SEND A MESSAGE - Vote for Riley lets DeLay know he's on the wrong track (Barf Alert! endorsement)

The movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn said movies were entertainment and messages should be sent by Western Union. The voters of the 22nd Congressional District southwest of Houston can send a much-needed message to Rep. Tom DeLay by casting their vote in the Nov. 5 general election for DeLay's opponent, Tim Riley.

A lawyer, Riley has deep roots in Texas and holds mainstream Democratic views. He supports development of commuter rail for the many residents of the district who work in Houston. If elected, Riley would make a prescription drug benefit for the elderly a priority.

Running an underfunded campaign, Riley faces an uphill battle to beat DeLay, an entrenched politician who, as House majority whip, is perhaps the third most powerful official in Washington. However, DeLay has given voters of both parties abundant reasons to reject his bid for re-election.

Thanks to DeLay, Houston is the only U.S. city forbidden to receive federal funds for rail transit. What would have been Houston's share went to Dallas and other cities, forcing Houston-area taxpayers to pay their own way.

While DeLay's opposition once stemmed from a loyalty to highway contractors who gave generously to his campaign, DeLay now seems to block rail for the sheer pleasure of punishing Houstonians.

The Chronicle's opposition to DeLay goes far beyond rail transit. DeLay also opposed President Bush's efforts to give every American child a decent education and leave no child behind. He has spoken disparagingly of distinguished research universities in Texas because they teach science that confounds his unyielding theology.

DeLay says that he wishes the U.S. government to embrace and promote a single religion above all others, and that government policy should reflect the beliefs of a single sect. The congressman finds irksome secular democracy of the type envisioned by the Founders.

While DeLay says he wants Houstonians to breathe clean air, he has relentlessly worked to excuse industries from any requirement that they limit the poison they put in the air. In public he pretends to support clean-air efforts, but works the back channels of the Capitol to thwart them.

DeLay says one thing to the general public and something else to religious groups who share his views. He rages if anyone points out the contradiction and hypocrisy.

Tom DeLay, who will become House majority leader and puppetmaster if Republicans retain control of the House, is obsessed with winning partisan advantage and husbanding personal power. His machinations make him incapable of working with opponents for the common good and subjugate the interests of Houston-area residents to his unbridled ambition.

The Chronicle urges Republicans and Democrats of the 22nd Congressional District to vote for Tim Riley on Nov. 5 and let DeLay know he is on the wrong track.

Nonsense BILGE from rabid Tom DeLay haters at the Houston Chronicle.

This is nothing new for them. They've averaged a monthly editorial smear on Tom DeLay for about 2 years straight now. Here's a list of the attacks on DeLay written either by the Chronicle or one of its paid editorial staff since Dec. 2000. It's length alone should be enough to demonstrate just how deep, bitter, and obsessive the hatred for Tom DeLay goes from this "newspaper."

7/12/02 - OFFICE ECONOMY (staff editorial)

4/19/02 - FANATIC (staff editorial)

3/9/02 - DELAYED / Congressman likely will win, but city still loses (staff editorial)

2/7/02 - No room for favoritism at democracy's starting gates (staff editorial)

1/20/02 - C'mon, Tom, give up the Enron spoils (cragg hines)

1/13/02 - Chalk up one for DeLay - yes, DeLay (cragg hines)

12/22/01 - Majority Leader: What sort of public servant would choose Tom DeLay? (staff editorial)

12/13/01 - Armey, DeLay : Good news, bad news (cragg hines)

12/02/01 - RAIL STUDY / No longer any reason forban on federal funds (staff editorial)

11/7/01 - While we're at it, contract out DeLay (cragg hines)

8/19/01 - Why aren't Republicans ranting now? (cragg hines)

8/6/01 - Lessons for avoiding needless disaster (james howard gibbons)

7/22/01 - Thou shalt not cross Rep. Tom DeLay (jane ely)

7/15/01 - HOUSTON MOBILITY / Two kinds of leadership,one good, the other mean (staff editorial)

6/28/01 - Shortchanged: Why is one man blocking Houston's transit efforts? (staff editorial)

5/9/01 - CONGESTION / Study shows multipleanswers needed to avoid gridlock (staff editorial)

4/29/01 - HAMMERED HOME / DeLay exhales ... and the air is clouded (staff editorial)

4/25/01 - Hey GOP, transit funds not a weapon (jane ely)

3/1/01 - TRUTH ABOUT RAIL / Choice is stark:Move forward or keep dithering (staff editorial)

4/23/01 - Texan prescriptions for a silent spring (james howard gibbons)

4/1/01 - Finance bill not `Hammered' out yet (jane ely)

1/8/01 - Oil patch can't end U.S. import habit (james howard gibbons)

12/10/00 - Tom DeLay 's delectable self-delusion (cragg hines)

10/11/00 - Worth debate: Who made DeLay God? (jane ely)

10/11/00 - PASS ON DELAY / Congressman will win,but Houston loses (staff editorial)

10/6/01 - SINGLED OUT /Huge federal transportation bill punishes only Houston (staff editorial)

For any freeper who is interested, let the Houston Chronicle know exactly what you think of their hatred for DeLay:

viewpoints@chron.com - letters to the editor

readerrep@chron.com - The Chronicle's "reader representative" comment line for complaints about their biased editorials

Enjoy!

The Comical brings up Tom Delay's opposition to the billion dollar rail project that the citizens of Harris County get to vote on next year (the I-10 toll road expansion payola).

I already know that I'm voting against the spending (don't know if that means I'm voting "YES" or "NO" until I see how it is worded ;)

TDOT has sure taken their sweet time restoring Houston's 70MPH signs. I don't want to see I-10 become a toll road. I don't want to see I-10 be hampered by 5 years of ~~construction~~destruction and there will never be a plan to keep non-residents (visitors) out of cars because the $1.3billion in stadiums is paid for by hotel and car rental taxes. The grifters will never construct a rail from the airport to downtown because the cab ride in is $50 (they can take a city bus if they have a couple of hours to spare but there is stiff opposition to permitting airport shuttle vans from running people around).

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