Posted on 04/05/2006 9:00:47 AM PDT by ncountylee
The most stunning aspect of Tom DeLay's resignation from Congress isn't that he was forced out by a wave of bad publicity that began with his indictment last September for breaking a law that wasn't even on the books when DeLay allegedly violated it.
The real surprise of the DeLay debacle is that his fellow Republicans allowed him to be ripped apart by Democrat-friendly media piranha - without firing a shot in return.
Democrats would have surely backed off on their "Culture of Corruption" mantra had the GOP made even a minimal effort to fight fire with fire.
Instead, Hill Republicans looked the other way on one Democrat scandal after another - and will likely end up paying the price by losing control of Congress in November.
Here's a short list of investigations the GOP should have launched - not for reasons of partisan revenge - but because they warranted the full oversight of the party in control of Congress:
• Bergergate: The theft and destruction of top secret national security documents by former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger in a blatant attempt to obstruct the 9/11 Commission investigation.
Berger's crime was easily one of the most serious ever committed by a top government official. Yet the GOP Congress declined to probe further after the Bush Justice Department cut such an embarrassingly light plea bargain that even the Berger case judge was appalled.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
"Repeat a lie often enough....."
I assume by that you mean that DeLay is not guilty. Whether he is or not is not germaine to the conversation. What is is that the man has been in the center of a swirl of allegations for a decade, at least. At some point, reasonable people have to either decide there's something to all the sturm und drang or Tom DeLay is the unluckiest individual on the planet.
If the Repubs are too gutless to defend one another, perhaps they should get what they deserve.
Tom Delay is a victim of Tom Delay.
What about Senator??? Kay Bailey has already given indication she may not be around too much longer. Either way, I agree with your point.
I am still seething over the gutless Republicans in the House that would not fight for DeLay. That leaves a very bitter taste in my mouth.
Although I don't have the details you do, I have always thought that we should stop electing ELITISTS.
We need representatives of the common man. These career politicians seem to forget immediately what it is like being an ordinary citizen, who works, drives themselves, cooks meals, raises children, cleans house, goes to church, etc. etc.
These power-hungry pols jet around the world, own 2 or 3 homes, hire a gang of servants to wait on them. They have completely lost touch with real life.
And the sad thing, we are counting on THEM to solve real life problems.
I neither wear tin foil nor do I read the Times (suitable for wrapping fish and training puppies).
Perhaps you are describing yourself. I would ascribe those exact same qualities to anyone who believes "GOP right or wrong" or who relies on NewsMax to do their critical thinking for them.
I am not involved in the case (I've only said so twice in previous posts on this thread, I believe) but I do hold to the notion that where's there's smoke, there's often fire. Whether or not that fire is criminal in nature is a different story altogether.
DeLay did the right thing; whether it was motivated by an actual sense of right and wrong, or whether he merely stuck his finger in the air and guaged the political winds, is unimportant: he's still gone, and that's good for the rest of us.
How original.
Studied with Lenin, did you?
Nope.
DeLay dropped out to have the election now, and take the wind out of the "culture of corruption" campaign sails for the general election in November. It's hard to campaign against Tom DeLay if he isn't running.
Regardless of the motivation, I still believe it's a good thing.
I'm not the one convicting people without the right to a trial. Are you a Communist sympathizer?
I haven't convicted anyone. Do you not read at grade level or something?
I've only stated an opinion that DeLay is either the most unpopular, unluckiest SOB to come down the pike, or there just might be something to all his travails, and that regardless of the ultimate outcome, he's still committed an act of addition by subtraction (by bowing out).
You may be on to something, but maybe we are overanalyzing it. I remember that disgusting display by the Dems, and the GOP just folded under the onslaught.
"Personally, I believe that DeLay is probably guilty of something, whether it rises to the level of a prosecutable crime is another matter altogether. He did the right thing, though."
That's from Post #3 on this thread.
You will note the prhase "Personally, I believe that DeLay is probablky guilty of something."
This is an assertion of OPINION.
This is followed by the qualifying part of the post:
"whether it rises to the level of a a prosecutable crime is another matter altogether."
This is an assertion that whatever it is (that DeLay might be guilty of), it might not be subject to penalty under criminal law.
Now, if you need help translating this, you might qualify for funding under the "No Child Left Behind Act".
"It was your personal opinion I opposed, get a clue."
No, you engaged in the classic "Clinton Defense" on DeLay's behalf: DeLay might be a bastard, he might be a criminal, but HE'S OUR BASTARD and OUR CRIMINAL and he STANDS FOR ALL THE RIGHT THINGS, so he must be supported, no matter what.
Stop being a hypocrite. If that was not an acceptable defense of Clinton, it certainly is not acceptable for DeLay.
And yes, the two are comparable.
Sorry. But I don't want crooks (even suspected-but- unprosecuted ones) in my party. We should be doing everything neater and cleaner than the other side, and we don't, and hand them ammunition on a daily basis. DeLay is an acceptable loss, if you ask me.
Want republican spine? Never mind supporting DeLay, ask the rest of the bunch why they can't get anything done with control of all three branches of government, despite promises to do so?
That is patently false. DeLay wasn't in anybody's sights until he took over as Majority Leader from Dick Armey. That was 2002.
He chapped some major hide when his redistricting plan was enacted.
Ronnie Earle is the Democrat Party's hatchet man for uppity Texans. Dick DeGuerin, DeLay's attorney, has beaten Earle three times, and will beat him again.
No matter, though. Earle got what he was after.
Yes, Tom DeLay is just a victim of a Vast Left Wing Conspiracy of rabid democrats, the media, and over-anxious democratic operatives and District Attorneys. The man NEVER did anything to bring this on himself, right?
Worked for Hilary, so why not try it out ourselves?
Sorry, still not buying it.
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