Was Tom DeLay shitfaced drunk during his speech?

[quaoar]

Check out the video. He can barely get out the words:

http://www.dembloggers.com/story/2005/6/24/203535/424

[Kipling]

1. Hahahaha!

[Stevious]

97. That's not slander.

He's drunk.

:toast:

[Warpy]

2. I grew up in an alcoholic family and

married a nice guy who turned himself into a drunk.

Yeah, he's shitfaced.

[u2spirit]

80. But he's a moral Christian

Surely he wouldn't drink alcahol. You liberals should be ashamed of yourselves. Slandering a hero like Delay will hurt our nations morale. Why do you hate America? :sarcasm:

[Botany]

3. Not drunk ....

..... just having trouble getting the words out ......

[ailsagirl]

34. OMG, speaking of which, did you hear Malloy last night? He was

playing clips of Chimp's latest press conference (whatever it
was) and Chimp's inability to form an articulate sentence, let
alone pronounce people's names right, not to mention his
stammering, coupled with Malloy's comments, was absolutely
hilarious.

Chimp said, "My dream is that there be a Palestinian state living side by side in peace with Iraq..."

And Malloy exclaimed, "What, he's gonna move Jordan???"

:rofl:

[Uncle Joe]

39. He is not drunk

It is the fecal material backing up in to his esophagus from all the neocon B.S. that he has built up over the many years, Bush has the same problem accumulated over a life time. If you live a life of lies then life becomes a maze, you have to ask your self over and over again is this the truth or is that the truth, you forget. Hmmm, then again maybe he is also drunk.

[ailsagirl]

45. Welcome to DU, Uncle Joe

:hi:

I believe we get the face we deserve as we get older.
Certainly holds true for that bunch!! :puke:

[Uncle Joe]

48. Thanks ailsagirl

It is cool being here.:)

[smirkymonkey]

92. LOL!

Thanks for the laugh, Uncle Joe! :rofl:

[calimary]

128. That's pretty damned funny!

But I'd beg to differ ever so slightly... tom delay isn't suffering from a backup of fecal matter. He IS fecal matter. And probably also drunk.

And a big ol' Welcome to DU! Glad you're here! We need you - AND your sense of humor.

Now get to work.

[Justpat]

50. My husband watched that speech

and was reduced to yelling at the TV, demanding that
he shut the f&^* up. So of course he changed the channel
to save his sanity.

[Vinca]

70. Not a day goes by that I don't yell and swear at the television.

My husband hears me preparing dinner in the kitchen while watching CSPAN. It goes something like this: chop, chop, chop - "You stupid MF" - chop, chop, chop - "What a freakin' moron," etc., etc. Sometimes we have to recite that "serenity now" Seinfeld line to get our blood pressures back to a normal level.

[LiberalFighter]

93. Maybe you need to mute and have some dumbass song play in background

[Vinca]

102. That's the problem with this country. No one listens and there are

way too many dumbass songs.

[Justpat]

107. LOL!

[oneold1-4u]

110. Don't do TV

But glad to know I'm not alone when I sit here and mumble, reading stupid news on the media and then some truths on DU!

[ClintonTyree]

77. The result of telling lie after lie....

his conscience (what little is left) makes it hard for him to form a cogent mental picture of what he wants to say. That and the fact that he's simply an idiot with a room temperature IQ at best. :shrug:

[CBHagman]

104. Bush simply repeats things.

If you watch, say, someone like Barack Obama take questions from an audience, he can respond to the individual issues and develop a theme, think on his feet.

Bush's MO is to use simple declarative sentences -- e.g., "The prime minister is a courageous man," "These are cold-blooded killers," and the like -- and repeat them frequently. You'll notice he can't construct a logical argument or touch on things that aren't in his talking points. He's basically a demagogue, and not particularly intelligent at that, but demagoguery works on a good many people, and the press is, for the most part, enabling him.

[fasttense]

4. If it had been Kerry, Dean or even Kennedy it would have been in all the

corporate news. But since it's just a repuke stumbling over words, the corporate media ignores it. Just another drunken repuke, not important.

[ElectroPrincess]

5. I concur ...

I've worked as an drug and alcohol abuse counselor for years. No that doesn't make me an expert, but I'd agree: He was stumbling over his words and his eyes had this glaze that seemed to transmit: "I'm a feelin' no pain!" :party:

If I could smell his breath I could say "He was wasted" with confidence. But alas. :dilemma:

[crizzo5137]

16. You would be drunk off your ass too...

if you had all his ethics problems...

[iconoclastic cat]

108. Welcome to DU, crizzo!

:headbang:

[calimary]

129. Welcome to DU!

Cheers!

Now - roll up those sleeves and get busy!

[Pachamama]

78. He was definetly slurring his words & had a glazed look....

The first time I saw that video played on Countdown, I just was pissed to hear the words of Karl Rove being spewed out by that scum bag Delay and having him firmly declare that these words were accurate.

My husband and I lost 5 friends in the WTC attacks....this statement from Rove (now being spewed out be Delay) made me furious! But when I just watched the video again, I listened carefully and sure enough, he's slurring words.....

The guy was drunk....

[Singular73]

82. I was happy...

Man, Delay is just a plain ol' bad politician.

[Patty Diana]

8. Not to fear____Olbermann played DeLay's Shitface speech_twice

lat night

[Vickers]

13. And Olbermann said something like "Mr. Delay? You should read..."

"...through the speech once backstage." :spank:

[tavalon]

29. If he could have seen it,

he would have. Actually, had he been able to cover one eye on stage, he would have done better. It's hard to read the speech when theres two of them in front of you.

[mzteris]

106. I've been writing

emails to different news organizations asking why they haven't mentioned this? Maybe others could join in?

[C_U_L8R]

6. Drunk or Lying

He simply cannot hide the bullshit.
Hilarious.

[rasputin1952]

7. Being a shithead, ...having a shitface comes w/the territory...

:evilgrin:

[habitual]

9. Yep, Drunk

My opinion. True, "Savagery" may not be the easiest word to say, but it gets 1000 times harder when you are slurring your speach and drunk. He hacks the hell out of that word twice, and after he gets through the second time, he looks like he just came back from a war that a drunk has won against a big nasty word!

[ailsagirl]

52. Welcome to DU, habitual!!

:hi:

I just steeled myself to watch the clip. (I detest Tommy)
Am I hearing people laughing between his sentences? There's
some sort of background noise whenever he concludes a sentence.
But I can't tell what it is.
:shrug:

[AlwaysQuestion]

99. Confused me, too......although

I felt certain it was laughter in the undoubtedly Repug. audience and then I thought how rude to laugh at a "poor" ol' drunk. :]

Whatta giggle!

[ailsagirl]

111. Welcome to DU, AlwaysQuestion!!

:hi:

[AlwaysQuestion]

114. Thanks!

Good of you to take the time to welcome a neighbour, ailsagirl! :toast: And look, I've just found the smilies--I'm still a kid at heart--I'll have some fun with those.

[ailsagirl]

125. Canadian? And not just because of the flag...

you spelled behavior "behaviour" (which I prefer).

I hope Canadians (indeed, the rest of the world) have some
clue that the MAJORITY of us are terribly unhappy with what's
been going on in this country. Though I wouldn't blame them
if they lumped us all together, I suppose. :(

[AlwaysQuestion]

126. You're absolutely right! :yourock:

Hey, you're good! Picking up on the spelling, I mean. Yep, this gal is a Canuck.

I'm pleased to report that I don't personally know of any Canuck who is stupid enough to lump all Americans into one category. But, I'm not that smug to believe we don't harbour our fair share who are dumb enough to make broad generalizations.

Having lived in the States for many years I had the good fortune to meet some pretty neat people--smart, educated, intelligent, thoughtful, non-bigoted, kind, open, and trusting--the salt of the earth if you will. But, I also met a few who I could have cheerfully throttled--for their politics of actually believing that the U.S., its government, its institutions, its everything were the be-all and end-all of any nation in the world. I was simply appalled by their ignorance. It's when the numbers of those types increase that a country gets itself into severe trouble. I'm looking forward to the time when I can post a new subject on this forum so I can expand on this topic which is so dear to my heart. I would enjoy and value being critiqued by those here on DU who for my money seem to be very politically savvy. In the meantime, I remain just a newbie with no privileges. :cry:

Hope we meet up again.

[ailsagirl]

138. "Hope we meet up again" We will, AlwaysQuestion!! :=)

Please don't feel you have no privileges!! Just jump
in whenever you want!! We're happy to have you as part
of our group.

:hi:

[calimary]

130. Welcome to DU!

Glad you're here, too!

Time to get to work!

[magellan]

10. Did they hand all the Rethugs the same speech?

I'm positive somebody besides DeLay said the exact same thing. Except the one flappin' his jaws earlier wasn't three sheets to the wind.

[cyberpj]

26. Always. I've noticed this many times. That's why they always have to read

everything - nothing comes from their own brains. They's why they don't need one.

[Sparkly]

11. "Tha's not slander, that's the troof!"

It's almost a Foster Brooks impersonation.

[burythehatchet]

12. Glad someone's near as old as me to have

thought about Foster Brooks. :)

[POAS]

14. Foster Brooks.......

There's a name I haven't heard or thought about in years. It still brings a smile of recognition and even a little chuckle.

[thebigidea]

15. the Golden Age of the Funny Drunk! A bygone era...

[POAS]

74. Foster Brooks and Dean Martin.

Any other names to add, I'm sure there are others but I'm having another senior moment.

[tsuki]

84. Crazy (and I cannot spell this) Gugganheim and Joe the Bartender. eom

[POAS]

85. Was Jackie's "Joe the Bartender" a drunk?

Maybe my mamory is playing tricks but it seems to me he was a pretty sober character. Funny, but sober.

Am I wrong?

[tsuki]

86. I thought Crazy was. Ya, Ya, know what Joe?

[POAS]

87. Your right

Crazy was the drunk at the bar that Jackie (Joe) played off of.

Frank Fontaine played Crazy.

I misread your post and thought you were identifying Joe as a drunk character. Sorry.

[tsuki]

90. Whew! I thought my old brain was pickled. :)

[POAS]

121. Very apt reply considering the subject

Apt but hopefully not accurate.

[calimary]

131. No, the bartender character was sober. It was Crazy Guggenheim

who was the drunk.

Man, does that take me back... and yes, I'm old enough to remember Foster Brooks, too.

[POAS]

88. How could we forget W.C. Fields

Maybe the original "drunk".

QUOTE: "I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake--which I also keep handy."

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

112. It's way late in the thread, but I have to add Otis the Mayberry drunk

to the alcoholic brethren of bygone days. MKJ

[POAS]

122. I barely remember Otis, maybe because

that was while I was still drinking :-)

[lonestarnot]

17. He's practicing for the gutter where he belongs!

[blue neen]

18. I was actually waiting for him to get the hiccups.

It was that bad.

[Dr.Phool]

19. He was shitfaced

I was talking just like that before I went to bed last night, and I was too.

[Tesla]

21. Later in the evening.....

[ailsagirl]

55. Or at the conclusion of his "speech"... LOL

[Maestro]

20. Drunk.

He was slurring his speech; especially at the end. What an ass!

[For PaisAn]

22. Oh, yea

He's sloshed. I always thought he had an alchoholic's nose.

[d_b]

23. Shitfaced with lies.

[are_we_united_yet]

24. My vote

run of the mill brain damage

[cyberpj]

25. No doubt about it. I've seen it too many times not to recognize it.

He was drunk.

[tavalon]

27. ACOA checking in

Oh, yeah, he's drunk. Actually shitfaced.

[Al-CIAda]

28. One more vote for his being lit up like a christmas tree. n/t

[BlueStateGirl]

30. I am a bartender and he is hammered. I'd have cut him off ages

ago.

[ms liberty]

31. no question - I smell the alcohol from here...

I had already begun to think he was an alkie. My dad was, plus some other relatives. He just has the look - the reddish nose, the skin tone, the puffy fingers and the eyes, sometimes clear, sometimes glazed and bloodshot. It's interesting to see the whole thing, because there's no question after seeing it. I saw about 3 seconds of this clip last night on Olbermann and my first thought was "he's drunk". I would feel sorry for him if he was a real human being instead of an asshole with teeth.

There has to be a joke here that incorporates his name but I haven't thought of it yet. And would it be hitting below the belt? It might be for us, it wouldn't be for them, and that's how we got in this mess in the first place - by playing fair.


DeLay Detox?

[sickinohio]

58. Bu$h has that reddish nose,

puffy eyes, and skin tone too. He still drinks too - what a bunch of hypocrites!!!

:puke:

[dchill]

72. Absolutely agree -

a born-again drunk. So obvious. And why the HELL is that not news?

I read somewhere that there's footage of him stumbling and lurching from Air Force One to Marine One, and that it's a well-known secret that he's a drunk. Again - why the HELL is that not news?

[Lilyhoney]

116. asshole with teeth. Funny. N/T

[gratuitous]

32. Well, I'm no expert on telling when other people are drunk

But in the clip DeLay seems to think that by repeating Rove's odious, slanderous remarks and saying that it's the truth somehow makes those remarks true.

Doesn't work that way, Tommy boy. If you're going to slander folks, it would really, really help if you could provide an example or two of what you're saying.

See, when I call you a corrupt horse's ass, I'd have to provide some information about your dealings with Jack Abramoff and put up a picture of your ugly mug. The "corrupt" part would pretty much take care of itself at that point, though the casual viewer would probably have to be in a generous mood to think you looked as good as a horse's ass.

It's a chance I'm willing to take.

[ElectroPrincess]

38. Naw, Delay is the #2 governmental horse's ass ...

but, no lie, I saw his statements on Oberman and immediately thought, "What's wrong with him? Is he doing something?" But of course in my line of work, we are supposed to key-in on behaviors that would suggest that one's conscious has been altered.

Damn! As was mentioned above - The Hammer was Hammered! The foregoing should be one of our next talking points to "pound home" on C-SPAN tomorrow until the day they kick Delay out of The House?

[gratuitous]

49. Case in point

That horse's ass looks MUCH better than Tom DeLay's ugly mug.

[calimary]

132. Well, hello, Mr. pResident!

I didn't realize you'd stopped by...

[lynch03]

33. This is funny, because my uncle was hammered just last night

And I swear to god the tone of his voice and pronunciation of words was replicated almost exactly by Delay.. At the very least delay might have taken some medication, I think there's a pretty good possibility that he was on some intoxicating agent.

[ailsagirl]

35. Was your use of "hammered" deliberate?? ;=)

[DeepModem Mom]

40. THE HAMMER WAS HAMMERED! NY Post, a front-page headline...

is ready and waiting -- now do it!

[ailsagirl]

Good one!! But I'd like to see it on the front page of the NY Times

I know, I know-- but I can dream!!
:eyes:

[DeepModem Mom]

63. Oh, me, too! I thought if the Post sensationalized it...

with one of their renowned frontpages (the most famous being, "Headless Body Found in Topless Bar"), the rest of the media would follow with at least a mention.

[DeepModem Mom]

64. On second thought, HAMMER GETS HAMMERED, with a close-up pic. nt

[tridim]

36. Anyone know when he gave this speech?

Was he shitfaced at 11am?

[paineinthearse]

37. Be the first to post coverage by the corporate media

I'll hold my breath.

[kcass1954]

41. That performance makes the chimp seem almost eloquent!

Maybe bugman should have borrowed the chimp's wrinkled suit.

[TroglodyteScholar]

42. If you heard Rove deliver that line originally...

...you know HE stumbled all over it too. It's almost as if maybe these guys have a conscience that doesn't want them to get their "point" out clearly.

[Democracy White]

43. I think he is definately drunk.

[Kindigger]

44. Did he say....

troof? :crazy:

[musette_sf]

60. see what happens when you hang out

with Katherine Blackwell?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=166483&mesg_id=166483

[KingFlorez]

46. He's smashed

In fact I've seen him halfway like that on the House floor.

[ElectroPrincess]

51. And the interaction between alcohol all those pesticides he's inhaled

from his days as an exterminator must make one BLOTTO?

Let that be a lesson to our children, Pesticides and Jack don't mix. :P

[Roland99]

47. Tipsy

[iwantmycountryback]

53. I saw a short clip of it on Countdown...

Funny ass shit! I love it when fools make fools of themselevs.

[leesa]

54. Unless he's had a recent stroke that paralyzed his tongue, I'd say he's

drunk as a skunk.

[mom cat]

56. Wonderful.

[madrchsod]

57. well that made my day so far

tom is a little "drinkie"....

[Frederik]

59. Oh he's drunk alright

"That's not slander, tha's 'e THOOTH!"

:rofl:

BTW, one of the posters on that blog wrote that rumor has it Cheney was rushed off to the hospital today??

[sendero]

61. There is about a 95% probability...

... that he was drunk. The speech problems he displayed are not really consistent with tiredness or emotions. Just plain old 90 proof.

[NJCher]

62. another question answered

How he sleeps at night.


Cher

[stevedeshazer]

65. Nice

I've wondered that, too. Now we have the answer. :)

[tandem5]

66. what a fool. nt

[Lone_Wolf_Moderate]

67. The truth, Tom? I think not.

When you decide to sober up, perhaps you'll see that.

[BOYLANE]

68. not drunk....worse

His problem wasn't being drunk. He's an ignorant, self-righteous, hypocritical redneck. You know, Like W and the rest of the bunch running the country. And when I say redneck I'm not referring to people from any geographical region. I'm from the South, and lots of people here aren't rednecks, but lots are. Being a redneck is a state of mind, not where you're from. I grew up with quite a few, and believe me, they're scary. They're really scary when they run the government. Bad things happen! I think we're aware of just how bad.

[quaoar]

83. Welcome to DU

Are you from Alabama?

[calimary]

133. Welcome to DU!

Glad you're here. We need your best efforts!

[Dr Fate]

69. Tom "Cheech" Delay & Rush "Chong" Limbaugh are sharing now.

I hear they do hang out.

[quaoar]

91. They can party together

DeLay can bring the Jack and Rush can bring the crack.

[tomreedtoon]

71. Does he drive his own car?

I can see him wrapping his car around a pole on an icy Washington night, killing himself and probably some innocent people he hits. His blood alcohol will be found in autopsy to be twice the legal limit, with perhaps Oxycontin and other drugs.

But those results will not be released, because Drudge will announce that Rove's death was all Clinton's fault. And that'll be good enough.

[SeattleVet]

73. Look for more of this

as the wheels of their bus continue to come off, and they realize that people are actually not buying their BS anymore.

I'd love to see an annotated trendline for liquor sales in the DC/VA/MD area at the stores closest to the center of government and their local homes. It could be interesting seeing these guys sink deeper and deeper. Look for the spikes in sales right after specific events ("DSM gets more publicity", sales go up; "People don't accept their dismantling of Social Security" - sales go up).

[ClarkUSA]

89. Welcome to DU, Seattle Vet!

:hi:

Very cheery points you're making....*whistling happily*

[calimary]

134. Lots of new posters here! Yay! Welcome, SeattleVet!

Great to have you here! Help us beat these bastards, will ya?

[CityDem]

75. How can one tell

Delay always looks drunk. He surely is drunk with power.

[Scout1071]

76. That's too funny. Was that on Countdown last night?

Looks like a countdown graphic in the background.

[mzteris]

79. Where/when

Was this speech, exactly?

[quaoar]

94. It was in Seattle

to the College Republicans annual convention.

[mzteris]

81. I wrote the Houston Chronicle

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3240320

[e-mail]

about his state.........

am currently looking for more news media outlets to write....

[quaoar]

96. Try the Dallas Morning News

or the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

95. Oh yeah...drunk as a skunk.

My apologies to Pepe Le Pew.

[Up2Late]

98. I'd say he's at about .20

Thats the tooth.

[blondie333]

100. At first he appeared to be

stuttering and I thought he can't get the lies out. When he stumbled over savagery the second time, it was evident he was more than drunk, he was shitfaced. Waiting for the spin on this one. Will it be like the Bush twins, everybody does it so it's ok.


He's cracking under extreme pressure. It's sad but it's a pleasure to watch him crumble.

[calimary]

135. I think you're correct about him cracking under pressure. And Welcome, BTW

I bet he's hitting the bottle a lot more lately. Gotta wash all those cares away somehow. It's getting a little too hot, otherwise.

[Douglas Carpenter]

101. Daily reports on Hot Tub Tom

Dump Tom DeLay


Here is a blog dedicated to daily reports on Hot Tub Tom:

http://dailydelay.blogspot.com/

And a link to his most likely Democratic opponent in 2006 Nick Lampson:

http://www.lampson.com/

[muchacho]

103. gosh

he was barely able to get out his lies.

[Independent_Liberal]

105. LOL!!!

:D

[rateyes]

109. Savag..hic...Savag...hic

Savag...hic uh, real bad stuff.

That--"that's the troof" line reminds me of Lily Tomlin on "Laugh-in" sitting in that great big high chair, dressed like a baby---giving the line, then the raspberry (or bronx cheer).

"And, thaths the troof. Phtttttttttt."

[savemefromdumbya]

113. Too much of that Scotch?

strong stuff - the Scotch he bought back from his free golfing trip to Scotland?

[calimary]

136. Maybe some lobbyist bought it for him. Welcome to DU!

Your name is on our lips, every waking moment!

[VOX]

115. Power of speech IMPAIRED. If he were toasted any more, he be burnt.

n/t

[King Coal]

117. Telling Lies in America

Tell 'em Karchy, Dat's da trufe!

[WLKjr]

118. He was on something

boozin it up while he can.

[quisp]

119. We could give him the benefit of the doubt...

Maybe it's just he stutters when he's lying...

naw... he's drunk.

[mzteris]

120. Got an inquiry back from

one journalist at the Seattle Times. (They had an article about the College Republicans.)

He wanted to know if CSPAN had taped it. I sent him the demblogger link...... Here's hoping SOMEBODY picks it up!

[quaoar]

123. Way to go!

[snowbear]

124. Very cool..

Let us know if you hear back again!

[Bravo411]

127. Seven sheets to the wind. n/t

[calimary]

137. Welcome to DU! At least seven sheets, I'd say.

Clearly too drunk to realize he was making that big a fool of himself. Drunk enough for his inhibitions to be down - low enough to take on a sentence more complex than what you'd find in the Pet Goat book.

[lumpy]

139. The skank was drunk as a skunk.

Typical drunk talk, tripping all over his tongue, slurring his words and seemed to be unaware of making a fool of himself.