Comments on: Leading Off (07/07/08)

By: Bethany

Bethany — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:02:10 +0000

I will, Tobie. Let’s go to Washington and get an audience with John Cornyn. You can ride shotgun, but I have control of the radio and tunes. If you fall asleep, I’ll staple you to the headrest.

By: Tobie B

Tobie B — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:42:59 +0000

Call me un-American, poo poo my lack of compassion, but if these kids were so intent on staying and so hooked on the American dream, and so intelligent and gifted, why didn’t they make a beeline towards taking the steps to become legals a priority?

No compassion! They knew they were wrong, didn’t fix it and now they’re caught. Boo Hoo! Is anyone gonna take up my cause because my tags are expired and have been since July 2006?

I thought not, my fault, I have to pay the consequences to the tune of paying a ticket from a friendly Dallas Constable with freakin’ hawk eyes!

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:09:17 +0000

I guess “Big John” Cornyn was too busy riding horses and trimming the fringe on his suede jacket to give a few minutes of time to the people he represents.

By: Lee, Dallas, Texas

Lee, Dallas, Texas — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:53:31 +0000

Thanks for the nice comment about what Kay Hutchinson showed, Really. The situation in her office showed compassion, interest, willingness to listen to citizen constituents, common courtesy and an open mind. I agree with your assessment.

By: Bethany

Bethany — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:40:23 +0000

I agree, Dallasite. I think there should be an independent review board that gets one more pass at the file – including retesting any DNA – before an execution date is set. It doesn’t even have to be every case – but when you consider how sophisticated DNA testing has gotten even in just the past 5 years, I would think that any case older than that should be up for some kind of review.

By: Dallasite

Dallasite — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:15:55 +0000

1. I’m as Conservative as they come, but I’m asking myself why, in this day and age of technology, the courts aren’t requiring every resident of death row to undergo a DNA review if applicable. It makes no sense to imprison an innocent person if that person’s innocence or guilt is easily proven.

By: Zac Crain

Zac Crain — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:45:50 +0000

Sorry, Gary. It’s hard to judge tone on comments. I retract my sarcasm.

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:26:44 +0000

Sorry, Zac, I thought you were raging against injustice at large. I didn’t realize you were trying to emphasize applying favoritism to illegals.

If two illegal Latina students had the same GPA would you pick the one with the biggest boobs, or would you have them ply you with competing essays to have you choose which you would recommend favoring with private citizenship legislation and which you would dismiss?

Or would your selection process venture into even darker areas? The stakes are pretty high for all illegals. Some would probably do whatever you asked.

By: Zac Crain

Zac Crain — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:12:20 +0000

Yes, Gary, that’s exactly what I meant. Glad you were able to read between the lines.

By: really?

really? — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:11:20 +0000

In my opinion, it says a lot about Kay Bailey Hutchison.