I called Senator Cornyn's Office RE: Ben Domenech

[blogslut]

I spoke to the Press guy. He had not heard about the situation. I explained that Domenech had resigned from WaPo because of plagarism accusations. I asked if the Senator had any statement regarding the fact that one of his former speech writers has been shown to be a plagarist. Here's the official statement from Cornyn's office:

"Senator Cornyn is against plagarism."


:rofl:

[flamingyouth]

1. And he's against box turtle love too!

:rofl:

God, I've got to hear that jackass give a speech at my SO's graduation in May. :puke:

[DS1]

5. Coryn does high schools now?

:hide:

[flamingyouth]

11. ....

:rofl:
Damn you're good.

[TexasLawyer]

2. LOVE IT!!!

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[xxqqqzme]

3. what a courageous stand!

[TomInTib]

4. He's certainly not afraid to take a stand, is he?

What a dumbass statement.

[blogslut]

7. to be fair

The poor press dude was totally unaware of the Domenech situation. He said he would pass the info on to the Senator.

[TomInTib]

8. Good for you calling Cornyn's office.

I sure miss Texas politics.

Fornicalia has nothing on my Home State.

[blogslut]

9. heehee

Yeah.

I advise all Texas citizens to give the Senator's office a call:

Washington DC
517 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

East Texas/Tyler
100 E. Ferguson Street
Suite 1004
Tyler, Texas 75702
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

North Texas/Dallas
Occidental Tower
5005 LBJ Freeway
Suite 1150
Dallas, Texas 75244
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Central Texas/Austin
Chase Tower
221 West Sixth Street
Suite 1530
Austin, Texas 78701
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Southeast Texas/Houston
5300 Memorial Drive
Suite 980
Houston, Texas 77007
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Rio Grande Valley/Harlingen
222 East Van Buren
Suite 404
Harlingen, Texas 78550
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

South Central Texas/San Antonio
600 Navarro
Suite 210
San Antonio, Texas 78205
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

West Texas/Lubbock
3405 22nd Street, Suite 203
Lubbock, Texas 79410
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

[WiseButAngrySara]

15. Thanks! Will do. This is hysterical! ....n/t

[BOSSHOG]

6. Senator Cornyn is against sin

Another young republican exposed as an unethical poorly educated hatchet man.

[Skidmore]

10. That guy worked for Cornyn? Hahahahaha!

I've only been half following this, but that's a hoot.

[blogslut]

13. That's the reason for the "box turtle" references

From Ben's bio on Wikipedia:

"Domenech claims to have been the "youngest political appointee" of the George W. Bush administration. He has worked as a contributing editor for National Review Online; a speechwriter for Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX); and at Regnery Publishing, where his colleagues included Michelle Malkin..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Domenech

[0rganism]

12. Way to take a stand against the plagiarism special-interest lobby, Senator

A bold move, to be sure. The plagiarists will doubtless respond with thousands of unsourced quotational character smears, but Sen. Cornyn will bravely hold his ground against this next wave of faceless exegesis. It's a matter of principle, ya know.

[liveoaktx]

14. Good for you-Cornyn is an ass but he deserves to be called every time

just to remind him he represents Democrats, too.

[blogslut]

16. the guy asked me

"Who are you?"

I told him I was a citizen of the State of Texas and I had a right to hear what the Senator had to say on the subject.

This is the very first time I've ever contacted Cornyn. Frankly I have been afraid to do so ever since he said this:

"Cornyn continued: "I don't know if there is a cause-and-effect connection, but we have seen some recent episodes of courthouse violence in this country. . . . And I wonder whether there may be some connection between the perception in some quarters, on some occasions, where judges are making political decisions yet are unaccountable to the public, that it builds up and builds up and builds up to the point where some people engage in, engage in violence. Certainly without any justification, but a concern that I have..."

How sad is it that I, a citizen of his state, am afraid to contact my own Senator because I fear retaliotion for expressing my views?

[WiseButAngrySara]

17. K & R! Let's call this "anti-plagarist" Cornyn! ....n/t

[blogslut]

18. phone numbers in reply #9

:)