It’s good. No longer shall that s**t stain of a man dirty the people’s House with his stench.
Rep. Tom DeLay will drop out of his re-election race, two Republican congressional sources told CNN on Monday.
DeLay was forced to step down as House majority leader last year after being indicted in his home state of Texas on charges that he improperly steered corporate donations to state legislative candidates in 2002.
Texas, it’s time for Nick Lampson
Dems:
“Tom DeLay’s announcement is just the beginning of the reckoning of the Republican culture of corruption that has gripped Washington for too long. From DeLay, to Scooter Libby, to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, to Duke Cunningham, to Bob Ney, to David Safavian — the list goes on and on. Make no mistake, this Fall the American people are going to have a clear choice between Democrats who offer a bold vision based on honest leadership and real security, and Republicans who can only offer more of the same Republican culture of corruption and incompetence.”
Frist! Is next!
This is almost enough to make an atheist believe in gods.
Ever since DeLay called in Homeland Security to help him abuse the Texas political process, I have wondered what level of unabashed, openly displayed corruption it would take to bring this evil @$$H0L3 down.
I guess we’ll find out when the trial starts. What an embarrassment of riches for the prosecutor! Pick a charge, and he’s probably guilty.
Now, if Rove goes down…I’ll become an altar boy.
I think the most succint commentary is the observation re: Delay from John Aravosis.
Considering that the first campaign I ever helped out personally with was that of Richard Morrison (Delay’s opponent for TX-22 in the last election in ‘04), I am a little upset.
This news comes too late tonight for me to go out and have a few beers and celebrate.
Limbaugh Monday!
DeLay Tuesday!
Par – tay at the Willis house!
Hehe
More nonsense from the false equivalency crowd.
Rush called a rape victim an offensive term that implies that she asked for the rape.
Delay is a corrupt, indicted Congressman who did everything in his power to sell out our government to the highest bidder. He deserves whatever happens to him.
If you can’t see the difference you’re either blind or ignorant, take your pick.
Fearless prediction for 2006: While neither George W. Bush nor Tom DeLay will be on the ballot, Democrats will continue to run against … George W. Bush and Tom DeLay.
Fearless prediction for 2006: While Ferris continues to beat the war drums, he will continue to run away from the military recruiters.
“S**t stain of a man”?
Gosh, I’m glad you liberals don’t have it in you to hate like us bigoted conservatives. What an awful world it would be if you stooped to our level.
Why not just call DeLay a “ho?”
But who am I kidding? Irony is lost on the stupid.
Yup… irony is DEFINITELY wasted on the stupid.
But then, so is kryptonite.
And remember this day the next time one of your liberal heroes whines about “the politics of personal destruction.”
Like everything else, it doesn’t recognize party lines, as much as you’d like to pretend otherwise.
Whatever. All that was done to DeLay was to perpetually highlight the fact that he was under investigation for various crimes and already under indictment for others.
The only “politics of personal destruction” poor Tom DeLay has had to deal with are the way his politics destroyed him personally.
Curmudgeon, I won’t give God credit for bringing down Delay, because then I would have to blame him for putting him in power in the first place.
-With apologies to Lance Armstrong
Liberal politics of personal destruction= Telling the truth about Republicans and their culture of corruption.
Or as Adlei Stevenson once said
“I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends… that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.”
The only sentiment missing from his missive is the tired dodge; “I want to
spend more time with my family.”
Now, if he was talking about the other cockroaches, that excuse might
hold some water.
careful what you wish for kids…
that “shit stain” now has no need to follow any house ethics rules. he will sit on all sorts of powerful boards, make millions in fees and while taking enormous pot shots at democrats and working behind the scenes to bring home republican candidates….
“The Hammer”, just took off the gloves, and is going to rain death and destruction down on the democrats….mark my words…
Speaking of other cockroaches…..
Tom DeLay is a shit stain of a human being. That’s not partisan politics, that’s the truth. The very idea that a person like him was in the House, much less in the leadership of either party in America is disgusting.
John Boehner:
The country owes Tom a great debt of gratitude for helping lead America in a new direction a direction outlined in the Contract with America that saw balanced budgets, historic welfare reforms, lower taxes, regulatory relief, and a renewed respect for the sanctity of life.
He has served our nation with integrity and honor, and I m honored to call him my colleague and friend.
The Culture of Corruption continues- under new management.
Oh, by all means, let the Hammer stay active in lobbying circles! Please!! After he’s convicted, even! That will mean all the more justification for the Democrats to use him as a noose with which to hang the entire corrupt Republican machine, a critical tactic we must remember in framing the debate…
1) Democrats should ask is why the party allowed Delay to remain a Congressman at all after he was indicted? Why did they reward him with the most powerful committee seat in Congress?
2) Now that he has resigned, Democratic commentators should establish that this gives a strong indication the charges are real. Use a little jujitsu playing off Delay’s own image of power: ‘Obviously, a powerful man like Mr. Delay would not step down if there were no merit to these charges.’
3) Make maximum hay of Delay’s promise to move to Virginia and still direct the 2006 elections. Terms like ‘Boss Delay, still controlling the House GOP’ should be part of Democratic statements.
4) Ask what is it that he “has on them?” (Of course this would take a real tough guy like Carville to dare to ask; one can hear his drawling ‘Does he know where the bones are buried or what?)
Gosh, I m glad you liberals don t have it in you to hate like us bigoted conservatives. What an awful world it would be if you stooped to our level.
Hate the sin, not the sinner, eh?
Quaker, DeLay has something worth millions. Contacts. He knows who to call, both in Gov’t and the Republican party. Unless he ends up in prison he’s set for life.
Well, Quaker, there is always Orkin.
I’ve not been a particular delay fan quaker, but it is wishful thinking to imagine this guy won’t make a small fortune.
The beauty is, no one has to announce that Delay is on their payroll. Even after the allegations, you had better believe that if some sect. says “tom delay is on the phone”, people will pick up the line.
I guess it remains to be seen, but it happens all the time.
Hold the presses! A crooked politican!
Big deal!
There is no way this has any effect on the ‘06 — and certainly not the ‘08 — election…
Don’t bet on it, peed’.
DeLay’s power flowed from his control of the lobbying machine and his ability to put campaign money in the pockets of other Republican congressmen.
His power is gone.
Exactly how many of DeLay’s former colleagues have you seen rushing to his defense? That’s about how many “powerful boards” are going to want to hire him.
“After DeLay is cleared” made my day. Thanks, Mike.
after Delay is cleared,
BWAHHAHAHAHA!!!!
Frank has shown to be correct in his predictions so many times
I’ve hardly made any predictions, but I don’t recall being wrong. Perhaps you could refresh my memory?
And it doesn’t “cast a stink on the whole party.”
Fer cryin’ out loud, Clinton’s Presidency cast a stink on the whole nation, and he didn’t even resign after being impeached.
I beg to differ, frank….I think this gives the republicans a BETTER chance to hold delay’s seat, and delay can now work in the shadows to get other republicans elected.
The beauty so far, is that he has not been CONVICTED of anything. So he just plays it like “see what a magnanimous guy I am? stepping down for the good of the party…”
Frank has shown to be correct in his predictions so many times in these forums that we all must take heed of his last statement.
It would also be wise to sell when he says buy and duck when he says jump.
And everyone will buy that.
No taint of corruption. No connection to his top aides who plead guilty. Just an honest fellow doing what’s best for his party and the country.
Peed’, you’ve posted some fantastic stuff in the past. You’ve outdone yourself this time.
factcheck,
As ever your moniker misleads. You forgot “alleged” rape victim. or do you have inside knowledge?
Dugger
The AP story tells exactly why this isn’t good news for the Democrats:
The Texas Republican Party is extremely powerful and cash-clogged right now. Gov. Perry has the opportunity (if he so chooses) to hand-pick a replacement for Delay. I won’t pretend to know who it’s going to be, but you can bet your bippy that the Texas Republicans will throw every dollar they can into this race and insure that a Republican holds Delay’s seat.
I’ll also predict that Delay will be found not guilty of any of the bogus charges brought against him by Ronnie Earle. The difficulty that Earle had in trying to indict Delay, combined with Delay’s eagerness to go to trial, almost surely means that the charges are weak, at best.
And Dr. Pedro is right — after Delay is cleared, he will be able to work doubly hard as a political strategist, campaign consultant, policy wonk, and a very effective fundraiser, because political “martyrs” always rally the support of the party base. Just look at how popular Bill Clinton remains.
In short, Dems may have won a battle, but they have accomplished nothing toward winning the war.
I don’t know, midder, doesn’t Johnny Sack run the NY crime family from prison (Sopranos)? For that matter, doesn’t John Gotti Jr run the real NY crime family from prison?
The rubber-stamp Republicans to Tom Delay’s dirty money: “I wish I could quit you”.
Imagine campaign posters with Tom Delay and photoshopped into a poster of Brokeback Mountain with the tagline “I wish I could quit you”.
Clinton s Presidency cast a stink on the whole nationM
And all he did was get his pole smoked. he wasn’t skimming dollars and peddling influence to the highest bidder, Frank. Do you see the differnce? The former should have been a personal matter between the President and his wife. The latter is a criminal act and a betrayal to the voters.
Man, that was probbly the fastest “But Clinton did….!” response I’ve ever seen.
Now, if Rove goes down& I ll become an altar boy.
They are going to have to catch him in the act of killing kittens with a hammer before they will fire that…. I can’t even find the word.
There is no way this has any effect on the 06 and certainly not the 08 election&
I think it does. It casts a stink on the whole party.
We’ll see how many contacts DeLay has after the Abramoff dust settles. That will be the true yardstick of his power.
Fer cryin out loud, Clinton s Presidency cast a stink on the whole nation, and he didn t even resign after being impeached.
Unlike Putsch, who just keeps feeding the flower of America’s youth into a quagmire halfway around the world. So his rich friends can stuff their pockets with even more oil money. Nope, no smell there…
Oh, and the whole war thing was never his idea, after all. Nope. he wasn’t planning on doing this two seconds after he stole office in 2000. Nope, not at all. No foul stench affecting the world’s opinion of America on that one…
And, let’s not forget: Publicans got on the holier-than-thou bandwagon, and stopped all government business, in order to waste $70 million of taxpayer money on the Great Clenis Hunt. Now, they won’t even consider an inquiry into the possibility that their Golden Chimp can do anything wrong. Funny how that works.
I’m just amazed that Frank’s head doesn’t explode from the cognitive dissonance. Although it appears that a lack of ethics and morality will save diseased Repugnicant melons from literally bursting at the seams.
Fer cryin’ out loud, Tricky Dick, Ray-Gun and PapDoc Putsch set the standard for presidencies that stink to high heaven of corruption and political improprieties. Funny how they never seem to be mentioned by the Publicans when corrupt politicians are brought up.
Maybe you can toss in a Kennedy Chappaquidick reference while you’re at it, Frankie. For old times sake…
“All Clinton did was get his pole smoked…”
Exactly. That’s all he did. That’s why his Presidency is, was, and always will be, a disgrace.
DeLay hasn’t been “proven” to have done anything. Anything.
It will be great entertainment to watch Delay’s replacement in the race campaign. I can just hear him now:
“No, Mr. President, you don’t have to come down here to campaign for me. You just stay in Washington and do your presidentin’”
“No, Mr. Delay, I won’t need your endorsement. Why don’t you stay in Sugar Land with your wife, don’t come out on a Saturday night.”
“No, Mr. Frist, that’s ok, you don’t have to come down to Texas, it’s going to be real hot anyway.”
Kind of like how Tom Kean Jr. here in New Jersey didn’t even show for his own fundraiser for fear that Dick Cheney would be photographed with him.
All Clinton did was get his pole smoked&
Exactly. That s all he did. That s why his Presidency is, was, and always will be, a disgrace.
That’s also why his approval rating jumped to over 70% in the months following the impeachment and ended up at 65% at the end of his term.
That’s also why polls conducted in recent years show his approval rating is STILL in the 60s.
Gee Frank, that’s some disgrace!
Tom DeLay=Bill Clinton. Talk about the League of False Equivalency. I don’t think you really believe that yourself, you’re just throwin’ down.
Personally, I’d rather get my pole smoked.
I forgot to mention in my previous post that WikiPedia’s entry on Nick Lampson is very good, and explains a lot of what is at stake in the District 22 election.
I grew up in Jefferson Co., TX, where Lampson served as tax assessor for many years. I’ve met him personally and I don’t hold any animosity toward him. Because this area is my old stomping ground, I’ve been following the goings-on there for some time.
If you read Wikipedia, though, you’ll understand why Lampson was running in the first place (Delay engineered the jerrymandering of Lampson’s old district) and realize why this is really no longer the same race now that Delay is out. Lampson is somewhat of a hero to Texas democrats, since he recaptured the 9th district from Republican Steve Stockman in 1996 (which is a story in itself) but it is doubtful that he has enough momentum to beat a really well-funded Republican.
I will reiterate that the entire Lewinsky debacle should have been a personal issue and not dragged through the streets like the Scarlet Letter. The way the Republian Party and the Clinton-haters did.
DeLay has been indicted for corruption. Fair game. PLAY BALL!
This was no “Clinton did it, too!”, either…
Duros said, “It casts a stink on the whole party,” in reponse to my saying that this will have no effect on ‘06 or ‘08.
I was just playing off that, and as O.Y.E. pointed out, it seems his popularity remains unabated.
So, where’s the evidence that DeLay’s predicament will negatively affect the Republicans?
So, where s the evidence that DeLay s predicament will negatively affect the Republicans?
I have no evidence, I admit it. It’s an opinion I have that other candidates within the Republican party may not want to affiliate themselves with people who are under indictment, investigation for ethics violations, etc.
But perhaps the bad smell of Republican corruption has been around so long, some of us have become used to it. when you work in a septic tank long enough, you don’t even notice it.
I’m the one who said he disgraced the nation, as well as the White House. I’ve thought that for some time, without any reference to polls, or the careers of other Presidents.
Clinton was not who he was because he was a Democrat. He was egocentric and self – absorbed enough to have run in any party that would have him.
He was a charlatan, at best.
Here’s a guy who was the Governor of Arkansas, the 49th poorest state in the Union. That never changed the whole time he was Governor.
His name was William Jefferson Davis Clinton, for cripes’ sakes!
And yet he convinced Maya Angelou (or was it Toni Morrison?) that he was our “first black President.”
I don’t know if he was Svengali, Rasputin, or Mandrake the Magician, but that thumb between the fingers was hypnotizing somebody…
Tom, I’m familiar with the sobriquet Tricky Dick, but I’m not sure who Ray – Gun and PapaDoc Putsch are…
Were they leaders where you come from?
If the Republicans have to run from DeLay, who do they have left to run to?
Bob Ney? Randall Cunningham? Bill Frist? Who? Who?
Frank,
It’s been my experience that Bill Clinton-haters generally tend to fall in one of two categories:
1) Uptight, prudish Bible-thumpers who can’t deal with matters of human sexuality and who are crippled by their own sexual hangups and/or inadequacies;
2) Guys who hate Clinton because he’s rich, successful, good-looking, super-intelligent and bags more tail in an average week than they will in their whole lifetime.
Sorry, Frank. They were misleaders where I come from. Maybe you’ll recognize them in a minute. And then you can tell me if they were leaders where you come from.
I am surprised that you are unfamiliar with Red Ink Ray-Gun, patron saint of the October Surprise, and the war on drugs? Responsible for the loss of many marines in Lebanon, supplying Saddam with WMD, arming Osama bin Laden, the Keating Five (including young Kneel Putsch), and the tripling of the national debt? Which, of course, are only the lowlights of the time he supposedly was in charge. Before the Alzheimer’s kicked in while he was still in office.
I am also wondering why you ask of PapaDoc, when you might have a clue as to who I refer to when I mentioned BabyDoc in past comments here, and could possibly utilize your awesome powers of deduction to get to the correct answer. After all, you constantly read liberals minds, and tell them why they do what they do all the time in OW’s comments sections. I could go into exquisite detail about his activities before, during, and after his tenure – but I’m afraid I’ve run out of time for today.
Hope this helps to clear up any confusion about who I was referring to earlier…
Well, O.Y.E., meet a third category: Someone who saw Clinton as what I call a “bubba”: a slick, fast talking guy, who’s usually up to no good. The kind of guy who, when you shake his hand, you count your fingers.
I disliked him almost immediately after I heard him speak the first time (a Yale graduate with a hillbilly accent.) I really disliked him when he announced that he wore briefs on MTV: first, for doing so; and second, the idea of a grown man wearing briefs makes my skin crawl.
I might add, I don’t like him now because he’s a cult figure and a politician — a dangerous combination. The kind of guy who attracts people who think that the only people who dislike him, have something wrong with them.
To me, that’s sick.
Incidentally, there’s not a whole lot of difference between your 1) and 2). So being President is all about about “bagging tail,” and getting blow jobs. Yeah, that’s the ticket!
Sooner or later, there has to be book, written by a liberal, no doubt, entitled, The President as Sexual Predator: A Celebration Of Clinton’s Life.
It will on the New York Times bestseller list for years.
At least he’ll go out swinging -
When asked about it during an hour-long session today, Tom DeLay said he thought that Rep. Cynthia “S#!t Stain” McKinney’s behavior toward a Capitol Hill pollice officer was “outrageous,” and he pledged to do something about it. He said, “If no one in this House files an ethics charge, I am.”
It just feels so good. It really, really does. The only thing that could have made it better was if he’d stood for re-election and lost. But this…this is just fine.
Still not getting it, Tom. LBJ and Carter?
Still not getting it, Tom.
Please leave your personal problems out of the discussion. Maybe once you stop fantasizing about your dog chimperor, you can get your head out of your excretory orifice and become a bit more reality-based. Get out into the world more, instead of spending all day in liberal blog comments sections. Then you could focus on getting a little more.
Well, O.Y.E., meet a third category: Someone who saw Clinton as what I call a bubba : a slick, fast talking guy, who s usually up to no good. The kind of guy who, when you shake his hand, you count your fingers.
I disliked him almost immediately after I heard him speak the first time (a Yale graduate with a hillbilly accent.) I really disliked him when he announced that he wore briefs on MTV: first, for doing so; and second, the idea of a grown man wearing briefs makes my skin crawl.
I might add, I don t like him now because he s a cult figure and a politician a dangerous combination. The kind of guy who attracts people who think that the only people who dislike him, have something wrong with them.
To me, that s sick.
Sounds to me like you have some serious issues, dude. Besides the memory problems, the projection of your Publican flaws onto Democratic individuals, and the irrational Clenis hatred. Have you considered psychiatric help?
To me, your last graf here sounds almost exactly like the Publican response to anyone who dares to criticize their “fearless” leedur. Funny how you can’t seem to see anyone’s cult-like adherence to the BFEE, yet every single Democratic politician and supporter in existence is sick because they, in their fanatical devotion to all things KKKlintoon, don’t share your views on the Clenis. What’s that word again? Hyp-, hypocr-, Republican! Yeah, that’s it…
Tom, I like the way you think. Now back to your regularly scheduled flame fest.
“I will reiterate that the entire Lewinsky debacle should have been a personal issue and not dragged through the streets like the Scarlet Letter.”
I totally agree…and right up until the time he perjured himself, it was. It was fully within his rights to say “I won’t answer questions about my personal life, next question…”
Character counts….
If there’s one thing the Bush administration learned from Clinton, it’s that you should never make the mistake of taking an oath before you lie.
There you go again, “Dr.” Pee. In what court was Bill Clinton convicted of committing perjury?
Just to remind you, BTW, frame is waiting for you on the Iraq thread. I’m sure you are already considering your rebuttal, right?
and right up until the time he perjured himself,
What, are you kidding? It was the whole raison d’etre for the special prosecutor after they spend millions of dollars and could find nothing linking him to Whitewater.
Tom: When will you amateur (as in uneducated, untraid, and unpaid) psychiatrists stick to what you know best: Pontificating on political issues you know nothing about…?