Tweety says Tom Delay is middle class!

[TheFarseer]

on crooksandliars. He's talking about how modest Tom lives then bashes some person on his show for trying to say that someone who lives so modestly is corrupt. I couldn't believe my ears. Also, don't miss Imus telling Rick Santorum he is a crazy person and the pretzeldent telling wounded Iraq soldiers that he himself was wounded by a Cedar tree! Have fun!

[Ezlivin]

1. Delay does live modestly in ONE of his many homes

I'm sure that his other homes are not quite so humble.

And it's not just his home: How middle-class is his bank account?

[babylonsister]

2. I heard that yesterday. Can you say 'offshore accounts', Tweety? nt

[chat_noir]

3. offshore bank account?

Banking on Secrecy


Since the Sept. 11 attacks, the anti-money-laundering cause has sprung back to life. The Bush Administration, which is trying to hunt down Osama bin Laden's cash in tax havens and secret bank accounts, has suddenly got religion about tracking down terrorists' assets, know-your-customer laws for banks and an array of other tools on law enforcement's wish list. The antiterrorism bill the Bush Administration sponsored, augmented by tough money-laundering provisions proposed by Democrats, sailed through the Senate. But late last week House Republican leaders Dick Armey and Tom Delay thwarted efforts to include an anti-money-laundering bill in the chamber's antiterrorism legislation, sources tell TIME, endangering the entire banking reform effort.

In this national crisis, who could be opposed to anti-money-laundering laws? The same people who opposed them before the crisis: influential bankers who are concerned about taking on added administrative burdens--and who are worried that they might have to turn down lucrative business from people evading taxes or law enforcement. The bankers get support from conservative policy advocates, who in turn thrive on contributions from financial institutions and other corporations. The conservatives argue that the new rules would in effect raise taxes and create a shadowy "global tax police."

For most of this year the Bush Administration was not part of the crusade against money laundering. Pointing out this U-turn, supporters of those rules say, isn't about playing gotcha. It's about continuing to press for anti-money-laundering regulations.

Tax havens are one of the world's great growth industries. There are more of them than ever, from Liechtenstein to Panama to Vanuatu, a tiny rock sticking out of the Pacific, well-wired into the world financial system. And the amount of money they harbor around the globe is staggering--as much as $5 trillion, according to the U.S. State Department. The Cayman Islands (pop. 35,000) has more than $800 billion on deposit--fully one-fifth as much as the entire U.S. banking system. And those Cayman deposits are swelling by an estimated $120 billion a year. Not all offshore money is linked to crime or terrorism. Much of it belongs to wealthy people who are avoiding taxes in ways that often are legal under current law or--as the ads for "asset protection lawyers" on CNBC make blatantly clear--are shielding money from business partners and spouses.

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/time/2001/10/22/secrecy.html

[William769]

4. What really amazes me is

How some people here at DU are shocked at anything tweety does. He is scum like the rest of the Bush machine.

[Straight Shooter]

20. No one is "shocked" by what Tweety does.

We do, however, continue to be astounded and flabbergasted. :)

[onehandle]

5. Republicans think that about anyone who makes less than $1m a year.

Upper-Middle Class is anyone who makes more than a million a year.

Only major corporations are considered Rich and they are people too!

There are no poor. This is America!

[dennisnyc]

6. how many middle class americans get little rides on corporate

jets to go to meetings and the odd junket?

[Neecy]

11. ...and how many middle class Americans have 'safe houses'?

Tweety can dribble out of his ass this crap that Delay is some kind of down-home Amurikan like the rest of us, but too much information is out there for anyone to buy it.

[Nimrod2005]

7. Forgot to mention his wife had an Abramoff related job? $200K/Year?

[chat_noir]

8. Nimrod, good point

:thumbsup:

[Botany]

9. Now that Tweety has been shown to be connected w/ Abramoff .....

.... the only ? is how much has he been paid and if so by whom?

[ncrainbowgrrl]

10. I wish that I was as middle class as Tweety said that Tom Delay is!

Now THAT would be nice!

[Flubadubya]

12. Try Poor White Trash Tweety...

that's the life DeLay lives, no matter his outward social standing... in his heart he is nothing but poor white trash!!!! :puke:

[Jamison]

13. That's about right!

You can have all the money in the world, but you can still be trash especially if you're a RW regressive.

[qanda]

14. Don't forget that he also said Santorum was also middle class

I couldn't believe it either. I have the flu and thought I was just going through another bout of delirium.

[SmokingJacket]

15. What the hell is he talking about?

The guy is a total loonball.

[Oilwellian]

16. What a fucking tool Tweety is

I saw him say this yesterday and my jaw dropped to the floor. Hundreds of luxury trips, using private jets, rich meals, sky boxes, golfing at St. Andrews....yeah, he's just your average middle class guy. :eyes:

[AndreaCG]

17. Why does anyone listen to Tweety anymore?

He is an idiot, pure and simple.

[TheFarseer]

23. I don't

I listen to crooksandliars :)

[B Calm]

18. If Tom Delay is middle class, what does that make the majority

of Americans earning less than 50 thousand a year?

[doc03]

19. Tweety I suppose makes several million a year, I assume he

considers himself middle class so Delay may not live a lavish life style in comparison to Tweety. I suppose that's the way he sees it.

[Straight Shooter]

21. Here's all I could find on DeLay's residence. Middle class my a**.

http://marriage.about.com/od/politics/p/tomdelay.htm

Residence:

Tom and Christine DeLay live in a surburban Houston neighborhood known as Sugar Land. Their home is a Mediterranean-style house that overlooks the 12th hole of the Sweetwater Country Club.

I suppose Tweety means upper middle class, and not the middle class that most upper lower class people associate with the term "middle class."

Other items of interest:

Extended Family:

Tom Delay is estranged from his mother Maxine Delay, his sister, Tena Delay Neislar, and from his two brothers, Randy Delay and Ray Delay. Family members say they are not sure why Tom broke off contact with them after their father's death in 1988. Charlie Ray Delay died on Dec. 14, 1988. Tom did not invite any of his family to his daughter's wedding.

Miscellaneous:
Tom Delay stayed out of the Vietnam War due to student deferments and a high draft lottery.

Tom Delay became behind on payroll taxes and was served with tax liens three times by the Internal Revenue Service in 1979, 1980, and 1983, for not paying payroll and income taxes. He also paid two court settlements to business associates.

[TheFarseer]

24. some family man

what a p.o.s. I don't need to tell you how hypocritical this is! I guess with all the lobbyist funded golf trips and illegal campaign funding activities and the money laundering, you don't have time for family.

[Proud2BAmurkin]

22. What an ass.

Ass.