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]......
I totally agree!! Can't wait to read Delay's book! Great post!
Well I was being a little sarcastic...
I forgot the (/sarcasm)
Bad Steve!!! Bad Steve!!!
Oh no, don't tell me that Delay's "thinking about" running for President too?
Hastert was Delay's hand picked man.
I have been friends with Tom and Christine DeLay for 25 years, before he ran for Congress. I still consider him a friend and believe he is the victim of a political assassination.
Tom may not have done everything I would have liked, but we did not elect him dictator, he had to work with others, including moderate Republicans in order to get anything done in Congress.
If Tom’s case goes to trial, does anyone really believe that he will get a fair trial from a jury in Austin, Texas, by far the most liberal city in Texas?
Does anyone remember that the Grand Jury that indicted Tom, (Texas Grand Juries have a six month term) brought the indicted within 3 hours of being empanelled?
Does anyone here really believe that Scooter Libby got a fair trial from the D.C. jury, which was made up of a newspaper reporter, who intends to write a book to make money from his jury service, several retired federal government workers, etc.? Did they really put their personal politics aside in a political case?
Trials like Libby’s and Tom’s occur in major cities, with most jurors drawn from the city. Look at how the great majority of voters in our major cities vote – Democrat.
Does anyone remember when one of the “Law & Order” shows slurred DeLay?
The media and Democrats, but I repeat myself, were after Tom because he was effective in pushing at least some of the Conservative Agenda.
The media and Democrats were furious that DeLay was able to help elect a Republican Majority in the Texas House, which enabled the Republicans to correct the outrageous gerrymandering by the Democrats that had resulted in 60% Democrat representation in the US House, when Texas voters were voting almost 60% Republican.
It did not help that the Republicans in Congress drifted away from their core values, but the real damage was done by the relentless drumbeat by the media for several years that the Republicans were corrupt, inept, stupid, etc. Other than talk radio, which mainly diehard Conservatives listen to, Republicans have no effective means of combating the liberal propaganda from the Democrats and media.
The media and Democrats are sending a clear message – any other Conservative Republican who is bold enough to speak out will end up like DeLay. Notice that no Republican is sticking his head up these days. Can anyone blame them? Who will dare come to their defense if they do?
I have more comments but am getting tired of typing, so I will close with this observation.
Travis County D.A. Ronnie Earl brought an indictment against DeLay for DeLay violating a Texas law that does not exist. A Texas Appeals Court has so ruled. Such action by the D.A. is thought to be “official misconduct” by several attorneys I know. Under Texas Local Government Code Sec. 87 a D.A. can be removed from office for “Official Misconduct”. Such action would begin with at least one resident of Travis County (Austin) filing a “petition” to remove Earle from office for “official misconduct”, which would be indicting someone for violating a Texas law that does not exist.
Hastert inspires absolutely NO confidence and little else.
I agree with you Andy...
Too bad we can't seem to call Ronnie Earle on the carpet...We might have had a chance before the election, but that would have been spun 9 ways to Sunday and we probably would have lost much worse if we did...
I guess I am just eager to see the trial go forward, so we can get it over with...
Like I said if Tom's aquited...grrrrrr...(and thats putting it nicely)...right?
I am convinced that DeLay will never get a fair trial in Austin, Texas.
Remember, he did not get a fair hearing from a Travis County (Austin) Grand Jury.
D.A. Earle is on record as a rabid partisan Democrat.
Find at least one resident in Travis County who will file a removal petition against Earle under Local Government Code Sec. 87.
Check yer PM's when you get a chance...
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