My State's Shame - Sen. John Cornyn

Although my representative John Culberson's fairly racist remarks about the Katrina evacuees in Houston made me reconsider the bestowal of the title "my state's shame" to Senator Cornyn, tonight, I remember just one of the actions he's taken to warrant it. (Via Firedoglake)

In the Nov. 30, 2001, e-mail, Reed told Abramoff that 50 pastors led by Ed Young of Second Baptist Church in Houston would meet with Cornyn to urge him to shut down the Alabama-Coushatta tribe’s casino near Livingston. He said Young would back up the request in writing.

"We have also choreographed Cornyn’s response. The AG will state that the law is clear, talk about how much he wants to avoid repetition of El Paso and pledge to take swift action to enforce the law," Reed wrote. "He will also personally hand Ed Young a letter that commits him to take action in Livingston."

I keep hoping that Abramoff will lead to Reed and Cornyn, but so far there seems to have been little investigation into the Abramoff/Reed/Cornyn axis working in Texas. Cornyn has also run point on the Senate defense of every illegal action undertaken by the Bush administration, torture, NSA spying, Guantanamo, the secret CIA prisons in Europe.....

I just have to remember that he earned his title.