The Tragedy of Tom DeLay

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Tom DeLay's resignation cannot absolve the Republican Party of its sins. The "Hammer," who chipped away at the integrity and effectiveness of Congress until there was nothing left, listened to his party rather than his ego and has finally acknowledged that he was one of many albatrosses hanging on the neck of the struggling GOP. His resignation does not save this party.

What is done cannot be undone. Not as long as this Republican Party maintains its majority status. The stench of Tom DeLay's corruption still wafts through the halls of Congress. His political philosophy--that fair is foul and foul is fair--thrives on, as vibrant as ever in the deeds of the Majority.

That such a man will no longer serve in Congress is cause to rejoice. But the tragic truth remains. From this man and his cabal was spawned a system of corruption which survives his political demise. DeLay leaves, yet he leaves a Congress full of Tom DeLay Republicans behind. It is a Congress so steeped in corruption that it cannot, by the exodus of one man, turn back to its purpose of serving the people rather than serving itself.

The tragedy of Tom DeLay is not then his political demise, but the demise of the American system of governance. For with or without Tom DeLay, that GOP theory that everything must be sacrificed in the quest for power lives on. Party over principle. It is the legacy of Tom DeLay, the legacy of this Republican Congress. It is a hideous stain upon our democracy that cannot be rubbed out, not with the resignation of one man, not with superficial ethics "reform". Only a Democratic majority in November can provide the catharsis necessary to cleanse Capitol Hill of its culture of corruption.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/4/4/12291/55372

TOM DON'T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU WHERE THE GOOD LORD SPLIT YOU----SEE YA!!!!