a perceived lack of accountability

Cornyn theorizes on violence
Democrat calls senator's remarks on judges, accountability 'bizarre'
11:02 PM CDT on Monday, April 4, 2005

By TODD J. GILLMAN / The Dallas Morning News

WASHINGTON – Sen. John Cornyn, speaking on the Senate floor Monday, suggested that violence against judges might stem from frustration over a perceived lack of accountability.

Phil Singer, spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, called the remarks "bizarre."

Mr. Cornyn, a Republican and a former Texas Supreme Court justice, appearing before a nearly empty chamber, said: "I don't know if there is a cause-and-effect connection. ...

"I wonder whether there may be some connection between the perception in some quarters, on some occasions, where judges are making political decisions yet are unaccountable to the public, that it builds up and builds up and builds up to the point where some people engage in violence."...

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Well…this is interesting. Besides the inexcusable threat against judges who he disagrees with (and make no mistake, that’s what it was intended as), cornyn has also given justification for terrorism against the US.

We have overthrown governments, assassinated government leaders, propped up brutal regimes, tortured people, sent them elsewhere to be tortured, and bombed the snot out of people who had no way to defend themselves, most recently, in Iraq.

Does cornyn now think there may be “a cause-and-effect connection” between our unaccountable actions and terrorism against the US? Is that what he’s saying here? Or is he just attempting to incite the whackos to violence against the justice system of the United States? That is treason, you understand, by the definition of treason in the Constitution. And as for rep. delay of Texas, his remarks were, without a doubt, an overt threat against judges who won’t follow his whacko corrupt agenda.

And strangely, I don’t seem to have heard about the president bush rebuke, or disown these comments by his fellow republicans. Is it because he believes the same thing?

When we have elected representatives of the people openly advocating violence against those they disagree with, our country has descended into the tyranny of fanatics.