Is Tom DeLay's career headed the way of the Titanic?
Who would have thunk it, corruption and scandal in Texas politics, say it ain't so! Tom DeLay looks to be in serious trouble, even after the infamous attempt ethics rule rewrite by his moronic friends in the house. More on that some other time. Among other things DeLay is under fire for, if I remember correctly, paying his wife and daughter half a million dollars from his campaign. He claims that is okay, and he is not the first to do this, but maybe with anywhere near that amount of money. Sounds pretty sleazy to me. Yes, this is the same Tom DeLay that has been slapped, for lack of a better word, by the House Ethics Committee in the past year.
Check out the article below from the LATimes via Yahoo for more info. The best part of the article is a quote from a DeLay spokesman who says basically that the dems are attacking him because he has been so successful. Yeah, and now back to reality. Isn't it ironic that Clinton got investigated for a land deal that took place well before he became president, and for getting a hummer in the white house from an intern (not saying those are okay either, just chill) but a leading Republican in the House who has 1.) Improprely tried to bully the FAA to reveal where some Democrat Texas lawmakers had flown to in Oklahoma so they would have to vote on the controversial and possilby illegal redistricting plan he spearheaded in Texas, 2.) Paid his wife and daughter half a million dollars for, well we are not sure exactly what they did there but I guess it must have been good and 3.) Taken several trips that apparently were sponsored by people who are supposedly not allowed to sponsor such trips by a lawmaker. Its bad enough that he is even being critcized by some in his own party to explain his actions (I think they are looking for more than Hey I am from Texas, what do you expect?) or even Hey, I am a dumbass, what did you expect?
If you want to hear the version with a little spin and a lot of BS, make sure to tune in to tubby for more info. You realize of course, that I would be just as critical if this was a democrat (who have had there share of scandals as well- Hello Rosty!) but the really scary part is that people like Limbaugh are probably going to defend him or downplay this (insert the very tired Liberal Media line here, refer to page 42 of the GOP playbook under tired and worn out sayings for more info on that).
Here is the link:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2026&ncid=716&e=27&u=/latimests/20050411/ts_latimes/2ingoptakeaimatdelay
Check out the article below from the LATimes via Yahoo for more info. The best part of the article is a quote from a DeLay spokesman who says basically that the dems are attacking him because he has been so successful. Yeah, and now back to reality. Isn't it ironic that Clinton got investigated for a land deal that took place well before he became president, and for getting a hummer in the white house from an intern (not saying those are okay either, just chill) but a leading Republican in the House who has 1.) Improprely tried to bully the FAA to reveal where some Democrat Texas lawmakers had flown to in Oklahoma so they would have to vote on the controversial and possilby illegal redistricting plan he spearheaded in Texas, 2.) Paid his wife and daughter half a million dollars for, well we are not sure exactly what they did there but I guess it must have been good and 3.) Taken several trips that apparently were sponsored by people who are supposedly not allowed to sponsor such trips by a lawmaker. Its bad enough that he is even being critcized by some in his own party to explain his actions (I think they are looking for more than Hey I am from Texas, what do you expect?) or even Hey, I am a dumbass, what did you expect?
If you want to hear the version with a little spin and a lot of BS, make sure to tune in to tubby for more info. You realize of course, that I would be just as critical if this was a democrat (who have had there share of scandals as well- Hello Rosty!) but the really scary part is that people like Limbaugh are probably going to defend him or downplay this (insert the very tired Liberal Media line here, refer to page 42 of the GOP playbook under tired and worn out sayings for more info on that).
Here is the link:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2026&ncid=716&e=27&u=/latimests/20050411/ts_latimes/2ingoptakeaimatdelay
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