And the rats bring down yet another good man.
YEP!!! your right. We eat our own!!! What a shame. This will NOT HELP the Republican party in the long run!! Watch it affect our elections coming up. It is dangerous to discourage the base!!!!
The same "good man" who rammed through "highway" and "farm" pork in the tens of billions, then bleated about how there's no fat left to cut in the budget?
Yes, the Rats are excellent at this and deserve credit for their political acumen, disgusting as their methods are. That is why they are able to project influence that is far beyond the actual support they have. They are very good at singling out and focusing on Republicans who are especially effective -- Gingrich, Limbaugh, DeLay -- and working to destroy their reputations. Republicans, on the other hand, can not even bring down such bloated targets as Ted Kennedy, Robert Byrd or Hillary Clinton. Fortunately for us, our numbers are greater than theirs, so our side can make up in quantity what it lacks in political skill.
"And the rats bring down yet another good man."
Anyone remember, just a year ago, the Homeland Security bill behing held up... because Delay didn't want border security to be part of the "Homeland Security" package?
Delay promised that if Sensenbrenner would unattach his bill, then the House would take up the issue in early 2005.
He lied - they never did.
Delay did some good, but don't idolize the man. He's just another politician - better than some, but nothing to idolize.
Hopefully, we can do better.
http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=media_media4e38
January 27, 2005
Legislation Includes Immigration Reforms Recommended by 9/11 Commission Omitted from the Intelligence Reform Billz
(Washington, DC—January 27, 2005) In December, House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) reluctantly agreed to shelve important immigration reform provisions of last year's homeland security legislation so that vital intelligence reforms could be enacted as quickly as possible. While key Senate leaders and the White House were prepared to see intelligence reform sacrificed to special interest pressure to block the immigration reforms in the 2004 bill, in the end Sensenbrenner and other House leaders agreed that reforming our nation's intelligence agencies was too important to delay.
Yesterday, Chairman Sensenbrenner and 115 cosponsors introduced legislation to adopt some of the reforms recommended by the bipartisan 9/11 Commission that would correct many of the loopholes in our immigration laws and enforcement policies that were exploited by the terrorists who attacked our country three years ago. H.R. 418 would implement 9/11 Commission recommendations on standards for issuing driver's license and identity document, preventing terrorists from gaining political asylum in the U.S., bar entry of aliens with ties to terrorist groups, and improved security along our borders.
"We congratulate Chairman Sensenbrenner for his leadership in the last Congress and ensuring that intelligence reform was not held hostage to petty politics, and we commend him for his continued commitment to America's security by reintroducing the vital immigration related provisions at the very first opportunity in the 109th Congress," stated Dan Stein, president of FAIR. "Preventing terrorist from entering our country and then blending in to the vast and diverse fabric of our nation is every bit as important as infiltrating terrorist networks overseas. The provisions of H.R. 418 were specifically called for by the 9/11 Commission, and the important work of defending our nation from terrorists will not be complete until all of the 9/11 Commission's recommendations are enacted and implemented."
The House leadership committed to allowing these measures to be considered early in 2005, or to attaching them to other legislation moving through Congress. "There is no need for lengthy hearings and endless referrals to assorted committees," said Stein. "These matters have been studied in depth by the 9/11 Commission and analyzed and discussed by both houses of Congress last year. The only thing that remains to be determined is whether Congress and the White House have the fortitude to stand-up to a few vocal special interests that are prepared to place their own economic and political interests ahead of homeland security.
Tom DeLay will be back...God bless him.
Nope.
The GOP "leadership" failed as usual to stand tall and back one of its warriors....
But this gives them an excuse to plug in yet another RINO into Party as it continue drifting towards the center.
Agenda when focused can be most formidable.
Since the 'Rats have no other agenda it's tough to fight it and win.
I supported DeLay for the Ronnie Earle thing, but when I heard that DeLay had been on the Abramoff golf junket I changed my mind.
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And the rats bring down yet another good man. >>
Nope.
Dig a little deeper.
Texas activist-"Democrat" abuser-of-prosecutor's-office aside, Mr Delay did that to himself. And now he needs to be sent back to Texas and take care of some more bugs and other pests.
There pretty much are no "good men" in the feral or any other gummint and will never be until we strictly short-term-limit every last holder of public office.
And pay the new short-term breed of feral representative and senator competitive market-oriented wages. A single house and senate term and maybe a Several Million Dollars or so a year would be a good place to start.
I think that DeLay realizes that he is just a distraction at this point and stepped aside for the greater good of the party and the nation.
"And the rats bring down yet another good man."
Didn't I see on Lou Dobbs last night that the house MINIORITY leader got $80,000 from Abramoff? Where's that in the news????
Man, when will we learn not to shoot the wounded.