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DeLay retires from Congress

BPSCG said:
Well, the (probably unspoken) other side of that offer's coin is, "You stay on in Congress, and come campaign season, none of us know you. You're not majority leader any more; you aren't the Republican party any more, if you ever were."

Remember, he was majority whip at one time. That means he knows how to count votes.
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You think they gave him the Black Spot?
 
It just makes me want to sing.

"Hey, hey, Mr. Tom Delay,
Took some money from your buddies,
Now you're goin' away;
And all around you, people starting to say
Maybe this is gonna come my way;
This is gonna come my way...."

With apologies to Don McLean......
 
Ladewig said:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1802275


I never expected it. Someone must have come forward with photos of Mr. DeLay in bed with a dead woman or a live man.
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QUESTION: Is DeLay also resigning his seat on the committee investigating the Abramoff scandal? Go figure! Congress appointed him to investigate himself. It was like telling him. Hey, you go try saving this sinking ship.
 
under Texas law he must either die, be convicted of a felony, or move out of his district to be removed from the November ballot. DeLay told Time magazine that he is likely to change his official residence from Sugar Land, Tex., to Alexandria by the end of May.
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Notice it says "change his official residence," not "move." Like 434 other congressmen, he doubtless has an apartment or a townhouse here already; the nightly commute to Texas from Virginia is frightful. But he isn't going to sell his Texas house to move to Alexandria. Alexandria is only slightly more hospitable to Republicans than Manhattan's Upper West Side.

Still, there's a nice house for sale on our block...
 
The Central Scrutinizer said:
He isn't "retiring", he is "resigning". There is a big difference.
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Could you explain exactly what the big difference is? He will be getting a paycheck for the rest of his life based on his time in congress. Will that be a "retirement" check or a "resignation" check?
 
Amapola said:
It just makes me want to sing.

"Hey, hey, Mr. Tom Delay,
Took some money from your buddies,
Now you're goin' away;
And all around you, people starting to say
Maybe this is gonna come my way;
This is gonna come my way...."

With apologies to Don McLean......
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:)
 
BPSCG said:
See, now if a Republican were to talk like that about a Democrat, it would be hate speech.
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I'm not a democrat and I have nothing against hate-speech.

The sweet smell of partisan knee-jerk ignorance...
 
Bob Klase said:
Could you explain exactly what the big difference is? He will be getting a paycheck for the rest of his life based on his time in congress. Will that be a "retirement" check or a "resignation" check?
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It's all about reputation. Lot's of people retire from congress. Very few resign. So then you look at why they are resigning. Poor health? Nope. Better job offer? Nope. Impending indictment? Ding-ding-ding, we have a winner!
 
BPSCG said:
See, now if a Republican were to talk like that about a Democrat, it would be hate speech.

The sweet smell of hypocrisy...
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Hypocrisy indeed! You guys have yet to get over an Oval Office BJ.
 
Tony said:
I'm not a democrat and I have nothing against hate-speech.

The sweet smell of partisan knee-jerk ignorance...
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Pardon me; I wasn't aware that it was okay to wish for someone's death because he's corrupt and you hate his politics.
 
Mephisto said:
Hypocrisy indeed! You guys have yet to get over an Oval Office BJ.
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If you can show me where I ever called for Clinton's death even when he was getting his chest cracked open and his heart re-routed, I will make a public apology on every forum on this site.

Otherwise, your comment is ridiculous.
 
BPSCG said:
Pardon me; I wasn't aware that it was okay to wish for someone's death because he's corrupt and you hate his politics.
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Hmm, so I guess you'd chatise me for wishing death on bin laden as well.
 
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Tony said:
Hmm, so I guess you'd chatise me for with death on bin laden as well.
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So, in the Land of Tony, personal corruption deserves the same punishment as mass murder.

Who else is on your list? And are there other crimes not involving violence that you believe deserve the death penalty?
 
BPSCG said:
I suspect a bunch of congressional Repubs took him aside and said, "Look, we're all up for re-election in November, and things are looking kinda tough right now. You're a walking campaign issue for the Dems. Get out now and we'll make sure you don't have to worry about your legal bills."
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No, dontcha think? :)
 
BPSCG said:
See, now if a Republican were to talk like that about a Democrat, it would be hate speech.
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'tis either way. Besides, one would wish for him to survive to face the prosecution...
 
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