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DeLay retires from Congress

Tony said:
So now that you've lost, you have nothing but a weak ad hom.
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You gotta love this.

A few posts down, the same poster says:

"It doesn't cure 'retard' or 'white trash'. So I can't help you out."
 
Tom DeLay

2005-2006 Total Receipts: $3,127,776
2005-2006 Total Spent: $1,900,702
Cash on Hand: $1,295,350
Debts: $0
Date of last report: February 15, 2006

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.asp?CID=N00005892&cycle=2006
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Tom DeLay's 1.3 Million Reasons for Calling It Quits
READ MORE: 2006, Washington Post, Tom DeLay
Wondering why Tom DeLay is so eager to pull the plug on his political career, calling it quits "sometime before mid-June"?

As is so often the case, the answer can be found by following the money.

In this morning's Washington Post, R. Jeffery Smith reports that under federal election rules DeLay is permitted to "convert any or all of the remaining funds from his reelection campaign to his legal expenses, whether or not he resigns, is indicted or loses the election.

Election lawyers say one advantage of bowing out of the election now is that the campaign cash can be converted to pay legal bills immediately, instead of being drained in the course of a bid to stay in office." . . .
A fortune he apparently thinks would be better spent on his pending money-laundering trial and on the federal conspiracy charges that could be heading his way.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/tom-delays-13-million-r_b_18478.html
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Looks like we now know the real reason for Delay's resignation! I guess we shouldn't be surprised.
 
daredelvis said:
By dropping out now Tom can shift the money from his reelection fund ($1.3 million-ish) to his flagging defense fund (paltry $600k). Someone was thinking ahead when they wrote that law. No, I am not suggesting that the law was specifically written for Delay’s benefit.

Funny how this happened three days after his aid copped a plea.

Daredelvis
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This sounds like a really good theory. I haven't seen it get any press attention. I also didn't know about this law.

You are saying that a US representative can take campaign contributions and redirect them into a legal defense fund, but only if he isn't an active candidate?

There is one little detail which may alreadly have been resolved: Delay was officially the Republican candidate since he won the primary. How does one become a non-candidate? What would happen if a non-candidate actually won the general election?

Bill Press had two theories as to why he quit:
1. He decided he couldn't win reelection
2. Impending legal problems necessitated a new focus
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-press/the-hammer-gets-nailed_b_18448.html

Your theory might be better.
 
davefoc said:
...There is one little detail which may alreadly have been resolved: Delay was officially the Republican candidate since he won the primary. How does one become a non-candidate? What would happen if a non-candidate actually won the general election?...
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The process to fill the remainder of Mr. DeLay's term until January is convoluted. As the only way to be removed from the ballot is by dying, going to jail or moving out of the district, Mr. DeLay must send a letter to Gov. Rick Perry advising of his move to Virginia.

The governor — who may not appoint a temporary representative — can then call a special election concurrent with the regular November election, to fill the post for just two months. Or the governor can declare an emergency and order an election before then, to take place 36 to 50 days from the call. Anyone may run, but if no candidate wins 50 percent, the two top vote-getters compete in a runoff a month later.
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NYT
 
The conservative talk show yo-yo's this morning were saying that the DeLay's resignation was a good thing/win for the Republicans. :boggled:

In other news, up is down and war is peace.
 
Upchurch said:
The conservative talk show yo-yo's this morning were saying that the DeLay's resignation was a good thing/win for the Republicans. :boggled:

In other news, up is down and war is peace.
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Well, it takes a few talking points away from Howard Dean:
  • "We're going to use Terri Schiavo. . . . This is going to be an issue in 2006, and it's going to be an issue in 2008, because we're going to have an ad with a picture of Tom DeLay saying, 'Do you want this guy to decide whether you die or not? Or is that going to be up to your loved ones?' "--Howard Dean, speaking to a gay-rights group in West Hollywood, Calif., April 15, 2005
  • "Well, there's nobody who's pro-abortion, not Democratic or Republican. What we want to debate is who gets to choose: Tom DeLay and the federal politicians? Or does a woman get to make up her own mind?"--Howard Dean in a USA Today interview, April 15, 2005
  • "I think Tom DeLay ought to go back to Houston, where he can serve his jail sentence!"--Howard Dean, speaking to the Massachusetts Democratic convention, May 14, 2005
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You have to admit, Dean was ramping up to claiming that Tom Delay causes cancer.

It's not a win for the Repubs; more a case of getting rid of an albatross.
 
BPSCG said:
More like, now that you've stopped making any sense whatever, there's nothing left but ad homs.
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It's not that I am not making sense, you just lack the ability to comprehend. What this is really about is that you're offended because I don't show reverence for your political heros. Sorry dude, I'm not PC.
 
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Jocko said:
Keep looking, Ace. Over there. Right over there. See it yet? No? Well, keep looking. Look harder. Harder.
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*woosh*

Hear that? That's the sound of something going over your head.
 
Mike B. said:
You gotta love this.

A few posts down, the same poster says:

"It doesn't cure 'retard' or 'white trash'. So I can't help you out."
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I do love this, you can't follow a simple exchange. It's funny.
 
Jocko said:
Sorry, Tony, the only one hearing mysterious noises is you.
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LOL

But thanks for the chuckle, anyway.
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It's not nearly as funny as you guys whining because I dissed your political hero. Please, keep whining.
 
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Tony said:
I do love this, you can't follow a simple exchange. It's funny.
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Could be worse. He could be PARTICIPATING in a simple exchange and unable to follow it. I wish you could see it from here, it's simply breathtaking. ;)
 
Jocko said:
Could be worse. He could be PARTICIPATING in a simple exchange and unable to follow it. I wish you could see it from here, it's simply breathtaking. ;)
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Yep, it sure is.
 
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