Tom DeLay..."He's Baaaack! Tom DeLay Hailed as GOP Hero"

[madfloridian]

This man just goes to show you that Republicans who have been disgraced or indicted are still welcomed back by their party. I mean, look at how Karl Rove is still in control.

So Tom DeLay is back. From ABC News:

Despite Scandal, Indictment, 'The Hammer' Big in Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS -- Tom DeLay, the former House GOP majority leader whose connections to convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff brought scandal and disgrace to the Republican party, returned to the spotlight in Minneapolis last night, helping to host a private party that drew hundreds of delegates and Republican officials.

He's the man, he's the man," said one guest leaving the party.

"I've always liked him, he's a good solid conservative," said one delegate standing in line for entrance to the party, Corey Stewart, chairman of the Board of Supervisors in Prince William County, Virginia.

A good solid conservative, Mr. Stewart? That speaks to your ability to judge.

Ethics watchdog groups were appalled that DeLay would be back in the spotlight at the Republican convention.

"Why would they welcome back one of the most obvious examples of corruption," asked Ellen Miller of the Sunlight Foundation, a public interest group monitoring the role of lobbyists at the political conventions.

One Florida congressman ducks the ABC reporter as he exits the party with Tom DeLay.

VIDEO: Congressman John Mica headbutts the ABC camera man.

Grouchy bunch, those Florida Republicans.

Tom DeLay, he is still being heard as a leader of the GOP. With Sarah Palin's rise to fame and power as an extreme right wing Christian dominionist....he should be in heaven so to speak.

Speaking in a church recently Tom Delay said:"God Created America To Propagate Christianity"

I know that America was created by God and it was created by God, not for wealth, personal wealth. It wasn't created by God so that we would have the resources that we now have. It wasn't even created by God to have the freedom that we have now. America was created by God to spread the Gospel; to spread the word of Jesus Christ and to propagate Christianity. And the reason I know that is because my entire political career is exhibited by that. The Lord walked with me …I came to Christ in the first year in Congress and now I've been walking with the Lord he has trained me and showed me why he created this nation: to spread the Gospel.

John McCain, in choosing Sarah Palin, has taken a stand with the Tom DeLays of the right.

[davidinalameda]

1. the prosecutor needs to crap or get off the pot

take his ass to trial!

[Dr.Phool]

27. Hey, it's an old mob tradition.

You always throw a good going away party for a guy before he goes to prison.

At least, most of the time. Sometimes you get whacked.

[malaise]

2. They're also welcomed

by the so called liberal M$M.

[madfloridian]

13. Correct.

The liberal media ain't so liberal after all.

[formercia]

3. Don't forget Rudi.

Ru-di!,Ru-di! they chanted

Fade to Italy 1939......Du-ce!, Du-ce!

[madfloridian]

4. Noun, Verb, and 9/11....Rudi.

Biden said it best of all.

[George II]

26. Will we see him and his girlfriend du jour handing by their ankles from a tree?

[billyoc]

5. He'll always be a GOP hero to me.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

24. The GOP can do no wrong

they have crooked cops, crooked, judges, crooked media - so they get away with everything.

[onethatcares]

6. by their works you will know them,

some part of the bible. Think the hammer knows that one?

[Overseas]

7. I was quite shocked when I heard Tom Delay was there.

The RNC is nothing if not brazen.

[madfloridian]

8. McCain gave them a wink and a nod when he chose Palin....

that wing of their party, that is....the ultra fundamentalist Christian wing.

McCain started the culture wars up again, and he did it on purpose.

[Overseas]

10. He has so little appeal that they pulled the Hail Mary to gin up the culture wars again.

Very sad.
I'm so glad Palin has so many scandals to her name. That will add to the general discomfort people feel about the unqualified choice.

And I'm glad there are so few fundamentalist extremists. Even fairly ardent Christians don't want fundamentalists to ban books from the library or introduce Christian Creationism into science class in the 21st Century.

But yes, the brazen selection scares me because it could be a Screw You from the team that plans on stealing another election through the variety of methods they used in 2004 to flip the exit poll totals from 51 Kerry, 48 Bush.

They seem to be planning to use similar tactics again, including challenging voter registrations at the polling places to slow the voting process down and discourage people with long lines.

See article elsewhere about the 600,000 postcards being sent out to "update" voting rolls in Ohio. Any "return to sender" cards will allow voters to be purged from the rolls.

I'm sure you know this because you watch politics very closely.

In the context of all this stuff, the brazen choice is scary. Because the same old RNC talking points can be rehashed, only this time they can pretend it was Miss Sarah who prompted the Guns, God & Gays crowd to get to the polls.

[madfloridian]

11. One good thing...

It has angered some Republicans in my family enough that they will not vote for him. The ones in my family despise people like Rove as much I do, and they hate the wedge issues. They care about their country.

They will vote for Obama.

[TheMickster]

9. DeLay in 2012

He is positioning himself for the next election cycle. Starting the buzz early so when McLame/Flailin' go down in flames this November he can rise like a buzzard from the ashes. }(

[madfloridian]

12. That would not surprise me at all.

He has no shame, the GOP has no shame at all.

[Plucketeer]

14. Mr. Stewart's comment

that DeLay's a "good, solid conservative" says it all. The GOP has become the party that reveres theives and liars. They cover their evil doings with words from the christian faith and the STUPID Christian sheeple buy into it lock stock and barrel! :puke:

[Monk06]

15. Time to stock up on garlic again.

[BlooInBloo]

16. Oh gawd PLEASE hail him more and louder, republicans!

[sasquatch]

17. Why isn't he in prison turning bigger rocks into smaller ones?

[Yupster]

38. Because his trial still hasn't started

How many years as it been now?

[Wetzelbill]

18. the stuff against DeLay was all false

It was just Libruls attacking people of faith in this country again. Like always.

[McCamy Taylor]

19. Delay masterminded illegal redistricting in Texas that the SCOTUS threw out.

Because it was racist against Latinos. And that makes him a Confederate----excuse me a Republican hero. Tells you what McCain's values are.

[xxqqqzme]

20. bugman is stinking 'n rotten from his core.

He will come to a deserved end for all the nasty karma he is dragging around like Marley's chains.

I'm guessing Native Americans have an entirely different take on that 'created' BS.

Strange there is absolutely NO humility. The 'Lord' walks w/ him, he doesn't walk w/ the 'Lord'.

[Solly Mack]

21. "Why would they welcome back one of the most obvious examples of corruption?"

Does she seriously not know the answer to that?

[AnnaLouise]

22. Delay's exterminator business

Tom Delay got into politics when the EPA banned his antkiller

Tom Delay did small beings exterminate
before he helped soldier lives to terminate

[paparush]

23. "..a good solid conservative.."

Scandal - CHECK!
Corruption - CHECK!
Religious WhackJob - CHECK!

[George II]

25. I just wonder - WHEN is this guy EVER going to be tried?

[L. Coyote]

28. " I've been walking with the Lord he has trained me ..."

No wonder these clowns have such difficulty facing the facts of their criminality! They are 100% delusional.
Committing the crimes is way to easy to do under this serious a delusion, I'm guessing, OR,
when committing crimes, you have to fabricate this level of delusion to rationalize filling your pockets.

[madfloridian]

31. Their Lord must be very ashamed of their behavior.

.

[BrklynLiberal]

29. The have absolutely no sense of shame whatsoever....

x(

[EstimatedProphet]

30. Those fuckers even talk like Communists

"I've always liked him, he's a good solid conservative,"

ALL HAIL THE PARTY!

[MooseGoose]

32. We miss the mark if we think this is GOP only...

Politicians are remarkably resilient. They have long careers and people have short memories. Both Ted Stevens (R-AK) and William Jefferson (D-LA) won their primaries a couple of weeks ago. Shouldn't that tell us something?

Tom DeLay is an admittedly extreme case, and symptomatic of the current GOP leadership. By all means let's call them out on it, but let's also agree that we should and would do so regardless of party.

[madfloridian]

33. Only a few Democrats come close to acting like that.

There are always some, but let's be honest. Most of the arrogance and corruption are not in our party. The media just likes to concentrate on our few and ignore their many.

They still give Karl Rove air time and a column at Newsweek. Tom DeLay is back on track again...they love him.

Those connected with the scandal at the DOJ....still going scott free. No judge will convict, they don't have to answer subpoenas.

[MooseGoose]

36. I agree, but ...

I agree that there are always some. Every culture in every time and place has had corruption, so we can't eliminate it completely. But...

1. There is a difference in thinking this is about the current GOP leadership as opposed to an intrinsic characteristic of the party. I mean, in terms of ethics, I still like Ike. I still respect and admire Ford as a person. If we continually frame this as an intrinsic part of the GOP, then we promote a permanent division that weakens the working relationships of the two parties.

2. I have seen people, liberal and conservative, play the game of trying to minimize the behavior of "their own" while decrying the identical behavior of "the other side." This plays into the hands of those who wish to divide and rule.

If we don't want the Democratic Party to ever look like the current Republican Party, we need to be as tough on our own as we are on them. If we want the GOP to recover, we have to be willing to reach out and help GOP members at the grass roots level who feel their party has been hijacked and want it returned to them. These thoughts are clearly incidental to your original post, but IMHO it's helpful to keep an awareness of them.


(Aside: I'm still getting used to the breakneck speed of blogging. I feel silly responding to this because it's soooo two days ago. It boggles me that you can publish such an amazing volume of high quality posts.)

[MooseGoose]

37. Self Delete Duplicate

[Initech]

34. He's the only one who hasn't been caught in an airport men's room?

[and-justice-for-all]

35. Leave it repigs to cheer a criminal...nt