Rep. Wants Enron E-Mail on DeLay Examined

[GreenPartyVoter]

WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Chris Bell, D-Texas, who filed an ethics complaint against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, says e-mails between Enron officials bolster his charges that DeLay illegally solicited and accepted political contributions and should be investigated.

Bell said he will ask House ethics committee members to review the e-mails before deciding whether to launch a formal investigation of the Texas Republican based on the complaint Bell filed last month.

DeLay has repeatedly dismissed Bell's charges, saying Bell is bitter because he lost his re-election bid in March. Republicans have said Democrats are behind the complaint.

"The last sign of a defeated and intellectually bankrupt party is a hate-filled strategy of caricature assassination," said Jonathan Grella, a DeLay spokesman.

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20040713/D83PVJQG0.html

[shaolinmonkey]

1. If the last line is true:

"The last sign of a defeated and intellectually bankrupt party is a hate-filled strategy of caricature assassination,"

Then the GOP has been defeated and intellectually bankrupt for years. But we already knew that.

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. I know. I was savoring the irony of that myself. *l*

[GiovanniC]

3. CARICATURE Assassination?

Really?

"caricature"?

[Jacobin]

10. LOL

I had the same reaction.

Guess the bug man hired one of his constituents as his spokesperson.

[LittleApple81]

4. The ARE caricatures of human beings... but I bet the reporter just

misunderstood... or she wanted to portray reality.

[ceile]

5. What is "caricature assassination"? n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. Welcome to DU *wave*

[amber dog democrat]

6. Feeling more than encouraged.

"The last sign of a defeated and intellectually bankrupt party is a hate-filled strategy of caricature assassination,"

Please let this be so !!!!

[Rose Siding]

7. 'caricature' assassination? Does he know he said that?

Because DeLay's a 'caricature', alright!

[Monte Carlo]

8. They must have a big thesaurus at DeLay's office.

Or maybe just an appreciation for long-winded, flowery BS language.

The tide is turning, boys and girls.

[trof]

9. This guy Grella?

He wouldn't be a speech writer for shrub*, would he?
"caricature assassination"?
Maybe he'll caricaturely deny he said that.
;-)