Nancy Pelosi on Tom Delay's Outburst This Morning

[warrens]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
issued the following statement today in reaction to comments made at a Capitol
Hill press conference this morning by Majority Leader Tom DeLay, in which he
denied that he was rebuked by the Ethics Committee and made unsubstantiated
attacks against Pelosi and other Democrats:

"Tom DeLay proved this morning that he is not only unethical, but
delusional.
"No amount of mud slinging can hide the fact that Mr. DeLay has repeatedly
abused his power. Over the years, this has resulted in four rebukes by the
Ethics Committee -- including two rebukes last month that were a direct result
of Congressman Chris Bell's complaint. Mr. DeLay has insisted that these
charges are merely partisan attacks, but the bipartisan Ethics Committee's
unanimous conclusions have put that lie to rest.
"Mr. DeLay's display today and his repeated ethical lapses have brought
dishonor on the House of Representatives."


Source: www.prnewswire.com

[CityDem]

1. Wow

That's really going to put the fear of god into the repubs. We are turning into a fucking side show at a three ring circus. Stop talking about Delay and start talking about issues like jobs, health care, etc. Most people don't give a rip about this DC insider stuff. Memo to Pelosi -- get a clue!

[George_S]

2. She has a clue.

That's the point.

[barb162]

3. well at least there is one Dem in the House other than Barney

Frank who has the guts to talk back to the pugs

[waywest]

4. Change the subject, QUICK!

Pay no attention to that roach in the pantry.



please?

[sr_pacifica]

5. She was issuing a statement

Whereas Delay was doing the 3-ring circus thing---his statements were at a press conference.

[spotbird]

6. That strategy has worked well so far.

Yeah, that's it, voters care about issues.

[Just Me]

14. Precisely!!! Rebuking such "projections" is necessary.

These evil-hearted assholes project every awful trait they hold. No one can allow them to get away with that crap anymore. Apply the same level of zero-tolerance they spew with each passing day!!!

I am sick of these people. We must take a strong stand against their bullying tactics!!!

[sandnsea]

27. oh my god, you get a clue

The fact that people don't give a rip about a crook being a Republican House leader is a CLUE. They've been brainwashed not to care. You can damn well bet if it was a Dem they'd care. That's the crux of the problem. They keep lying and people keep pretending it's politics as usual. It's NOT. It's dictatorship.

[tsuki]

35. So just lie back and say nothing, because you are a Democrat and

above such goings on.

[bushisanidiot]

28. Delay is a total pussy who whined until the rules were changed so he

wouldn't have to go home and face his constituants that hate his spoiled brat ass.

Pelosi put Tommy-boy in his place. And there's more ass kickin' where that came from!

[ibegurpard]

29. Oh, yeah

Running a campaign based upon jobs and healthcare did wonders for the Republicans, didn't it?
:eyes:

[holboz]

37. Whaaa?

If we shouldn't give a flip about THIS then we might as well go ahead and "assume the position" so the Repugs can go ahead and buggar the Dems up the derrier all they want.

All this week the Repugs have been re-writing the rules to suit their fancy in an effort to further suppress the minority party and moderate Repugs. If that isn't cause enough for alarm then I don't know what is. If we do not voice our outrage now one can only speculate how far they'll go to completely re-write the rules to their benefit.

THIS HAS BECOME AN ISSUE!

Bill Frist has already said, "I hope you'll see huge changes in how the United States Senate is run. "

After all, it was the high-and-mighty-superior-morals-than-you Repugs that put the 'if you face indictment then you must step down' rule in place.

[stepnw1f]

49. Insider Like Daddy Bush

PUHLeeeeeese

[JudyM]

53. Right now we don't have the power. We barely have press. What we can do

is be as public as possible about every rethug ethical lapse (tho maybe it's not a lapse if you're unethical to start with)... that ought to be a main focus of our strategy, IMO. The 52% just don't seem to fathom how unethical their party is, thinking instead that we're the amoral ones. So let's LET 'EM KNOW. If anthing, let's email Pelosi and give her some support for that backbone.

Check out DUer site redmorals.com for the latest lapse list - and email te host if there are any missing that you know of.

[barb162]

58. you're exactly right; gotta shout it from the rooftops; get indignant

[Teaser]

55. Exactly wrong.

All people do care about is the sideshow.

More than anything else, you know what won the Repubs the House of Reps in 1994? The Check Kiting scandal and the ethical lapses of Dan Rostenkowski. It was the Gingrich crews constant attacts on these issues that helped foster a "throw the bums out" mentality.

[freemarketer]

56. Exactly. And.................get rid of Nancy Pelosi. Her very presence

demeans the Democratic Party. I would wager that just her alone swayed more than a few Democrats to vote for Bush. I'm a Republican who voted for and campaigned for Kerry. One of the strings holding me back was Ms. Pelosi. Just my opinion. Not looking for a fight.

[barb162]

60. holding me back was Ms. Pelosi

I am missing your point, why? What is wrong with saying something straight out like she did about DeLAy? Not looking for a fight either, looking for your rationale, thinking, etc.

[Don Claybrook]

69. feminine personal pronoun is in the subject

Therefore, it would be "I would wager that just she alone...".

Thanks.

[barb162]

76. Hey, if you want to do grammar stuff here, you have to live

to be about 6000 years old for one day of postings. The person was using objective case "her" incorrectly. "She" and "her" are both personal pronouns. But you you what, who gives a crap? I want the person to tell me why Pelosi doesn't do it for him (he, tee-hee).

[DebinTx]

81. If you lived in Texas, you wouldn't be saying that

He made the state pay for redistricting when it wasn't necessary nor called for. Since I am in Texas, I am HIGHLY disturbed at the power grabs that DeLay continually makes and I applaud Bell for bringing it up. He only did this after his newly won district was redistricted, thus making Bell a lame duck just as he was getting started. The DA in Austin had already been investigating DeLay's use of federal agencies to hunt down the dems who had walked out of the redistricting melee and Bell brought it before the ethics committee because it's ILLEGAL to do that in state contests. 3 of DeLay's lackeys have been indicted.

Pelosi's remarks were dead on correct.

[Roland99]

7. Anyone have a transcript of what DeLay said?

[sr_pacifica]

10. I'd like to see it too n/t

[steely]

11. Looking and can't find either.

Nancy beat him to the punch?

[Castilleja]

21. I think it is replaying now on CSpan

plus an assortment of whining men behind him. "Chris Bell is trying to undermine the Republican rule.......blah blah blah" (Paraprase)

[Roland99]

22. From Rep. Blackburn

"The Democrats have lost the battle of ideas."

"They are using ethics blah blah blah"


She can get down on her knees and suck my ethics.

[MaineDem]

45. Crude and rude

Sheesh!

[Roland99]

23. From Rep. Dreier...

"Accountability and transparency is our "


:puke:

[hellhathnofury]

41. That's my Congressman!

I'm so proud of my totally ethical and honest Congressman.

:)

EDIT: FOR A SMILE

[Roland99]

25. From DeLay...

"The only members who have broken the (law?...rules?) are Pelosi and McDermott"


wow.

[Califooyah Operative]

57. They're scared their going to lose Delay. I think we should push it...

http://www.petitiononline.com/tdl0000/petition.html


and while your at it

http://www.johnkerry.com/petition/everychild.php
Protect Every Child

[JudyM]

78. This is the first I've seen of this petition - please consider posting

as a new thread -- it's terribly important to make our voice heard on this. Thanks!

[gademocrat7]

80. Delay

When is the indictment from the state of Texas coming down on the hammer's head??? It needs to be Now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tandot]

8. Nancy rocks

:yourock:

[lil-petunia]

9. agreed!

[Rambis]

12. You betcha!

The guy is a POS!

[Robert Oak]

13. Good job Pelosi

Damn straight. Plain talk, call a spade and spade and stop playing
games.

playing games is cruxifying the dems and they need to redefine themselves
as the party for the middle class, the poor and the people...

not an alternative spin machine of corporate sponsored corruption.

[barb162]

15. amen; Dems have to start speaking up on everything, the Shrub

War, the economy, the declining dollar, JOBS, the deficit, etc. Dems hAve to stop playing along with these people and stand up. Get their backbone back.

[JohnOneillsMemory]

75. Attack the messenger. He's the attack point into the message. DUH!

The Repubs have been doing this for decades.

It works and looks like YOU GIVE A DAMN AND WILL FIGHT!

Again....DUH!

[Toucano]

20. Right on!

Nancy hit a home run on this pitch.

[HereSince1628]

16. Well done Rep. Pelosi!

DeLay is playing the republican game of telling lies that will be broadcast by MSM.

One of the first thing the Loyal to the Nation, but opposition Democrats have to do is bring an end to all the lying. Once the nation is regains its sense of reasonable disbelief, we will be headed back in the correct direction.

[radfringe]

24. DeLay is playing the republican game of telling lies

close -- but I think the game is "Defend an Imaginary Reality"

here's how it's played:

1. Create an imaginary Reality
2. Accuse everyone else of being against it
5. Divert attention from the real reality
4. Portray yourself as a victim

You win if the real reality ends up as a foot note on a back page, and your imaginary reality is above the fold and everyone feels sorry for you

[HereSince1628]

30. I agree completely!

[Just Me]

34. Fascinating. We must master the study of cognitive dissonance.

We must figure how to snap people out of the spell of mass manipulation.

I have noted the "comparative suffering" associated with human existence. I would very much like to use that as a bridge (rather than a divisive and controlling bomb) toward one another.

[meow2u3]

43. Rad, this is what soulless psychos do!

Tyrant Tom is a soulless psycho!

[lovuian]

17. This Delay is getting way outta hand and Pelosi Knows it

How many times can ya be unethical and still be in the House!!!

[Walt Starr]

18. The lady has done us proud

Way to go, Nancy, you're restoring my faith in the Democratic Party!

[Seabiscuit]

70. Nancy has "restored my faith" in Pelosi, but *not* in the Democratic Party

That faith was crushed when Kerry went AWOL on November 3, 2004, a date that will live in infamy.

[ibegurpard]

19. Everyone who was ragging on Pelosi the other day

for her "wimpy" remarks about Delay...is this strong enough for you? I don't know how much stronger you can get without shouting profanities and wielding a club.

[Cocoa]

31. they'll keep ragging

that's what they do, it has nothing really to do with what Pelosi does or doesn't do.

[Seabiscuit]

71. True - the'll keep raggin on Pelosi and other high-profile progressives.

They can't help it. They've been infected with a dominant strain of freepazoid viral influenza.

[KoKo]

26. Good for Her....now what's going to come of it? Will the MSMedia be all

over it? Hounding DeLay for lying.....What?

[0007]

32. Jus the other day the trolls here was knocking Nancy.

If she keeps this up, we'll have to rename her to, "Nasty Nancy"

Go girl go, I love 'ya!

[spanone]

33. Go Girl!!!!!! DeLay is such an asshole. I wanna see him perp walk.

[Seabiscuit]

72. I'd frankly like to see him "walk the plank" in a sea full of sharks.

[Tight_rope]

36. You Go Girl!

[BrainRants]

38. Go for it Nancy!

Forget the message, go after the messengers throat.

To paraphrase James Carville "if your enemy is drowning, throw the MF'r an anchor!"

[Roland99]

42. Love that one!! I'll have to remember that one!

[Hotdiggitydog]

39. I happened to take off work today..

so I could have some new carpeting installed.

...and while home, I was flipping channels and happened to stop on CSPAN and see Tom Delay lash out at Bell and launch into his deluded bizarro world.

Nancy Pelosi is spot on. Delay has no ethics whatsoever.

[mbee]

40. You'll never see Jennings show up to tell Delay how unethical he is

why because he's not a Clinton and, therfore, he can do anything he wants!

[ooglymoogly]

44. as a newsjunkie i have watched palosi

she is always in the fray and usually on the right side. she has always 'gotten it' and she isn't afraid to kick somone in the butt.

[lfairban]

46. Related article

"The Democrats were reacting to a report issued Wednesday night by the House ethics committee, which unanimously admonished Mr. DeLay after concluding that he had apparently linked legislative action to political donations and had dispatched federal officials to search for Texas legislators who were in hiding to avoid having to vote on a redistricting issue."

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/07/politics/07CND-DELAY.html?ex=1101013200&en=bd516260ec0bd7c6&ei=5070

[aikanae]

66. that is the kind of article, I love to hate.

They start off saying it was a unanimous vote, which he needs to defend against - being a good Texan and all, etc. and go into talking about party politics, discounting it was a bipartisan panel. Not to mention 'persuading' to agree to the crooked drug bill for help - more like threatening plus $. a little more serious than they say.

But Democrats DREAM of retaking the house they haven't had in 20 yrs and would love to block him. Was that what the story was really about or Ethics rebuke to Delay, as the tittle misleads.

As bad as Delay is (and he is), the press can be worse.
I hate reading it anymore.

[Edgewater_Joe]

47. You Hear Of Whack-a-Mole? How About Whack-A-Roach?

Or is DeLay more of a ferret?

Whatever -- WHACK AWAY!!!

[barb162]

61. better to step on him and listen to the crunch

[Kber]

79. Whack a Rat?

[Media_Lies_Daily]

48. Thank you, Ms. Pelosi.

[proud patriot]

50. Wow , good for her

:thumbsup:

[Just Me]

51. It is time to be brazen about bringing down the "righteous",...

,...who embrace only themselves,...a complete failure of Jesus Christ's visions of embracing all humanity. Good Lord,...these people would be the firtst to crucify Jesus Christ,...as they suck up to "power" rather than GLORY!!!!

[Erika]

59. Yes Jesus commanded we take care of the poor and needy

Wouldn't you rather have our taxes spent on social programs than bombs?

I don't think giving the wealthiest a tax cut while stripping programs to help the needy are exactly Christian.

[msgadget]

52. Great!

Now the Dems have to tag-team blast his actions every single day because that's what the other side would do.

[IndianaGreen]

54. DeLay is the most corrupt House leader ever!

He makes Newt Gingrich look like a moderate.

[Nancy Waterman]

62. Dems should keep pounding away at how unethical

and immoral the Repubs are. It is time to give the lie to this morality bullshit the Repugs spew. Nancy was terrific this AM!! Just perfect!!

[IndianaGreen]

73. and it should be a ferocious daily pounding.

Heck, you don't have to be a Democrat to realize that DeLay represents a level of sleazy not seen since the Harding Administration. Consider this, a federal elected official conspires with his cronies back home to redistrict his state in such a way as to guarantee his party's domination for years to come. DeLay's strange views about religion, and his Divinely ordained life, makes DeLay the American version of Mullah Omar.

I don't doubt that DeLay has set his sights on 2008.

[JanMichael]

63. About freaking time she said something to that effect

I am so underwhelmed by the Dems that this is one of those Daschle Duh huh moments for me.

Stephanie

[Andromeda]

64. What took you so long, Nancy?

Better late than never I guess. Just keep up the pressure, Ms. Pelosi and we'll be behind you 100%!

[blueblitzkrieg]

65. Wow I like this!!!

More of this, please, Dem leadership.

[Kellis]

67. Go Nancy!

Evangelical faith/moral voters should be livid about Delay.He makes them all look like immoral liars.

[AmerDem]

68. weak

but I expect nothing less from her or reid. We are a doomed party with leadership from these two birds!

[warrens]

74. Define strong

And defeatist

[AmerDem]

77. strong....

Dean,Rangel,Clark,Durbin,Byrd...just to name a few and as far as your defeatist, expect to be defeated at every turn with the likes of a Pelosi and Reid at the helm.

[Massachusetts]

82. Separation of church and state

is what our gov should adhere to. Religion, God, and Governments never did mix to well, just reflect on the worlds' history.:hippie: IMHO.