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?
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?
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.
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.