Yesterday, a couple of hundred "Tea Party" protestors ended up booing their own invited guest speakers, including John Cornyn (R - Senator, Texas) and Rick Perry (R - Governor, Texas).  

Hundreds of people holding signs denouncing big government, taxes and illegal immigration gathered on the lawn of the Texas Capitol on Saturday, booing a U.S. senator and cheering multiple jabs at actions in Washington.

Sen. John Cornyn, who'd been invited by organizers, was booed at the start and close of his remarks assailing federal spending and taxes.

Many shouts concerned Cornyn voting last year for the federal bailout of Wall Street approved by Congress, the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

"You're the problem!" one crowd member hollered. "You voted for TARP," yelled another.

Boos interrupted Cornyn, who won his second term last year, after he said: "This is a day of celebration, the day we celebrate our Founders, who defied empires and declared their independence."

He resumed: "I realize not everybody wants to listen, but maybe some people do."

The boos dissipated while Cornyn awarded a Purple Heart to William Warren, a Copperas Cove resident injured in Iraq in 2006.

It should be noted that a U.S. Senator cannot "award" a Purple Heart to anyone.  Only the military, or the President of the United States (in his/her capacity as "Commander in Chief") can award a Purple Heart.  What Cornyn did was present an already awarded Purple Heart to the awardee.

Cornyn later tried to distinguish himself from the Washington scene that the crowd and speakers were protesting.

"I'm not part of Washington," he said after his speech. "I happen to work there, but on behalf of Texas, and I can vote no on these reckless spending bills, on the refusal to cut taxes."

As usual, Cornyn is talking out of both sides of this mouth. Even he is smart enough to know what would happen to Texas if we didn't receive any stimulus money.

Gov. Rick Perry, among other Republican officeholders to speak, drew scattered boos, notably about his advocacy of toll roads to relieve traffic congestion.

Of course, the idiots don't seem to realize that the only alternative to the toll roads is for the state to build and maintain them, which is paid for by the same taxes they are protesting.