This will make you either puke or cry

[proud2BlibKansan]

Tom DeLay ranks as the greatest legislator of his time

By ROBERT D. NOVAK

BEFORE Tom DeLay suddenly let it be known Monday night that he would resign from Congress, the word in Republican circles had been that he envisioned a post-leadership career in the House as an Appropriations subcommittee and perhaps eventually full committee chairman. Such a role as a dispenser of federal pork would seem paradoxical for the congressional embodiment of the conservative movement.

DeLay's 11-term House career now coming to a close was filled with paradoxes. He must be ranked with the great legislative leaders of all time, such as Thomas Brackett Reed, Robert A. Taft and Lyndon B. Johnson. Nobody has been as effective in enacting the conservative agenda into law, which explains the intense opposition to him. The House has been a different place since he stepped down as majority leader six months ago, easier to go along and get along for members of both parties.

The proximate cause of DeLay's fall was Ronnie Earle, the highly partisan Democratic district attorney in Austin who unleashed prosecutions in reprisal for DeLay's campaign of redistricting the previously gerrymandered Texas congressional seats. However, the fact that DeLay may have become unelectable in his safe Republican Houston-area district may be partially attributed to his occasional performance in the mode of an old-fashioned politician.

DeLay hardly seemed an exemplar of conservative reform when he arrived in Washington in 1984 as one of six newly elected Texas Republican House members. He was known as the favorite new Texan of House Republican Leader Bob Michel — the best hope to maintain the institutional status quo. In 1989, DeLay managed the campaign of Michel's candidate for party whip, the staid Rep. Edward Madigan, against the flamboyant Newt Gingrich. In one of the most decisive party elections ever held on Capitol Hill, DeLay opposed the forces of change.

more . . .
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/3775025.html

[EstimatedProphet]

1. What do you expect? It's NOVAK! He is a KNOWN TRAITOR!

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. I should have said it may make you die laughing

The greatest legislator of his time????????

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[laheina]

3. My response was WTF...

...until I saw the author!

:rofl:

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. That's what caught my eye too

What a tool.

[evlbstrd]

4. I can agree with only one thing in this puddle of swiil called a column.

He was effective. That word in itself carries no value judgment.
Otherwise it's one traitorous ass kissing anothers'.

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. Between this and the video of DeLay and Chris Matthews - sheesh

Ten years from now, April 5 will be Tom DeLay Day, a federal holiday.

[Bozita]

5. iirc, there was once a Speaker named Joe Cannon, ...

... an absolute tyrant. He left the floor to accomodate bodily functions. When he returned, he was no longer Speaker.

[Der Blaue Engel]

7. I'll go with

:puke:

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. As soon as I stop laughing

I will join you.

[Der Blaue Engel]

10. If you laugh until you puke

you've got it covered.

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. I am just about there

:rofl: :puke:

[silverojo]

12. The first two lines made it unnecessary to read the article

"Tom DeLay ranks as the greatest legislator of his time
By ROBERT D. NOVAK"

The fact that Novakula wrote it -- that, and the absurd title -- says it all. The man has apparently had several mini-strokes that have rotted several critically important areas of his brain.

[darkmaestro019]

13. "novakula" so good...

I get more laughs here from the laser-keen, innovative use of language. You guys are fantastic. (love s loves loves DU)

[file83]

14. Cry or puke? Cry or puke? Cry or.....

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[baby_mouse]

15. Aw. Poor Tom.

Pity poor Tom. His nose is froze and his toes are froze and.... HE'S MAD!

[Neil Lisst]

16. I'm PUKING and CRYING!

que vomiting Kermit the Frog from Conan

Novak is a fungus among us.

[salin]

17. Rodents going down on a sinking ship - and happily oblivious

of the role that each one played in blasting the whole in the ship's bow.

[bunkerbuster1]

18. "the highly partisan Democratic district attorney in Austin"

Does this turdlet Novak ever stop being a talking-point parrot?

Seriously, can you imagine being paid HUGH!!11!! sums o' cash to write drivel like that?
where do I sign up?

(assuming my $100,000/year gig picking lettuce gets to be too much, that is...)

[sendero]

19. It's simply impossible..

.... to take Novak seriously. He is so out of touch with anything approaching reality, he's just a joke.

There are conservative commentators I can respect. Agree with? No, but respect. Their points have something to do with the truth. Novak is just plain stupid, and stupid is as stupid writes.