DeLay, in his own words...

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Just a brief sampling of the wit and wisdom of Texas' most notorious former
bug exterminator.

Tommy’s Top Ten:

1) "So many minority youths had volunteered that there was literally no room
for patriotic folks like myself."
– Tom DeLay, explaining at the 1988 GOP convention why he and vice
presidential nominee Dan Quayle did not fight in the Vietnam War.

2) "Now, tell me the truth boys, is this kind of fun?"
– Tom DeLay, to three young hurricane evacuees from New Orleans at the
Houston Astrodome, Sept. 9, 2005.

3) "I AM the federal government."
– Tom DeLay, to the owner of Ruth’s Chris Steak House, after being told to
put out his cigar because of federal government regulations banning smoking
in the building, May 14, 2003.

4) "We’re no longer a superpower. We’re a super-duper power."
– Tom DeLay, explaining why America must topple Saddam Hussein in a 2002
interview with Fox News.

5) "Nothing is more important in the face of a war than cutting taxes."
– Tom DeLay, March 12, 2003.

6) "Guns have little or nothing to do with juvenile violence. The causes of
youth violence are working parents who put their kids into daycare, the
teaching of evolution in the schools, and working mothers who take birth
control pills."
– Tom DeLay, on the causes of the Columbine High School massacre, 1999.

7) "A woman can take care of the family. It takes a man to provide
structure. To provide stability."
– Tom DeLay in a radio interview, Feb. 10, 2004.

8) "I don’t believe there is a separation of church and state. I think the
Constitution is very clear. The only separation is that there will not be a
government church."
-- Tom DeLay (date unspecified)

9) "Emotional appeals about working families trying to get by on $4.25 an
hour are hard to resist. Fortunately, such
families do not exist."
– Tom DeLay, during a debate in Congress on increasing the minimum wage,
April 23, 1996.

10) "I am not a federal employee. I am a constitutional officer. My Job is
the Constitution of the United States, I am not a Government employee. I am
in the Constitution."
– Tom DeLay, in a CNN interview, Dec. 19, 1995.

[bryant69]

1. Some of those are monsterous

Families trying to get by on $4.25 an hour do not exist? That's just an evil insane thing to say.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

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7. Well, he is a monster. Liked the blog, thanks for the link. n/t

[aclog]

2. Did he for real...?

Some of these are downright fucking insane and seem docotred

[0007]

3. Very good work!

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8. Thanks, but I can't take the credit. A friend who makes a living

digging up this stuff sent it to me. I'll pass the word to him.

[Olney Blue]

4. Super-duper asshole.

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9. You forgot 'deluxe + tax'. LOL n/t

[NewJeffCT]

5. Is that Katrina quote for real?

that's almost as bad as Babs Bush...

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10. I'm pretty sure it's real. The friend

who sent it to me is a stickler for the truth and the facts.

[hang a left]

12. Yes it is.

I remember when he said it. I think I saw it on a video somewhere.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

6. Let' hope the people in Texas

terminate his employment, or Constitutional office... whichever it is he is.

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11. LOL I'm ahopin'. n/t