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 ...
Sad but true, at least the part about being leaderless
DREAM ON CLUELESS DUMMIES.
Just shut up Tommy - you had your time, now go make a fool of yourself dancing.
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.
Enter Palin maybe. She doesn’t have to run NOW, but she could help getting the right people elected.
Understatement of the year.
There are few who are standing up for conservative values, policies or beliefs in Congress. It’s like the GOP is the Keystone Kops.
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.
Hey Tom!
You guys ain’t through screwin’ up yet!
I’m not sure if the R’s are actually leaderless or if the leaders just suck.
So dignified Tom DeLay.
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.
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.
....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.
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.
Michael Steele!
(guffaw)
there are very strong leaders in the republican party. they just all happen to be on TV or radio or private citizens.
This man merely confirms what I have believed for the last 20 years. There is no material difference between an actor and a politician!
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