Rachel's Windshield

[madamesilverspurs]

Watch Rachel's rerun for the segment on the horrific trafficking in racism, malfeasance, and abuse of power that helped to elevate Cornyn in Texas GOP politics.




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[dchill]

1. I really like the analogy!

[TheBlackAdder]

18. Gotta include the wiper schmear!

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[Skittles]

2. has anyone noticed there is not nearly as much bugsplatter now

compared to, er, you know, "back in the day?"

just an observation

[thenelm1]

7. I believe the term used to be "an empty suit". n/t

[Traildogbob]

12. I heard

A long hauler truck driver talking about this recently. May have been a call in on Thom Hartmann show.
He has seen a dramatic decline in recent years. Especially through the farm belt where he use to have to scrap bugs off every few hours. Now, only a small fraction of splatter.

[Skittles]

14. interesting

I remember on long road trips, my dad scraped them off at stops - doesn't seem there is nearly as many these days.

[niyad]

15. I believe it was one of our own DU'ers, A Heretic I Am, if I remember correctly. Unless he was

talking about that same call?? it is very disturbing.

[Traildogbob]

21. Oh cool

Yes it is disturbing. Pollinators feed us and we are destroying them. I think Murder Hornets are just pissed off bees sick of our pollution. They are coming for us.

[3catwoman3]

23. I once drove thru a rural area with lots of farms...

...at dusk, and there were so many bugs hitting my car that it sounded like it was raining.

[FailureToCommunicate]

3. Cornyn is gonna need ALL the wiper fluid to clean off.

[iluvtennis]

4. Rachel tore him a new one on her Wed 3/24 segment

about him making a guy lawman of the year who later went down for corruption.

Bravo Rachel!

[TexasBushwhacker]

6. Unfortunately, he didn't really "go down" for corruption

He was only convicted of 1 count of perjury and got 10 years probation.

[DanieRains]

8. When Black Victim Got 300 Years For Not Selling Drugs

Black Lives Matter only scratches the surface.

The scab of racism covers the entire body politic.

[Tbear]

9. Undercover cop in Tulia, TX sends 46 people,

including 39 blacks, to prison due to his own personal sting with no evidence and no witnesses.
John Cornyn was TX AG then and gave the cop "TX Lawman of the Year" award.
Vanita Gupta got them all thrown out (though many did time).
Looks like John is still a little red-faced.
Gupta's confirmation is tomorrow.

[DanieRains]

11. They Were All In On It

It was more than just one crooked cop.

He had help.

Zero jail for the real criminals.

[iluvtennis]

24. Yes, that's the summary I couldn't recall - thank you!

[Hekate]

5. Love the imagery!

[DanieRains]

10. Cornyn Belongs In Prison

Cornyn Belongs In Prison - I posted this right after watching Rachel's segment.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215264875

And the cop puts 46 innocent people behind bars with his lies and does no time.

This is beyond sick.

Thanks Rachel.

Klan Cops.

[BobTheSubgenius]

13. A takedown of a maggot like Cornyn is always great.

When it's done by the inimitable Rachel Maddow, it's downright delicious!

[yaesu]

16. Rachel is an F'in national treasure, & if she doesn't get the medal of Freedom I will be very upset

[halfulglas]

17. This might never been dredged up if Cornyn had just voted yes.

The arrogant ass like Cornyn could not have left things alone. He made a mistake. The county law enforcement and judges or whatever in Texas made a mistake. But no he couldn't let pass that he was embarrassed all those years ago by a young civil rights attorney so he has to make things hard for her as well as for the Dems. Well, I hope this gets shared a lot and he is further embarrassed. I hope it trends on Twitter (I don't tweet) and it gets emphasized what an ass he is. They are slow walking anyone who needs Senate confirmation to make governing harder, but I hope this one bites him.

[SunSeeker]

19. The whole show was great. Loved the Mayor of Boston segment. nt

[brooklynite]

20. Analogy fails...

...because a segment on Rachel Maddow's show today, however damning, isn't going to impact a Senator who was just re-elected and has six years before his next contest.

[madamesilverspurs]

22. Whether or not

he is immediately scraped off the windshield isn't the issue. The point is that he has been very publicly exposed as the vindictive racist bully he is. That he has cultivated a more cultured veneer is testimony to his awareness that decent people would find him too unsavory otherwise; cracking that veneer does him no favors. What his constituents do with the information is up to them.


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