the tindog coffeehouse

Ah, to be a U.S. senator.  While the common rabble are stuck in our beige cubicles all day, Senator John Cornyn is busy dashing off on a ‘fact-finding’ trip to the Caribbean, courtesy of Texas billionaire Allen Stanford.  Yep, the same Allen Stanford accused of committing $8 billion in banking fraud.

“It was strictly a fact-finding trip. They have offices in Houston, and they were doing a lot of business out of Antigua,” said Cornyn spokesman Kevin McLaughlin. “There was nothing untoward or unseemly about the company five years ago.”

Cornyn made the trip with his wife, Sandy, in early November 2004, and he disclosed it within days as required: $7,441, paid for by Stanford Financial Group.

… Cornyn received $19,700, making him the fifth-largest recipient, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.