MSNBC: DELAY WON'T SEEK RE-ELECTION

[Kingshakabobo]

Per Tweety on Scarborough.........breaking.

Link...In the top "Breaking" banner....

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

[Avalux]

1. If you're gonna drop that bomb - give us a link!!

Thanks! :hi:

[babylonsister]

8. On Scarborough now. It's happened! nt

[Avalux]

17. OMFG - you're right! What a joyous day for Texans!!! -

and everyone else too!! :grouphug:

[babylonsister]

19. He - WAS - my rep!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Oh, happy day!

[Avalux]

68. WOO HOOO!!!

:toast: :bounce: :hug: :hi: :kick:

[dchill]

95. My condolences to you...

on your loss. ;)

[amitten]

148. Aren't you SOOOO relieved?

I feel grossed out just having him in the same state, let alone the same city.

[cannabis_flower]

185. He's not mine but...

John Culberson had his head so far up DeLay's ass that he couldn't see his feet. Now we don't have to worry so much about DeLay and can concentrate on getting Culberson gone too!!!

[against all enemies]

79. Will it still be joyous if they elect another Republican?

[Avalux]

81. We'll cross that bridge -

but really - can't get much worse than the bugman. :bounce:

[7P Dude]

145. Yes.

DeLay is responsible for our gerrymandered districts.

[lastliberalintexas]

278. The short-sightedness of some is amazing, no?

It was looking like Lampson would have actually won in November, as the polls were very bad for Delay. This makes it that much tougher for a Dem to win in that district- which is rather conservative and more than a little republican leaning.

Yep, without Delay's taint, Sugarland will likely elect a repub who is actually just as bad as Delay. Some "victory." :eyes:

[jamesinca]

284. How does this work

What are the laws in TX. He won the primary for his party then decided that he was going to lose in November so he withdrew from the race. Do the repugs get to put up another candidate to take his place? Will the repug have to run as a write in with no party affiliation? If DeLay died I can see the repugs getting to run somebody else on the ticket in his place, but he quiet because he did not feel like he was going to win and that is different. He should not have run if he did not feel he was going to win, but he did run, so he shoulders the responsibility for the party.

I personally would like to see them give up the seat because DeLay dropped out. Let the Dem basically run uncontested in the district.

[lastliberalintexas]

285. Yep, the area repub officials get to nominate

The voters don't get a do-over, the local party officials get to nominate instead. And they'll be on the ballot as the repub candidate, not as a write-in.

Not a victory at all.

[jamesinca]

288. Thanks

I have been out researching this one a bit. I found an article that states he is going to buy a house in VA probably in May. This will make him ineligible to run and the repugs will get to put up somebody else. I am guessing the wait till May is to give them time to find somebody and secondly less time that the other parties in the race can go after his replacement.

[Virginian]

306. AAR said

Delay was changing his legal residence so that he would not be on the ballot in November.

He is also leaving his office in June. I think this may be to give his replacement the advantage of being the incumbent in November. I am assuming the Republican Governor replaces the Congressman with another Republican.

I just wonder what happened that made him decide not to run and to resign after he had won the primary.

[MrBlueSky]

292. I think it would depend...

If the new guy/lady were a neo-con... no... then we're just as screwed.

However, if the new person were a MODERATE... that would be almost as good as if Mr. Lampson were elected.

[against all enemies]

316. No, a moderate Republican keeps the House leadership Repuke.

This hurts, the Democrats MUST win so that the Chairs are Democrat so that we can have subpoena rights to investigate these shitheads.

[DuaneBidoux]

297. NOBODY and I mean NOBODY can be as mean as DeLay

A very well know Democrat Lampson, is running.

[DuaneBidoux]

298. Not running? HE HAS RESIGNED AS OF TODAY..

[No Exit]

262. Freepers weigh in on the sad event:

A saddened Freeper writes: "Seriously. He’s been much more open about speaking of his relationship with God, and he might have decided he’s going to spend the rest of his life working for foster care, and for his Christian values."

http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2006/4/3/232225/6379/6#c6

(Additional credit to http://www.firedoglake.com/ )

:rofl: :headbang: :rofl: :headbang: :rofl:

[connecticut yankee]

248. Here's another

from the New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/04/washington/04delay.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin

Oh, frabjous day -- calloo, callay!


:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[No Exit]

271. He needs to spend more time with his family...

[reichstag911]

279. He has family in prison?!? n/t

[No Exit]

287. LOL!!! Not yet... but keep an eye on Christine and Danni!

They've been on the payroll of his machine for some time now.

(What's up with DeLay's daughter being named "Danni", anyway? What--did they name her after her real father, or something? I'm lost here...)

[On Par]

2. Happy Days Are Here Again !

[On Par]

It's Being Reported Live By Chris Matthews on MSNBC

[DainBramaged]

6. Delay called Tweety, how fucking sad is that, traitors

[The Wizard]

233. He ruined me.

Well, There goes that idea for a chain of hot tub spas in Texas, St.Andrews and DC.

[No Exit]

263. Tweety, if your boys keep goin' down, where will you get your payola??

[Mr_King]

121. Happy Days Are Indeed Here Again!!!

[hang a left]

3. No way!!!

Where is the link

[glaeken777]

4. for some context...

Mattthews just broke in on Scarborough to announce it... Delay tipped Matthews first because "he's always been fair to him"...

[hang a left]

5. Holy crap!!!

He must be getting ready to go down hard.

[hatrack]

9. One of his top aides just got indicted (or confessed?) to major shit

He's going to dump on his old boss, and I guess Tom "They're Just Persecuting Me For My Staunch Christian Faith And Old-Fashioned Values" DeLay knew it was the end.

So long, ASSHOLE!!!

[erpowers]

69. Pleaded Guilty

Delay's former aid pleaded guilty to charges, I think, related to the Jack Abramoff scandal.

[drowninginjello]

206. But lest we forget...

Abramhoff & Scanlon are agreeing to roll on some top-level members of the Bush cabinet.

I think it's safe to assume that Delay is quitting because he knows his days are numbered.

[No Exit]

266. It was former DeLay chief of staff Tony Rudy

who is reportedly singing like a canary.

HOW SWEET IT IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Meanwhile, Moscatiello, who was indicted as one of the hit men for the murder of Miami cruise ship line owner Gus Boulis, has turned out to have been an FBI informant for YEARS! Amazing. As for who was the beneficiary of the murder of Boulis... my opinion is, the beneficiaries of it were Abramoff and Adam Kidan.)

[Joanne98]

313. Oh REALLY?

[MADem]

173. Succinctly put! It's got to be explosive, no excuses, totally busted

Who knew what "Emily, get out of the way!" Miller would create when her sleazy Ambramoff lobbying, ex-Delay staffer fiance dumped her for a 24 year old waitress!!!

[wicket]

229. That was my first thought!

:woohoo:

[Mad_Dem_X]

239. He knows the sh*t is about to hit the fan

W00t!

[stepnw1f]

7. Why are People Surprised

He's up to his big bulging eyeballs... a pariah to the whole GOP.

[No Exit]

267. He's not a pariah to the GOP!

He IS WAS the GOP! Their chief component is dirty money, don't you see...

[PegDAC]

321. I thought

he WAS the Federal Government!!

[rocktivity]

10. I'm not so sure this is good news

The Repubs might be able to come up with a non-Bush related moderate Republican!

:headbang:
rocknation

[For PaisAn]

110. I kinda agree

Would rather have seen Delay stick it out and with his plummeting poll numbers a better chance to get a Democrat in.

But it is quite satisfying to see him get some of what he deserves.

[leesa]

118. They have to pick someone from the Crime Family to cover up the crimes...

pickins are gettin slim these days.

[lastliberalintexas]

283. It won't be a moderate, unless when compared to Delay

But now Sugarland can breathe a sigh of relief and still feel good voting for a repub in November. This is bad news indeed.

[pk_du]

11. Breaking MSNBC - Delay NOT to run again this year...

wooo- fucking -hoo!!!

[DainBramaged]

12. HAPPY FUCKING DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN

THE FUCK IS GONE, WE WIN FUCK HIM.

Notice he TOLD TWEETY (another scumfuck).

[0007]

73. .....another reason Chris Matthews is a piece of smelly shit.

[shockingelk]

boo-fuckin-hoo

Delay would be easier to beat whoever they put in.

[CottonBear]

13. No link: live on Scarborough MSNBC, Al Franken is a guest & is talking

about Delay and the republican scandals...What timing!

Joe Asshat is telling Al that Al supports Bush. WTF? Al blew him off re: illegal immigration...

[KeepItReal]

14. Al Franken: He keeps picking criminals to work him!! ROTFLMAO!

"He's just got bad judgement in people.
He seems to pick people who are criminals.
And that's sad." - Al Franken

ha ha ha!!!

Priceless!

[President Kerry]

180. That and, uh you know, being a criminal himself. n/t

[Stinky The Clown]

15. Delay will NOT run for re-election!

Tweety reporting this right now on MSNBC, straight from a phone call with Delay.

No link yet, Tweety reporting this live on MSNBC ...... keep checking the web site. This is, as I type this, not two minutes old.

[DainBramaged]

16. HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN

[DuaneBidoux]

299. He has RESIGNED effective today.

[Virginian]

307. I heard he was staying in office until June.

[DuaneBidoux]

308. Well at least he's not staying 'till November

[mvd]

18. Hooray!

Congress will be less filthy just without him there. :bounce:

[Bleacher Creature]

20. This sucks -- big time.

First, he's as beatable a candidate as there is. Having him in the race helps Lampson.

Second, my dream in life is to watch that smug little bastard concede defeat.

[alcibiades_mystery]

25. Get a better dream: his sentencing hearing

:-)

[DainBramaged]

141. He just did. Enjoy the small victories. He's out of politics.

[MADem]

176. Leaving is the same as conceding, and you'll just have to

substitute that election night sobbing for a view of him in a Department of Corrections jumpsuit.

They're almost equivalent....and the latter image is a gift that keeps on giving!

[gristy]

21. Nothing on news.google yet

[Beetwasher]

22. I Have To Clear My Schedule For Tomorrow Now!!! So I Can LAUGH ALL DAY!!!

:rofl:

Oh, HOW SWEET IT IS!!!!!!

[Fridays Child]

23. One evil man has been put down.

Now, let's go get the rest of them! :woohoo:

[MADem]

179. Next up, KKKKKKKKARL Rove?????

The rumor mill says Fitz has him in his sights.....

[alcibiades_mystery]

24. Tic-tock, indictment coming

And he damn well knows it....

Ruh roh, Tommy Boy.

For all those who say this is terrible because we won't have Delay as the poster boy for 2006, I think the damage is already done, and will be more severe as the scandal unfolds and Delay goes down down down...:rofl:

[Roland99]

34. Good possibility. 3 of his aides so far have gone down under the gavel.

It's HAMMER TIME!

[On Par]

26. Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead !

[Imagevision]

27. Just part of the Bush "White House shake-up" - this is getting good

[maseman]

35. Karma My Friends....

You know what goes around comes around...

Delay is getting his now. Fuck ya!

[reichstag911]

280. Courtesy of the "Karma Police":

"This is what you get when you mess with US."

[TankLV]

276. Only the "shake-up" is being FORCED on them - not going quite as planned.

So much for rearranging the chairs on the deck of the titanic!

This will eliminate a BIG help for bushco's crimes - bushco just got delivered TWICE the workload for committing their crimes than they have so far.

This will make it MUCH tougher for KKKarl and the rest of the criminals to do their dirty work.

Might just be the wrench in the works that screws up their plans for big time cheating in the next elections!

[rpannier]

28. Now he can take his new job

Political analyst of faux news. He can join gnewt.

[AnnieBW]

29. Can We Talk Him Out Of It?

I wanted to see his sorry ass get beat! I'll have to settle for a perp walk.

[dchill]

30. So, hey, here we are in Mudville...

and there IS JOY tonight!

[Zorra]

31. Next: Trial and prison?

:nopity:
:toast:

[NashVegas]

32. This Is a Tragedy

I kinda liked having a future, convicted felon in the race, on the puke side.

[FredScuttle]

33. Good riddance to bad rubbish

Now, what's that again about Ronnie Earle conducting a partisan witchhunt, you big-eared pussy? Best of luck holding your ankles.

[Jack Rabbit]

36. Justice must not be DeLayed

It is time for Mr. DeLay to go to his retirement home.



Leavenworth Federal Prison from the website of Kent State University

[dchill]

40. If I "BELIEVED" - as Delay says he does...

that would be my prayer.

[Mz Pip]

37. He's gonna run for Pres?

I mean if he is such a victim and so misunderstood and such a good Chirstian then the only reason for his not seeking re election is that he wants to seek higher office and workto continue the works of his President GW.

DeLay 2008 because Jesus says so. :party:

Mz Pip
:dem:

[erpowers]

83. Not Happening

This is not going to happen. He cannot win. People across the country would not vote for him.

[Mz Pip]

91. I should have

added :sarcasm:

My bad.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Higans]

201. Die Bold might install him.

[PurpleChez]

224. but a lot of the Bushbots would buy the "Jesus says so" campaign.

Maybe not enough for him to win, but enough to whine that the reason they didn't win was anti-Christian persecution

[PegDAC]

322. In the immortal words of Huckleberry Hound as El Kabong

"I don thin so, Babalooie!"

[onehandle]

38. Not good. We need him as this Fall's main whipping boy.

He was forced, probably threatened by Rove to get out.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

161. Why can't he still be used as the main whipping boy...

or at least one of them (there's no shortage to choose from...)? The mid-terms are about 7 months away and we actually seem to have some damn momentum for a change. If the Dems could get it together and drill the themes of Republican greed, corruption, incompetence, and cronyism into voters' heads, there might be cause for celebration on 11/7.

[ClintonTyree]

228. Right.......

just keep harping on the facts about Republican corruption, lies and malfeasance. It's still a winner in my book. People have HAD IT with the Republican party, at least for a while. The American public is BIG on punishment, they're pissed and the GOP is going to feel that wrath this November.

[reichstag911]

281. Yep! Much like that draft-dodging douchebag...

...Sackoshitsby Chambliss did to Max Cleland, the Dems should use campaign ads that morph every Repuke's face into DeLay's -- "This is the face of the Republican party, and this man gave $x to candidate Y in his last run for office...."

[WorseBeforeBetter]

289. You're hired! Run the face of the corrupt Republican in question...

(again, no shortage to choose from...) with a caption of what they were convicted of along with their actual words denying any wrongdoing - straight from the horse's mouth. These ads could be done in such a way as to not turn off voters, yet still be really powerful. And truthful. Imagine that!

[Epiphany4z]

250. we can still whip

on him. The fact that he even won a primary says alto about republicans. The fact that he and those around him even thought he should run says its time for a change. It would have been much better for republicans he didn't win the primary or better yet if never tried to run ...this just says so much..It also says to me if he is stepping down he must be in really really really big doo doo. Because this boy just doesn't think his shit stinks.

I am surprised he is quiting. When he won the primary I thought there was really no stopping this dirty bastard.

[Ammonium]

39. What was he saying about partisan prosecutors?

Chalk another one up for the good guys :-P

[Synnical]

41. Dancin', Dancin' in the streets

AK - Scarborough just said next he's going to talk about "crazy Congresswoman" Cynthia McKinney.

BTW - CNN confirmed this - DeLay, that is.

[starchimes]

42. Best news I've heard in months!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Loki]

43. I finally got my wish.

When I moved to Texas 8 years ago, I made a wish then that I wanted to see that motherfucker go down before I moved back to Missouri. Eight years is a long time to some, but it was well worth the wait, well worth it. So long Tom, you deserve everything coming your way.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

198. You could have wished for peace on Earth.

But I guess I'll take it.

[6000eliot]

44. The "War on Christianity" wins again

[Canuckistanian]

55. No, it was the liberal media that brought him down.

No, wait, it was those legislating judges! No, wait,......

[6000eliot]

61. All part of the "War on," my friend.

[cal04]

45. Washington Post

Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), a primary architect of the House Republican majority who became one of the most powerful and feared leaders in Washington, told House allies Monday night he will step down from the House rather than face a reelection fight that appears increasingly unwinnable.

The decision came just three days after his former deputy chief of staff, Tony C. Rudy, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and corruption charges, telling federal prosecutors of a criminal enterprise being run out of DeLay's leadership offices. Rudy's plea agreement did not implicate DeLay in any illegal activities, but by placing the influence-buying efforts of disgraced Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff directly in DeLay's operation, the former aide may have made an already difficult reelection bid all but out of reach.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/03/AR2006040301787.html

[ScreamingMeemie]

46. BIG RED BANNER CNN!!!!!

http://www.cnn.com/ :bounce: :party:

[Roland99]

49. MSNBC finally put it in their banner, too

http://www.msnbc.com

[Rhiannon12866]

192. TIME link: Exclusive: Tom DeLay Says He Will Give Up His Seat

The embattled former Republican leader tells TIME that he will leave Congress and not seek reelection
By MIKE ALLEN/SUGAR LAND, TEXAS

Exclusive Interview: DeLay Tells TIME Why He's Quitting Congress

Posted Monday, Apr. 03, 2006

Rep. Tom DeLay, whose iron hold on the House Republicans melted as a lobbying corruption scandal engulfed the Capitol, told TIME that he will not seek reelection and will leave Congress within months. Taking defiant swipes at "the left" and the press, he said he feels "liberated" and vowed to pursue an aggressive speaking and organizing campaign aimed at promoting foster care, Republican candidates and a closer connection between religion and government.

"I'm going to announce tomorrow that I'm not running for reelection and that I'm going to leave Congress," DeLay, who turns 59 on Saturday, said during a 90-minute interview on Monday. "I'm very much at peace with it." He notified President Bush in the afternoon. DeLay and his wife, Christine, said they had been prepared to fight, but that he decided last Wednesday, after months of prayer and contemplation, to spare his suburban Houston district the mudfest to come. "This had become a referendum on me," he said. "So it's better for me to step aside and let it be a referendum on ideas, Republican values and what's important for this district."

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1179853,00.html

[eppur_se_muova]

311. "Give Up His Seat"? He'll live to regret that phrasing. nt

[Rhiannon12866]

323. No doubt, LOL!

But I saw his interview with Blitzer and he doesn't seem to be too careful about what absurdities come out of his mouth...:eyes:

[Faygo Kid]

47. Is this for real? All I get is ads, and Cynthia McKinney's hair.

Which I am pissed about. Not her, them.

[drm604]

48. It's at the top of msnbc's front page right now.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

:bounce: :party::bounce: :party::bounce: :party::bounce: :party::bounce: :party::bounce: :party::bounce: :party::bounce: :party::bounce: :party::bounce: :party::bounce: :party::bounce: :party::bounce: :party::bounce: :party::bounce: :party::bounce: :party::bounce: :party::bounce: :party::bounce: :party:

[PassingFair]

128. "Embattled Rep"...

Should read "Disgraced Rep"!

The Bugman has been EXTERMINATED!

[dchill]

50. Now Breaking on msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/
:)

[On Par]

65. No Link Necessary - We Know All We Need To Know !

[dchill]

89. But for most of us...

Seeing is believing.

I'LL decide what links are necessary!

:)

[JohnnyLib]

51. denial?

Freepers seem to be in shock and awe, not really believing it because of the (CM) source.

[Jack Rabbit]

52. It's on the Washington Post, but no link to a story yet

Please click here.

[deadparrot]

53. Celebrate good times, come on!

:party: :toast: :bounce:

[wookie294]

54. Feels like Christmas Eve !!

Santa brought my a WICKED present!!

Next stop: FITZMAS!!

[dchill]

56. Scarborough (Scar Bo Rough) hearts Delay

"He's never lied to me."

Then he never spoke to you, Joe.

Now all Joe wants to talk about is Cynthia McKinney... and Bin Laden.

[maseman]

58. QUITTER! The new mantra.

That's the new Democrat talking point...

When the polls show a Repuke down in the count they quit. They really cannot take the heat. Asshat! Farewell fucker!

[Jack Rabbit]

70. . . . but not Bush?

Gee, whazzup with that, Joe?

[dchill]

85. Never you mind about that!

Cynthia McKinney is obviously the big story here!

[rocktivity]

57. Listen to the Stephanie Miller show tomorrow morning

http://www.am1430wxks.com/main.html">(9AMEST) for what may be the farewell performance of Drunky McPuke-shoes at Barfy's Bar and Grill!

:headbang:
rocknation

[erpowers]

59. Nick Lampson

So does Nick Lampson automatically win. Will the Republicans be able to field a candidate that can beat Lampson. Does anyont think this will make Lampson and the Texas Democrats complacent and cause them to lose because they decide not to campaign strongly.

I am happy Delay is gone. I contend this will lead the the downfall of the Congressional Republicans. Delay was the guy forcing things to happen in Congress for the Republicans. Now the Democrats will be able to get some punches in.

[Wabbajack]

120. Why to you think he's stepping down?

It's a safe puke seat but he was gonna lose it. Now they'll keep it.

[goclark]

60. I can't bear to look ~ what are the Freepers saying! nt

[WorseBeforeBetter]

133. I had to go in...

figured it was worth a good laugh, and it was! A sampling:

--"Senator Delay?"
--"Republicans always throw their own to the wolves.....One thing you can say about the Dems is they fight for their people no matter what."
--"How about Tom as the new White House Press Secretary? That would drive David Gregory to a drug he hasn't tried before."

And THIS is classic:

From AFP/Pool/File: "Embattled Republican baron Tom DeLay, pictured last year, handily won a Republican primary election in his Texas district, in his first faceoff with the electorate since he was indicted on money laundering and campaign finance violations(AFP/Pool/File)"

Yet this freeper dumbass comes back with:

--"So this is just further proof that GOP voters will not accept this kind of behavior in it's candidates, but democrats do."

The disconnect is truly stunning.

And oh-so-predictably, they couldn't let this go without a Ted Kennedy slam:

--"Fat bloated Kennedy committs involuntary manslaughter and remains in the Senate. Unfrickingbelievable."

Clinton's penis probably made it in there too, but my head started to hurt trying to navigate that shitty site!

Idiot America. LOL

[goclark]

196. Thanks for peeping

I didn't think my stomach could take it.

I take it they are not happy in Freeper Land -YES!

[WorseBeforeBetter]

290. I can take the site when one of their one is going down in flames.

"Selective peeping," I guess!

[NNadir]

62. One hopes this piece of shit does time for what he did to his country.

[WillyT]

63. WOO, HOO !!!

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:
:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:
:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:
:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:
:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:
:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:
:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

:toast::bounce::toast:

[dchill]

67. Deep down...

we all feel the same way as you. :)

[WillyT]

87. Ya Man, LOL !!!

:toast::hi::toast:

[seemslikeadream]

64. Party Otter Tom!!!

Marcus Garvey's words come to pass, Jah Bless

[cboy4]

66. You'll look so handsome in your orange prison jump suit!

buh-bye Tommy! :applause:

[MADem]

186. Perhaps he's hoping for manly, bold stripes???

[Azathoth]

71. Nothing like good news before going to bed

:toast: :party: :toast: :party: :toast:

[rustydog]

72. Now THIS Republican after being found guilty can be let out

of jail to do the jobs Americans won't so illegals won't have to!

[demdiva]

74. It's too good to be true!!!

[RedEarth]

75. EXTERMINATED

[dchill]

80. Laughing and Gagging out loud! (LAGOL?)

Cut it OUT!!!

[demdiva]

132. LOL

[NoAmericanTaliban]

76. Oh! That poor Christan man; the evil liberals did it again...

It's truely a war against the 'True Believers'.

[WestHoustonDem]

77. Holy Crap! n/t

[starchimes]

78. leaving Texas too, moving to Virginia according to Tucker Carlson

[hwmnbn]

92. Not to worry, starchimes.......

there's a little something called EXTRADITION!!!! Bwahahahaha

Moving to Virginia, my ass! :rofl: :rofl: That asshole will do hard time in a West Texas prison.

[starchimes]

96. There is a cell in Huntsville with his number on it and a nice

bright orange outfit.

[vademocrat]

114. Yuck - we don't want him!

We've already got our quota of RW slimeballs!

[TexasLinda]

134. So he can be a lobbyist

and make tons of money in addition to his full Congressional salary. Even if he goes to jail he gets his Congressional salary. The tax payers will be carrying this sick bastard for the rest of his life.

[drowninginjello]

209. I agree

Prison is too good for him.

And since he's such a solid Christian with real morals and deep-rooted faith, suicide is pointless to discuss with the scumbag.

[WatchWhatISay]

211. Thats because when all the facts come out

some of his neighbors might not be too friendly.

[Penndems]

317. Dear God, you have GOT to be kidding me . . .

Why the HELL is that self-righteous crook moving into MY state?

:mad:




(edited for typo)

[Us vs Them]

82. Back to pest control for you, Tommy boy.

About fucking time.

[struggle4progress]

183. He wants to spend more time with his family

[ClintonTyree]

230. Looks like the Mrs. is putting on a little weight....

the Delay family album. Priceless! :rofl:

[No Exit]

270. His Missus? That's 'cause the ho's pockets are bulging with payoffs!

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

84. THIS IS GOOD

now he really looks guilty. he's still the fall's whipping boy, more so

[sonias]

86. Best damn news ever!!11

Must mean he's going to jail.:bounce:

Sonia

[Initech]

88. No matter what the outcome - losing Delay will be like gaining 3 seats!

:woohoo:

[dchill]

93. In Texas alone, n/t

[BrotherBuzz]

136. I think a lot more then that...

Just in northern California, Doolittle (CA104) and Pombo (CA11) have been riding on DeLay's coattails and feeding out of his pig trough. Methinks there are a lot of pub congresscritters sweating it about now. I like!

[Initech]

144. I predict Dana Roarbacher will be going away for a while...

He's a So Cal rep, who also has been feeding out of Delay's pig trough. Disgusting. I've said it before and I'll say it again:

One day, each and every one of these lying fuckwads will get caught.

[DainBramaged]

143. I wonder if he got heads up on illegality of redistricting

and wanted to get out and cut a deal before it's too late to become a lobbyist?

[Initech]

171. Hmmmmmmm... definately a theory.

Of course - Arnold Scharwzenfuhrer's plan to redistrict Kahlifoania failed big time.

[Scooter24]

90. Justice is served!

Damn it feels good to see him going down.

:popcorn:

[boobooday]

94. Oh he must be busted big time

He wouldn't quit unless he knew they had the goods on him.

And you know there's plenty of criminal activity to dig up, once you lift the slick and greasy veil of GOP virtue.

[moondust]

97. Good news for democracy.

Another tyrant bites the dust. :bounce: :party:

[Keseys Ghost]

98. And the crowd goes mad!

Adios, dickhead. Write if you get work.

[rainbow4321]

99. Geez, Abramoff must have some good shit on Delay..didn't take long.

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[MADem]

190. And it all started with this young lady

Emily "Get out of the way!" Miller:



A BRIEF HISTORY:

In just six months on the job, Miller, 33, who controls access to Powell, seems to have made more enemies than usual among the reporters who cover the State Department. "Her manner is brusque, abrasive, demeaning," said one, asking to remain anonymous so as not to be frozen out of interviews with Powell. "She's not doing the secretary a service; she's doing him a disservice."

Miller responded: "This is much ado about nothing and overshadows the successful meetings on Mideast peace that the secretary was having. My job was to keep the trains moving so that five interviews could get done."

About six weeks ago, Boucher investigated reporters' complaints about Miller's conduct during a pool-camera shoot. "There were one or two places where she was too aggressive," he acknowledged. "We all make mistakes sometimes."

In 2001 Miller was working as press secretary to then-Majority Whip Tom DeLay when she lashed into Post Magazine writer Peter Perl while he was doing a profile of her boss, screaming: "You lied! . . . You betrayed him! You twisted his words! . . . We don't know you. You don't exist. . . . You are dead to us." A DeLay spokesman told us yesterday, "Tom thinks Emily did a fine job for him."

And the juicy bits, ready for a made-for-TV movie:

The two had met on Capitol Hill, where they worked as press secretaries to Rep. Tom DeLay, the feared Texas Republican. They got engaged in September 2001 on the beach in Santa Monica, Calif., and planned an August 2002 wedding. As the date approached, Mr. Scanlon bought a $4.7 million oceanside mansion and guest house, formerly part of the DuPont estate, in Rehoboth Beach, Del. He furnished it down to the monogrammed towels and presented it to his bride-to-be.

Then, with the wedding a few months away, he called off the engagement and started dating a 24-year-old waitress.

Mr. Scanlon and Ms. Miller, now both 35 years old, were among a tight-knit group of aides who helped Mr. DeLay rise to the pinnacle of Capitol Hill in the 1990s and cement his power as House majority leader. Some of those aides provided a link between their boss and Jack Abramoff, a Republican lobbyist.

The end of the engagement was part of that group's unraveling -- which has had significant consequences for official Washington. The aides have since turned on one another, feeding the ethics scandal surrounding Mr. Abramoff that now roils the capital. Mr. Abramoff has admitted he directed Native American clients to pay huge sums to Mr. Scanlon's public-relations firm. Mr. Scanlon secretly gave Mr. Abramoff half of his profits....(MORE at LINK, the whole thing is WORTH READING)
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB114377080620413121-lMyQjAxMDE2NDMzMTczNzEwWj.html

[ClintonTyree]

231. Hell hath no fury........

like that of a GOP mistress scorned. What a piece of work THIS ONE is!

[rocktivity]

304. Miller thought that she and Scanlon would be the Repub Bill and Hillary

a dynamic, co-equal power couple who enjoyed the respect and/or admiration from their political peers and the public alike. It must have been especially comforting to Miller that Scanlon didn't want a "traditional" wife. So what happened? He threw her over for a manicurist--A MANICURIST! I'm certain that if Scanlon had picked someone along the lines of an Ann Coulter or a Michelle Malkin, Miller would have licked her wounds quietly for the "good" of the GOP "team." But by taking up with the equivalent of someone so blatantly "useless," Scanlon dealt a blow to Miller's ego as well as her heart. Talk about marrying down! She blew the whistle out of revenge, not jealousy--she annihilated his future just as he'd annihilated hers. But there's a bright side--Scanlon paid with only his POLITICAL life.

Miller could have taken the path of schoolmistress Jean Harris, whose lover-turned-finance-turned-lover Herman "The Scarsdale Diet Doctor" Tarnower also maintained an affair with his receptionist. Things came to a head when Tarnower told Harris he was taking the receptionist to a prestigious testimonial dinner--and to "stop bothering" him. She drove five hours to Tarnower's home to find him alone, but with the receptionist's nightgown in his bathroom. Harris then proceeded to shoot him to death. In a letter she'd mailed to Tarnower earlier that day, she wrote that losing him would have been "difficult enough even if a decent woman had taken my place."

:headbang:
rocknation

[Penndems]

318. She's the one who told an NBC cameraman to film a palm tree

when Secretary Powell was doing an interview on Meet the Press.

[fooj]

207. My thoughts, exactly...

:toast:

[rateyes]

100. He can't serve from jail, anyway...

so what's the big deal? :sarcasm:

[ScreamingMeemie]

101. Deleted...worthless when combined.

:hi:
And yes I'm being pissy.

[seemslikeadream]

102. BYE BYE TOM

Tom DeLay will drop out of his re-election race, two Republican congressional sources tell CNN.

[demdiva]

103. Tucker Carlson teaser

Says that DeLay will move to Virginia ... perhaps to be a lobbyist???
Thanks for posting

[flamingyouth]

104. WHEEEEEEEEEE!

:woohoo:

[fleabert]

105. THERE IS A GOD!

if this were April 1, i would think it was a joke!

:woohoo:

[Tight_rope]

106. GREAT FUCKING NEWS....BEST NEWS ALL MONTH...3 DAYS IN!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Patsy Stone]

107. Absolutely Fabulous!

K&R for taking back Congress.

[meti57b]

108. Hey Tom, .... where's that big, beautiful smile of yours?!

[Independent_Liberal]

109. Na na na na ... na na na na ... hey hey hey ... goodbye!

:D

[demdiva]

111. LOL

[BlueStater]

112. His political career is effectively over

Couldn't of happened soon enough. One conservative scumbag down, many more to go.

[DFW]

113. The far right should look at it this way

They aren't losing one of their most effective thugs.

They are gaining an exterminiator.

[Ignacio Upton]

This is hugh!!!!1111!!!!!!!!1111!

Soon "The Hammer" will be going to the slammer:



:bounce: :bounce: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[Up2Late]

178. Awesome picture!

It's my dream news photo.

LOCK 'EM UP!

[Wabbajack]

115. THIS IS terrible news

He would've lost to Lampson. Another puke will probably win.

[Ignacio Upton]

119. Didn't they already have the primary?

Why did DeLay drop out now? Also, this is still an open seat. Even though DeLay is gone, he can still be used as an issue. Case in point, Francine Busby is still using Duke Cunningham as an issue in the California-50, even though he's going to prison.

[NewJeffCT]

122. That was my thought as well

DeLay might have lost if he stayed in the race... now, the Republicons have a chance to put together a mediocre candidate who can take the heavily Republican district.

[NewJeffCT]

123. That was my thought as well

DeLay might have lost if he stayed in the race... now, the Republicons have a chance to put together a mediocre candidate who can take the heavily Republican district.

[CAG]

116. Faux news is in mourning. Dips(*t just said "he was likeable". Yeah,

and Scrooge was a regular Mother Theresa

[Iris]

245. Yeah - but they get the "front page story"

He's appearing on FOX at 9:00 a.m. to make his announcement.

[BrotherBuzz]

117. Dropping out so he can spend more time with his....

Attorneys

:rofl:

[muchacho]

124. awesome!!!!!!!!!

[Timbuk3]

125. Bush loves Tommy

Republicans rally to support DeLay

http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8FV41586

DeLay's Conservatives Go Commie

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-corn/delays-conservatives-go-_b_843.html

Bush throws support behind embattled DeLay

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7639952/

Bush Gives New Support to Tom DeLay

http://www.talkleft.com/new_archives/010498.html

The GOP, God's Own Party, supporting crooks like this to the bitter end. Is it any wonder this country is in such sad shape?

[demdiva]

126. Continued coverage on MSNBC - "This could be a blood bath"

Chris Matthews was just on The Situation with Tucker Carlson saying that the reason that DeLay decided not to seek re-election was that his numbers were trending down and he knows the importance of trends in politics. Yada-yada-yada ....this I assumed... more important ....

DeLay decided not to seek re-election because his seat will be important to the repulicans seeking the majority ...
IF THE ELECTION WERE HELD TODAY THE REPUBLICANS WOULD LOOSE THE MAJORITY !!!!
Even in the House? Is this possible??? Does anyone have info on recent congressional polling numbers?

[7P Dude]

146. I heard Senate would go blue

But that the House would remain red despite R losses. Of course, that's almost exactly what they were saying back in '94 too.

[demdiva]

204. Yeah .... that was my impression too

Although I haven't been as up on things as I'd like to be.
In fact, I thought even the Senate was going to be tough ... but this definitely bodes well for the Dem's chances in November.

[Nomen Tuum]

127. He's Gone!

:-)

[tularetom]

129. Did he blubber like the dukester when he announced it?

[demdiva]

He hasn't actually announced it yet ...

They are obviously just softening the ground tonight ...
Announcement expected tomorrow ... I'm setting my TiVo ?!?!?

[WorseBeforeBetter]

138. Based on his shit-eatin' grin in his mug shot...

I doubt he'll be shedding any tears when he makes the announcement. WTF knows though.

[SammyBlue]

130. Good fucking ridance, you sack of shit

Enjoy prison, demon spawn! And fuck off!!!

[Mr_Spock]

131. WHAAAAAAAA?????

Is this true????

[orleans]

135. HA!

now what piece of shit is running to replace the big piece of shit?

[Greeby]

Happy Happy Joy Joy!

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[moobu2]

137. Awww Delay just “needs more time with his family” n/t

[Kingshakabobo]

193. Whenever I see this picture I'm reminded of the old saying:

"Ten pounds of shit in a five pound bag"

[DainBramaged]

139. There's dancing in the streets, spring is here and the time is right

for corrupt scumfuck Republicants to go to jail.

[usregimechange]

140. Thank you Jesus!

[northofdenali]

142. !!! This is HUGH !!11!!

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.

The bughunter is

goin' down!!

[Liberty Belle]

147. AP Link: Former House majority leader DeLay to retire, officials say

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20060403-1958-delay.html

Former House majority leader DeLay to retire, officials say




ASSOCIATED PRESS

7:58 p.m. April 3, 2006

WASHINGTON – Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a Texan touched by a lobbying scandal that ensnared some of his former top aides and cost the Republican his leadership post, won't seek re-election to Congress, officials said Monday.

They said DeLay also is likely to resign his seat and leave Congress by the end of May.

DeLay was expected to disclose his plans Tuesday, said the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the congressman had not made that announcement.


:toast:

[babylonsister]

149. His family NEEDS him! nt

[BrotherBuzz]

155. His attorneys NEED him!

with his full and undivided attention.

:rofl:

[jean]

150. How does Texas go about filling the DeLay-free seat?

[crispini]

152. We're all rummaging through the election code right now.

Check the Texas forum for about three threads on it.

[jean]

154. Thank you. It's like a bright light has just blinked on, DeLay is going,

going, almost gone!

[ScreamingMeemie]

151. Yeeargh!!!

Kicked and Recommended! Thanks for posting a link!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

153. His retirement condo...

[DBoon]

156. He needs to stay out of small planes

I'm sure he has lots of dirt he would spill to save his own hide - if he lives long enough

[The_Casual_Observer]

157. According to decay, he's innocent and this is all a witch hunt.

If he believes this, why is he quitting?

[wallwriter]

162. Seriously. They must have him by the short and curlies

[Penndems]

319. In addition to being guilty as sin, he's quitting because of this:

He needs to divert money from his campaign war chest to pay for his legal team.

From The Washington Post:

<snip>

"DeLay has assembled a substantial legal team to fight back, and he has a defense fund -- financed largely by corporations with business before Congress -- that contained more than $600,000 at the end of last year, based on the cumulative record of its receipts and contributions. But contributions to the fund dropped from $318,000 to $181,500 between the third and fourth quarters of 2005.

DeLay also is entitled under federal election rules to convert any or all of the remaining funds from his reelection campaign to his legal expenses, whether or not he resigns, is indicted or loses the election. Election lawyers say one advantage of bowing out of the election now is that the campaign cash can be converted to pay legal bills immediately, instead of being drained in the course of a bid to stay in office.

As of Feb. 15, when his campaign filed its most recent report with the Federal Election Commission, DeLay had $1,295,350 on hand. But that was two weeks before the Texas primary in which DeLay bested three Republican rivals to win renomination, and the pot of money available to him now may be considerably less.

By stepping aside so early in an election year, a lawmaker "wouldn't be spending to be reelected" and could transfer the funds immediately to fend off any federal charges, said lawyer Kenneth A. Gross, a former head of the FEC's enforcement division. The last lawmaker to gain the FEC's formal approval for such a transfer was Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif.), who resigned last November after pleading guilty to evading taxes and accepting bribes."

<snip>
*******************************************************************
More here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/03/AR2006040302145.html

[7P Dude]

158. Don't Stop Supporting ($$$) Lampson!!!!

He raised something like 1.4M so far based on national opposition to DeLay which might dry up now that he's gone.

He's got a head start on any repbulican candidate but this is a 65%+ Bush district we're talking about.

[BrightKnight]

187. link -->

http://www.lampson.com/

[mark wayne]

159. Ding dong the witch is dead!

I just watched the breaking story on local Houston news
channels and was on the phone to all my friends. This is truly
a great day. That lying hypocrite is going down! Yet he has
the balls to say it was a witch hunt.

[eppur_se_muova]

312. I guess if you bag a witch, that PROVES it was a witch hunt!

A successful one, in fact.

ON EDIT: No offense to Wiccans. Rather see a Wiccan, or even a Satanist, in office than this "God-fearing Christian".

[sueh]

160. Yaaa-hoooo!!

Buh-bye

:bounce:

[fryguy]

163. keep the cheers to a low roar.....its not like we've seen the last of him

what do you think, he's just going to go back to the bug-killing business? no way. now we'll likely see just HOW evil he is working on K Street or the RNC where he won't have to worry about things like re-elections or public scrutiny in advancing his agenda.....

i think it would have been better, much better, for him to have lost his seat - or win it and be forced to resign following a guilty verdict - and leave washington in disgrace rather than resign to a nice post-Congress life.....

[Hoooweee]

164. like Kos said...

all Republican sins will be washed away with his sacrifice/change of residence to Arlington. The media will play it that way as soon as he fingers a successor.

[sheelz]

165. This is great news!....

I hope it gets even more delicious.

[Danascot]

166. Fluuuuuuuuuuush!!!

[vanboggie]

167. Take that you dirty rotten arm twister

Just woke hubby up to tell him. BIG smile. There may be the risk of losing that seat, but Diebold et al could have assured his win. There's more to it. Like PRISON! We have a successful fall here!

:bounce: :beer: :woohoo: :applause: :bounce: :beer: :woohoo: :applause:

:bounce: :beer: :woohoo: :applause: :bounce: :beer: :woohoo: :applause:

[neuvocat]

168. Its because he's a persecuted Christian.

Boo-hoo-hoo.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

188. that's the other reason.

The first being that the mighty Clenis is to blame.

Of course.

[SKKY]

169. Why would he? He did his job redistricting Texas...

The damage has been done.

[longship]

170. Too bad. I was hoping for an easy Dem pick-up there.

Now the Dem opponent might actually have to fight for the seat.

Damn!

[Tempest]

181. Polls show the Dem candidate beating all the Repugs

The district will go to the Democrat candidate.

[nankerphelge]

172. hahahahahahahaha

[SlavesandBulldozers]

174. it's not like he needs the money.

I mean, surely you didn't think he was in it for the people. I'm sure he has a nice little comfy nest-egg fluffed with Our money in a foreign bank somewhere. He just can't really pander to the "moral voter" anymore, because even they know how corrupt the dude is. Hell, he's turned the morals thing inside out and upside down lolz pwned. He's textbook corruption. Corruption incarnate.

[KingFlorez]

175. Thank You, GOD!

Miracles do happen!

[Hand]

177. Let me say this about that...

NAH NAH NAAH NAH, NAH NAH NA-AH NAH, HEY HEYY-EYY, GOO-OOD BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:woohoo:

[garybeck]

182. YAYYYYYYYYYY

[savemefromdumbya]

184. Droppin' like flies!

[President Kerry]

189. Don't let the door slam you in the ass, dickwad!

And may you have many sleepless nights thinking of your impending prison term.

[drowninginjello]

210. Correction?

Heh, good one, but I like this: "Don't let the dickwad slam you in the ass!" :beer:

[Zorra]

191. REPUBLICAN CORRUPTION! Say it with me, brothers and sisters!

Say it loud! Shout it from the rooftops and stick it on the bumper of your car.

The truth shall set us free.
:headbang:

[muriel_volestrangler]

217. The Republican Culture of Corruption

Push the message that it's not just one Republican who's now 'stepped down' - it's a whole nest of vipers, filled with stinking sleaze, and they are being forced out, one by one, running away in a desperate attempt to stay one step ahead of the law. To get rid of them at the election, the average person should be thinking 'corruption' after they hear the word 'Republican'.

[Zorra]

265. Exactly. Republican=Corruption.

;-)

[lebkuchen]

194. I'm thrilled!!

He and Jesse Helms were one of a kind. Neither will be missed.

[Fluffdaddy]

195. Bye Bye

[virgdem]

197. Sayonara, sucker

so glad to see the roach man bite the dust. Good riddance.

[Tiggeroshii]

199. sweet justice...

:toast:

[Duncan Grant]

200. Ahhhh, the dish best served cold.

I've been waiting for this day since you used the Dept. of Homeland Security to find Texas Democratic State Senators.

Enjoy your place in the history books, assh*le. :rofl:

[drowninginjello]

202. And if we connect the dots...

Tony Rudy, A former top aide to FORMER Rep. Tom Delay plead guilty last week and vowed cooperation in lobbying fraud.

Any guesses on who he may roll over on? I think he'll roll over on Delay and help seal that case against Delay. But I also see more names surfacing in the next few weeks.

Any thoughts?

[Torn_Scorned_Ignored]

203. Tom Delay to step down...

http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=c1d788cf5a967e2f

“I can continue to be a leader of the conservative cause,” he said. “I can do more to grow the Republican majority, rather than spend the next eight months locked down in running a campaign.”

The congressman, who informed party leaders of his decision late Monday, said his departure from office would depend on the congressional schedule, but he said he expected it would be in late May or mid-June.

[drowninginjello]

208. Eight months?

Yeah, he can't be bothered being locked-down in a campaign for eight months...

Because he'll be locked-up for eight years!!

And no, Tom, your departure from office won't depend on the congressional schedule...it will depend on the visiting schedule at the Federal Pen!!

Your top aide is turning on you, Abramhoff is turning over a list of names...feel kinda' like nails on a blackboard, Tommy? How are the migraines? Getting worse?

[Historic NY]

205. Wow, hey Bugman don't let the door hit you in the........

a$$.

[DemExpat]

212. WooHooooo! Great morning news here!

:party: :bounce: :party:

DemEx

[truthisfreedom]

213. well, shit your PANTS, TOM! it's about time you come around, just 7 months

before your friends need re-election (which they won't get.)

by the way, tom, don't let the bars slam on your fingers ON THE WAY INTO THE SLAMMER.

[Ikari Gendo]

214. Think about this....

When DeLay was censured, he got the rules changed so that he could hold power.

When he was indicted, he clung to chances of regaining his position until it became painfully obvious that he would never be boss man again.

Despite an ongoing criminal case against him, he ran in the primary and won.

His aide rolls over.
The general election polls say the Hammer gets replaced.
DeLay is giving up his campaign and probably resigning his seat.

What would make a man who clung to power like he was some Southern Baptist Pope give up?

Option 1. The obvious answer -- The Abramoff investigation is going to puke up a torrent of filth on Tommy Boy that will lead to CSPAN's first perp-walk as a SWAT team drags him the House floor straight to a plane bound for Gitmo.

Option 2. The less obvious answer -- If Tommy can't win, he doesn't want to play. Under arcane Texas law, this is the only way he can avoid being on the ballot in November and having his ass handed to him by the gerrymandered machine he created. It's finally sinking in that he can't get his way on everything, so rather than be a man about it, take his lumps, and lose gracefully, he'll just tip over the board, scatter the pieces, and stomp off to Virginia to pout about how the evil liberals are picking on him.

Note that these options are not mutually exclusive. It is possible that he is both a criminal and a whiny little brat. In fact that's where my money is.

[symbolman]

221. I've heard some say that as many as 50 Repigs

are going to get their asses handed to them by the Abramoff scandal.. they are all trying to hold their fudge until the elections, another reason we get stories like McKinney, to soften a blow to the right like this one.

Watch for the Delay story (news dump on a MONDAY?) to dribble away while the Cynthia story keeps getting hammered, especially by those on this board who for some reason can't understand that this COP needs to be FIRED for his actions.

If I was her I would have said, "Maybe I should have shot him, mistaken him for a quail, THEN I'd get an apology.."

Lay it out there babe, CHENEY CAN SHOOT A MAN IN THE FACE, then Obstruct Justice, but not a Black woman, one of 14 WHOLE blacks in a body of hundreds.

This IS a happy day, I;ve waited so long for this POS to be banished, we are watching History, think about it, they've rigged the system, they own it all, they've used gerry mandering in Texas and he STILL can't win, maybe they DON'T have ALL the machines rigged and we CAN WIN this election in 2006!

EIther that, or their black souls are so paranoid, no matter how many of the marbles they own they still worry about ball bearings :)

I REALLY want to see the media RERUN all those statements of INNOCENCE by him, how this will all PASS, etc so I can enjoy this even more...

[radfringe]

215. YEEE-HAWWW !

:rofl: No DELAY...let's inpeach today!!!

ok - when will Santorum do the same?

[WatchWhatISay]

216. Charles Coulson's Prison Ministry

Delay has always been a big supporter

Now he can be a participant

[keopeli]

218. Lipstick On a Pig

www.thesmokinggun.com

and the arrest warrant.

This is a wonderful mugshot.

How much influence do you need to be able to take a mugshot like this?

Imagine a world where crimes are stopped BEFORE they happen.

Think of it as Preemptive Criminology.

Can't we stop these crimes before they happen?

more here

[cornermouse]

219. Translation: They offered me a lobbying job with the kind of

salary and perks that no one in their right mind would refuse.

That's the way I read it.

[NewWaveChick1981]

220. Sniff..sniff..We'll miss you, Tom.... NOT!!!

Boo hoo and all that sort of stuff. Don't let the door hit you on the ass when you leave.

[chelsea0011]

222. Oh my gawddddd. When will the politics of personal destruction ever end?

:toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: Here's to jail time the next time we hear from this corrupt little thief.

[cmd]

223. Ney will be close behind

Ding, dong! The Bugman's gone.

[fujiyama]

225. I can't believe I just found out about this

It makes it harder to get the seat, but the fact that this man is outta politics is a cause for celebration.

[Ganja Ninja]

226. So long Tom, don't let the cell door hit you in the ass.

:hi:

[ClintonTyree]

227. What a GREAT way to wake up!

I turn on the computer and the first headline I see is "Tom Delay to Resign"! :woohoo: :applause: :toast: :party:

I thought this man of strict moral character, who was being unduly harassed by a partisan witch hunt, was innocent of all charges and would fight to the end to prove his innocence? :shrug: Gee Tom, it looks like you're a lying hypocritical piece of shit after all.

WHAT A GREAT WAY TO START THE DAY! :headbang:

[TheModernTerrorist]

234. great news for us going to bed too

it's 7:50AM, and I'm hitting the sack...with a smile :-)

[DFW]

232. My guess?

Old Uncle Karl and Uncle Dick told him, go quietly, and
we arrange for a sympathetic judge. Hang around and be
a lightning rod for the 2006 midterms, and we throw you
to the dogs, take your pick.

Living proof, at least, that Diebold machines will not be
universally in use this election.

[WePurrsevere]

235. Good riddance to bad rubbish! n/t

:kick:

[E-Z-B]

236. Guess all the donations to his legal defense fund went down a giant toilet

:hurts:

[Joanne98]

314. He can use the money he raised for his campaign! 1 1/2 mil

[nosferaustin]

237. Almost as happy...

As if I'd heard that * and Dick had quit!

[many a good man]

238. We're gonna need Halliburton

to start building some new Federal Penitentiaries. I predict massive overcrowding in the years to come!

[Bridget Burke]

240. From the Houston Chronicle:

DeLay expected to 'step aside'

By JULIE MASON and MICHAEL HEDGES
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle

WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, a legendary Republican warrior in the political trenches, is dropping his re-election campaign and will leave Congress early under the shadow of the congressional lobbying scandal.

The shocking move creates a weird scramble for his seat in the burgeoning suburbs south of Houston. The state Republican Executive Committee or the party chairmen in the counties in the 22nd Congressional District will get to nominate a candidate for the November general election, officials said. But first may come a special election to select someone to fill the remainder of DeLay's term through the end of the year.

"This was a political and personal decision he has made," said Richard Cullen, DeLay's attorney in Washington, D.C., who spoke to the congressman on Monday. "He just felt it was the best thing for him, for his family, and for the Republican Party.".....

Cullen denied that DeLay's decision was based on the recent plea bargain by former top aide Tony Rudy, who pleaded guilty to a corruption charge Friday and agreed to cooperate with a federal investigation into lobbying practices in Congress.

www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3768886.html

More on the front page: www.chron.com

[kiteinthewind]

241. Hot Damn!!

:toast: :party: :toast: :party: :toast: :party: :toast: :party: :toast: :party:

:bounce: :applause: :woohoo: :bounce: :applause: :woohoo: :bounce: :applause: :woohoo:

[JuniorPlankton]

242. DeLay calls it quits

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Rep. Tom DeLay of Texas, the House of Representatives' fallen majority leader, is calling it quits in face of mounting legal problems and a tough re-election campaign that may have been unwinnable.

Twelve years after helping Republicans capture control of the House, DeLay, nicknamed "The Hammer" for his hardball political tactics, is ending his bid for a 12th term and will leave Congress as early as next month, party aides said.

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Oh yeah, baby!

Next stop - slammer!

:toast:

[shenmue]

243. Yeah! Yeah!

Woohoo!

:bounce:

[dubyaD40web]

244. Link?

[callous taoboy]

246. YES!!!! I've been waiting a long time for this! n/t

[MadisonProgressive]

247. Quote of the day!

Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, who succeeded DeLay in his leadership post earlier this year. “He has served our nation with integrity and honor,” Boehner said.



:wtf:

[Kingshakabobo]

254. Are you kidding? WTF indeed.

THAT statement will come back to haunt him.

[MadisonProgressive]

260. Not Kidding!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12141276/

[sinkingfeeling]

249. Shades of Duke Cunningham. I predict another jail sentence coming down !

[catmandu57]

251. I wonder if he'll grin like a possum eating shit

When they take his picture for his prison id, somehow I don't think so. I hope that photo is spread far and wide across the internets.
Every Democratic candidate needs to tie their opposition to this scumbag or one of his partners in crime, then it will be a bloodbath this November.

[IdaBriggs]

252. II thought this was an April Fool's Day Prank!

Woo Hoo! I want to see the perp walk!!!

:bounce: :popcorn: :woohoo:

[lovuian]

253. Go to Jail Tom!!! See what getting Bush president gotcha

a one way ticket to jail...

and to think this crook made Texas re do its lines... He will have company soon...

[connecticut yankee]

255. Some idiot

wrote into Lucianne.com calling DeLay "a good and honorable man"

None are so blind as those who will not see.

[iamthebandfanman]

256. lol but

i actually dont like the news!
i wanted him to run again!
so we could for sure kick his ass and take the seat!

[mcscajun]

257. Think he's hoping for a contract from FoxNews?

Or perhaps a lucrative career on K Street?

DeLay said he hopes to "engage in the important cultural and political battles of our day from outside the arena of the House of Representatives."

Okay, so he has to move out of Texas to allow the state party to select a replacement candidate. He could move anywhere, and he chooses his Virginia condo as his new permanent residence, nice and close to the corridors of power and major TV studios.

Perhaps he can combine lobbying with FauxSnooze appearances, where he'll be a favored guest and billed constantly as "Former Congressman Tom DeLay" while he shills for his employers and the powers that be.

I was cheering last night, we all can, but this bugman ain't exterminated yet.

[derby378]

258. Tom DeLay - COWARD OF THE COUNTY

What was that statement that Jean Schmidt made to Murtha? Cowards cut and run.

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[Dragonbreathp9d]

259. “He has served our nation with integrity and honor,” Boehner said.

bullshit

[guruoo]

261. Here's the link - Delay announces resignation

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DELAY?SITE=TNCLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

[nosferaustin]

264. Fidget, fidget...

just watched Tommy quit on CNN Video. F'ing prick. I cannot understand how these repugs can list their lies with such straight faces. Repulsive.

These f*ckers make me sick. As if this will help the Repulicans keep his district. Donate and support Nick Lampson and slam the door on this atrocity - without Delay!

http://www.lampson.com/

[superconnected]

268. The rethuglican trend is not to resign when caught being a crook

Their base supports them no matter how dishonest.

He must have a LOT more on him than we think.

When does a rethug resign? When prison is looking likely.

[myrna minx]

269. Whoohoo!

How to I catch up to this conga line? :woohoo: :woohoo:

[TankLV]

272. Fantastic News!

Just heard it on NPR when I woke up - only they announced it that he was RESIGNING!

Is that correct?

With all his overwhelming primary victory by over 62% and his "momentum" - I bet he's resigning (or refusing to run for re-election) because the charges are more serious than announced - I bet he's either killed someone outright or had someone killed on his orders.

That's my take on it - I would put nothing past this scumbag - as I would not put such things past ANY of this current crop of repukes in power now!

[Iniquitous Bunny]

273. Sweeeeeet!!!!!!!!

:woohoo:

[Notoverit]

274. Dagnabit! I was waiting for him to be vindicated! He promised!

ya mean all the partisan prosecutoer won? All that, and they killed Kenny too?

[Old Smokey]

275. Good riddens to bad rubbish

see ya bugman....you sorry rat bastard.

[Vidar]

277. 1st good news in a week!

[sofa king]

282. Yessssss!

There's one thing, though. Tom DeLay was presiding over a criminal network which he neither created nor destroyed. It's still there, and sooner rather than later a new criminal will emerge to take the reigns of that network.

We must be watching, we must focus on exposing and foiling that criminal network, and this time, we can't take fifteen years to do it.

[confludemocrat]

286. fucker's time is over, hell awaits

and may he rot there for eternity

[MrBlueSky]

291. This is good news... but...

It's truly a good morning when you wake up to find the following 2-inch headline in the morning paper:


DELAY TO QUIT Indicted GOP 'Hammer' to leave Congress Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer

:hippie:

:beer: Time to party? :beer: :headbang:

Just as I predicted... the whole neo-con cabal is in the initial stages of collapse.

However, I wonder... and this message is to the lady who is in TX District 22 ...

what does this mean for Mr. Lampson's campaign? Have you heard anything from him? Can you help to keep your eye out for any statements by him?

Please advise.

Thanks!

MrBlueSky
Bellevue, WA

[Texaroo]

293. Actually, Lampson's been on the news all morning..

(I'm not "that lady" but I am also in his district). The GOP apparently already has an "heir-apparent" that they are touting - a current local mayor. He didn't run in the general election, so it sounds like he's the designated successor.

Nick's been great, though - pointing out that he's been running on the issues,his record of service, etc. - good publicity, I think.

I am just hoping that the "candidate of choice" from the pugs has the stench of DeLay to the extent that he will fail to draw support. The good news is that in a special election, we could have a free-for-all that would favor Nick, so HE would be the incumbent come fall.

I just wonder - does this have anything to do with the SCOTUS decision on redistricting that is pending? That could add a VERY interesting twist....

[MrBlueSky]

294. Thanks for the report Texaroo!

It may very well have to do with SCOTUS... I've read earlier today that it was DeLay's lawyers who read the handwriting on the wall and forced him to resign... so it could very well be that an unfavorable (to DeLay) decision is coming.

Texaroo, do you have the latest poll reading from Houston Chronicle or a smaller, local paper there in Fort Bend County-area?

By the way, in early 2001, I was in your area... I stayed with a family about a block away from Destiny's Child's home. NICE HOUSES THERE!!! Da'g!!! Here in Seattle, homes like that never sell for less than $2 or 3 million!

LOVELY area!

[Ignis]

295. I'm just looking for...

One Divine Hammer! :)

Enjoy the clink, BugMan Tom!

[eringer]

296. Oh No! Don't Do It Tom -- George says you are innocent!

Seems like only yesterday (see article below), that our prez told us not to worry about the innocence of Tom Delay. What a difference a few months makes!

Democrats Criticize Bush For Saying DeLay's Innocent

By Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, December 16, 2005; Page A04

Democratic leaders sternly criticized President Bush yesterday for saying former House majority leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) is innocent of felonious campaign finance abuses, suggesting his comments virtually amounted to jury tampering before DeLay stands trial.

"The president of the United States said a jury does not need to assemble, that Tom DeLay is innocent," said Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.). "To have someone of his stature, the president of the United States, prejudge a case is something I've never seen before."

During an interview Wednesday on the Fox News Channel, Bush was asked whether he believes DeLay is innocent of the charges of money laundering and conspiracy that led to his indictment in Texas and resignation from the House Republican leadership in September. "Yes, I do," the president replied.

That response pushed the White House on the defensive yesterday. Administration officials have repeatedly deflected questions about other legal probes -- especially Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald's inquiry into the leaking of CIA operative Valerie Plame's name -- by saying they could not comment on ongoing investigations. White House spokesman Scott McClellan called the apparent inconsistency a "presidential prerogative."

"The president was asked a question and he responded to that question in the interview yesterday, and made very clear what his views were," McClellan said. "We don't typically tend to get into discussing legal matters of that nature, but in this instance, the president chose to respond to it. Our policy regarding the Fitzgerald investigation and ongoing legal proceeding is well-known and it remains unchanged."

"Call it a presidential prerogative," he added.

Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) fired back that Bush's comments on the DeLay investigation should free him to reveal who leaked Plame's name. Conservative columnist Robert D. Novak, who published Plame's identity in July 2003, suggested this week that Bush knows who in the White House leaked it.

Democrats yesterday charged that Republican leaders on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue are going to extraordinary lengths to protect DeLay. Once the House adjourns for the year, it will not reconvene until the end of January, the latest reassembly since 1933, said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). Pelosi contends that the timing is designed to protect DeLay from a challenge to his hope of reclaiming his leadership post.

Jessica Boulanger, a spokeswoman for acting Majority Leader Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), said the proposed Jan. 31 return date is only a few days later than those of recent congresses. It is "absolutely false" to say the date was picked with DeLay in mind, she said.

Boulanger said House members are in session unusually late this year, and need time at home. She also said the Senate will devote most of its time to a Supreme Court nomination in January, and thus the House would have little interaction with the other chamber.

[ananda]

300. gone holy roller...

DeLay says that now he will focus on foster care and advocating for the alliance of religion and government in public speeches.

You know... he still has supporters because he's so fucking sanctimonious.

What an asshole.

Sue

[debbierlus]

301. DELAY RESIGNS FROM CONGRESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://news.yahoo.com/fc/us/us_congress

[Rainscents]

302. Great news!!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Imagine My Surprise]

303. Imagine My Surprise

[jeffrey_X]

305. Won't he just stay in Washington and become a lobbyist?

You know he can't leave the systematic gravey train that's been lining his pockets for years. You know he has to have some angle to stay on the "inside," no?

[ksokol]

309. Bye Bye, Bugman....

You'll only be missed by your partners in corruption.

This is very, very good news. And hopefully it's only the start of a *real* fumigation in Washington and elsewhere.

Kerri

[Algorem]

310. Boehner might wilt

http://www.cleveland.com/weblogs/openers/

Pity the poor, lonely, Majority Leader


House Majority Leader John Boehner says he expects this week will be "the toughest week I have had since I was elected majority leader."

"I don't think I ever took two Advil in the morning before I came to work, but I did today," Boehner told reporters this morning before answering a barrage of questions about Tom DeLay's resignation. "And I was looking in my closet for a tie and I thought, I need somthing to cheer me up, so I decided I was going to cheer myself up with a bright tie."...



Ney will stay


Tom DeLay's departure from Congress fueled calls today for the resignation of Ohio's Bob Ney, whose involvement with lobbyist Jack Abramoff is also being scrutinized by federal law enforcement authorities.

"For more than a decade, Bob Ney has loyally served Tom DeLay's corrupt Republican leadership," said Chilllicothe Mayor Joe Sulzer, who is among four Democrats running in the May primary for the chance to take on Ney. "Now he should take another cue from Tom DeLay and retire for the good of Ohio"...

[AuntiBush]

315. I'm Telling Ya...

I'm heartbroken, and just shocked I tell you, shocked.

Tee. Hee. :bounce::bounce:

[PegDAC]

320. No Text, just

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[baby_mouse]

324. ONE.

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