Texas Senators: Pro-Lynching
Cornyn and Hutchinson are apparently both pro-lynching. According to Chris Geidner they are among the group of only 6 senators that didn't co-sponsor a bill apologizing for not outlawing lynching back in the day. The bill's sole intent was to "(apologize) to the victims of lynching and the descendants of those victims for the failure of the Senate to enact anti-lynching legislation."
Kos has more info on the issue.
Here's hoping Howard Dean adds 'racist' and 'bigots' to 'Christian' and 'white' the next time he's describing the Republican Party.
Update: No one seems to know exactly who did and didn't co-sponsor this bill. According to some sources, Kay Bailey did sign-on but I can't find anything that says Cornyn did. Both of the links mentioned above have run downs on the various lists from various sources.
Kos has more info on the issue.
Here's hoping Howard Dean adds 'racist' and 'bigots' to 'Christian' and 'white' the next time he's describing the Republican Party.
Update: No one seems to know exactly who did and didn't co-sponsor this bill. According to some sources, Kay Bailey did sign-on but I can't find anything that says Cornyn did. Both of the links mentioned above have run downs on the various lists from various sources.
posted by Anonymous at 8:44 AM
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I think our problem is that we generally think opposing an apology for lynchings was a BAD THING. Their voters are racists and they must appeal to them.
Once we understand that, these kinds of statements and actions will make much more sense.
The only question is how to capitalize on this and corner the SANE voters somewhere in the middle.
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