Conservatives quit board over DeLay appointment

[Gman]

Source: Houston Chronicle

Conservatives quit board over DeLay appointment

By MICHAEL HEDGES
Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — As Tom DeLay pursues a return to the public stage, he's meeting resistance from an unexpected source: conservatives who say that he betrayed the movement as a congressional leader.

Four board members of the American Conservative Union, one of the oldest and best established voices of the conservative movement, resigned recently when DeLay was brought onto the board.
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Keene said DeLay had proposed an effort under which he'd raise $1 million for a grassroots lobbying effort, which DeLay would then run. But that idea was shelved when Keene and DeLay failed to agree on some of the details of how it would operate, Keene said.


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'Ol Tom can't help his self. He just has to have lobbyist money. It's an unending gusher of funds he just has to have.

Tom also has no clue how radioactive he is.

[Demeter]

1. Some Sense of Self-Preservation, Or Honor? Or Just the Cut Direct?

Interesting developments every day.

[tanyev]

2. Ol' Tom might have to go back to killing cockroaches one of these days.

[tblue37]

3. That would be fratricide for him. (eom)

[shain from kane]

8. In his cell. n/t

[tblue37]

4. This is telling:

"When I introduced him (to ACU members) I said that, like a number of Republicans, Tom had done some work on the dark side," Keene recalled. "Now, he wants to harness his abilities for our agenda<emphasis added>."

[tech3149]

5. Never make a deal with he devil

you'll be sorry

[youngdem]

15. like ALL Republicans

Behind EVERY republican is a crime. They are a mob, and you can't get into the mob unless THEY have something on YOU, so just lik a gangbanger shooting or robbing someone as a gang initiation, so it goes with Repukes.

Colin covered up Mai Lai massacre.

Cheney is...well, Cheney.

Bush Sr. did an unending list of dirty deeds during his tenure (and I'm sure is only party retired).

Rice is an oil WHORE.

Gonzalez does the bidding of the Anti-Christ himself, wiping his ass with the constitution each and every day.

McCain has the S&L crisis.

Rudy has Kerik (among others).

They are ALL crooks. It is the mafia.

[pretzel4gore]

6. great. delay wins again...

them big tough men aint so big and tough when faced with a real set of peckerstones like delay, eh....haven't they ever heard of the quiet smiling chat? ('if you ever try join here, buggernuts, i will pop both yer fukkin kneecaps...attaboy tom, beat it)

[wordpix]

7. "His trial is pending"---WTF is taking so long? Friggin courts are filled with kids busted for a

joint.

[formercia]

9. The kids busted for a joint are needed in the prison factories

DeLay is just a useless mouth to feed. Profit takes precedence over all.

[sutz12]

10. Might they have been waiting for Gonzo to get the right USA in place?

:evilgrin:

[AlCzervik]

11. the part that kills me is that they quit because he was part of the gop spending like

drunken sailors and not because of his corruption problems. Nice way to prioritize American Conservative union members, they wouldn't have quit if he was a small government goper with corruption problems.

[dkofos]

12. They must know what a backstabbing asshole he really is!!

[opihimoimoi]

13. WTF??? They quit and he is still there???

[Maraya1969]

14. Dear FBI, Unwarrently tap him please. If anyone deserves it.......

[Zenlitened]

16. Conservatism is Dead. The Republican Party Killed It.