"DeLay lashes out as support plummets " Delay is finished...TOAST!

[in_cog_ni_to]

DeLay lashes out as support plummets
Jan. 21, 2006
Author: Paul Hill
People's Weekly World Newspaper, 01/19/06 14:20


HOUSTON — Support for Tom DeLay (R-Texas) is dwindling in his home district even as the former Speaker of the House threatens to “sue any station” that runs advertisements linking him to corruption. A new poll conducted for the Houston Chronicle indicated that only half those who voted for him in ’04 would do so again today. Sixty percent gave him an overall unfavorable rating while only 28 percent gave him a favorable rating.

DeLay faces an indictment in Travis County over charges of laundering campaign funds, and has abandoned efforts to regain the House majority leader post he relinquished as a result of the indictment.

DeLay’s threat came after two public interest groups, the Campaign for America’s Future and the Public Campaign Action Fund, released television, radio and billboard ads targeting DeLay and Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio) for their ties to corruption.

“Rep. Tom DeLay is a central figure in the Jack Abramoff wing of the Republican Party,” said Toby Chaudhuri, communication director of the Campaign for America’s Future, in a statement responding to DeLay’s threat to sue. “He is caught in the middle of the worst corruption scandal to hit Washington since Watergate. The dirty tactics that got Rep. DeLay in this mess aren’t going to get him out.”

According to the Houston Chronicle, “The 30-second ad lists the money and travel that DeLay allegedly received from Abramoff and calls on the Sugar Land Republican to resign from Congress. … The ad says DeLay ‘pocketed tens of thousands in campaign contributions from’ Abramoff, which is true.” <snip>

http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/8420/1/304

[Wickerman]

1. (Delay) threatens to “sue any station” that runs advertisements linking

him to corruption.

Damn frivolous lawsuits. They are the downfall of this once great nation.

[johnfunk]

5. Tom "The Whiny-ass Titty Baby Foam Rubber Hammer" DeLay, crybaby!

You've just gotta laugh!

Oh, Tom, been in touch with your casino contacts lately? One of their most famous bookies, Stiggs, is now posting better-than-50/50 odds that you're not even going to get re-elected to the House.

But don't cry, whiny-ass titty baby -- we're sure your ex-patrons can scrape up enough cash to buy you a fresh, new Orkin franchise -- once you're released from Federal Pound-you-in-the-ass prison!

[Horse with no Name]

33. Not in Texas they won't

Felons can't have exterminator licenses.:nopity:

[txindy]

40. No, they sure can't. More's the pity. All doors will be closed to him.

:nopity: :nopity: :nopity:

[FreedomAngel82]

10. But I thought they didn't like lawyers!

[Bandit]

19. I hope Kerry and other Democrats are paying attention

Why didn't Kerry do this against the Swift boat LIARS?

[TahitiNut]

31. He sure doesn't sound like a "tort reform" advocate, now, does he?

The criminal piece of maggot shit! :puke:

[Wickerman]

38. amazing how quickly that human garbage lawyers up

while doing all they can to take your and my right to do same away.

[stillcool]

2. Sweet...

from same article:

Meanwhile, DeLay staffers are reported to be handing in their BlackBerries and clearing out the former House majority leader’s office. They are also trying to figure out where they will go next. A lot of people are wondering where Rep. DeLay will eventually go. The question lingers “Will the Hammer go to the slammer?”

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. do we need to call...

the Waaaambulance?

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. LOL

:rofl:

[illflem]

4. Beware, these cretins can become dangerous

when backed into a corner

[amitten]

9. Like they weren't ALREADY dangerous?

I say, keep giving them hell!

[gratuitous]

28. You betcha

That's why when you have one of these critters cornered, you better have everything ready for their swift and immediate dispatch. Right now, DeLay is skittering around in a smaller and smaller area, before he is inevitably brought to bay. Get all your team gathered round, make sure you've all got your thickest leather gloves in place, and get him by the neck so he can't bite.

[Skittles]

6. please, PLEASE, let the vindictive bastard start TALKING

OMG, PLEASE LET HIM TAKE LOTS OF HIS CORRUPT BUDDIES DOWN WITH HIM

[in_cog_ni_to]

11. I'm throwin' a HUGE party when he goes down!

:party::party::party::party: The man repulses me ALMOST as much as the idiot does.

Lets hope he takes his buddies down with him!

[0007]

35. He'll never strut around with junior again on National tv, eh?

Maybe Tom DeLay will be mimicked by junior, in his Texas nasal draw, "Take down those signs, this use to be a great nation."

I love it!

[FreedomAngel82]

8. Goodbye DeLay!

[longship]

12. "...former Speaker of the House..." ???

When was Delay the Speaker? Gees, you'd think this wouldn't have gotten by editors.

[in_cog_ni_to]

14. I saw that too. Pretty bad, but at the end of the piece

they do say he was the former ML.:shrug:

[rodeodance]

13. he is acting like a wounded corned animal/person.

[sinkingfeeling]

15. Hope springs eternal!

[TheFarseer]

16. Is anyone running against him?

primary or general? I really liked the guy the Dems put up last time and he ended up with a very good showing against such a heavyweight as Delay. Perhaps he will run again?

[Bridget Burke]

18. Nick Lampson is the unopposed Democratic candidate.

He lost his seat as a result of DeLay's redistricting. Richard Morrison ran in 2004 but will not run this year because his wife is epecting their 5th child. He did well, despite being a political newbie.

DeLay has at least one opponent in the Republican primary.

[TheFarseer]

30. I might like Lampson even better

Lampson will kick his ass.

[yowzayowzayowza]

36. Morrison got with 'bout 10,000 votes of the hammer...

last time. I hope he getz the Repub knod sos he can go down in flames in Nov.

[LondonReign2]

39. There are two fairly significant Repugs....

...lining up against Bug Boy. Even if he isn't in jail, it seems likely he will be taken down in the repug primary -- although incumbency still has lots of power and a huge fund raising advantage.

The bigger question is: will the stench of repug scandal be enough to swing the heavily red Sugarland district to the Dems?

[Hubert Flottz]

17. Hang down your head Tom DeLay

Hang down your head, Tom DeLay
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head, Tom DeLay
Kiss Washington good-bye

He met Jack on the mountain, Jack even bought Tom's Wife
Payola flowed like a fountain, Tommy lived the High Life

Hang down your head, Tom DeLay
Hang down your head and cry (ah-uh-eye)
Hang down your head, Tom DeLay
Kiss Washington good-bye

This time tomorrow,
reckon where He’ll be
Hadn’t-a been for payola,
he'd been Golfin' in Tennessee (well now, boy)

Hang down (your head) your head (DeLay) and cry
Hang down your head and cry (ah poor boy, ah well-ah)
Hang down (your head) your head (DeLay) and cry
Kiss Washington good-bye (ah well now boy)

Hang down (your head) your head (DeLay) and cry
Hang down your head and cry (ah poor boy, ah well-ah)
Hang down (your head) your head (DeLay) and cry
Kiss Washington good-bye

This time tomorrow,
reckon where the hammer will be
Down in some Texas court house
Tryin' to cop a plea

Hang down your head, Tom DeLay
Hang down your head and cry (ah-uh-eye)
Hang down your head, Tom DeLay
Kiss Washington good-bye (ah well now boy)

Hang down your head, Tom DeLay
Hang down your head and cry (poor boy ah well uh)
Hang down your head, Tom DeLay
Kiss Washington good-bye
Kiss Washington good-bye
Kiss Washington good-bye
Kiss Washington good...bye

What will we tell the children, about these CROOKS?

[SoCalDem]

20. Tommy needs to get a grip.. When you are "used up", they toss you out

like a wadded up kleenex:)

[donkeyotay]

25. The man is indispensable. He's a gold-plated hankie, not a kleenex

But just in case, here are a few terms of endearment from a previous thread for the possibly disposable Mr. Delay:

The Sugarland Cockroach
The Hamper
King of the Most Corrupt Congress Ever
Hot Tub Tom
Bug Boy

[entanglement]

45. More like used "Charmin'" rolls :)

[Talismom]

21. One down, a boat-load to go! They're like cockroaches, ya know?! n/t

[Kurovski]

22. Who the hell were the ones that gave shitbag DeLay a 28% approval?

Car theives, pick-pockets and TEEVEE televagelists maybe?

Oh, and a few clueless Kool-Aid guzzling gullibles.

[Kurovski]

42. Oops...I meant "televangelist"

"teleVAGelist"? hmmmm...

And "TEEVEE" was a redundancy.

[wicket]

23. See ya, Cockroach

:rofl:

[stop the bleeding]

24. bye bye fucker n/t

[Kurovski]

27. Hasta la vista, Hammer!

[catmandu57]

26. What do you call tom bugman delay in prison?

Besides biatch, a good start.

[samhsarah]

29. buh bye Bug Boy

:hi:

[Twist_U_Up]

32. so this means bush will appoint him to a high level cabinet position

at least if he sticks to tradition

[mwb970]

44. It's Medal of Freedom time! (n/t)

[Zambero]

34. Watch out. DeLay'll sick Homeland Security on their librul asses!

As for threatening to sue the media for reporting the news, you'd think this deluded clown might actually wish he'd be spending LESS time in a courtroom, not looking for more opportunities.

[Joanne98]

37. Do you want cheese with that WHINE?

[Burried News]

41. It's Hammer time Tom.

[robbedvoter]

43. Sweet. Another impeacher bites the dust. pathetically so.

have you notice their lack of grace under fire? Not unlike the one they exhibit when in power, only more satisfying.:evilgrin:

[Independent_Liberal]

46. Get out the Raid!

Ha!

:D