Not that I subscribe, I was reading it over lunch at the local burger house.
Like a schoolyard bully, DeLay's bravado fell apart when confronted by authority.Surrendering his seat in Congress and abandoning his campaign for re-election — after soundly defeating three opponents in the primary — is but the latest blow DeLay has dealt himself and his party. His low regard for the rules brought him repeated reprimands from the bipartisan congressional ethics committee. After DeLay's political action committees used corporate donations to affect the outcome of Texas House races, a Travis County grand jury indicted him on campaign finance charges.
When he resigned from Congress, DeLay said he did not wish to be the focus of Democratic attempts to portray him as the embodiment of all that was wrong with Congress. DeLay had given his opponents plenty to work with. It was DeLay who promoted the "K Street strategy" that used lobbyists and their money to forward his pro-business agenda. It was DeLay and his aides who allied themselves with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who really does embody the worst aspects of congressional politics.
[snip]Whatever his reasons for cutting and running, Tom DeLay will never again be seen in the same light by either friends or foes. As a constituent labeled DeLay in a letter to the Chronicle, it seems "The Hammer" has become "The Quitter."
The Comical (and MSM in general) do their share of bullying. They embrace the worst aspects of Yellow Journalism.