Another “Junket John.” Another Corrupt Gopper Wingtard
There are plenty of references hereabouts to the completely idiotic and dishonest Gopper scum from Texas, John Cornyn. The “man” is a disgrace to the Institution of the Senate and the poster boy for why the Goppers must be marginalized ever-further if this country it to move forward. In all of his career, Cornyn has only evidenced concern for a non-rich American one time, and THEN it wasn’t concern for any sentient American. Cornyn was one of the gaggle of Gopper scum who insisted that Terri Schiavo’s state of limbo be permanently extended. When the Courts refused to force her torture to continue, Cornyn basically said that any Judges who might be shot over things like the Schiavo case bring it on themselves. Other than Schiavo, Cornyn has been an implacable enemy of working Americans; you might remember that he was almost gleeful at the prospect of American car companies folding, which would have led to millions of other Americans suddenly pounding the pavement without pensions, medical care, or employment.As hard as it might be to fathom, Cornyn is actually measurably worse than even Chimpy.
Well, here’s some news about Cornyn that WON’T be hard to fathom. As a matter of fact, you’ll find it to be just about what you expect. Cornyn might hate ordinary Americans, but he just loves rich thieves. And they love him too, as you can see.
So we already knew that Allen Stanford — the Texas banker charged by the SEC today with running an $8 billion “fraud of shocking magnitude” — had some pretty impressive political contacts with both parties.
But it looks like his relationship with one of his home-state senators, Republican John Cornyn, may have been especially cozy.
According to Cornyn’s Senate disclosure reports — posted on the site Legistorm.com, which tracks privately financed trips by members of Congress — the Stanford Financial Group paid for the Texas senator and an unnamed companion to take a November 2004 trip down to Antigua and Barbuda, the tiny Carribean nation where the company has its headquarters.
The three day trip is described by Legistorm as a “financial services industry fact-finding mission hosted by constituent company with substantial operations on site.”
The site adds:
Sen. Cornyn discloses expenses for himself and a companion, but does not disclose the identity of the companion.The total cost of the trip: $7,441.00
It would be hard to blame Cornyn if financial regulation wasn’t the only thing on his mind while he was in Antigua. The trip occurred right after the November 2004 election, during which Cornyn was working hard for George W. Bush. And just last Sunday, the New York Times travel section described Antigua as a group of “famously paradisiacal islands that actually lives up to the hype.”
The paper continued:
An array of über-luxurious resorts have cashed in on the lush surroundings, and provide their well-heeled guests with so many hedonistic diversions that many never emerge to see what lies beyond the resort gates.Sounds like just the spot for some fact-finding!
Sounds like just the spot for the corrupt Senate version of “Junket John.”
Tags: cornyn, financial crisis, republicans, stanford
February 22nd, 2009 at 9:39 pm
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