Subdued DeLay Says Gun Control Supporters Not Bad (happy he

[rodeodance]

was applauded at the convention)



http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=578&e=5&u=/nm/20050417/pl_nm/politics_delay_nra_dc

Subdued DeLay Says Gun Control Supporters Not Bad

1 hour, 14 minutes ago


By Jeff Franks

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Gun control supporters are not bad people, they just do not understand what guns mean to those who grew up with them, Texas Republican Rep. Tom DeLay (news, bio, voting record) said on Saturday in an unusually conciliatory speech to the National Rifle Association.

The U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader decried the "overheated" political discourse in the United States, but did not directly address the controversy enveloping him about ethics and political fund-raising.

When 3,000 NRA supporters gave him a standing ovation, he said, "I hope the national media saw that."

Touched, he said, "I've been in elective office for 26 years and this is the highlight of my career."

[acmejack]

1. He certainly did nothing to contribute to that overheating!

Delay embodies everything that is wrong with the American political system.

[Dogmudgeon]

2. Translation

"I just got back from the woodshed, and my butt doesn't hurt a bit!"

--p!

[rodeodance]

3. he was glad to be amongst those who were giving him a standing ovation

-rather than in Washington where is he being raked over the coals by many.
So has anyone seen clips of msm showing the ovation?--

[blueblitzkrieg]

4. That's the highlight of his career?

How pitiful!

[rodeodance]

5. the nra gave him an ego boost--WATCH OUT-

[obxdreamer]

6. And hopefully,

the career will soon be over!

[Les BOOGIE]

8. that could be a very prophetic statement LOL n/t

[goodboy]

7. well Fox news will make sure everyone saw it. Too bad they didn't

see him taking the bribes from the Russians, S.Koreans, Brits, Native Americans etc. I'll betcha he sucks at golf too, probably takes a mulligan every other hole.

[iconoclastic cat]

9. He's talking like a man who knows he's about to be fired.

Been there.

[hue]

10. DeLay Finds friendly audience with NRA...

Apr 17, 8:53 AM EDT

DeLay Finds Friendly Audience With NRA

By PAM EASTON
Associated Press Writer


HOUSTON (AP) -- House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, under fire for alleged ethics violations, accused liberal Democrats and the national media of giving him a hard time in a keynote speech at the National Rifle Association's annual convention Saturday evening.

DeLay only briefly mentioned the ethics accusations, telling members of the gun-rights group that he appreciated their support.

"When a man is in trouble or in a good fight, you want to have your friends around, preferably armed. So I feel really good," the Republican from nearby Sugar Land said.

About 2,550 NRA members paid $75 to hear DeLay's speech and dine on salad with goat cheese and sirloin steak with peppercorn cognac sauce. Many wore stickers that read: "I'm for the NRA and Tom DeLay."

more...


http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DELAY_NRA?SITE=WIJAN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

[Berserker]

11. Were there any Recruiters present?

it seems like it would have been a great opportunity for it.

[hue]

13. What a coincidence that the two should "find each other"!

See the pic in the article--bet DeLay felt alot better with that rifle in his hands!

[PDittie]

12. It wasn't as friendly as all that...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3492082

[Festivito]

14. Before he goes down, he'll LOOK LIKE a Democrat, thereby blaming us.

He's just a trunk full of tricks, this DeLay. Most entertaining.

It's kind of like an esoteric-intellectual version of Godzilla covered in slimey seaweed destroying Tokyo, only in slimey hair destroying Washington political structure.

I guess we'll have to stop him before he reaches the nuclear option.

[PDittie]

15. You guys are missing the good stuff:

http://pittsburgh.indymedia.org/news/2005/04/18136.php

[DrZeeLit]

16. In trouble? Trot out the NRA. He's already trotted out God and gays.

Can you hear the death knell?
Can you spell C-O-N-C-L-A-V-E?
Repubs are gonna be holding one sooooooon.

[slackmaster]

17. "Keep guns, ban Delay"

:D

[Roland99]

18. Hey, Tom? That's pointed the wrong way

U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, looks over a Cecil Brooks Original Flintlock Rifle presented to him after his keynote address at the NRA's 134th annual member banquet Saturday, April 16, 2005 in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)


;)

[UTUSN]

19. This Is His Highlight? Well Alrighty Then, Nowhere to Go But DOWN n/t