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Protesters Mix Politics, Theater At Offices of Sen. John Cornyn

(Image: Bill Narum / MDS Austin)

Austin, TX - February 13, 2008. This Friday, February 15, at 5 p.m. Austin’s Movement for a Democratic Society (MDS/Austin) is “bringing out the dogs” in a theatrical demonstration at the offices of U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R, Texas) who has been called “lap dog to the President.”

The canine-themed event will take place 5-6:30 Friday, Feb. 15, on the street outside Sen. Cornyn’s Chase Tower offices at 221 W. Sixth St. (between Colorado and Lavaca) in Austin. Citizens have been invited to participate in the theater by bringing their dogs or coming costumed as dogs.

The event’s stated purpose is to “Curb the Corn Dog.” (“Corn Dog” is President George W. Bush’s pet name for the junior senator from Texas.) The organizers intend to shine a light on Sen. Cornyn’s special tail-wagging support of the president on such issues as the War in Iraq, torture, civil liberties and bringing affordable health care to children.

According to event organizers, the demonstration will be “lively and colorful, but the message will be as serious as a riled-up pit bull.”

The event is scheduled to correspond with the Iraq Moratorium’s monthly “Third Friday” demonstrations against the War in Iraq. It is being organized by MDS/Austin, a multi-issue progressive organization associated with the revitalized Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). Official co-sponsors are CodePink, Texas Labor Against the War, Iraq Moratorium National Committee, SDS/UT Austin and The Rag Blog.

This is not a campaign activity supporting any candidate, but, according to organizers, is meant to focus on the political record of George Bush’s faithful pet senator, whose standing in the community, as backed up by numerous polls, “is lower than a parcel of puppy poop.”

To learn more about MDS/Austin, go to http://mds-austin.pbwiki.com/. To contact MDS/Austin: mdsaustin@nuevoanden.com.

Original post by Thorne Dreyer and reposted by Radical Blogs