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DeLay dances all over "leaderless" GOP
Politico ^ | September 23, 2009 | Glenn Thrush

Posted on 09/23/2009 10:24:47 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

Tom DeLay is Cha-Cha-ing back into the GOP fray, telling PoliticsDaily.com that he thinks the Republican Party is leaderless - and doesn't have the organizational capacity to take back the Hill anytime soon.

The former majority leader, taking a break from "Dancing with the Stars," blasts the Dem's health care reform plans but says his old allies are virtually helpless to stop it.

The Hammer:

"Republicans will pick up some seats in the House, maybe 20, but not enough to take back control."

Shaking his head with frustration, he added, "The Republican Party doesn't have the organization or leadership to take advantage of this dire political situation that Obama is in now. We have these grassroots sprouting up, but not the party organization to use them."

"Republicans are leaderless,'' he went on, "so we're just fighting each other instead of Obama's radical policies. There's no political leader of the party taking control. So, Republicans are just attacking each other for being too far right or too far left. Even Rush and Hannity are doing it."

He then goes on to say that the current leadership on the Hill -- which includes several reps who took political hits for backing him through his ethical woes -- are a bunch of "old" guys who can't "aren't the leaders the party needs."

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: gop; tomdelay
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1 posted on 09/23/2009 10:24:47 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Sad but true, at least the part about being leaderless


2 posted on 09/23/2009 10:27:08 AM PDT by BornToBeAmerican (We the people, ..... never)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

DREAM ON CLUELESS DUMMIES.


3 posted on 09/23/2009 10:28:46 AM PDT by Marty62 (former Marty60)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Just shut up Tommy - you had your time, now go make a fool of yourself dancing.


4 posted on 09/23/2009 10:28:49 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Two brave people did what thousands couldn't do to acorn.....bless you both!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
I anticipate the Republicans picking up far more than 20 seats in 2010 and new leaders to emerge from the newly-elected.
5 posted on 09/23/2009 10:29:53 AM PDT by Ol' Sparky (Liberal Republicans are the greater of two evils)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZ! It’s sooo simple. All we need is some power-people, and lots of money. We could easily retake the party.

Very simple. /sarc.


6 posted on 09/23/2009 10:31:33 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists...Call 'em What you Will, They ALL have Fairies Living In Their Trees.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Enter Palin maybe. She doesn’t have to run NOW, but she could help getting the right people elected.


7 posted on 09/23/2009 10:33:19 AM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
"Republicans are leaderless,'' he went on, "so we're just fighting each other instead of Obama's radical policies.

Understatement of the year.

8 posted on 09/23/2009 10:33:56 AM PDT by itsahoot (Each generation takes to excess, what the previous generation accepted in moderation.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

There are few who are standing up for conservative values, policies or beliefs in Congress. It’s like the GOP is the Keystone Kops.


9 posted on 09/23/2009 10:34:55 AM PDT by Patriotic1 (Dic mihi solum facta, domina - Just the facts, ma'am)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Problem is, guys like Delay and Newt flame out after 3-4 years, either justified or unjustified, and others who get real jobs, and the Dems have careerists like Pelosi, Fwank, Waxman, Rangel, Conyers.

There’s no continuity, no familiar faces to drive home the message year-after-year.


10 posted on 09/23/2009 10:38:38 AM PDT by JacksonCalhoun
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Hey Tom!
You guys ain’t through screwin’ up yet!


11 posted on 09/23/2009 10:38:59 AM PDT by G Larry ( Obamacare=Dying in Line!)
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To: BornToBeAmerican

I’m not sure if the R’s are actually leaderless or if the leaders just suck.


12 posted on 09/23/2009 10:39:05 AM PDT by NEPA
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

So dignified Tom DeLay.


13 posted on 09/23/2009 10:40:55 AM PDT by Welcome2thejungle
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

Just shut up Tommy - you had your time, now go make a fool of yourself dancing.

Say what u will about Delay. He was a leader. They didn’t call him the hammer for nothing.

If u think Michael Steele, RNC chairman, Bonehead Bohnier, house minority leader and Mitch Mcconnell, Senate minority leader are leaders, u are livig in la la land.

Yeah, the GOP may pick up 20 seats with this sorry bunch.
But with REAL leadership, they could pick up 60 seats.
It will not happen untill there is some leadership changes.


14 posted on 09/23/2009 10:42:32 AM PDT by tennmountainman
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Leaderless, clueless and gutless. Ironic that it comes from one of the people who was an integral part of the culture of corruption and big spending that sank the GOP in 2006.


15 posted on 09/23/2009 10:44:23 AM PDT by Daveinyork
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

....ACORN, Dr Chu, the Emanuel brothers, Van Jones, Geithners income tax ect are GIFTS....and no one has the guts to use them to hit the Dems in the crotch with....Andrew Breitbart and a couple of college kids with a video cam have more spunk than the entire GOP leadership.


16 posted on 09/23/2009 10:53:43 AM PDT by STONEWALLS
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To: tennmountainman

He was a bully who did exactly what the dems do to enforce his way of voting. Funny but we complain when it is pelosi or reid pushing party voting but you seem perfectly fine when it was tiny Tom.


17 posted on 09/23/2009 10:56:01 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Two brave people did what thousands couldn't do to acorn.....bless you both!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Ha! He doesn't know about our super secret leader weapon:

Michael Steele!

(guffaw)


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

18 posted on 09/23/2009 11:00:37 AM PDT by The Comedian (Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

there are very strong leaders in the republican party. they just all happen to be on TV or radio or private citizens.


19 posted on 09/23/2009 11:01:10 AM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

This man merely confirms what I have believed for the last 20 years. There is no material difference between an actor and a politician!


20 posted on 09/23/2009 11:02:23 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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