Memoirs From a Young Conservative

I’ve received my share of outrageous comments on this blog, everything from threats to spam to agreement to well thought out elaborate arguments to great discussions.  Usually I let the comments speak for themselves but this had to be addressed.

“Jimmy Kerr” of “But That’s Just My Opinion” or apparently one of his spambots left me a message on a totally unrelated (and well thought out and worth a read post, might I add) post about debunking outrageous gun lies.

The topic: Senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison, but more specifically Senator John Cornyn.

The spambot says:

John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison both voted FOR the bailout last night.

Today I dropped my support of Sen Cornyn and his re-election to the post of Senator, and I sent the Cornyn campaign and Sen Cornyn himself an email letting them know…

Thanks for the not so breaking news, spambot.  And allow me to address something about the opponent Senator John Cornyn faces this November.

While I am not a bailout supporter and I disagree with the ridiculous pork tacked onto the bill and I think the bailout is pretty ludicrous all on its own I find it absolutely asinine to completely drop the support of a candidate who is SIGNIFICANTLY AND WHOLLY more conservative and generally better than his biggest opponent.

In case, spambot, you’ve forgotten:

1. Rick Noriega supports in state tuition for illegal immigrants

2. Rick Noriega supports the bailout

3. Rick Noriega’s endorsements include some of the most liberal of the bunch (all elected officials who support entitlements, big government and big spending of your money and mine to pay for it all), endorsements like Congressman Lloyd Doggett, Congressman Ruben Hinjosa, Senator John Kerry.

4. On top of that Rick Noriega’s endorsements also include the nutroots wackies at the Daily Kos.  Honestly, this alone is enough to dissuade me from Rick Noriega.

5. Noriega is running for a statewide office to represent ALL Texans in Washington, DC and yet, when he was given the stage to show how he could represent Texans in a positive and productive way at the DNC Noriega apologized for his Texan roots, to the cheers of the nutroots.

Yeah, I disagree with Senator Cornyn’s position on the bailout but I DO AGREE with these things:

1. Senator John Cornyn has actively fought for better care of our veterans

2. Senator John Cornyn believes we need to increase the number of border patrol (as we have in the past 4 years and you’ll notice the number of illegal immigrants is dropping) and secure our borders

3. Senator John Cornyn is fighting for alternative energy not only to end our dependance on foreign oil but also to make it cheaper for us at the pump.

4. His recent endorsement by a Bipartisan Group of 40 Public Officials on the Border makes it VERY clear that not only is he in touch with Texans, he will represent my hometown of McAllen and the rest of us in a positive manner.  I don’t expect he’ll ever apologize about his constituents or his Texan roots anytime soon.

So in conclusion, I STILL support Senator John Cornyn for re-election and you should too.