Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), who is running for re-election this year, has suffered mockery on the Daily Show and elsewhere for his corny “Big Bad John” campaign video. Cornyn himself has laughed off the criticism, telling the Texas Republican convention, “My staff convinced me that it would be a good idea. Maybe I need a new staff.”

Over the weekend, a left-wing Texas political blog, Burnt Orange Report, reported rumors that Cornyn aide David Beckwith might even be fired over the ad. According to blogger Matt Glazer, “While good at what he does, he does have a tendency to make huge and erroneous errors. … Beckwith’s history of yap first, think second has absolutely gotten him in trouble.”

Beckwith himself denied the rumors and insisted, “I am willing to bet anyone $100 that will go to Vets for Freedom if I have either been fired or am fired in the next few weeks.”

However, by Monday a new controversy had arisen around Beckwith, with his unmasking by Burnt Orange Report as “Buck Smith,” who had been posting both there and at other sites since 2007 in support of Cornyn’s campaign.

The Raw Story | Cornyn staffer used fake name to troll on blogs