Tom DeLay will not run again

298 Views 19 Replies 12 Participants Last post by Deirdre, Apr 5, 2006

Unagidon

Discussion Starter · Apr 4, 2006

Quote:

Exclusive: Tom DeLay Says He Will Give Up His Seat
The embattled former Republican leader tells TIME that he will leave Congress and not seek reelection

Rep. Tom DeLay, whose iron hold on the House Republicans melted as a lobbying corruption scandal engulfed the Capitol, told TIME that he will not seek reelection and will leave Congress within months.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/arti...179853,00.html

Still, I somehow think the rot has set very deeply and is it going to prove hard to remove all of it very soon.

1 - 20 of 20 Posts

RachelGS

· #2 · Apr 4, 2006

http://apnews1.iwon.com//article/200...D8GP5GUG0.html

More than that! He's resigning! Buh-bye.

DaryLLL

· #3 · Apr 4, 2006

Just saw this. Another guy taking the fall for the oh-so-corrupt Republicans.

Quote:

"I refuse to allow liberal Democrats an opportunity to steal this seat with a negative personal campaign," DeLay said

Because it's all the immoral Democrats' fault of course.

DaryLLL

· #4 · Apr 4, 2006

From the cnn article:

Quote:

Democrats retaking Congress, he said, would be disastrous, replete with tax hikes,

for the super wealthy

Quote:

a cut-and-run stance in the war on terror

because Democrats hate our country and are cowards

Quote:

and antics such as a presidential impeachment gambit.

antics? : A ludicrous or extravagant act or gesture; a caper.

All righty then.

Quote:

"After many weeks of personal, prayerful thinking and analysis, I have come to the conclusion that it is time to close this public service chapter of my life.

"It's time to begin opening new chapters and pursuing new opportunities to engage in the important cultural and political battles of our day from outside the arena of the United States House of Representatives.

"I have no regrets today and no doubt. I am proud of the past and I am at peace with the present and I'm excited about the future, which holds as always America's brightest days and mine, too. Thank you and may God bless you all. He has certainly blessed me."

As Air America says, every word is a lie. Read it all backwards:

"I am full of regrets today and doubt. I am ashamed of the past and I am not at peace with the present and I'm dreading the future, which holds as always America's darkest days and mine, too. Thank you and may God curse you all. He has certainly cursed me."

See less See more

JessicaS

· #5 · Apr 4, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaryLLL
Because it's all the immoral Democrats' fault of course.

Of course.

It is just appalling the way some refuse to take any sort of personal responsibility. How can you even blame Democrats for your own behavior??

See less See more

2

Danelle78

· #6 · Apr 4, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaryLLL
As Air America says, every word is a lie. Read it all backwards:

"I am full of regrets today and doubt. I am ashamed of the past and I am not at peace with the present and I'm dreading the future, which holds as always America's darkest days and mine, too. Thank you and may God curse you all. He has certainly cursed me."

Arrogance took you everywhere but can't cover the ugly truth of how you played the game.

See less See more

RachelGS

· #7 · Apr 4, 2006

The "antics" part has me fuming. How dare they? If we're going to compare impeachment antics, lemme see: blow jobs on the one hand and willful constitutional violations, illegal wiretapping, illegal war, and pervasive and blatant lying to one's country on the other. Hmm.

captain optimism

· #8 · Apr 4, 2006

I also found the "liberal Democrats" comment ludicrous and hilarious. Hah! Oh yeah, those terrible liberal Democrats, they might use the fact that I lied, cheated and stole against me personally!

Peepsqueak

· #9 · Apr 4, 2006

I say good riddance to him. I love the comment on him taking a smiling picture so that Democrats can't use it to slander the Republicans.....seems to me he was the one who slandered them with his behavior.....and of course, he gave the Democrats the ammunition didn't he?

LoveBeads

· #10 · Apr 4, 2006

I hope he gets the fruit basket that I sent. I signed all of your names.

captain optimism

· #11 · Apr 4, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoveBeads
I hope he gets the fruit basket that I sent. I signed all of your names.

See less See more

2

tinuviel_k

· #12 · Apr 4, 2006

Its about bloody time!

See less See more

MountainLaurel

· #13 · Apr 4, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by abimommy
Of course.

It is just appalling the way some refuse to take any sort of personal responsibility. How can you even blame Democrats for your own behavior??

On the bright side, at least he didn't blame the Clenis.

See less See more

2

Victorian

· #14 · Apr 4, 2006

I don't know. I am suppose to be working right now, but you democrats are forcing me to read this thread...

JessicaS

· #15 · Apr 4, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoveBeads
I hope he gets the fruit basket that I sent. I signed all of your names.

Oh..we should have spoken to each other...I sent a bog box of horse poop.

Maybe we could have put them together and saved on shipping.

LoveBeads

· #16 · Apr 4, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by abimommy
Oh..we should have spoken to each other...I sent a bog box of horse poop.

Maybe we could have put them together and saved on shipping.

Let's coordinate for Rove's departure.

(a woman can dream, can't she?)

See less See more

JessicaS

· #17 · Apr 4, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoveBeads
Let's coordinate for Rove's departure.

Yes, let's.

Quote:

(a woman can dream, can't she?)

See less See more

2

Deirdre

· #18 · Apr 4, 2006

While this is indeed great news, I don't know how well this will bode for the Dem candidate who is (was) running against Delay for his seat. He was actually hoping Delay would stay in the race, as Delay wasn't likely to win. Now this Dem will have to face off against another Rep who could very likely win in redistricted Conservative Texas.

See less See more

JessicaS

· #19 · Apr 5, 2006

Wasn't the Dem who lost his seat in redistricting running again?

I am not sure which district that was...

Deirdre

· #20 · Apr 5, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by abimommy
Wasn't the Dem who lost his seat in redistricting running again?

Yes, and he was counting on Delay running which would have knocked out any other Reps from running. Now, this guy could potentially face off against a viable opponent.

His name is Nick Lampson from the 22nd District in Texas.

See less See more

1 - 20 of 20 Posts