White House stands behind indicted DeLay

[sabra]

http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=124263&cat=World

White House stands behind indicted DeLay

The White House is standing behind Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, who was indicted for violating Texas campaign finance law.

White House spokesman Scott McClellan said President George Bush was resting his faith in the judicial system.

The president considers him a good ally and a friend who we have worked with very closely to get things done for the American people, McClellan said.

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DeLay is the first House majority leader indicted since the post was created in 1899.

[elehhhhna]

1. "stands behind" as in NEXT IN LINE. Batter up!

[Seabiscuit]

20. "stands behind" as on a chain gang?

[elehhhhna]

23. firing squad?

[Seabiscuit]

24. Daisy chain?

[elehhhhna]

25. Love train

...the love train?

[Seabiscuit]

26. Choo-choo train

[elehhhhna]

31. Midnight train

to Jo-jah

[Seabiscuit]

32. Shrub to Tommy: "I got your back - now bend over!"

[elehhhhna]

33. Tom to Frist: I dropped my soap.

[Seabiscuit]

36. Frist to Tom: "Rub-a-dub-dub..."

"Two cluster-fucks in a tub"

[saigon68]

40. Tom to Frist "Don't drop the Soap".

LOL

[Seabiscuit]

42. Frist to Tom: (rubbing lower and lower) "So how does this grab you, Bill?"

[0007]

44. Tom to Bill:

"A little lower and a little slower and bigger circles."

[elehhhhna]

47. Bill to Tom:

"Loofah or falafel?"

[Seabiscuit]

48. ROTFLMAO!

:rofl:

[0007]

49. Tom to Bill in a low weak, but audibly voice;

What does O'Reilly like.....?

[Seabiscuit]

59. Bill to Tom: "Hey,who let O'Lielly in here???"

[0007]

60. Roy to Tom;

Tis is Roy Blunt Bill passed out.

[Seabiscuit]

62. Jeff Gannon to Tom, Bill and Roy: "You mean you started without me???"

"...and what's that huge slug on the floor?"

[0007]

66. Roy to Jeff;

That's Hitchens he use to be a butterfly.

[elehhhhna]

68. DeLay WANTED to get outta SUgarLand but he just couldn't

leave his brothers' behind.

nyuk nyuk.

[saskatoon]

67. and where is that can of Crisco!

[Imagevision]

63. Loyalty is wonderful - Bush stands behind Ken Lay also, whatta guy...!

[ElectroPrincess]

30. Yeah, didn't Georgie put his foot in his mouth also supporting

some hypocritical major league baseball player? Paloma? or something like that who said, "I never used Steroids!" but popped positive for some POTENT stuff that can't be acquired OTC?

Too funny: Dubya said, "I believe him!"

These folks (Republican Neo-Cons)do seemingly live within their own manufactured reality. Why not when the media is willing to play along and re-write recent history?

[MADem]

35. Rafael Palmiero

Dumbie believed him, but he also believes in the tooth fairy, I will bet.

[0007]

46. What was the name of that NYC Police Commissioner

that junior tried to peddle off on to us?

[MADem]

51. Bernie Kerik, the sleaze of NYC???? nt

[0007]

56. Thanks!

[Demeter]

57. Good! Bunch Them Together Tightly

Makes a smaller target and more concentrated.

[rosesaylavee]

2. Which is it - *co is going to support Delay or support the

judicial system?

[acmavm]

3. The guy has the power of the pardon. He knows he can prevent his

friend Tommy from ever having to do a day's time.

That's what'll happen. Or someone will change their testimony after a phone call from an unidentified source, or something.

That he was even indicted is a miracle. And it made my day yesterday.

[sando]

72. Amen

You hit the nail on the head. I also predict a Bush pardon for DeLay right after he pardons Kenny boy Lay. It wouldn't surprise me to learn that some of that laundered money found its way into the Bush campaign coffers.

[ChrisK]

4. "resting his faith in the judicial system"

Didn't the "system" say Delay was a crook?...Maybe "faith" means to look the other way and play dumb al thought with Bush the playing dumb part seems to be a bit more real then play acting :)

As the saying goes..With friends like this....

[Seabiscuit]

21. And didn't Bushco & Buddies smear "the judicial system" re: Schiavo?

Simply because they didn't like the law?

[Massachusetts]

5. "White House stands behind indicted DeLay"

"When I was broke, I'd go out and rob some more. We ran everything. We paid off cops. We paid off lawyers. We paid off judges. Everybody had their hands out. Everything was for the taking. And now it's all over."

-Goodfellas

[matcom]

6. that worked pretty well for Palmiero didn't it?

:eyes:

[katinmn]

7. He will stand by him even when he's in jail

what a dumbf***!

[Ganja Ninja]

8. Two weeks later ....

"Mr. DeLay was just this guy. The President only met him a couple of times. They weren't close friends." - Scotty

[Benhurst]

17. Three weeks later:

"Tom who?"

[tanyev]

9. Stephanopolous even used the term "no daylight between them"

on GMA this morning. "The White House supports Tom DeLay 100%." I was surprised that Charlie then mentioned that the leadership of the Senate was also being investigated and then George tossed back the reminder that Rove and WH are also under investigation. I usually can't make it through more than the first few minutes of GMA.

[goclark]

19. Charlie is a Bush paid scum bag

Are you saying that he was defending De Lay or not defending him?

George S. sometimes forgets that he is a Democrat so I got mixed up. :)

[tanyev]

58. I'm saying that not only did GMA report semi-critically on DeLay,

but they also voluntarily reminded their audience that Frist and Rove are under investigation, too. And yes, I was surprised to hear that from Charlie.

[prof_youngblood]

73. The White House supporting any of its thugs isn't impressive at all

This White House makes Nixon's look tame.

[bonito]

10. This administration hijacked the white house

who is going to back them.

[rodeodance]

11. I saw the press conf. and do not think that Scott gave Delay a very

good 'stand behind' at all.

[Dulcinea]

39. I've heard that Boy George & DeLay are not that close.

So maybe Bushco will jettison him if it's politically expedient.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2005/04/14/white_house_distances_bush_from_delay.html

[thefloyd]

12. Standard

procedure to always stand behind crooks. You need to see what they are doing

[AlCzervik]

13. yes behind so when more charges come out they can run away quickly.

[abluelady]

14. "Good Job, Tommy" eom

[Seabiscuit]

22. Yup. "You're doing a heck of a job, Tommy"

[Eurobabe]

55. Knowing *'s love of nicknames, I bet he calls him Frito

DeLay.

[PittLib]

75. *snort* ... Frito

:spray:

Now Frito Bandito

[nolabels]

76. Got guacamole?

[plasticsundance]

15. Bush is a dumbshit.

He thinks having a united front is a show of strength, but where in this case, it identifies his weakness. This is why he sucks as a war time president. Those he has chosen to invade know he's a one trick pony.

He doesn't have a clue. He's nothing more than a frat boy with dinosaurs for advisers.

As for Rove, he has no true power. For all his deception and subterfuge, all Rove's accomplished, at best, is maintain the status quo. It's already beyond them, and they're left with only their lies to deceive them from their miserable failures.

Now they're forced to become more ruthless and expose themselves further.

"You know the toothless get ruthless. You better run." - Roger Waters

[Amonester]

16. Fine. Now subtract more points in the approval numbers. - eom

Give it to ** for he sure knows how to run everything he touches down the drain!

Gee, from 93% to... what?

13 2 06

[American in Asia]

18. Great News!!!

Stand behind the slimeball all the way. Stand there for AGES. Talk about it as much as possible! I want to hear Georgie and Scotty mounting a spirited defense of him - I want their arms wrapped around the guy's shoulders in solidarity. I want THAT image in front of America as often as possible, right up until DeLay is tried and convicted (or the midterms, whichever comes first!).

Heck - if they really want to go down with his sinking ship, and have Americans thinking they're like blood-brothers they're so similar, I wouldn't be the one to try to discourage them!

'Course if they want to publicly dump his butt to save themselves, only to be faced with needing to do the same with Frist, then Rover-boy, then, then, then - well, that'd be ok with me too!

[realFedUp]

27. as did the mob for Gotti

this is the Bush crime family....no shame,
no ethics, no laws.

Maybe we can get these people out using RICO.

[Norquist Nemesis]

28. Birds of a feather!!! n/t

[NVMojo]

29. of course, they were in front of him in committing crimes against the USA

[classysassy]

34. The Hammer

what went wrong,the hammer is suppose to hit the nail?(hammer is nailed).

[northzax]

37. of course he is

Delay's a cockroach, he seems to survive everything, and no one wants to be on his shit list when he wriggles out of this and comes back looking to settle the score.

I believe that Messer. Emerson summed it up nicely: When you strike at a king, you must kill him. republicans won't give up Delay until he is beyond ressurection, beyond any chance of coming back to get them. He's a vindictive little bastard, and they know it.

[K8-EEE]

38. Recommending Because The Subject Lines Are

Cracking me UP! LOL! Thanks DUers, spit out my coffee on this thread.

[symbolman]

41. Good!

You stand behind this guy, because YOU'RE NEXT :)..

they are standing behind him so they can take his wallet when he's handcuffed and go out for dinner..

[truthisfreedom]

43. are they hinting that delay is gay too?

[0007]

50. Tommy was a man that could get things done..

if he had to switch hit he would, anything for the party. 0h' 0h, here comes Gannon, he always wears that same dress.

[bunny planet]

45. Of course they do, Hot Tub Tom knows where ALL the bodies are buried.

He's got dirt on everyone and he's not afraid to use it, especially if it seems as if he is being left hanging by His Fraudulency.
:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[Dr Fate]

52. So much for his "the appearance of impropriety" Lie. n/t

n/t

[Megahurtz]

53. "resting his faith in the judicial system"???

:rofl:

[PlanetBev]

54. Bush and Rove, standing next in line to Delay for body cavity search

I'd love to see video of that go out over the Internet.

[bemildred]

61. I definitely believe DeLay needs a good cavity search.

Just in case he has something hidden.

[RaulGroom]

64. Got to quote Xzibit here... some advice for old tom

Just cause niggas get behind you don't mean they got your back.

[Pacifist Patriot]

65. Yeah!!!!!! Delighted to hear it morans.

[Mr_Spock]

70. I liked your theme so I added to it below

:D

[Mr_Spock]

69. Are you series???!!!111 Yeah!!! This is Hugh!!!111

Morans :eyes:

[sando]

71. Watch Bush

Pardon both Lay and DeLay...before either one of them ever serve a day of perp time.

[mcscajun]

74. By all means, George...Stand behind him. I like my dominoes to fall easily

and quickly.



Far more satisfying that way. :evilgrin:

[Orsino]

77. Nope. This is the way this White House distances itself.

"Standing by" DeLay would have involved protestations of his innocence. There was none of that; they've just chosen not to try to deny that DeLay was a powerful ally/lackey.

I also get a whiff of "whatever DeLay did has nothing to do with our agenda."