Conservatives quit board over DeLay appointment

[babylonsister]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4657409.html

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.

DeLay's roles in ramping up government spending and establishing a system of raising money through close dealings with lobbyists were cited by resigning members as their motive for moving on.

"He was part of a congressional leadership that oversaw a massive expansion of the government, which conservatives opposed," said Robert Luddy, a North Carolina businessman among the board members who resigned. "It is one thing to call yourself a conservative, but you have to act on it."

The sentiment was echoed by political strategist Marc Rotterman, another board defector.

"Conservatives looked to Tom DeLay to cut government not grow it. He was complicit in the largest expansion of government in recent times."

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[merh]

1. good for those that resigned

hold on to what integrity you can, but realize that bush and delay and their cronies have robbed your party blind of most of the integrity - not much you can do unless you help the dems stop them.

[wicket]

2. I love to see them eat their own

:D

[BOSSHOG]

3. If I were a decent, honorable "Union"

I wouldn't be appointing anyone awaiting trial to a board position. I'd let their personal matters shake out before extending the post. But what the fuck do I know I'm just a lunatic liberal.

[geardaddy]

4. Why isn't he in jail yet? n/t

[Wickerman]

5. So, they are protesting his stances on spending, not his ethics?

typical Rethuglicans.

"He was part of a congressional leadership that oversaw a massive expansion of the government, which conservatives opposed," said Robert Luddy, a North Carolina businessman among the board members who resigned. "It is one thing to call yourself a conservative, but you have to act on it.