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DeLay absolves himself in his book
New York Times via Houston Chronicle ^ | 3-18-2007 | CARL HULSE

Posted on 03/18/2007 6:54:29 AM PDT by deport

WASHINGTON — Tom DeLay, the fiery former House majority leader and longtime congressman from Sugar Land, knows why his party lost control of Congress last year. And he is not to blame. [snip]......

In typical take-no-prisoners fashion, DeLay, who left Congress last year after his indictment in Texas on charges related to campaign financing, lashes out at Newt Gingrich, the former speaker, and other fellow leaders of the 1994 Republican revolution. He criticizes the Republican leader of the ethics panel that admonished him, calls former President Clinton "slimy" and portrays leading Democrats as his evil liberal tormentors. [snip]......

"I consider George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Denny Hastert all to be good men," DeLay writes, "but there is not an articulate voice among them." [end snips]......

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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
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1 posted on 03/18/2007 6:54:30 AM PDT by deport
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To: deport

When is that trial supposed to begin???

Regardless of the outcome I sure would like to know if Ronnie Earle is as big an ass as he thinks he is...

I honestly want him to get a chance to prove it...

And if Tom DeLay is found guilty by a jury of his peers, to me that will be an example of the beauty of our system...

And if he (DeLay) is found not guilty...Well...Lets just say that spot they had reserved for Tom Delay should not go to waste...

The only thing I really want to stress is this...Just remember that what you hear on the news id just that, news...It is not evidence...


2 posted on 03/18/2007 7:09:47 AM PDT by stevie_d_64 (Houston Area Texans (I've always been hated))
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To: deport
I'm with DeLay all the way.

His enemies, limp-wristed liberals, Dems and GOPers in the government and in the media, wanted him to wear a hair shirt in his book and give a pass to the weak-spined Republicans we all know and love.

Instead, to their HORROR, he went on the offensive, calling a spade a spade.

When was the last time a Republican leader went on the offensive full bore? Name three, two.......or even one.

DeLay is a man's man in this day of too many finely-coiffed, mentally-delicate, self-serving, metrosexual males using up precious oxygen in the House and Senate.

Thanks, Tom......for candor and guts.

Leni

3 posted on 03/18/2007 7:09:47 AM PDT by MinuteGal (The Left takes power only through deception.)
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To: deport

It comes from Delay and it has a taint of bitterness in it,but he isnt far off.


4 posted on 03/18/2007 7:12:02 AM PDT by sgtbono2002 (I will forgive Jane Fonda, when the Jews forgive Hitler.)
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To: MinuteGal

I agree. I too am so very tired of the weak republican leadership too afraid to stand up for conservative ideas principles and libs.


5 posted on 03/18/2007 7:12:06 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (an enemy of islam)
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To: MinuteGal

Hey there!!!

I'll race you to the store to grab a copy of his book...

Ready...Go!

hehehe


6 posted on 03/18/2007 7:12:10 AM PDT by stevie_d_64 (Houston Area Texans (I've always been hated))
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To: Joe Boucher

> I too am so very tired of the weak republican leadership...

Can you say "Trent Lott?"


7 posted on 03/18/2007 7:15:00 AM PDT by cloud8
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To: sgtbono2002

Living in the district (CD22) and being a Precinct Chairman in the middle of all that crap that went on for the last year and a half...

I agree with you, and you hit the nail on the head about how bitter Tom DeLay is about all of this...

I certainly don't blame him...

But like I said before...When and if the trial he's supposed to get aquites or convicts him...

I am holding out all personal opinion and judgement until that occurs...


8 posted on 03/18/2007 7:15:43 AM PDT by stevie_d_64 (Houston Area Texans (I've always been hated))
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To: stevie_d_64
LOL!

'Twould be a pushover win for you, I'm afraid.

My salad days are now cottage cheese on lettuce.

Leni

9 posted on 03/18/2007 7:18:20 AM PDT by MinuteGal (The Left takes power only through deception.)
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To: stevie_d_64

When is that trial supposed to begin???



I don't know the latest details and not sure there will ever be one now that DeLay is no longer in office. I think Earle may have accomplished his purpose and may never persue it any further, just a guess on my part.


10 posted on 03/18/2007 7:20:04 AM PDT by deport ( Cue Spooky Music...)
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To: deport

This looks a lot like a drowning man flailing and trying to drag down the lifeguard who's trying to rescue him.

A 179-page memoir? That's pretty darn thin. I'm relatively young and pretty unremarkable, but I think I could crack 200. Why bother with a memoir if you don't have more than that?

This smells like it was dashed off and timed for effect. What effect? That has me scratching my head. I cant make heads nor tails of it. But there's plenty of red meat to go around -- for DeLay supporters, "The Hammer" is back and banging, and for the left, he's banging on Gingrich and company.


11 posted on 03/18/2007 7:21:49 AM PDT by ReignOfError (`)
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To: deport
I'm tired of Republicans who wait 'til they are out of elected office before growing a pair!
13 posted on 03/18/2007 7:25:44 AM PDT by Cedric
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To: MinuteGal

“DeLay is a man's man in this day of too many finely-coiffed, mentally-delicate, self-serving, metrosexual males using up precious oxygen in the House and Senate.”

What about his dyed hair?


14 posted on 03/18/2007 7:30:26 AM PDT by GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: Baynative

You maybe correct in both assumtions.......


15 posted on 03/18/2007 7:31:34 AM PDT by deport ( Cue Spooky Music...)
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To: ReignOfError
Gingrich is now a Fox analyst, thrilling the faithful with his fire-breathing-take-no-prisoners rhetoric. Delay, too, is wowing Conservatives with his "no surrender" bombast.

Dudes, have you two met? Oh ya, you were in LEADERSHIP positions not too long ago. Applying some of the stalwartness you are now demanding from others would have helped back then, don't ya think?
16 posted on 03/18/2007 7:35:39 AM PDT by Cedric
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To: GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
What about mine?

Leni

17 posted on 03/18/2007 7:37:51 AM PDT by MinuteGal (The Left takes power only through deception.)
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To: deport
I'll likely pass on the book although I have generally always liked DeLay.

I think Cheney is extremely articulate.

The forfeiture by the Republicans has zip to do with DeLay's legal problems. It has everything to do with Republicans first neglecting then forgetting the ones who sent them.

DeLay IS or WAS a large part of that problem and NO part of the solution. He was the spokesman who visited the Rush Limbaugh show and defended Republicans budgetary prowess even as Rush tried to feed him an eephus pitch that should still be in orbit.

The question is no longer why the clowns couldn't see beyong their noses, but what to do about it today. I think there still is a tremendoud conservative ocean to tap into, and it does require some eloquence. I also think the DeLay of bygone days could still be a worthy leader, but he does need to rinse off some of the clown makeup. And that has zip to do with legal issues.

18 posted on 03/18/2007 7:41:17 AM PDT by stevem
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To: Joe Boucher

Not only do they not stand up for conservative ideas, they suck up everything the Liberals throw at them, e.g., lies, distortions, and threats via their anti-American human debris like Pelosi, Schumer, Reid, Boxer, Queen Hillary, Murtha, Kerry, Kennedy and the rest of the traitors.


19 posted on 03/18/2007 7:42:52 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: MinuteGal

This was what is called a political execution. And it worked.


20 posted on 03/18/2007 8:10:36 AM PDT by ANGGAPO (LayteGulfBeachClub)
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