Fox News Paid for DeLay's Travel

politicalwire ^ | 11-03-05

[markedmannerf]

Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) "filed a report with the Clerk of the House of Representatives indicating he received free travel valued at $13,998.55 from Fox News Sunday for 'officially connected travel' on October 1-2, 2005, from Sugarland, TX to Washington, D.C. and back to Sugarland, TX. Rep. DeLay appeared on Fox News Sunday on October 2, 2005, the weekend after his indictment on September 28, 2005."

[goresalooza]

Here's the deal: it's simple. Delay gets indicted. FOXNEWS wants him on Hannity the next day...he agrees but due to time constraints and convenience, they send their corporate jet to pick him up. What is wrong with that? You want Delay to pay his own ticket to be a guest on a tv show? I'm just glad that the TAXPAYERS don't have to pay for it.

ALL these politicians do it...I don't begrudge them a thing. So what?

[SmoothTalker]

A non story. All networks pay their guests for travel expenses. Next story.

[proud_yank]

Not even the trash they used to smear President Reagan holds a candle to the present hysterical diatribe.

Really??? I was born in '81 and can't claim to have followed politics at that age!

I imagine that a lot of this liberal, 'attack journalism' (Thats what I call it) was born out of the Vietnam era and people in the media are trying to re-live that.

I think that a lot of people started following politics a lot after 9-11, and their main source of info was the MSM, and did little to check sources, and check facts. And the media took full advantage of this to push their agenda. That was the case for me, and I bought into it (briefly).

Looking at many campuses today, groups like the College Republicans are really gaining strength, despite the lib. jargon that so many universities 'preach' instead of teach. With the rise of the internet, people are easily able to check statistics, figures, and facts right from the source and bypass or filter out the MSM garbage. Before the years of the internet, I imagine it was very difficult to get accurate information and people were at the mercy of the MSM. (I'll say this with confidence based on Walt Cronkite's statement that 'Americans are too dumb to vote for the right candidate'.)

Many people, are starting to realize that the promises of leftist politicians to 'fix' their problems through regulations and controls simply do not work. And that is all these idiots are campaigning on right now.

At least that is what i would 'like' to conclude based on how much the libs have been losing as of late. The outcome of the '06 elections should be pretty good, I hope!

[billbears]

You want Delay to pay his own ticket to be a guest on a tv show?

If we have to be bothered with his mug on a tv show, yes. Let him pay for it. Or does he and every other politician not get enough 'funding' from 'concerned citizens' for it to come out of his pocket?

[balch3]

The smear continues, this is just the latest part. There's also a hit piece in Salon that has an email (probably forged) supposedly from a Delay aide calling conservative Christians "wackos." The RATS will stop at nothing.

[balch3]

Yeah, well it's a shame some "conservatives" don't have more faith in one of our most inspiring GOP leaders, and the only network that even comes halfway close to getting out the conservative message.

[kms61]

Or he could have just done the interview from a studio in Houston. Modern communication technology is a wonderful thing. People don't HAVE to be in the same room to talk to each other.

I'm sorry, this looks like either 1) cluelessnes on Delay's part as to the PR effect of this 2) the typical arrogance of a long term politician or 3) plain old fashioned graft. Maybe a little bit of all three. Delay may have an R next to his name, but this stinks none-theless.

[kms61]

No, but if he can't go somewhere for less than 14k, maybe he should just phone it in. He's not a rock star or a CEO, he's a public servant. At the very minimum, this looks bad and gives his enemies more ammunition. I'd like to see an itemized accounting of this bill and see just what the money went for.

[eddie65]

Where did you hear that Rush gets $100,000 for appearing on Tim Russert's show? Do you have a link?

[Hank Rearden]

Yeah, well it's a shame some "conservatives" don't have more faith in one of our most inspiring GOP leaders

Yeah, right. Uh-huh. Sure.

DeLay declares 'victory' in war on budget fat

Another big-spending, government-expanding, professional politician lying, another day.

and the only network that even comes halfway close to getting out the conservative message.

And which enables DeLay to piss away $14 grand on a two-day junket, because he's a "public servant".

Cavuto and Hume are excellent, the rest is mostly dreck, especially that idiot Smith and blowhards like O'Reilly and Hannity. Not exactly the perfect network.

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[Alamo-Girl]

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