Senator Cornyn, do us all a favor and practice what you preach. How dare you judge editorial worth by whether or not somebody is an “elected official”.
“I think it’s terrible… This is not the kind of tone any of us want to set when it comes to performing our constitutional responsibilities of advise and consent.”
Cornyn dismissed Limbaugh and Gingrich, adding: “Neither one of these men are elected Republican officials. I just don’t think it’s appropriate. I certainly don’t endorse it. I think it’s wrong.”
Have you read the Constitution of the United States of America, Senator? It is every American’s RIGHT to speak their mind and I would go further and state that it is their civic duty. I suppose you being a Senator makes you a more worthy judge of Sonia Sotomayor? It seems you’ve taken as elitist a view as the judge, elevating your position as a Senator above that of the unelected. Perhaps you two could compare and contrast your assertion that elected opinions matter more than those of the unelected, with her view that latina women are better judges than white males.
Excuse me sir, but Gingrich and Limbaugh owe you nothing. They surely don’t owe you their silence. Perhaps if you weren’t such a yellow bellied coward they wouldn’t have to take it upon themselves to speak out. Perhaps if you were as committed to the defense of conservatism as you claim to be, you would understand why the words of Sotomayor are so concerning. Perhaps if you were a man of convictions rather than a hack consumed with being re-elected, you’d be out in front leading on the issue instead of calculating risks to your own political ambitions.
Right is right, sir. Cowardly is cowardly… and you sir, you Senator Cornyn, you are a coward.
