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Remember Tom DeLay?
In a story this week about how members of Congress cope with scandal (the latest being Rep. Vito Fossella, R-New York, whose recent arrest on drunk-driving charges led to the revelation that he has a secret child with someone who’s not his wife), Politico updated us on the status of the former Republican majority leader from Sugar Land.
He’s said to be persona non grata among Republican leaders.
“No one will touch DeLay now,” a veteran Democrat who served for years with DeLay told the newspaper. “DeLay should stand as a lesson to everyone: When it’s time to go, you gotta go.”
Of course we don’t know what sort of history the anonymous Democrat had with DeLay, so it’s hard to put that assessment in its proper context. It appears that in Washington, quoting people by name is considered totally lame.
DeLay is trying to build what’s been described as a conservative version of moveon.org.
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By Larrywp
May 15, 2008 8:08 PM | Link to this
Hey Big Tex, great name!
First things first; it was the other guy who called Delay a liberal. In the finest tradition of politics, I am distancing myself from that statement.
Second, you are probably right about the relative number of corrupt Republicans vs. Democrats, at least at the Presidential level. But that’s because there has been so many more Republican Presidents since 1952. If you look at the overall political landscape, however, I suspect that you will find a similar number of political scandals on both sides of the aisle. Especially in Texas, where the Sharpstown scandal alone produced so many corrupt Democrats that it would take a century of Republican rule to catch up.
I appreciate the sentiment though, Big Tex; I can’t stand Delay myself.
By Big Tex
May 15, 2008 3:17 PM | Link to this
Sounds like Larrywp and big rob are engaging in some historical revisionism. Corruption is most decidedly not evenly distributed throughout the political landscape, Repubs have been much worse over the last few years than Democrats. And calling Tom Delay a liberal is laughable.
By Larrywp
May 15, 2008 12:14 PM | Link to this
Lene’, while I have no use for Tom Delay, he has nothing to do with the McCain Campaign. And you really do show your true colors by attempting to make corruption in government a Republican taint. Government corruption…corruption in general, for that matter…is evenly distributed throughout the political landscape. Democrats suffer from that malady every bit as much as Republicans.
What is really needed here is some people who will stop taking convenient shots at the other side, politically speaking, and just try and get something done in Washington. Neither side of the aisle is all bad or all good; but simply human.
By Lene'
May 14, 2008 10:54 PM | Link to this
Excuse me big Rob..deLay is a Republican. Why this guy never had to go to prison is a travesty of justice? He is just one of the people who are tied to the top people in the McCain campaign. It is real clear why the government, especially the Republicans in our government are so corrupt.
By jbw
May 14, 2008 11:52 AM | Link to this
JLH - I totally agree………might have to choose McCain over Obama…..
By big rob
May 14, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this
Ah yes Tom Delay. The 2 pump chump liberal that got his butt kicked out. I had just forgot about him. Stop bringing that chump up.