Tom DeLay didn't think government spent a dime on pork. All of those politicians you listed have some deep flaws.
>>>>>>Tom DeLay didn't think government spent a dime on pork. All of those politicians you listed have some deep flaws.<<<<<<
As did Ronald Reagan and Abraham Lincoln. But I agree that they all have flaws. I just was saying that, unlike politicians such as Mike Pence and Lindsey Graham, they don't give a rat's ass what the New York Times thinks of them.
However, despite his flaws, Tom Delay is the most effective politician I've seen in my 73 years--even though he gave the "Hate America" crowd the ammunition to force him out of Congress.
Even Henry Hyde can be criticized fairly. But nobody reminds me more of the founding fathers than this great man.
Even while being sabotaged by Lindsey Graham, Mr. Hyde showed great skill and courage in impeaching the Rapist-In-Chief. Of course people like Trent Lott, Rick Santorum, Arlen Specter, Ted Stevens and others undermined Hyde when he took the impeachment to the Senate. All this is documented in a great book by Hyde's Chief Investigative Counsel, David P. Shippers. His book is titled "SELLOUT: THE INSIDE STORY OF PRESIDENT CLINTON'S IMPEACHMENT." Everyone interested in politics should read this book. It certainly demonstrates that many self-described conservatives are weak, pusillanimous, and hypocritical.
While I'm talking about books, I just discovered former Congressman Jim Rogan(R,CA), a true profile in courage, has a book out called "Rough Edges: My Unlikely Road from Welfare to Washington." Rogan was a great participant in impeachment--in my view, he and Charles Canady(R,FL) were the two most effective allies of Chairman Hyde. Rogan was a conservative Republican from a Democrat district and his participation with Hyde was sure to make him lose his House seat (it did just that). Anyway I just ordered his book from Amazon and it costs only $17.65.