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malaise

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19. Stupid ReTHUG Cornyn

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Fri May 29, 2026, 01:57 PM

1 hr ago

should have watched this

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Butt-hurt John Cornyn is apparently not intending to go gentle into that good night, posts the scorpion & frog fable [View all] Miles Archer 3 hrs ago OP

What's he going to do about it? yardwork 3 hrs ago #1

Honestly, if I were him, I'd go full scorched earth sboatcar 3 hrs ago #3

"When you got nothin', you got nothin' to lose" - Bob Dylan Miles Archer 3 hrs ago #7

If it's too late to file and run as an independent dflprincess 2 hrs ago #11

Angry enough? Trueblue Texan 1 hr ago #17

" You gonna do somethin, or just stand there and bleed?" Miles Archer 3 hrs ago #4

To paraphrase the old cereal ad: Nuttin', honey peppertree 2 hrs ago #12

Bingo. Pinback 1 hr ago #14

Drown. Harker 1 hr ago #18

Yeah. Post all the fables you want CornHead. johnnyfins 3 hrs ago #2

He turned right around and immediately endorsed Paxton. Can you get anymore hypocritical? Katinfl 28 min ago #30

I recall reading that Cornyn endorsed Paxton anyway. usonian 3 hrs ago #5

Yes he did. Republicans are just plain stupid and crazy. ananda 49 min ago #29

It's an oft-repeated fable by tRump himself. YodaMom2 3 hrs ago #6

+1. He recited it many times dalton99a 3 hrs ago #9

They posted this on the White House website? Sick motherf*ckers. Trueblue Texan 1 hr ago #16

After Cornyn, most Republicans are walking on egg shells... kentuck 3 hrs ago #8

All the fables in the world couldn't save these dumb cornholes. miyazaki 2 hrs ago #10

In fairness to Sen. Cornyn, I too did not hear this fable in a timely manner 0rganism 2 hrs ago #13

It's like TSF's Snake poem. Trueblue Texan 1 hr ago #15

I kind of remember trump telling a version of this at one of his rallies. But he used a snake. Katinfl 25 min ago #32

Stupid ReTHUG Cornyn malaise 1 hr ago #19

A different reading on that fable jmowreader 1 hr ago #20

He never thought... LuvLoogie 1 hr ago #21

I can't believe he didn't know Trump's character before this. surfered 1 hr ago #22

74? Isn't Trump 79? CaptainTruth 1 hr ago #23

80 in 16 days malaise 1 hr ago #24

The reference was to Cornyn's age: 74. Ol Janx Spirit 1 hr ago #25

Ah, I didn't take it that way, thanks! CaptainTruth 27 min ago #31

It all about $$ and Power Cornyn loses access to. Poor slob. All these coward Republicans dave99 57 min ago #26

That is shithole................... Lovie777 56 min ago #27

Was Trump's endorsement the reason Paxton eon the GOP nom? ShazzieB 51 min ago #28

Cornyn beat Paxton 42% to 40.5% in the March primary. Paxton won the runoff 63.5% to Cornyn's 36.5% nature-lover 24 min ago #33