A respectful silence would only reward Cruz and Cornyn for their putrid hypocrisy

Commentary: After opposing Superstorm Sandy ‘pork,’ will Ted Cruz vote against emergency aid for Texas?
Saturday, April 20, 2013

Texas on the Potomac regularly publishes guest commentary from across the political spectrum.
Today, we offer a guest blog written by Democratic consultant Jason Stanford of Austin.

As of this writing, we know the fertilizer explosion in West, Texas killed about three dozen residents
and injured 200 others with others still missing.

“Your heart weeps for their suffering,” said Sen. Ted Cruz, who toured the disaster area on Friday
with Sen. John Cornyn.

It feels wrong to talk politics when they’re still looking for bodies, but a respectful silence would
only reward Cruz and Cornyn for their putrid hypocrisy.

Sometimes the truth overrides good manners, even in a nice place like West, which has a special
place in the heart of anyone who’s made the otherwise dreary drive on IH-35 between Austin and
Dallas and pulled off at exit 253 to get a sweet, chewy kolache at the Czech Stop, perhaps the
best-reviewed convenience store in Texas on Yelp. When news filtered in about the explosion late
Wednesday night, every one I know had the same question: Is the Czech Stop still standing?

It was, and it stayed open all night and ever since to serve food for the first responders, and we
love them for it. So when Cruz wears his weeping heart on his sleeve or Cornyn worries about the
60 people unaccounted for, even Texas liberals grant them the sincerity of their emotions because we’re right there with them.

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