Cornyn Staffer Dave Beckwith Exposed For Sockpuppeting

Busted on Burnt Orange

He was blogging from Cornyn’s senatorial office.

Longtime readers know that in order to register to comment on the site, you must set up an account and provide an email address. It’s a way to ensure accountability and prevent abuse in our community. However, we sometimes still have problems with abusive users that create sock puppet accounts to harass and intimidate writers and other commenters.
…
Beckwith has over 80 comments as Buck Smith starting in March. He sets benchmarks for Noriega, attacks Democrats, talks about the Watts vs. Noriega match up, but nowhere does he say who he is or who he works for. Oh and this morning when I talked to Kevin, I told Beckwith I had heard from reliable sources that Beckwith would be fired. He had no response as of 8:10 this morning.