War Liberal

I think this is just a glimpse of the kind of sh*t we can expect until 2008.

I found the comment from Delay's spokesperson stating that members should "make up their own minds" extremely entertaining. Yeah right. That's going to happen.

I can accept that arrogance is part of the process. But I can't tolerate arrogance on behalf of people like Delay. He doesn't know a moral from a morel.

Ha! Or shitake from s**t!

Who knows, maybe he'll be exonerated in fine fashion like Siegelman.

Recalling the old Email of all the things pending and past of criminal or legal nature against a previous session of Congress I really doubt he'll get off, but who knows.

If I recall correctly, the rule on suspending officers under indictment not only was a Republican innovation of the nineties, but came at a time when DeLay was a rising power in the GOP House leadership. Maybe it's the hypocrisy that's the worst part of it. Nah, it's just that it's Tom DeLay, whom I loathe, and who has far too much power over the other Republicans in Congress.

Correct; that 'innovation' came about during the Dan Rostenkowski (sp?) trial in the early 1990's. The GOP wanted to make their moral superiority clear. Now that their "morals" have become inconvenient, the GOP is abandoning them.

BTW: They're claiming that this is a 'political prosecution'. First of all, what the hell was the Clinton impeachment? Secondly, this Democratic DA in Texas who's going after DeLay has rankled politicians of all stripes. A report I heard yesterday said there are plenty of Democratic politicians in Texas who wouldn't spit on this DA if he were on fire. In the wake of that knowledge, the 'political prosecution' bit doesn't sound too credible--not that it ever did.

Getting rid fo Tom DEeLay would have been the best thing the GOP could do. Now if the Democrats put Ford, Jr., Davis (your Congressman), Gene Taylor, Bishop, Berry, McNulty....well they're your kind fo Democrats too... in charge, they could pose a good challenge. The Senate Democrats were smart with putting Reid in charge. He has a lot more center appeal than Dodd.

I wish they would. But I think it's always going to be the nature of the House to be in control of -- at the least -- members of the "center" of the party, which is always going to be far left or right of the electorate. It's just that DeLay is one of the most radical members of the GOP. It would be like putting Cynthia McKinney or someone in charge of the House Democrats.

A Cynthia McKinney who has lots of money and power to pass around, I think.