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By S M Dixon
01/07/2006 01:14:10 PM EST

Good news:
Embattled Rep. Tom DeLay decided Saturday to give up his post as House majority leader, clearing the way for new leadership elections among House Republicans eager to shed the taint of scandal, two officials said.
Of course, the GOP's sudden push to oust DeLay is really just a P.R. move, a means of scapegoating him for doing what the rest of his putrescent party has been doing... the same party that has defended him lo these many years from ethics charge after ethics charge.

Who knew that it would only take a few dozen polls and an election year for the GOP to pretend to be interested in "reform" again after ten years of corruption?


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DeLay QUITS! | 4 comments (4 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
Hey! (none / 1)
I just posted a brief blurb in the Nerve Center, but this is better!

Here's a link to his official letter of resignation.  Note that it was addressed to his "fellow Republicans" (after all, we know there are no Democrats in the House).

Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle. FDR

by btyarbro on 01/07/2006 01:56:20 PM EST

Oops, sorry! (none / 1)
I got overexuberant when I read the news! The best part is that his "fellow Republicans," from three different wings of the party led by Arizona's Jeff Flake, were the ones who made this desperation move against him.

I'm not surprised he ignored House Democrats; he's done his level-best to wipe the party out, hamstringing what its members can do in committees and on the floor. DeLay would love to turn America into a one-party political state just like the old U.S.S.R used to be.

by S M Dixon on 01/08/2006 02:16:34 PM EST

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No need to apologize. (none / 0)
The more the better, IMO.

Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle. FDR

by btyarbro on 01/12/2006 05:03:39 PM EST

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I just hope (none / 0)
Delay gets convicted on something.  

by D Cupples on 01/07/2006 02:47:12 PM EST

DeLay QUITS! | 4 comments (4 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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