Cornyn

that Cornyn consorts with racists is no overwhelming shock. For openers, he's Republican, then parlay that with the fact he's from Texas. But when you start consorting with virulent racists, it's a bit much:

On Tuesday, September 18, inside the Dirksen Senate Office building, Republican Texas Senator and Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Citizenship Chairman John Cornyn spoke at a conference entitled, "Defending the Homeland: America's Immigration Crisis." The conference was organized by the Rockford Institute, publisher of Chronicles Magazine, and was moderated by its president, Thomas Fleming.

Even though the Rockford Institute has been dubbed "xenophobic, racist, and nativist," by its former New York branch director, Richard John Neuhaus; even though Rockford's current director, Thomas Fleming, is a leading anti-Semite and Holocaust revisionist; even though Rockford's flagship publication, Chronicles, has served as a nest for white nationalists like Sam Francis; Cornyn -- a moving force behind Republican immigration policy -- accepted Rockford's invitation to headline their conference.

(from Blumenthal at HuffPo via Seder)

At this rate, we'll be hearing from Cornyn that it's OK to drag Mexicans behind trucks like they do blacks in Texas.