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?

Thanks to Wally for the heads up.

Okay, watch this.  Trump is speaking about a man who allegedly shot a pro-Trump protestor.

Trump: We sent in the US Marshals, took 15 minutes and it was over… They knew who he was, they didn’t want to arrest him and 15 minutes that ended pic.twitter.com/fJA5BsJVeF

— Acyn (@Acyn) October 15, 2020

Trump is claiming that the U.S. Marshals carried out extrajudicial assassination of a man who allegedly shot a pro-Trump protestor.

He is such a little punk dictator and so damn proud of it.

Well, Trump’s gonna have to ‘plain this.

And, Inside Elections made 7 electoral college shifts today – all of the toward Biden.

Biden is now favored in states totaling 319 electoral votes, Donald Trump is favored in states totaling 163 electoral votes, and states totaling 56 electoral votes are Toss-ups.

I’m willing to bet my best eyebrow pencil that Kansas and Missouri will be in play next week.

Thanks to Deb T for the heads up.

Lookie here.

The defunct Trump Plaza in Atlantic City is currently wrapped in black netting to keep people nearby from getting hurt by random pieces of its eroding facade.
It will be imploded altogether in January. pic.twitter.com/tpu4Pbf05p

— Amy S. Rosenberg (@amysrosenberg) October 15, 2020

Thanks to Foresight for the heads up. 

Another tale from our guest, Nick Carraway —

Going back to Thursday night’s town hall I had the same flashback every classroom teacher was having when they watched the performance from 45. So, let me set the scene. It’s fourth grade and little Donnie needs to give his book report. He was supposed to read “Where the Red Fern Grows.” I’ll let Ms. Guthrie take it from here.

Ms. Guthrie: Okay Donald, it is time for your book report. I think you read “Where the Red Fern Grows”?

Donnie: That’s right and I’ll tell you about ferns. My mother grows the best ferns. The best ferns. Everyone in town says she grows the best ferns. She certainly grows better ferns than Ms. Biden and Ms. Clinton down the block….

Ms. Guthrie: That’s great Donald, but can you tell us about the book.

Donnie: It’s a great book, maybe the best book. At least that’s what people are saying. It’s a best seller. Daddy wrote a best seller that many people are still talking about. I still prefer See Spot Run, but this is a great, great book….

Ms. Guthrie: Um Donald, can you tell us a little about the story…

Donnie: Oh, I love this story. First you got the fern and what a great fern it was (looks at back of dust cover) and it has dogs they are great dogs. The book has a happy ending. I love happy endings. When daddy goes to the massage parlor he loves to get happy endings. He says I can’t go until I’m 13….

Ms. Guthrie: Thank you Donald, that will be all….