God Bless Republicans!

God Bless Republicans! After SO many years of wanting unfettered rule in this country, and having succeeded in obtaining it, they quickly forget one of the golden rules about politics.
“Anything you say, can and will be used against you in the court of public opinion and disclosure.”
It crosses all state lines and all issues and simply means you MUST watch what you say and to whom, because in this day and age, with such instant access to every little tidbit of information and speech, one slip of the tongue will haunt you for awhile.
Example No. 1: Texas junior Senator John Cornyn. He was a nondescript state district judge, a nondescript attorney general and a nondescript State Supreme Court justice.
Today, he is a nondescript U.S. Senator with a nondescript personality. Ask almost ANY Texan, save the diehard GOP base, and no one can name him as a Senator. They’d have a better chance naming the leftfielder for the 1971 Washington Senators (Frank Howard).
But Senator Cornyn truly made a name for himself this past week with one of the most ridiculous utterances ON the Senate floor (to no one in particular since it was empty, like his thought).
Speaking about judges making “political” decisions rather than enforcing laws (such as the bogus thing that oozed out of Congress about Terri Schiavo), Cornyn said the following:
“I wonder whether there may be some connection between the perception in some quarters on some occasions where judges are making political decisions yet are unaccountable to the public, that it builds up and builds up to the point where some engage in violence.”
This from a former judge? Does he think ALL decisions were met with standing ovations?
A few days later, Cornyn mused, “I guess the other lesson I learned was not to wonder aloud on the Senate floor.” You think? Here’s a quote to chew on from Forrest Gump, “Stupid is as stupid does.”
Of course, Cornyn, though denying any connection, was carrying water for that branch of the GOP who wants to see judges reigned in when THEIR decisions are in lockstep with the extreme conservative Republican wing, led by the slimy likes of Tom DeLay.
Senor DeLay, a former exterminator, continued his deflection off his own ethical problems, before the Judeo-Christian Council for Constitutional Restoration, with a taped address. By the way, the leader of this organization is hawking a book called “In Defense of … Mixing Church and State.” Tell you all you need to know.
Quote Congressman DeLay: “Unelected, and all too often, unaccountable courts have invented out of whole cloth previously invisible and unasserted constitutional rights to privacy, abortion on demand and same-sex marriage.”
He thinks federal judges should be impeached for “wayward” decisions – in other words, if you disagree with me, regardless of the law, I want you gone. How democratic of you, Mr. DeLay.
Hopefully, people are seeing DeLay for what he is. All this guy is doing is wrapping himself in the bosom of his extreme supporters to shield him from all these “other” problems he claims to be conspiratorial against him. But a good bug man should know that there are reasons why roaches appear and you need to get rid of the prime source in order to eradicate the problem.
One of those conspiracies, according to DeLay, with this Schiavo legislation talking points unsigned memo that Republicans claimed was a fake. They, plus every muppet conservative pundit to be found, loudly suggested that it was a dirty trick from the Democrats.
Oops, wrong again! It was written by the LEGAL COUNSEL for Florida Senator Mel Martinez … a Republican! Martinez had the gem quote of the week when he said, in admitting the documents authenticity and origin, “I just took it for granted that we wouldn’t be that stupid.” You think?
None of this happens in Washington by accident. To think that Martinez had NO idea about this memo (hell, he gave a copy of it to Iowa Senator Tom Harkin), that DeLay has no idea why the press and other Washington insiders keep coming after him and that Cornyn’s statements would not be met with resistance is pure nonsense. It’s all part of the new game in D.C. and there are different rules in play.
“Anything goes” and “the end justifies the means” are the main rules, not just clichés. But my rule at the start of this piece still goes. Say it in public and it will bite you in the ass one day.