Tom DeLay: Phantom of the Opera

[quaoar]

http://slate.msn.com/id/2124417/

Abramoff is a huge opera buff, and—until now this has been a closely-guarded secret—so is DeLay. The only previous public hint of this mutual enthusiasm was the revelation in June by Associated Press reporter Adam Nossiter that Abramoff persuaded the Coushatta tribe to put up $185,000 in 2000 so DeLay could treat some of his biggest donors to a concert by the fabled Three Tenors (José Carreras, Luciano Pavarotti, and Plácido Domingo). Apparently, DeLay is no mere opera dilettante. He knows his spintos and his verismos and his ariosos, and I guess he must work overtime to keep that knowledge a tightly held secret lest his good-ole-boy constituents in Sugarland, Texas, conclude the Hammer is putting on airs. You probably think I'm kidding, but I'm not. The meanest man in Congress, who used to make his living killing insects, is ... the phantom of the opera.

[Ayesha]

1. Nooo!

Don't insult my beloved Phantom by comparing him to this scum-sucking nutjob!

Sorry...big phan going way back. I used to go see the show once a month when it played in San Francisco, thanks to $15 seats in the disabled section.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

4. have no fear...read below.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

2. Yuck. My kids and I share a long time love of the Opera Phantom...

I even traveled to Paris last year and visited the original Opera House.

Tom...I knew the Phantom. And YOU are NOT the PHANTOM.

You are at best a scrawny rat in the sewers well under the magnificent Opera commissioned by Napolean.

nothing more.

[Ayesha]

6. He's the Ratcatcher!

:-)

[Straight Shooter]

3. Bwhahahahahaha!

Personally, I appreciate the intricacies of opera but don't like to listen to it. I have always considered that a personal deficiency, but now I am relieved to know that, once again, I have NOTHING in common with the bug man.

Wait till Sugar Land, Texas, gets ahold of this bit of la-dee-da news about DeLay.

[quaoar]

5. Indeed

Tom DeLay, elitist snob.