My God...Cornyn demanding apology from Boxer

[AnnInLa]

Tied an email from Boxer to her constituents telling about asking the "hard" questions to Rice with a "click here" to donate to the something or other. Whatever fund raising Boxer was doing, please post on this board, so I can immediately donate. Cornyn was scathing to Boxer and others, saying they are still mad about losing the presidential election.

[hiley]

1. Cornyn

has really pissed me off so bad I am shaking.

[Last Lemming]

2. Red Rover, red rover

let Karl come over

[Goldeneye]

3. Is he offended by the truth?

Boxer hasn't done anything wrong. Sounds like he's reaching to me. Maybe he wasn't cut out to be a senator...

[Gman]

4. Cornyn is not very smart

He was a mediocre District Judge in San Antonio where he had a much less than stellar stint. It's not that he did anything bad or scandalous, its that his reputation was that he was not a thinker by any stretch of the imagination.

Cornyn did an absolutely mediocre at best job as Texas Attorney General. Nothing at all can be said that makes him stand out. But he found his niche in that he found it within his comfort zone to be a scripted, robotic right winger.

Cornyn has to have a script if he is to do anything. The GOP and right wing in general have found Cornyn to be a useful tool for spewing venom. All they do is wind him up, give him the script, and put him in front of a microphone.

Cornyn has NEVER had an original idea on government in his entire life. I'll give his predecessor, Phil Gramm some credit for his academic background (despite the fact he flunked in grade school 3 times). Cornyn is no academic, much less a thinker. He's simply a windup attack bot.

[jean]

5. in watching today, I've noticed many a dim bulb repub - makes me

want to work reaaaal hard to keep our Dem Senators in their seats and pick off the repubs where we can

[librechik]

6. guess what I found at johncornyn.com

a place to contribute !

He should apologize to Barbara, don't you think?

http://www.johncornyn.com/

[Robbien]

9. Send that info to Boxer, please

She could use it as part of her arsenal.

[David__77]

7. Cornhole.

Fine with me. The more and more viscious enemy attacks, the better we are doing our job. Let them choke on their own vomit, the ranic pustules.

[Gothmog]

8. Coryn is an idiot

The e-mail was asking people to sign a petition urging bush to withdraw Condi's nomination. Over 70,000 people had sigend this petition the last time that I looked.

[AnnInLa]

11. Can you post a copy of the email she

evidently sent to her constituents? Evidently the email discussing Rice also had a "click here" to donate to something. I would like to donate to whatever Boxer wanted them to donate to. thanks

[Eric J in MN]

16. You can donate to her PAC.

http://www.changethecongress.com/

[Eric J in MN]

18. copy of the email

www.pacforachange.com

Last week, more than 70,000 concerned citizens like you cametogether to sign my petition and demand thetruth from Condoleezza Rice. Your support emboldened meduring Dr. Rice's confirmation hearings to ask the toughquestions that Americans deserve to have answered. I can'tthank you enough, and America can't thank you enough.

Perhaps even more importantly, the groundswell of support youcreated forced the Republican Senate leadership to give us whatwe wanted -- not a rubber stamp of Dr. Rice's nomination byvoice vote last Thursday before the Republicans dashed off toInaugural parties, but nine full hours of debate on the floor ofthe United States Senate.

With your support, our voices are being heard -- in thehalls of Congress, in the White House, and across thecountry. So today I ask for your support once more:

Help me add thousands more signatures to our petitionto hold Condoleezza Rice accountable. Tell yourfriends, family, neighbors, and colleagues to sign ourpetition, so that when I stand up on the Senate floorTuesday and Wednesday, I'm speaking with the power of tens ofthousands of Americans behind me.

White House Chief of Staff Andy Card has attacked me as"small" for seeking the truth. But I won't allow thisAdministration to try to sweep the facts about our failures inIraq and the war on terrorism under the rug. I'm takingthe "advice and consent" role, granted to the Senate in the U.S.Constitution, seriously.

During the full Senate debate over Condoleezza Rice'snomination tomorrow, I intend to take the floor, joined by manyother of my Democratic colleagues, to express my frustrationabout Dr. Rice's lack of candor during the confirmationhearings -- her unwillingness to level with the Americanpeople about the misleading statements she made about aluminumtubes, mushroom clouds, and connections between Saddam Husseinand Al Qaeda to try to justify the war in Iraq.

Condoleezza Rice refused to come clean about the actualnumber of trained Iraqi forces on the ground. And perhapseven more disturbingly, she refused to tell us why shepersonally intervened to kill an anti-torture provision in arecent intelligence bill.

I refuse to let these misstatements, misjudgments,and poor decisions go unanswered. So I askyou one last time, before the Senate debate Tuesday and finalvote on Wednesday, to tell everyoneyou know about our petition. Help me findthousands more Americans who are willing to signour petition and stand with us.

I can't thank you enough for everything you've done over thispast week. Now, in these final 48 hours before the vote onDr. Rice's nomination, I ask for your help once more. Joinme as we continue to fight for what's right -- because theprocess of democracy is as important as the outcome.

In Friendship,

Barbara Boxer
U.S. Senator


P.S. After forwarding ourpetition to everyone you know, be sure to call oremail your Senators and encourage them to join us in Tuesday'sdebate. Americans deserve a full and open debate about Dr.Rice's confirmation, as well as the important issues like Iraq,the war on terrorism, and the use of torture that underlie hernomination.


Paid for by PAC for aChange, www.pacforachange.com

[Warpy]

10. self delete, thanks to a compassionate soul with a link

[AnnInLa]

12. no...idiot from TX

I was only listening, not watching, but I gather he had someone from his office read his speech for him, didn't read it himself. From some of the other posts here, I get the idea that maybe he couldn't pronounce some of the words that Karl wrote for him.

[kclown]

13. Don't forget he was Texas AG

who presented "lawman of the year award" to the
scumbag who made the Tulia drug busts.

[orpupilofnature57]

14. How to breed a sycophant, shrubs only forte,smoke and glass.

[AnnInLa]

15. Hypocracy in rhetoric?

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050126/D87RFEH00.html

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee on Tuesday sought to capitalize on sharp questioning of Rice during her confirmation hearings. The DSCC sent a fund-raising e-mail signed by Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., with the subject line "Taking a Stand."

"I will continue to make my voice heard on the Senate Foreign Relations committee, but in order to put the brakes on four more years of misdirection in Iraq and reckless policies at home, we need to elect more Democrats to the Senate during the 2006 midterm elections," Boxer wrote, noting her questioning of Rice. "Click here to contribute to the DSCC today."


"This disturbing letter puts to rest any doubts some may have had that this is all about politics," Rice spokesman Jim Wilkinson said.

Meanwhile, the Republican National Committee sent an e-mail to its supporters with the subject line "Meet the New Face of the Democratic Party." It portrayed Boxer as having a "left of liberal" voting record and being closely tied to the Hollywood elite. The e-mail included a link for supporters to "support the Bush agenda by becoming a team leader today."

[Eric J in MN]

19. They can't convince us of Condoleeza Rice's honesty,

so they express mock outrage that a Senator is actually describing her activities in a fundraising letter.

Oh my goodness!

Never before has a Senator described what he or she is doing in the Senate in a fundraising letter.

[anakie]

21. SOP

Meanwhile, the Republican National Committee sent an e-mail to its supporters with the subject line "Meet the New Face of the Democratic Party." It portrayed Boxer as having a "left of liberal" voting record and being closely tied to the Hollywood elite. The e-mail included a link for supporters to "support the Bush agenda by becoming a team leader today."

LOL

[Hippo_Tron]

17. FINALLY a thread that focuses the anger in the RIGHT place

Man on Turtle needs to be sent back to Texas.

[yurbud]

20. what a cornHOLE

[ComerPerro]

22. Or maybe they are mad about the lies leading to the war

Maybe they are mad about the (at the very least) absolute incompetence and apathy that led to 9/11.

Maybe that is why people are saying Condi is unqualified...

jeeze. I am suprised he didn't call her a racist.

[GRLMGC]

23. What a giant turd

Did Boxer respond? I didn't get to see. I know that this would cause chaos and is not allowed but just once, I'd like to see A Senator call another Senator an asshole. That would be so entertaining. I know, professional courtesy. It's there for a good reason. Just let me have my violent fantasies :evilgrin: