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September 01, 2003Cornyn the BarbarianBy Jim DallasAh, September. As the kids return for the new school year and the air fills with the sweet aroma of autumn, Congress is heading back to Washington. Incidentally some villages are missing their idiots. The New York Times tells us that
But as Operation Iraqi Freedom slides into Operation Infinite Occupation, and as the economy remains in neutral, and as every sort of serious problem goes unsolved, Texas's intrepid junior Senator has a plan to save America... ... to wit, stand up to those derned uppity gay folks. To quote Cornyn's press release:
So obviously Sen. John Cornyn's War on Gay Marriage will close the budget deficit, eliminate crime, win the War on Drugs, educate our children, feed the poor, and do away with that accursed welfare state once-and-for-all! Only months into his tenure as a U.S. Senator, Cornyn will begin subcommittee hearings on Thursday into whether the current Defense of Marriage Act is sufficient barrier to excluding homosexuals from getting hitched. How Cornyn got to be the top dog on the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Property Rights is still beyond us. In any case, the hearing should be a hoot; the subcommittee's ranking Democrat, Russ Feingold, was a very outspoken critic of DOMA. Both Feingold and Ted Kennedy voted against the bill in the Senate, but both then-Reps. Richard Durbin and Charles Schumer voted for it. Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) of "two gay men and a shih-tzu" fame will get to hang around while fellow freshman Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) hems and haws. Posted by Jim Dallas at September 1, 2003 12:48 AM | TrackBack
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Re: Lindsay Graham, I bring up Alex Sander's attack on Rudy Giuliani as a nice way of saying that Graham was on the receiving end of a lot of insinutation regarding his sexual preference, despite having a zero-ranking from the HRC. Which incidentally has got to put South Carolina's junior senator in a potentially awkward situation. Rest assured, I might not be a bright man, but I do know who said what about whose shih-tzus. Posted by: Jim D at September 1, 2003 01:01 AMTo wit, from mydd: "An Atwater-like whispering campaign has been underway for some time that concerns the single-status of Graham, and claims he is gay. I don't expect that to become an issue-- the Sanders campaign has reportedly rejected leaking out information on Graham." Posted by: Jim D at September 1, 2003 01:08 AMGraham being gay is like the worst kept secret in DC. I am really saddened to hear this type of stuff from Cornyn, with his AG background, I thought he'd do well in the Senate. Not a good start, that is for sure. And don't be surprised at any words that come out of Chambliss's mouth, he ran one of the nastiest campaigns I ever saw in Georgia. Reminds me of how Lieberman got elected. i agree Posted by: no at January 13, 2004 09:40 AMI think war is a bad thing and it should be stop please write back anyone Posted by: julia at January 13, 2004 09:42 AM
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