Why do you, of all people, want to protect Tom DeLay? You're like a case study.
I would submit that you, and the faction of 'Republicans' you represent, would do so because he is powerful. But if he were weak, you would join the rest of the piranhas in the feeding.
God bless Tom DeLay. At least his first impulse is to protect the weak, not to destroy them or callously stand aside while others with power do so.
If we could say the same for the liberal Republicans, Terri Schiavo would still be alive.
I respect what Delay has done for the GOP and believe he can be of further use AND don't believe he has done anything for which he should lose support. Unlike some here now attacking the Bushes for not doing "enough" I don't turn on people for making a mistake. Thus, though I believe his comments were a mistake that is not enough to throw him under the bus.
But the main reason I support Delay is because the Liberals despise him even more than they do Bush.
There was nothing that could have been done that was not done for TS. Certainly nothing the "liberal" republicans didn't do could have "saved" her. Essentially everyone stood aside and let the GOP make a fool of itself. As thanks the Ultras are attacking it for trying to do what they wanted.