Caught On the Tape

Boy, Cornyn is a real idiot here. If his allegations are true, then Reid would be forced to step down as Majority Leader. This would have serious repercussions ...wait for it...republicans. They'd lose their lap dog.
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This has to be bad news for Obama or maybe, Reverend Wright?

Gah. John Cornyn is my senator. And yes, he's a real idiot. And a jerk.

Or why Cornyn, who is himself a former state attorney general, thinks it makes sense to interfere with an ongoing investigation
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One of the things that has always impressed about Fitz has been his ability to hold his cards close to the vest and ignore just this sort of distraction. During the Libby investigation, it was of course a different crew who frustrated by his lack of disclosure of evidence, but his performance during that time makes clear that he's not going to budge.
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Of course Cornyn knows this, so this fully qualifies as an idiotic political stunt.

Big John is a big idiot. Let's hope he succeeds and rids us of hapless harry.

Hey, maybe for your next post you could just hit the space bar 3600 times and avoid the pretense of having something meaningful to say.

Fizgerald request for an extension suggests to me he doesn't a case...yet. Why should a tape exist? This is mindless stuff. It's a tribute to the US senate that moronic behavior is non-partisan.
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Thanks John for taking the spotlight off the democrats even if it's for a nanosecond.

Reid has perpetually been a scandal or two away from the edge, replete with his own Bridge To Nowhere scam: http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-earmarks13nov13,0,6626376,full.story?coll=la-home-headlines
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Cornyn and the rethugs don't want him eliminated, rather they want the stench on him and the Congressional Democrats to stay fresh all the way to subsequent elections.

Where were these rabid scandal dogs when Bush was pushing phony intel to gin up a war? Where were these mutts when we needed our reps to push for "disclosure and transparency" regarding the domestic spying matter? Or the torture prisons we operated? Or the economic melt-down? Or any other issue that really mattered?

Uh, Cliff, what was wrong with the post? Other than it was written by AS and you don't like her?
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Anything that exposes John Cornyn for the grandstanding nincompoop he is (Yes. He's my senator too) is a good thing.

Mr. Nice Guy - unless my memory is faulty, Big John was right behind Bush on the war buildup, on domestic spying, on torture, etc. If Bush tried to repeal the Law of Gravity, Cornyn would think it a good deal for Texas and the nation.

Mr. Nice Guy: Writing about how Democrats didn't embrace God enough.

Oh. You meant the reporters. Good question.

A few points
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1. When this broke everybody said that the only reason Fitzgerald arrested Blago at the time is because the Sun Times was gonna break the story. All of a sudden now every pundit and MSM flack has amnesia and thinks that Fitzgerald asking for additional time is an indication that he has a weak case. Hey Sullivan, how about questioning why your scum bag peers at the Sun Times couldn't hold their frikkin water for a US Atty?

2. Right now the right wingers are gonna both try to keep Fitzgerald busy AND discredit him. Look on FoxNews or Morning Joe for the next week or so and you will hear the same meme over and over "Fitzgerald is over rated, he didn't even get a conviction in the Plame trial" totally overlooking of course both that he did convict Libby of both perjury and obstruction AND said obstruction was the reason he couldn't get Cheney and Rove. Now the reason they want to keep him busy is because word on the street is Fitzgerald might be asked to lead the investigation into the Bush Administration. They don't really want that. Especially since now Cheney has pretty much come out and admitted he outted Plame kinda sorta.

3. Coryn makes the demand also because he knows for a fact that Harry Reid can't compell Fitzgerald to release the tapes. But in not doing so Coryn can make it look like Reid is dirty and has something to hide. Its the oldest Republican trick in the book. I hope one day Reid actually goes and checks said book out of the library so he can stop getting his ass kicked by the Rethugs on a regular.

4. Final point. I don't know how many people saw it but Barney Frank was in rare form yesterday when the House was passing their Rules Package. Republican after Republican got up to try to make it seem as if the new rules were going to be the ruin of American especially the new rules on motions to recommit. Barney Frank slapped them silly with some old school partisan haymakers and kept hitting them with the facts. It was truly a FLAWLESS VICTORY. If you didn't see it you gotta try to find it on youtube or something.

Heh, brilliant. (forgive me if this was linked earlier today somewheres)
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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/07/porn-industry-seeks-federal-bailout/

Cornyn was a Judge. He should know better.

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AS: It is clear, however, that kicking around Blago has lost its fun for lightweight media types and chasing the idea of a Harry Reid scandal sounds ever-so-much-more appealing.
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Fixed it. You're welcome!
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Andy from MA: Writing about how Democrats didn't embrace God enough.
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Harsh, beautiful, and oh-so-true.

sgw: I will respectfully disagree with you on point one. Scott Turow wrote about Fitgerald moving too fast in the Times on 12/10 almost a month ago.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/opinion/10turow.html?scp=2&sq=scott%20turow&st=cse
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I have said repeatedly that Blago, while probably a big richard (oh we can say dick again can't we), and likely felon, deserves the presumption of innocence. He has not been indicted nor brought before a preliminary hearing.
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Cornyn using guilt by association is taking the Bill Ayers accusation to a higher level. I agree on points 2, 3 and missed 4.

The tape exists, in the same entertainment center containing the Michelle Obama Whitey clip and the video proving the existance of the shooter on the grassy knoll.

Fitzgerald won't release the tape and Cornyn knows that, but I haven't let Reid off my hook for the underlying issue. I am troubled by establishment notions of "electability" and how they are protected in non-electoral processes such as appointment. This isn't over, and while Cornyn's stunt is nonsense, the Caroline Kennedy/Roland Burris matters have shined a light on some pretty dark places. Reid will eventually have to explain and justify his "electability" comments.

coffee; Alberto Gonzales was also a judge from Texas...can you see a connection about not knowing any better?

I've posted this before, but this ad is all you need to know about John Cornyn.

Cornyn is running for President in 2012. Expect grandstanding galore in the near future.

Pourme, Cornyn was a judge. Now he's a full-time professional opportunist. Sometimes I think he exists to make Kay Bailey Hutchison look good.

I know everyone is upset about Blago, but frankly I think its much ado about nothing. If politics wasn't basically pay to play we wouldn't be in the mess we are in now. We voted for change because of the realization that money reigned supreme in Washington, so acting like Blago is so outrageous seems a bit disingenuous. Democrats made this a lot bigger deal than they had to. In fact, if they had followed Obama's initial lead when he played down the issue and deferred to the investigation playing out before passing judgment they would have been better off. But no they had to jump out there with the histrionics and then the media forced Obama to be more outraged and we were off and running. So Democrats deserve to take this one on the chin maybe they will learn to play a finesse game some day.

I want everyone to remember Reid's troubles are his own damn fault. Nobody forced him to screw this entire episode up.