Comments on: Late Nite FDL: Bonus Bye-Bye Bugman Edition

By: avenging_angel

avenging_angel — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 15:13:49 +0000

Ding Dong, the witch is dead!

By: The Captain

The Captain — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:51:55 +0000

Do’t you think Bush would be distancing himself from this in an election year for the Republicans? Here’s the Scotty Quote – “Congressman DeLay has been a good ally whom the president has worked very closely with.”. Wow, why don’t you cozy up to him a little more!

By: ccmask

ccmask — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:50:30 +0000

tick tock
tick tock

lol

By: phoebes

phoebes — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:38:28 +0000

Oh, poor Tom DeLay. Pushed out by all those nasty, mean, and, did I say nasty? Democrats. Nothing he did, oh, no siree. Fucking idjit!

Love the new reply area!

By: orangejumpsuit

orangejumpsuit — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:12:48 +0000

Not sure the comments thread is working, but here goes. Also, this is OT but not OT since on this blog Plamegate is always OT.

The new Libby defense is that Libby was a victim of infighting among the WH, State, and CIA plus “media conflagration,” that Libby was not responsible for the leak.

Excuse me? Libby is not being charged with leaking, he is being charged with perjury and obstruction. In other words, if he had the truth to tell which would exonerate himself, why did he not tell it? Why did he perjure himself?

This seems another example of what I call the Spaghetti Defense..keep throwing half-cooked spaghetti on a wall..if its sticks, it’s done. If not, keep trying.

http://www.insightmag.com/Medi.....libby2.htm

By: LJ/Aquaria

LJ/Aquaria — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:07:05 +0000

UH…

The WaPo might want to recheck their facts a little.

In Texas, you don’t have to BE a resident of a Congressional district to be elected in it, as per our Secretary of State! So if you want to move from a district you don’t have to live in, what does it matter?

The process for withdrawal isn’t all that complicated, either. It’s covered under our Election Code. Section 145 (warning: PDF file). Nothing there about reasons being required for filing, just how to file. Now if someone knows the statute that says you can withdraw ONLY under the WaPo’s criteria, I welcome them to point me in that direction. But it’s not in the place I always thought it would be, which is under our election code.

Anyway, I think they’re confusing the law for our own state legislators, who DO have to live in their districts, with the law for US Congressional reps.

But I could be wrong…

By: Praedor Atrebates

Praedor Atrebates — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:51:13 +0000

Any chance this sort of move might be contagious? Perhaps Bush and Cheney will see it as the trendy thing to do and quit too. Yeah, I know, a wild, almost sexual, fantasy.

Oh and by the way, that picture? Eeiwww. subject

By: orangejumpsuit

orangejumpsuit — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:44:43 +0000

DeLay’s claim to be a victim of Democratic politics notwithstanding:

1. He was three times chastized by a Republican House of Representatives.

2. He is being prosecuted by a District Attorney who has indicted 3 times as many Dems as Pubs.

3. He was pushed out of his House leadership position by his Republican colleagues.

4. He is being investigated by the Justice Department of a Republican administration.

5. He was probably ratted out on by his former underlings.

Of course, the wingnuts don’t see any of this. The irony is, it would be great if the Dems are as powerful as DeLay makes them out to be.

By: tom

tom — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:42:35 +0000

What do all of his corporate donors think of his suddenly using their payola for his legal bills instead of buying the House?

By: orangejumpsuit

orangejumpsuit — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:38:29 +0000

Soon to be a major movie. The life of Tom DeLay, called “The Ex-Terminator.”