Roll Call of the Idiots

Below is a full list of the science-denying senators who voted that “Human activities don’t contribute to climate change.” See if you can notice what they have in common! (Hint: They're all Republicans.)

Barrasso, John (R – WY)

Blunt, Roy (R – MO)

Boozman, John (R – AR)

Burr, Richard (R – NC)

Capito, Shelley Moore (R – WV)

Cassidy, Bill (R – LA)

Coats, Daniel (R – IN)

Cochran, Thad (R – MS)

Corker, Bob (R – TN)

Cornyn, John (R – TX)

Cotton, Tom (R – AR)

Crapo, Mike (R – ID)

Cruz, Ted (R – TX)

Daines, Steve (R – MT)

Enzi, Michael B. (R – WY)

Ernst, Joni (R – IA)

Fischer, Deb (R – NE)

Flake, Jeff (R – AZ)

Gardner, Cory (R – CO)

Grassley, Chuck (R – IA)

Hatch, Orrin G. (R – UT)

Heller, Dean (R – NV)

Hoeven, John (R – ND)

Inhofe, James M. (R – OK)

Isakson, Johnny (R – GA)

Johnson, Ron (R – WI)

Lankford, James (R – OK)

Lee, Mike (R – UT)

McCain, John (R – AZ)

McConnell, Mitch (R – KY)

Moran, Jerry (R – KS)

Murkowski, Lisa (R – AK)

Paul, Rand (R – KY)

Perdue, David (R – GA)

Portman, Rob (R – OH)

Risch, James E. (R – ID)

Roberts, Pat (R – KS)

Rounds, Mike (R – SD)

Rubio, Marco (R – FL)

Sasse, Ben (R – NE)

Scott, Tim (R – SC)

Sessions, Jeff (R – AL)

Shelby, Richard C. (R – AL)

Sullivan, Daniel (R – AK)

Thune, John (R – SD)

Tillis, Thom (R – NC)

Toomey, Patrick J. (R – PA)

Vitter, David (R – LA)

Wicker, Roger F. (R – MS)

John Cornyn's tweets reveal him to be a torpid idiot.

In response to recent fruitful negotiations between the U.S., our allies, and Iran, Senator John Cornyn (Republican, Texas) has this to say:

Now let's ignore for the moment that if Barack Obama cured cancer and could fly, Cornyn would STILL say the exact same thing.

No, what's incredible about this tweet is its indolence. A tweet can be 140 characters long...but John Cornyn could only manage a meager 48?!

Senator Cornyn could easily have simply written a complete sentence: "It's amazing what the White House will do to distract attention from Obamacare." And that's STILL only 79 characters! What a listless loafer. (No wonder Ted Cruz won't endorse him!)

Our Contemptible Congress

Senator Mike Lee (Republican, Utah) has spent the year promising a government shutdown unless President Obama defunds Obamacare entirely. But then, Lee's a batshit motherfucker. But now the Senate Republicans’ No. 2 and No. 3 leaders, John Cornyn and John Thune (right) are also joining this blackmail plan?

Writing in the National Journal, Norm Ornstein lays it out:

"When a law is enacted, representatives who opposed it have some choices... They can try to repeal it, which is perfectly acceptable--unless it becomes an effort at grandstanding so overdone that it detracts from other basic responsibilities of governing. They can try to amend it to make it work better--not just perfectly acceptable but desirable, if the goal is to improve a cumbersome law to work better for the betterment of the society and its people. They can strive to make sure that the law does the most for Americans it is intended to serve, including their own constituents, while doing the least damage to the society and the economy. Or they can step aside and leave the burden of implementation to those who supported the law and got it enacted in the first place. 

"But to do everything possible to undercut and destroy its implementation--which in this case means finding ways to deny coverage to many who lack any health insurance; to keep millions who might be able to get better and cheaper coverage in the dark about their new options; to create disruption for the health providers who are trying to implement the law, including insurers, hospitals, and physicians; to threaten the even greater disruption via a government shutdown or breach of the debt limit in order to blackmail the president into abandoning the law; and to hope to benefit politically from all the resulting turmoil--is simply unacceptable, even contemptible."

You know what? Fuck those guys.

From TPM:

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Republican-Kentucky) and Minority Whip John Cornyn (Republican-Texas) sent letters warning six professional sports leagues not to provide the Obama administration any assistance in promoting Obamacare. 

The letters, dated June 27, warn the chiefs of the National Football League, Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, National Hockey League, Professional Golf Association and NASCAR that partnering with the administration to publicize the benefits of the health care law would damage their reputations. 

The letter reads, “Given the divisiveness and persistent unpopularity of this bill, it is difficult to understand why an organization like yours would risk damaging its inclusive and apolitical brand by lending its name to its promotion.” 

Yes, this "unpopular" bill is supported by a re-elected president and the Supreme Court. *facepalm*