Cornyn-pone

I'm not quite sure what was going on in the brain of Joe Cornyn yesterday--but I'm guessing most folks have seen reports on the big blogs.

Short version: Cornyn suggested that activist judges have created a climate where certain individuals resort to violence--because, you see, they're all frustrated about rulings n' stuff. In fact, you can find Cornyn's comments here (in an editorial calling for his resignation). In this matter, the Senator has demonstrated an almost DeLay-like ability to 1)sound incredibly stupid, vicious, and dangerous, while 2)probably shoring up his base in Texas, where things are "different." (different in the sense that some people are "special").

Now, admittedly, some of the "different" of Texas has, like Houston's smog, dispersed--George W. Bush is pResident, Tom DeLay runs the House (both are temporary, although DeLay's position is decidedly more tenuous then Shrub's, who will continue to captain the listing ship through 2009--ouch). There are also plenty o' nuts of the wing as well--and they think Dubya's take on war (shoot first, plan later), democracy (less votes? more votes? who gives a damn?), "judicial activism" (fine with Bush v. Gore or Terry Schiavo--terrible otherwise), the protestant/evangelical interpretation of Jesus (i.e., he spoke AMERICAN ENGLISH and wore a suit) etc., is a real hoot.

But the Texas interpretation of the GOP, in spite of having any number of adherents (I envision pasty-faced losers who, in the privacy and comfort of their little apartments, consider themselves truly the masters of their domain), isn't exactly a winning strategy. Texas is big (34 electoral votes), but it's not a majority. And Bush shows no sign whatsoever of understanding that his twin disasters of foolish war and economic mumbo jumbo. At a certain point, the shit WILL hit the fan--leaving the GOP with one possible liferaft--blaming the Democrats, IF the disaster occurs after January, 2009 AND if the Democrats manage to nominate a winning candidate. But if the meltdown happens sooner, well, all the guns in Texas won't be able to save George and his minions...