IN CASE YOU'VE BEEN WONDERING WHY JOHN CORNYN (R-TX) IS AT&T'S FAVORITE U.S. SENATOR...

While Rick Noriega was serving in the Texas National Guard in Afghanistan, John Cornyn was racking up the most anti-military personnel and anti-veteran voting record of anyone in the U.S. Senate. He was also racking up a breathtaking war chest of corporate contributions from every special interest under the sun-- and under the rocks. Although Cornyn's biggest individual campaign contributors were JP Morgan Chase & Co (over $61,000), the Bass Brothers (over $51,000) and Exxon Mobil (over $48,000), the telecom companies are also big fans and showered him with bribes "contributions" in the run-up to the votes on retroactive immunity for their criminal activities. AT&T, for example, one of the very worst of the spying operations looking for immunity from prosecution, singled Cornyn out for the MOST donations to any senator (not counting the ones running for president). Even their biggest senatorial shill, Jay Rockefeller, was given less than Cornyn-- although just slightly less. What I can't understand is how Cornyn (and Rockefeller) can take huge sums of money from these companies and then vote on an issue specifically about them. Isn't that unethical? Shouldn't it be criminal? Would you like seeing John Cornyn and Jay Rockefeller behind bars for the rest of their stinking lives for selling out the Constitution? I would. A lot.

Today Rick Noriega, a candidate for the Senate seat currently held by Cornyn, sent us a video he recorded about the FISA bill. There is no question how Rick would vote-- very differently from the way Cornyn already voted in February and very different from the way Cornyn has promised his financiers how he will vote when it comes up again. Give it a look-- and afterwards, if you'd like to see this honorable man in the Senate instead of an execrable one, visit our Blue America ActBlue page and consider a donation.




UPDATE: TEXANS ARE READY FOR SOME REAL CHANGE

Bye-bye Cornyn? A poll released today by Texas Lyceum, a statewide, non-partisan group, shows that Rick Noriega has caught up with the big-spending John Cornyn. The live interview poll has Noriega with 36% and John Cornyn at 38% with 24% undecided or unfocused on the race. The margin of error is 4.5%, greater than the difference between Cornyn and Noriega.