TX Senator John Cornyn Booo'd at Austin Tea Party

Posted July 5th, 2009 by yankee

See for yourself (note: none of the coverage mentions the 2 patriots that were carrying a "rail" out of town for Cornyn & Perry)

Next: TAR & FEATHERS

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'Tea party' crowd boos Cornyn, denounces Washington
Hundreds of people gather Saturday at Capitol to rally for smaller federal government; some heckle Perry over toll roads.

By Andrea Lorenz
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

Sunday, July 05, 2009
Hundreds of people holding signs denouncing big government, taxes and illegal immigration gathered on the lawn of the Texas Capitol on Saturday, booing a U.S. senator and cheering multiple jabs at actions in Washington.

Sen. John Cornyn, who'd been invited by organizers, was booed at the start and close of his remarks assailing federal spending and taxes.

A few hecklers in the 'tea party' crowd at the Capitol on Saturday, including Sherry Brown of Dickinson, targeted Gov. Rick Perry – most about his support of toll roads to relieve traffic congestion in Texas. Unlike another rally Friday, politicians were invited to speak.

Many shouts concerned Cornyn voting last year for the federal bailout of Wall Street approved by Congress, the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

"You're the problem!" one crowd member hollered. "You voted for TARP," yelled another.

Boos interrupted Cornyn, who won his second term last year, after he said: "This is a day of celebration, the day we celebrate our Founders, who defied empires and declared their independence."

He resumed: "I realize not everybody wants to listen, but maybe some people do."

The boos dissipated while Cornyn awarded a Purple Heart to William Warren, a Copperas Cove resident injured in Iraq in 2006.

Cornyn later tried to distinguish himself from the Washington scene that the crowd and speakers were protesting.

"I'm not part of Washington," he said after his speech. "I happen to work there, but on behalf of Texas, and I can vote no on these reckless spending bills, on the refusal to cut taxes."

Gov. Rick Perry, among other Republican officeholders to speak, drew scattered boos, notably about his advocacy of toll roads to relieve traffic congestion.

"Washington needs to hear you loud and clear with one simple message," Perry said. "Cut the spending! Cut the taxes! Shrink the government! Read the Constitution of the United States!"

The gathering was the second smaller-government "tea party" in Austin this week and one of many held nationwide over the Fourth of July weekend.

People who attended held signs with messages such as "Say no to Socialism and Obamaism," as well as "We can't deport them all but we can start with you" and "Call 911 — We are being robbed" plus "Coming Soon! U.S.S.A." Many people in the crowd wore stickers that read, "I resist Socialism."

Don Crawford, host of Christian radio's "The Eagle and Child Show," got the crowd to chant "That's an Obamination" to statements about abortion, socialism and the right to bear arms.

The tea party, organized by the Texas office of Americans for Prosperity, a nonpartisan group that says it advocates economic freedom, differed from one held Friday at Zilker Park, to which elected officials weren't invited.

Saturday's speakers included U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert of Tyler and Wayne Allyn Root, the Libertarian Party's 2008 vice presidential nominee.

New Braunfels resident Tom Holman said he came to the tea party because he doesn't like what's going on in Washington. He wants less government and political candidates who adhere to the Constitution, he said, and who don't do things like provide health care.

Holman said of Cornyn: "I don't think much of him."

alorenz@statesman.com; 512-392-8750

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Bump, for a great post.

On July 6th, 2009 loyaltothecrazyuncle says:

No one was tazed. Things are getting better

On July 5th, 2009 wraiththirteen says:

Remember, when they had that smart alike asking a bunch of questions and the security guards tazed him? They did not do that this time. or last time. I wonder what changed?

I guess there is safety in a big angry mob.

Bump

On July 5th, 2009 yankee says:

Make this clip go viral. Please forward this around, especially in Texas.

fake cowboy

On July 5th, 2009 Invalid10 says:

He was wearing his fake cowboy hat again.

My question is: How do these people keep getting re-elected?

On July 5th, 2009 demolay says:

They vote against the wish's of the people most of the time, and rarely do you find someone thinking they are doing good. So how do they keep getting back into office? (I have only voted for two winners in 33 years. Representatives Ron Paul and Lloyd Doggett. I have yet to pick a President. Praying to break the streak for 2012).

Gerrymandering !

On July 6th, 2009 lveSeenTheConst says:

Voters don't pick their Representatives - The Representatives pick the voters.

In depth here:
http://www.dailypaul.com/...

That's what the Census was for.

You're right! Perhaps...

On July 5th, 2009 loyaltothecrazyuncle says:

we should give some well deserved scrutiny to the FEC, Diebold machines and the electorate in general...As I recall, there were many voting fiascos during Ron's run...really pissed me off.

First Tea Parties on April 15th? You are the problem. Booo.

On July 5th, 2009 Ragnar D says:

Ron Paul is my President.

What an idiot!

On July 5th, 2009 loyaltothecrazyuncle says:

He blames everything on Washington and he IS Washington! Texans are a good and proud people but, they screwed up with Cornyn. Do the right thing and not send this shill back to D.C.....please. BTW, where were the eggs and tomatoes?

Cornyn richly deserved the booing. He's counting on voters

On July 5th, 2009 austrianschool says:

having a very short memory.....so is Kay Bailey when she runs for governor.

They both have, more often than not, towed the neocon line pretty faithfully and with no regard for their, largely ceremonial, oath of office.
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"An economy built on fiat money is a society on its way to ashes."

Agreed, our Senators sure don't represent my best interests.

On July 5th, 2009 demolay says:

Not trying to give you a hard time, but you "toe" a line (stand next to a line with your toe's touching the line, because those are the rules) or you "tow" a line (you pull a rope which is attached to a ship/barge).

The saying is: "To toe the line" which means to go along with the existing standards without deviating from party loyalty or orders.

They never did....

On July 5th, 2009 SimpleSam says:

The big flaw in our reasoning is to think the Senators EVER represented our interests....when push came to shove.

http://www.apfn.org/apfn/...

Why do you think it has taken so much fight, just to get them to REPRESENT us by and by?

BECAUSE they've always represented.....Central Bankers and their favored societies..

I always wondered about

On July 5th, 2009 poq says:

I always wondered about that. In my mind it worked either way,
i.e.
Toe the line=follow orders. Tow the line = shill for the party, pull for the team.

but it's good to know the correct saying.
Thanks demolay

Wow!

On July 5th, 2009 sistagirl86 says:

Kudos to the Austin patriots that spoke (boo'd) out against this political prostitute!!

He not only voted FOR the bailouts, he has twice tried to introduce legislation that would have US taxpayers paying for the Mexico portion of the NAFTA superhighway (the part that goes from the Chinese-operated deepwater ports on the west coast of Mx to the Tx border). Thankfully, his crap died in committed both times.

Cornyn, unfortunately, won his most recent election in a landslide.

Cornyn

On July 5th, 2009 yankee says:

Many of the attendees are now aware of his TARP vote. That will haunt him and Kay Bailout Hutchinson.

www.medinafortexas.com

The fact that a politician...

On July 5th, 2009 RonzdaMan says:

still feels safe amongst the public is amazing to me. We should be hanging them. Certainly, there is much more booing going on then ever before....in recent years. I expect that if the economy continues on it's current trajectory, no politicans will feel safe among the masses. Next July 4th...might get ugly. When I see a politician get "literally" tarred and feathered then I will know that "change" is really coming!

Good job Texas! You guys rock!

even under verbal fire...

On July 5th, 2009 troy says:

even under verbal fire these chicken-hawks hide behind the troops to defend them.

freedom of speech?

On July 5th, 2009 troy says:

ha at 59: somebody getting upset at all the boos yells
"free speech"

and some guy responds:

"they're expressing it"

Seems silly to notice this particular thing

On July 5th, 2009 mustangmom says:

but I wondered why the politician was doing his thing in the shade of the little tent while the wounded soldier waited outside in the sun???? hmmmm???

"I can vote no on these reckless spending bills, "

On July 5th, 2009 jcr@mac.com says:

This raise the question of course, of why the hell he didn't vote no on the bailout.

Fuck Cornyn, that lying, thieving, bastard.

-jcr

Keep it up people. Keep it

On July 5th, 2009 Ira Freeman says:

Keep it up people. Keep it up!

You Judge A Tree By It's Fruit, NOT its Flower

That was great, but too bad

On July 5th, 2009 duff says:

That was great, but too bad that vet had to endure all the booing. What a terrible publicity stunt on the part of Cornyn. He had the audacity to rail against spending when he and McCain were part of the bailout.

The only REAL Tea Party

On July 5th, 2009 Jefferson says:

was during a blizzard in Boston during the RP campaign 2008. People took great risk driving in hazardous weather, only to have the media totally ignore the event.
Now the opportunists, have tried to infiltrate the true spirit of the tea party, and use it to their own advantage. I am glad to see Cornyn get booed. What a piece of trash, using that opportunity, and decorating that veteran as a shield to buffer his own disapproval. Not that the vet shouldn't have been decorated, just not in that setting.
He IS part of the establishment, and needs to be held accountable for his actions.
Yesterday was a day of mourning, not celebration. Our country has been sold down the river by these criminals. How DARE this scumbag even REFERENCE the founding fathers. They would have had his ass in jail picking tar and feathers out of his hair by now.
GRRRRRR!!!!!

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