DeLay promotes his vision

[Rose Siding]

Tom DeLay, the former Republican congressman from Texas and House majority leader who resigned in June under an ethical cloud, came to Long Island yesterday to promote his vision of "moral clarity" that he said should guide Americans' discussion about how to best combat terrorism....

During several hours at Nassau Community College where he was invited to speak, he attracted about 200 people....He called the upcoming vote "very strange," and said "the mood of the people is hard to gauge.

"The Democrats are incredibly energized," DeLay said in a news conference. "The Republicans are not so energized. They are very disappointed in the leadership of their party." Unlike the Democrats, who "know how they are going to vote and are ready to go vote," DeLay said many Republicans are less certain.
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"I don't think water boarding is torture," DeLay said. "My definition of torture is you physically harm someone by cutting them, by cutting their fingers, sticking things in their eyes, sticking their fingers in electric sockets. Water boarding is a frightening experience. But the person does not have physical damage."

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/politics/ny-lidela024956524nov02,0,2109948.story?coll=ny-lipolitics-headlines

[Catherine Vincent]

1. Tom who?

:shrug:

[angstlessk]

2. So, he has given the prosecutors in his case permission to water-board him

in order to get a confession?

[Solly Mack]

3. Yet another admission that America tortures without calling it torture?

And it seems that even Delay understands that Cheney was talking about water-boarding.


"DeLay's views on forms of torture came out during an hour-long question and answer session when an audience member brought up Vice President Dick Cheney's seeming support of water boarding, when he suggested dunking someone's head in water might be useful to get a suspected terrorist to talk.

"I don't think water boarding is torture," DeLay said. "My definition of torture is you physically harm someone by cutting them, by cutting their fingers, sticking things in their eyes, sticking their fingers in electric sockets. Water boarding is a frightening experience. But the person does not have physical damage."

[angstlessk]

4. So, he has given the prosecutors in his case permission to water-board him

in order to get a confession?

[Beetwasher]

5. "My definition of torture is..."

"My definition of torture is you physically harm someone by cutting them, by cutting their fingers, sticking things in their eyes, sticking their fingers in electric sockets."

After making this statement DeLay was visibly aroused.

[babylonsister]

6. Why the hell does anyone want to hear him say anything? He's a

crook embroiled in the 'culture of corruption'! :mad:

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[Canuckistanian]

8. Republicans are disapointed in their leaders?

And whose fault is that, Bugman?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

9. DeLay promotes myopia

So what else is new?

[Anakin Skywalker]

10. I Thought This F*cker is Supposed to Be in Prison???

WTF is he doing out spreading hypocrisy? "Moral clarity"? This from an @$$hole who took lots of bribes?

Admittedly I have not been keeping up with DeLay news. So he's been indicted but it has not reached trial stage yet, right?

[drb]

11. His vision is going to be limited to the top sheet on his bunk in prison!

lkg

[tanyev]

12. Shouldn't that be his "version" of moral clarity?

[SKKY]

13. The mood of the people is not "strange", it's very clear....

...they're sick and tired of republican hiprocracy, and are in the mood for change, which unfortunately for Bug Juice, he is on the wrong side of.

[antonialee839]

14. I don't remember anybody asking for your moral clarity or

definition of anything, you two bit thug.

[LeftishBrit]

15. The words 'DeLay' and 'moral' don't belong in the same sentence

Who wants DeLay's vision of 'moral clarity'? Might as well use the Mafia's definition of 'moral clarity'!