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October 09, 2007
The Profound Junior Senator
Today's Chronicle has a brief rundown on U.S. Senator John Cornyn's remarks at yesterday's Greater Houston Partnership luncheon. We weren't there, but Dale Lezon's report makes clear that the junior senator is already in full campaign form - saying nothing of substance on policy and obfuscating his own record at every opportunity.
Consider this choice selection from Lezon's report:
Cornyn said he would work to make sure children of low-income families, in particular, are eligible for public health insurance programs.
If by working to make sure children of low-income families have health insurance he means voting against the Children's Health Insurance Program - twice - then we take his point, we guess.
Or how about this one:
"We need a honest debate about health care reform," the Texas Republican said at a luncheon sponsored by the Greater Houston Partnership. "We need to be all about ways to fix our broken health care system."
Wow, profound stuff, no? It's good to see Cornyn's really out there on the cutting edge talking about concrete ways to reform our "broken health care system."
And we especially enjoyed this gem from the good senator on border security:
He also said the federal government should consider several ways to improve security along the Mexican border, including fences. Technology can be used to better watch the border, he said, adding that more border patrol agents are needed.
Now that's a neat trick folks. Recall that Cornyn scoffed at the idea of a border fence just last year, but voted for it in the Senate this summer. Now he has masterfully combined both positions into a single sentence! Color us impressed by the senator's ability to effortlessly talk out of both sides of his mouth. Two words -- amateur hour.
We know Texas is still a Republican state, and that Cornyn will be favored to win reelection next year, but can this weakling really not be beaten? We anxiously await a certain Houston state representative's shot at the title in 2008.
Posted by houtopia at October 9, 2007 10:09 PM