Tom Delay: "God has spoken to me"

[sabra]

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/06/04/070604fa_fact_goldberg?printable=true

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Wilde had a brief message for DeLay. “The church is strong,” he said. When he left, I asked DeLay if he thought the church—evangelicals, who make up the core of his support—was strong enough to save the Republican Party. In this case, he agreed with Gingrich. “We’re having a time of it right now,” he said. “We don’t have a good shot at winning 2008. I’m not saying we don’t have a shot, but it’s not good. It’s going to take six years to rebuild.”

DeLay says that when, in the coming years, he is not fighting the indictment in Texas (he insists that he is not guilty) he will be building a conservative grass-roots equivalent of MoveOn.org. “God has spoken to me,” he said. “I listen to God, and what I’ve heard is that I’m supposed to devote myself to rebuilding the conservative base of the Republican Party, and I think we shouldn’t be underestimated.” He said that Republicans should spend their impending exile reminding themselves what they stand for. “I see this as a cleansing process, where you can return to your principles, which are order, justice, and freedom—the basic principles of the conservative movement. We have to redefine government based on conservative principles, we have to win the war against our culture, and we have to win the war on terror.”

[Cha]

1. Did he say..

"FUCK YOU, tom delay!!"?

[durrrty libby]

24. I hope so

He is such a god damn jackass

If there were a god, why on earth would would she talk to that criminal

[Lautremont]

2. "We have to win the war against our culture."

What does that even mean?

[loyalkydem]

3. If god has spoken to you

I'm going to win the Kentucky Power ball next time I play.

[mrcheerful]

8. Culture that all men were created equal and there are no kings, lords or serfs.

[Warren DeMontague]

11. It means the proverbial bacteria need to work on developing resistance to antibiotics.

Although since none of them believe in evolution, that's gonna be tricky.

[underpants]

16. Delay isn't a neo-con or Straussian but this is pretty close

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Strauss

[rurallib]

4. God must've figured Bush won't listen why not try

another drunken fellow with megalomaniacal fantasies? Spose any alcohol was involved?

[AlCzervik]

5. If there is a God i would hate to think that he/she would spend their time talking

advising Tom Delay on how best to rebuild the GOP base.

[BOSSHOG]

6. MOVEBACKWARD.ORG ??

delays conservative equivalent to Moveon.org ?? Back to the good old days when lynchings of nonwhites was not something to be hidden, when blowing up gay bars was a walk in the park; when women's place was in the bedroom and in the kitchen? Yeah, tom delay and the good old days. Actually God told tom, hey ya little shit, your ass is mine.

[Canuckistanian]

27. MOVENOWHERE.ORG

They like the status quo of racial, economic and social unrest.

It's great for the bottom line.

[Warren DeMontague]

7. In other words, just like after watergate, you hide out for a few years

then dredge out the same cast of sleazy characters to pull the same crap, under a different series of administrations.

[Atman]

9. He's going to form a "grass-roots equivalent of MoveOn.org?"

What the bloody hell is MoveOn? At least, that's how it all started. So, if DeLay builds and "equivalent" will he then admit that his new "grass-roots" organization is just as evil as he claims MoveOn to be?

Dunthinkso.

.

[Double T]

10. Oh brother! Next thing you know he'll be running for president........

with newt as his vice president. Hallelujah!

[shenmue]

12. Yet another fundamentalist using the name of God for himself.

Isn't there, I don't know, a commandment about that sort of thing? :crazy:

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. Maybe he was looking for a bad example, Tom

And you fit the bill.

[Disturbed]

19. Notice that he said "order" first.

That is what is most important to Authoritarian RWing so called- Christians. If he claims that god spoke to him then he needs to be in a Mental Ward for a year or two then he can go to prison for ten years where he also belongs.

[Rick Myers]

14. Funny, he just left a message on my voice mail saying:

"Tom DeLay is an asshole. What's wrong with you people?"

[etherealtruth]

15. Groan

... or is it:puke:

[veniceboy]

17. Please...

Tom Delay is such a phoney. I doubt he even believes in God.

[etherealtruth]

20. Money is Delay's God

[Fleshdancer]

18. God must be big on money laundering and vote stealing.

:eyes:

[Warpy]

21. NOTICE TO ALL POL JUNKIES

When a politician says he speaks to god and asks for guidance, it means he's a religious person.

When a politician says he's important enough that god speaks to him, it means he's crazy.

[movonne]

22. What a preverted God he has....I think he got it mixed up with the

devil...

[kwyjibo]

23. How about a libel suit against Delay on behalf of God?

This guy is either delusional or a liar.

Maybe both.

[Raksha]

25. I cracked up when I saw that subject line--actually laughed out loud!

Tom Delay: "God has spoken to me."

Because I don't think Tom DeLay would want to hear what God had to say to him if it ever actually happened. In fact, I don't think Tom DeLay WOULD hear it. He doesn't seem like the type who'd be affinitized to the "still, small voice."

RELIGION is truly the last refuge of a scoundrel, although patriotism is a close runner-up.

[knitter4democracy]

26. It's easy to misinterpret God when you're so full of yourself.

Has it been questioned and then confirmed? Has anyone with the gift of discernment been praying over it? He needs to do it right and make sure, rather than just assume that what he thought up came from God.

[blogslut]

28. Guess what Tom?

God spoke to me too! He told me you were full of crap and a very bad man!

Now, let's see if either one of us can prove that God did indeed, speak directly to us.

[TahitiNut]

29. David Berkowitz made similar claims.

:eyes:

[Swamp Rat]

30. I support Tom DeLay

in his unwitting effort to destroy the GOP. :evilgrin:

[warren pease]

31. In certain circles, like various groups of mental health professionals,...

...talking to god, or worse yet, getting personalized answers, is called schizophrenia. Apparently, in parts of Texas, it's just called that ol' time religion and the more bat shit loony you are over this ridiculous bible thumping psychosis, the better pew you get on Sunday.

This goes well with yesterday's thread about the unprecedentedly high levels of religiosity in this country, found nowhere else on earth except in primitive hunter-gatherer societies -- and their gods tend to be nice guys or women who represent natural phenomena or various animal species.

This is sharp contrast to the vicious, vindictive, petty, violent, mass-murderer of a god who, for example, slew an entire tribe because one of its members (Onan) "spilled his seed on the ground." So the lesson is clear: jerk off and condemn your entire society to death. Nice guy, that god, and so reasonable, too.

And how lucky for us to live in a country founded on principles embraced by religious maniacs, such as burning witches (because they hated and feared powerful women) and saw nothing wrong with perpetrating genocide -- the European 16th Century imperialists' favorite pastime -- on around 15 million indigenous North American people who couldn't compete with "guns, germs and steel," as Jared Diamond puts it.

Contrast that with Australia, a country founded by convicts and other social misfits, who seem more interested in having a good time than in repressing anyone -- at least once they got done with the traditional extermination of indigenous peoples, in this case the ancient Aboriginals, some of whom happened to like the same places the "settlers" did -- with predictably fatal results.


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[theHandpuppet]

32. There's a word for that, Tom.

It's called PSYCHOSIS.

[hvn_nbr_2]

33. A strange god picks strange bedfellows to tell strange things to. nt

[Skidmore]

34. Tommy, that was the demon rum you heard.

Don't get excited.

[Arkham House]

35. Maybe electroshock therapy would help him...

[spanone]

36. NO he didn't Tom. You are out of your fucking mind.

[Vinca]

37. God told him to rebuild the Republican Party?? Uh huh.

And I suppose God led him to Scotland to play golf with Abramoff.

[dkofos]

38. Off to the nut house with you Tom

[Book Lover]

39. Amazing how God told him what he wanted to hear (nm)

[liberal renegade]

40. How come he never talks to any of us?

Lord knows I've tried. She or He, seems a little stuck up.

[WI_DEM]

41. Tom, God spoke to me too, and said, "Delay is a G__Damed liar"

[devilgrrl]

42. Gee whiz, GAWD really enjoys talking to evil fucks don't he?

:eyes:

[lpbk2713]

43. And for his next act ...

... he'll be parting the waters of the Rio Grande.


Be there for shows at eight and eleven. Bring the kiddies.

[PA Democrat]

44. Unless God has hired an expensive lobbying firm

to throw some $$$$$ Delay's way, I doubt that Delay is listening to the Christian God or any other God for that matter.