[goldstategop]

Republicans eat their own. Look - if Tom DeLay isn't doing a good job, let the Democrats recruit a candidate to run against him in Sugar Land. But Republicans shouldn't help them get rid of a party leader based on what after all are questionable allegations from the partisan media. No proof of wrong-doing by the Majority Leader has been offered into evidence. In the minds of Chris Shays and Rick Santorum he's guilty because our adversaries make that assumption - and they buy into the liberal line that its the seriousness of the charge mantra that matters. Forget the evidence.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[lentulusgracchus]

First thing FReepers need to know is that the Houston Chronicle just hates Tom DeLay's guts. They will do or say anything to beat him, and it just kills them when he does something to benefit the Houston area, because they'd love to spike the story but can't.

The Chronicle's editor of some 11-12 years now is Jeff Cohen, a leftist who admitted, during a going-away dinner for his retiring editorial-page editor, coming to the Chronicle with the objective in view of making its editorial page a shrine to Left political advocacy. Their political writers are all superannuated liberal blimps and bloviators, except for the hostile left-wing women, and their editors all take a liberal line.

The paper gets into an amazing, and funny, case of split personality when the publisher orders the editors to endorse Dubya for reelection after they've been bashing him on the editorial page for years.

The secret is understanding that the Chronicle is also compromised, and it's in bed with many of the rich people who run Houston. Which leads to the split personality.

But that doesn't bother them when the subject turns to DeLay.

[CyberAnt]

The "allegations" are just that - there is no substance to any of this.

[Popman]

No proof of wrong-doing by the Majority Leader has been offered into evidence.

Since when does a democrat or in Shays case, a stinking low life rat in disguise RINO, need actual evidence to bring down a fellow party member?

Don't you know it's not the evidence that counts, but the seriousness of the charges that matter

[wita]

I couldn't have said it better. Oh the seriousness of the charge! Yea, that ought to stir the republican pot, and even better if we can get a few RINO's to sign on to the charges. Innuendo, slander, suggested ethics violations. Anything to muddy the water.

[sweetliberty]

They're just mad because he demonstrated the only backbone in the Schiavo fiasco. It might be contagious. Can't have it infecting the whole party now, can we? It might interfere with politics as usual. Next thing you know, people will start expecting politicians to be honest and principled. < /sarcasm >

[AuH2ORepublican]

"Republicans eat their own."

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Of course, in this case the attacker isn't a Republican, it's Chris Shays, who's less Republican than most registered Democrats.