Posted on 12/14/2013 6:01:40 AM PST by marktwain
AUSTIN, Texas, December 13, 2013 — In the few days since Congressman Steve Stockman (R-TX) declared his intent to challenge Senator John Cornyn for his Texas Senate seat, there has been a frenzy of attack articles from the left in Texas and in the national media. Stockman’s name is apparently like chum before sharks for leftist commentators and this latest move has them totally unhinged.
Stockman’s great offense? He’s a conservative with a sense of humor.
Apparently it is absolutely unforgivable to mock the president and the administration. Stockman’s transgressions in this area make him the target of the righteous ire of progressives in the media and on the internet, because they hit so close to home and point out that their gods have feet of clay.
The utterly humorless Ben Jacobs at The Daily Beast responded quickly to Stockman’s entry into the race with “Five Outrageous Outbursts by Senate Candidate Steve Stockman.”
These outrages included Stockman’s contention that since Alfred Kinsey was a child predator maybe we shouldn’t use his work as the basis for sex education programs, Stockman’s amusing tweet that Chlamydia was more popular than Obamacare since it had more cases per month than Obamacare had signups, Stockman’s insightful comment on mob rule pointing out that it was majority rule which got Barabbas pardoned and Jesus crucified and a couple of other true but politically incorrect statements.
Not to be outdone in leaping to the defense of the political establishment, Daniel Strauss at Talking Points Memo has almost doubled the whining with “9 Crazy Things About Sen. Cornyn’s GOP Challenger Rep. Steve Stockman.”
(Excerpt) Read more at communities.washingtontimes.com ...
At events...he handed out Obama barf bags
It’s early. Cruz was unknown too. Stockman less so.
Specially when confronted with the prospect of six more years of John Cornyn.
already the top conservative candidate available next year.
I am sorry, but he has no chance against Cornyn, even though I wish he did.
Count two votes for Stockman from us!
Cornyn is only conservative on the campaign trail.
I’m not getting to vote for him, not being Texan, but I’m liking Stockman more and more.
I don’t see Cornyn’s apologist from Tennessee on the thread yet. Someone should probably ping him for his cut and paste comments.
Various ratings for Cronyn by from different groups
http://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/15375/john-cornyn
Did you call Cruz v. Dewhurst correctly?
I am sorry, but he has no chance against Cornyn, even though I wish he did. \
I don’t think it’s whether he has a chance or not but rather can he help get Cronyn into a runoff.
IMO the only chance to defeat Cronyn is to get him into a runoff.
There are some 79 days until the primary and that’s not long
Stockman’s greatest offense is that he is a nutcase. Ask the big boys running the GOP in Texas. They are desperte to get him out of this race. He is an embarrassment.
"With his record of reform in Florida, I know that Governor Crist will bring a fresh perspective to Washington in our efforts to fight for lower taxes, less government, and new job creation for all Americans."
-- Senator John Cornyn, the Senate's Minority Whip, endorsing Charlie Crist, who ended up switching parties and speaking at the Democrat Convention.
In his last re-election I called and had my name removed from a list of Cornyn's supporters.
John Cornyn is exactly what's wrong with D.C.!
Obama, Reid & RINOs still determined to force #amnesty on Americans. I will continue to fight amnesty.
Stockman twitter.
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