eric Holder.

Send Big Bad John to the big cruel slammer. Attorney General Holder should look into that when he's confirmed. :eyes:

Sonia