Thomas, could you be any more hateful? The guy is doing something right. Who cares if he's a Republican?
If Dick Cheney wrote this letter, a big chunk of HN would have no trouble identifying the problem. But very few HN'ers pay enough attention to national politics to understand that John Cornyn is one of the Senate's answers to Dick Cheney.
Mitt Romney and his sons once rescued a family from drowning when the family's boat sunk on a lake. I imagine you could find some ulterior evil motive in that.