DeLay Rips McCain for Opposing Medicare Drug Plan

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[Theodore R.]

Poor Tom, no one is more responsible for Nick Lampson being back in Congress than Tom DeLay.

[bshomoic]

Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay criticized likely Republican presidential nominee John McCain - and by extension some of the more conservative members of Congress - by calling McCain's 2003 vote against the Medicare prescription drug plan a non-conservative vote.

So opposing federally subsidized viagra for geezers in Florida is a non-conservative position?

[TexasCajun]

Hopefully Texas Republicans will retake Tom Delays' old seat from Democrat Nick Lampson later this year!

Pete Olson for Congress

[kingu]

Applying lipstick to a socialist welfare state program, inflicting more mandates on people, does not make it conservative. It's sugarcoating something that shouldn't be done in the first place.

Oh, and no one tell Delay that it's cheaper to get one's prescription filled at retail at most WalMarts in most states than it is to participate in the federal prescription drug program. His head might explode.

[Jim Robinson]

Huh?

[TexasCajun]

Sorry about that. ...good link now.

Pete Olson for Congress

[TCats]

Tom, go play golf on a Lobbyist paid for junket. IMO, you and others of your ilk are a large part of why the Rep Party is in the mess it is today.

[TortReformer]

That was one of a few things that I liked about McCain

[Smartaleck]

DeLay, the boy ain’t right no more. Very sad.

[TortReformer]

That was one of a few things that I liked about McCain

[TortReformer]

That was one of a few things that I liked about McCain

[rbg81]

Actually, the fact that McCain opposed that financial timebomb is a plus in my book.

[TheRobb7]

Isn’t it amazing what politicians can do with other people’s money?

[Redbob]

Citizens Against Government Waste gave Tom DeLay the lowest rating of any Texas Republican for the 109th Congress.

So much for HIS “conservative” credentials!

[Vigilanteman]

Pigs actually fly on this one. I agree with McCain rather than DeLay on this issue.

[Double Tap]

Shut up Tom. You make less sense every time you open your pie hole.

[IssuesOriented]

DeLay is such a hypocrite. He supported an extension to the welfare state but has the gall to criticize McCain (who fought the expansion of Medicare entitlements)as being something less conservative than himself.

DeLay is like many so-called conservatives on this website who ignore the liberal positions taken by their conservative “heroes” while condemning people like McCain who actually have an 80% or better conservative voting record.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

In this case Delay is wrong. McCain actually got this one right. Only let us remember that McCain was also okay with raising social security taxes. His record is mixed.

[pgkdan]

Didn’t read the whole thing but McCain’s vote against that monstrosity is a mark in his favor in my eyes.