John Cornyn is looking a little withered around the edges right about now. He’s taking a hard beating trying to raise money to keep a seat he thinks has his name on it.
But, when you’re groveling to a man convicted of four felonies, you better hide your law and order claims.
Cornyn begged $1,000 from Scooter Libby. Remember him? Yeah, he was Dastardly Dick Cheney’s right hand man.
But, you might have a more recent memory of Scooter. Trump gave him a pardon. He was convicted of four out of five felony charges of charges of obstruction of justice, perjury and making false statements to investigators. He lied about outing Valerie Plame.
Look, I’m a liberal. I believe that once a felon pays his debt to society, his past is wiped clean. The problem here is that Scooter never paid his debt to society. Bush gave him a commutation so he didn’t have to go to prison and then Trump gave him a pardon.
So all Cornyn’s tough law and order talk is just that – talk.
Big bad John is playing footsie with Scooter.
Thanks to Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen for the heads up.
And isn’t this convenient.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) told the Fort Worth Star Telegram that at times he has disagreed with President Trump on issues such as budget deficits and debt, tariffs and trade agreements and border security.
But he said he chose to work on those disagreements with the president’s staff in private discussions, rather than by publicly voicing his opposition.
Cornyn described his relationship with Trump as “maybe like a lot of women who get married and think they’re going to change their spouse, and that doesn’t usually work out very well.”
Let me add the obvious question: who is the husband in this situation?
