Gov. Dean - DeLay is a symptom of a larger disease

[kpete]

Gov. Dean just sent this out after the news that Rep. Tom DeLay is quitting his re-election race.

Indicted Republican leader Tom DeLay announced late last night that he will withdraw from his race for re-election and leave Congress within months.

This comes after Friday's news that a key former DeLay aide pleaded guilty to conspiracy and agreed to cooperate with the ongoing federal investigation of DeLay's money-for-influence machine.

DeLay says he made his decision because he doesn't want to let Democrats make him the issue in the 2006 elections. But Tom DeLay himself has never been the issue.

DeLay is a symptom of a larger disease -- a sick Republican culture of corruption that touches everyone who took his dirty money, voted for his corrupt leadership, or sat silently while their party has sold our government to the highest bidder. The corruption extends to the House, the Senate, and the Bush Administration -- and this November the accountability must reach just as wide.

http://www.democrats.org/a/2006/04/delay_drops_out.php

Governor Dean will be on CNN at 5:25 PM Eastern (i.e. very, very soon) talking about Tom DeLay's retreat and defeat approach to clearing his name.

[liberalnurse]

1. That is an accurate diagnosis

by the good doctor!:applause: :woohoo:

Now, lets discuss the treatment of this infection! Evacuation of the pestilence comes to my mind.

[Avalux]

2. Yay Howard!

That's what I want to hear - it's not all about DeLay - the repug party is corrupt - anyone that supported DeLay is corrupt. Accountability!!! :applause:

[quinnox]

3. Dean is spot on

[pstans]

4. Once again

Dean is right on with this remarks, but he always is.

[kpete]

5. Republicans put party ahead of their country

Dean with Wolf 2:30 pst

Voters want REAL change

Wolf is trying to make Dean go MAD...


Dean is not biting...

So Much Waste, Fraud and Abuse


Wolf is STILL trying to make Dean go MAD...

Dean still WON't bite...