Tom DeLay:
"He ain't called 'the hammer' for nothing..." (boy how many times did I hear that silly thing last week...)
Which hammer is he?
Posted on 04/13/2005 8:21:32 PM PDT by cyncooper
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay apologized Wednesday for using overheated rhetoric on the day Terri Schiavo died, but refused to say whether he supports impeachment of the judges who ruled in her case.
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At a crowded news conference in his Capitol office, DeLay addressed remarks he made in the hours after the brain-damaged Florida woman died on March 31. "I said something in an inartful way and I shouldn't have said it that way and I apologize for saying it that way," DeLay told reporters.
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DeLay seemed at pains to soften, if slightly, his rhetoric of March 31, when Schiavo died despite an extraordinary political and legal effort to save her life.
"I believe in an independent judiciary. I repeat, of course I believe in an independent judiciary," DeLay said.
At the same time, he added, the Constitution gives Congress power to oversee the courts.
"We set up the courts. We can unset the courts. We have the power of the purse," DeLay said.
Asked whether he favors impeachment for any of the judges in the Schiavo case, he did not answer directly.
Instead, he referred reporters to an earlier request he made to the House Judiciary Committee to look into "judicial activism" and Schiavo's case in particular.
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By your use of "today", you seem to be suggesting that there has been some very recent usurpation of powers by the courts. What powers are you referring to?
He should not apologize for saying the truth. Instead he should keep speaking out loudly. This causes me to lose respect for him.
Did I give a name? Did I give a web address? Find something else to nitpick about.
Last I checked, facts STILL matter.
Don't you agree?
:)
LOL! I think I made my point. And, the writing is on the board, so to speak.
You're waving this "other website" and "WPPFF!WPPFF!" nonsense around like a little kid with a big secret that is about to bubble out.
You should be "honored" that I'm asking.
Well, I am not honored.
The WPPFF is now nonsense? I am surprised to hear that coming from such a distinguished member.
If your point was you are a liar, yes, you made it. If your point is you want to attack people, not discuss issues, yes you made it.
For the record, I saw this article posted at another site and noted a full hour after the timestamp that it was still not posted here at FR. I found that shocking as FR used to be on top of the news. I noted I had not seen it posted here and had it set but was reluctant because the atmosphere here has gotten so nasty (and your posts illustrate that perfectly).
I then did post it and did inform that board that it was up here. Period. I made no further posts, in particular I did not mock anyone.
You go ahead and focus on personalities and groups and boards. I prefer to discuss the issues and the facts, not hysteria, surrounding them. I will, however, feel free to note when the tone and language have deteriorated here on FR.
I am interested in politics and current events and I like to talk with others who share that interest. If I can't do it here, I'll find someplace where I can. But I'd like to continue to do it here.
Oh, that is better. I thought a distinguished member such as yourself could not really think that the WPPFF was nonsense.
I have no problem with you thinking my opinion is nonsense. To tell you the truth, I am honored by that sentiment.
Tom DeLay:
"He ain't called 'the hammer' for nothing..." (boy how many times did I hear that silly thing last week...)
Which hammer is he?
You pretty well made my point with your last post to me.
The writing is on the board for all to see.
Let me just suggest a little reading:
2 Samuel 12:16-22 David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and went into his house and spent the nights lying on the ground. The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he refused, and he would not eat any food with them.
On the seventh day the child died. David's servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they thought, "While the child was still living, we spoke to David but he would not listen to us. How can we tell him the child is dead? He may do something desperate."
David noticed that his servants were whispering among themselves and he realized the child was dead. "Is the child dead?" he asked.
"Yes," they replied, "he is dead."
Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate.
His servants asked him, "Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!"
He answered, "While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, 'Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let the child live.' But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me."
Yeah, we freepers spent so much time bashing Terri...
/yawn
I cannot figure out what on earth you are talking about. All I saw was bashing the people who do not see what is happening in this country and/or don't care enough to do a little civil disobedience against unjust laws and unjust runaway lawyers in black robes.
Frankly, I may or may not believe it when I see it.
SO how come local elections elect judges?
That ain't much of an apology.
You didn't answer, just more BS. Look, are you calling me a nazi yes or no?
You can either argue the position, or call other posters names, but calling people nazi tends to weaken any argument you may have in the future.
When you learn some couth and develop some reason and logic, get back to me, until then I have no use for a lazy bomb thrower.
Unfortunately, Tom has succumbed to one of the Left's most common tactics:
When they can't compete against the obvious truth in their opponent's argument, which is almost always, they whine about the 'tone'.
The liberals here use that ruse constantly, as you know.
Yeah I have to wonder what the "checks and balances" mean if the balance is weighted in favor of one branch.
If all the judiciary did was interpret law, then an independent judiciary would be fine. But they're not. They're legislating, which means they are in essence a one man Congress. The whole idea of Congress being the size it is is so that there is a lot of people you have to convince that any one idea is good enough to vote for. Not so with a single judge.
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