Thursday, November 25, 2004
Being Tom DeLay
Me too:
Finally someone "mainstream" calls out the hypocrisy of the House Republicans. I have a feeling that if it were Democrats in the majority, and they did something like this, the right wing echo chamber would be in in full force comdemning it. Nancy Pelosi has to keep this story front and center. Make this the beginning of the end of the House GOP.
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In my next life, I want to be Tom DeLay, the House majority leader.
Yes, I want to get almost the entire Republican side of the House of Representatives to bend its ethics rules just for me. I want to be able to twist the arms of House Republicans to repeal a rule that automatically requires party leaders to step down if they are indicted on a felony charge - something a Texas prosecutor is considering doing to DeLay because of corruption allegations.
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But most of all, I want to have the gall to sully American democracy at a time when young American soldiers are fighting in Iraq so we can enjoy a law-based society here and, maybe, extend it to others. Yes, I want to be Tom DeLay. I want to wear a little American flag on my lapel in solidarity with the troops, while I besmirch every value they are dying for.
If I can't be Tom DeLay, then I want to be one of the gutless Republican House members who voted to twist the rules for DeLay out of fear that "the Hammer," as they call him, might retaliate by taking away a coveted committee position or maybe a parking place.
Finally someone "mainstream" calls out the hypocrisy of the House Republicans. I have a feeling that if it were Democrats in the majority, and they did something like this, the right wing echo chamber would be in in full force comdemning it. Nancy Pelosi has to keep this story front and center. Make this the beginning of the end of the House GOP.
