“Which part isn’t true?”
Okay, I’ll spent time on questions to set the record straight because I figure you are a person of good will who has been deceived by the mainstream media, and to defend a good conservative man, Tom DeLay.
1. He said “Newt is not a conservative”. That is the one part of what you said in your post that could be considered a true statement, but...
Many conservatives believe you can’t have a liberal personal life and be considered a conservative. They see that as a form of corruption that will extend into business and the political and all areas of a person’s life. They also believe consistency, stabilty, and some degree of humility are hallmarks of the conservative way of life and people that do not exhibit those traits cannot be counted on to successfully lead over the long term. This way of thinking, in my opinion, is what led Dr. Dobson to trash Fred Thompson at the critical juncture in 2008 and endorse Mike Huckabee, who of course had absolutely no chance of winning. So, in certain ways, perhaps Speaker Gingrich is not conservative. Private citizen Tom DeLay is entitled to his opinion on that subject.
2. “He was a carpet cleaner.”
Not true. He was in the pest control business. But if he was in the carpet cleaning business, so what? It is as honorable a business to be in as flipping burgers (Ray Kroc) Garbage Collection (Waste Management, BFI). Orkin does pretty well in the pest control business. You only mentioned he was a small businessman of whatever business to try to demean him anyway.
3.”He didn’t move back home”. Not true. He moved back home to Sugarland, Texas, which is where he came from when he was elected to Congress.
4. He’s a millionaire. I doubt that very much. The Austin Texas Democrat system broke him, and he is still trying to gather up enough money to pay his lawyers while appealing his conviction by the Aliskyites, I mean Austinites. This was payback for Tom DeLay having the guts to be involved in the first redistricting Texas House Republicans had a chance to have input on in like, forever; after the 2000 census.
5. “He cashed in like 99% of those elected to congress.”
Consider that untrue because there is no evidence offered, and like I said in #4 above, the political establishment, rather than enriching Tom Delay at this time has made him broke! What you said is a totally groundless assertion and obviously made-up statistic out of your own imagination. (99% of those elected to congress “cash in” - What does that even mean?)
There are resources that give the true account of the unjust way Tom Delay, a good conservative, has been pilloried and made the scapegoat for the actions of others. Just look beyond what you’ve heard from the mainstream media about Tom DeLay.
Never mind all that.
Just tell DeLay to get behind Newt.
Your previous post was accurate. However, broke or not, Delay belongs behind bars. He is a crook and a big government GOPer at that. Our country is better off that he is nowhere near the levers of power.
He was a bug sprayer. My bad.
He owns a home in Virginia.
He went to work as a lobbyist....cashed in.
Ronnie Earl has indicted and tried a lot of people. Guess what. Some of them were actually guilty.