Tom DeLay: Commissioners Gone Wild

The New York Post ^ | April 17, 2004 | Tom DeLay

[RickGolden]

Justice Breyer: U. S. Constitution should be subordinated to international will
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/941589/posts

[Deb]

And all Clinton-appointed Justices.

[RickGolden]

Judicial Coup d'Etat

Friday, September 19, 2003
By Bill O'Reilly
This is very important and somewhat repetitive and I'm sorry about that, but again it's very important.



There is a move in the United States to change the country. The ACLU (search) is hooking up with a number of liberal judges to declare things that they don't like as unconstitutional.

Now, a judge can declare anything unconstitutional -- you can interpret the words of the founders in many different ways -- but the will of the people has always been the driving force behind policy in America.

This is changing and here's the best example I can give you. According to a Gallup Poll, 77 percent of Americans do not object to displaying the Ten Commandments in a courtroom.

However, as we know, a federal court has ruled the display unconstitutional. So it is not the will of the people that the judges are concerned about and it's also not prior history, as the Ten Commandments have been displayed in public forums for more than 200 years.

In my upcoming book, Who's Looking Out for You, I provide rock-solid proof that the Founding Fathers wanted spirituality incorporated into public policy -- that is, they wanted a definite morality right and wrong to be considered in policy matters.

Now the ACLU and some judges are hell bent -- pardon the pun -- on changing that and circumventing the will of the people.

Item: the California recall (search). Three liberal judges override the will of 2 million Californians.

Item: the San Francisco homeless initiative. One far-left judge tells citizens their votes about not providing cash to the homeless don't count.

Item: a Massachusetts judge throws out a criminal case against a man caught with two pounds of cocaine because the judge doesn't like the cop who made the arrest -- we'll deal with that story in a few moments.

Item: a liberal federal judge in San Diego says the Boy Scouts (search) are a religious organization and no town can do business with them.

I could give you hundreds of other examples, including judges taking the words "Christmas vacation" off school calendars, even though Christmas is a federal holiday, approved by Congress.

It is obvious, ladies and gentlemen, that we the people are being directly attacked by secularists who want to change this country. They know they can't do it in the voting booth, so they are going to do it using the courts.

This is no less than a potential coup d'etat and you should know about it. Next to the war on terror, this is the most important story the U.S. has seen in decades.

[freedom1st]

Way to go Mr. Majority Leader. I knew "The Hammer" would point out how this commission is a circus. His speaking out what I expressed in my email is great. Now, if my Senators (Hutchinson & Cornyn) would publicly state what a joke Kean and his clowns are...I guess I'm expecting too much from Kay and John, I won't hold my breath.

[Czar]

Plus both Clintons along with Paul Begala, Hazel O'Leary, Bill Richardson, Lanny Davis, Rahm Emmanuel, and many of the rest of the Clinton supporters, apologists, defenders and enablers presently occupying governmental posts as Clinton holdovers. Big Bush mistake not to have dumped this trash during his first three months.

[Deb]

The Bush people were obviously not cynical enough and thought even Democrat career gov. workers were loyal Americans. If only.

No matter how cynical I get, I can't keep up.

[Czar]

...and James ("the Serpent") Carville.

There isn't a sufficiently robust supply of cynical for any of us to keep up with the weasels in Washington.

[cynicom]

You got it right..also the pubs do not have the guts to throw people out. Frist and the rest of the cowards are among the missing. Booby Hatch even came out supporting Gore-lick. What spineless cowards.

[Just mythoughts]

"Finally, Mr. Chairman, I know I speak for many in the Congress when I express my growing concern about the recent revelations regarding Commissioner Gorelick.

I will withhold judgment until all the facts are in, but if it is the case, as has been reported, that Commissioner Gorelick indeed enhanced and helped formalize the very policies that may have created barriers to preventing the 9/11 attacks, a profound conflict of interest would appear to exist. Given the importance of impartial analysis to the commission's work, these allegations, if true, would seem to preclude Commissioner Gorelick's involvement in preparing a credible final report."


I don't know seems Mr. DeLay came right to the point, about what Gorelick appears to have done and having this in public tells what is required to have a credible final report.

[CyberAnt]

This is diplomat speak .. the message you want delivered was probably done by phone - in private.

[Cosmo]

Dear Tom,

Stay Out of our business

love,
Tom

[OESY]

The final paragraph of Tom Delay's letter should not be omitted for it too is important for (graciously) restating commission goals since Chairman Kean seems to have forgotten them. IMHO, any chairman who is blind to partisan motives and cannot see a conflict on interest while it stares him in his face has no business serving as chairman of a investigative panel that wants its recommendations to be taken seriously:

"Mr. Chairman, we're all in this together. A full factual accounting is what Congress expects and the American people demand. The commission's work is too important to be undermined by partisanship, self-promotion, or conflicts of interest. I know you share my commitment to the commission's credibility, which we can both agree will best be served going forward by a process devoid of these unfortunate distractions. Thank you for your service and your consideration of these concerns."

[Just mythoughts]

"The final paragraph of Tom Delay's letter should not be omitted for it too is important for (graciously) restating commission goals since Chairman Kean seems to have forgotten them. IMHO, any chairman who is blind to partisan motives and cannot see a conflict on interest while it stares him in his face has no business serving as chairman of a investigative panel that wants its recommendations to be taken seriously:"


I agree with the tone and words from Tom Delay. Shows that he is not seeking to make his concerns political, rather stating exactly what the "mission" this commission was established for.

[Darlin']

Oh, Lordy, I do so love Tom Delay. Too bad we don't have about another hundred of him in congress.

[nomorelurker]

This is so sad in many ways but you are correct could they not really try to get some real answers. i have seen enough of this group to know they are only there to get political advantage.

[Darlin']

I disagree. He reiterated their purpose and responsibility, stated his dissatisfaction with the commission and publically put them on notice. I wouldn't call that patty-cake.