Delay compares his plight to that of Bill Clinton

[CatWoman]

the bastard.

I have been watched and investigated probably more than Bill Clinton. They can't find anything on me, so they are going back to my childhood, going back to my family, going to things that happened eight years ago. There's nothing there." ..

http://washtimes.com/national/20050414-122653-1991r.htm

[JohnKleeb]

1. I have to laugh at that

Christ what a corrupt bugger.

[Warpy]

10. Personally, I think it's pretty sad

Either he's the most arrogant son of a bitch on the planet to think the world doesn't know what he is, or he truly thinks participating in making the law makes him above the law to the extent that he's never troubled to find out what the law IS.

Whatever it is, I hope he's defanged and declawed very quickly, stripped of his position of RNC purse string controller as well as Majority Leader. Let him stay in Congress for the rest of his term, though.

[Mnemosyne]

12. Don't forget neutered. n/t

[TahitiNut]

2. So, he agrees that it was a "witch hunt" against Clinton?

Interesting.

[mrdmk]

4. He let the cat out of the bag on that one, agreed. n/t

:patriot:

[htuttle]

11. This has GOT to make freeper brains buzz with cognitive dissonance

If they had brains, that is...

[TahitiNut]

20. Bill Clinton as DeLay's "Christ Figure" ... remarkable, huh?

:wow: :crazy: :freak: :crazy: :scared: :hide:

[Lost Texan in NC]

23. And Admitted Lying

:smoke:

After all, You can't get around the fact Bill did stretch the truth a bit. So I guess Delay is admitting to lying, huh?

[TahitiNut]

40. There's a difference between ...

... a "it's none of your business" deceits and "it's your business and I'm cheating you" deceits. The latter are criminal and the former are civil.

[Toots]

60. Where exactly did he "Stretch the truth?"

He was given a definition by the district attorney's office of what exactly Legally the definition of sexual relations was. By their Legal Definition Clinton "did not have sexual relations with that woman". so what exactly did he stretch the truth about?

[Pawel K]

75. legally he didn't, but that doesn't mean he actually didn't

frankly I think he had every right to say what he did as what was done to him was absolutely obsurd. However, getting a BJ is sexual relations in practice, maybe not in law.

Paying your family from donations to your PAC makes you scum in practice, maybe not in law.

:shrug:

[tavalon]

81. Yeah, I wish Clinton

had said, it's none of your fucking business. Get out of my face and let me do my job!

[Nay]

35. Ha! So he says he's as much a victim as Clinton?? That's funny,

DeLay. Maybe next time you assholes shouldn't be so quick to smear people. When it's your turn and you actually have a shitload of illegal stuff to be ashamed of, things might not go so well for you. Assholes.

[radfringe]

50. my thoughts exactly

he's admitted that there was a right-wing effort to oust Clinton

[Jacobin]

57. That would certainly seem to be the implication, now wouldn't it?

Republicans' common problem is that they all lack the 'irony' gene.

It is universal.

"I'm being hounded unmercifully for trumped up reasons the way we hounded Clinton unmercifully for trumped up reasons."

[On the Road]

66. My Thought Exactly

These people could kill their parents and beg for mercy on the grounds that they're orphans.

[Norquist Nemesis]

67. LOL! I'm going to have to remember that one!

That was beautiful! :applause:

[Laurab]

85. That's what I got from it

I think it's going to be interesting to hear what else comes out of his mouth as he goes down. I hope it's a long, slow fall...

[Reverend_Smitty]

3. Oh no he did not...

there's one fucking difference between you and Bill, Tom. You are fucking corrupt bastard that is guilty...Bill was not

[Somawas]

5. Also,

Clinton actually got a bj. DeLay can only fantasize about bj's.

[Reverend_Smitty]

9. I honestly can't imagine...

anyone wanting to give that smarmy bastard a BJ. Just the mental image is enough to make me want to :puke:

And once again it all goes back to Clenis envy :P

[Merlot]

6. and Michael Jackson compairs himself to

Nelson Mandela.

My apologies to Nelson Mandela, I have trouble even using both names in the same sentence. Which was no problem for MJ.

[KeepItReal]

7. The Bug Killin Dwarf-King never had an independent counsel on his ass 24/7

Let's spend the same amount of money on the Delay investigation that those morons spent digging up dirt on the former President.

*Then* he can compare himself to the former President.

[mopinko]

59. ,

[iconoclastNYC]

8. Nice balance on this article......puke

"The only way I can be cleared is through the ethics committee, so they don't want one"

What Ethics Committee? Oh you mean this one....

On the very first day of the 109th Congress, House Republicans forced through changes to the rules of the Ethics Committee that severely weakened the primary system of accountability in the House. -snip- Under the new Republican rules would such a deadlock would automatically dismiss the complaint after as little as 45 days. Thus either party would have the power to kill an investigation without even a formal review, simply by waiting-out the clock.

Republican House Leadership also forced Ethics Committee Chairman Hefley out , not only from his job atop the committee, but off of the committee altogether. But it did not stop there. They went on to remove two other Republican members of the committee who had voted to admonish DeLay, Reps. Kenny Hulshof of Missouri and Steven LaTourette of Ohio, a move described by Norman Ornstein, a congressional analyst for the conservative American Enterprise Institute, as a "terrible, embarrassing, outrageous breach of public trust." The two were replaced with Republicans who had contributed sizably to DeLay's legal defense fund. (from HouseOfScandal.org)

[housewolf]

37. I loved the way Steny Hoyer characterized it

The changes to the ethics committee rules make it like an umpire calling "strike" and requiring the batter to agree before it is really a strike

[ClassWarrior]

13. His childhood was eight years ago?? That explains a lot...

NGU.

[FreedomAngel82]

46. I haven't heard

anything on his childhood. Where does he get that shit?

[tallahasseedem]

14. This guy is an ass...

On the upside, is the Republican party finally ready to admit that they witch hunted the Clintons? What is going on with Delay isnt a fifth of what they pulled on them.

[Pepperbelly]

15. How can anyone following recent history deny the existence of Kharma?

This is so delicious. We indeed live in the most irony-rich environment of America's story.

:hi:

So does this mean that he no longer believes Bill Clinton guilty or that Little Tommy is guilty. Wait a minute, I am confused. Overdosed on irony.

[libodem]

16. WTF

Nobody has ever been more persecuted than Clinton. They started in from the get-go with one crack-pot scheme after another and plagued him his whole 8 years. It's a wonder that man functioned as well as he did with a the purposeless distractions. They really hurt our country. BTW why can't we do that to the present administration for war profiteering?

[libodem]

17. WTF

Nobody has ever been more persecuted than Clinton. They started in from the get-go with one crack-pot scheme after another and plagued him his whole 8 years. It's a wonder that man functioned as well as he did with a the purposeless distractions. They really hurt our country. BTW why can't we do that to the present administration for war profiteering?

[expatriot]

18. Who's said anything about his childhood other than Janeanne?

The only time I've heard anybody say anything about his childhood is on Air America when they bring up the eerie trend that all these sadistic Republican ultra-conservatives have crappy childhoods with abusive fathers, it's been a while since I listened to AAR because of our internet is so sporadic and choppy but I think it is Janeanne that talks about this.

[coloradodem2005]

19. Wasn't he on Clinton's case 8 years ago over it?

Hypocrite.

[DoYouEverWonder]

32. Not only was he all over Clinton to resign

he lead the charge to impeach him.

Online, Off the Fence

December 16, 1998

On his House Majority Whip Web site, the man charged with the solemn responsibility of considering the impeachment of the president doesn't pule, mewl or mince words.

"Clinton Must Resign" shouts the home page of Rep. Tom DeLay. Headlines crawling up the right side of the screen blare out "Clinton Should Resign for the Good of the Country" and "DeLay: 'No Censure for Clinton.' "

Rather than using the page to solicit opinions, DeLay lays it on the line online. The Republican from Texas gives you his speeches, positions and his proposals straight.

This is not about the will of the people, but the will-o'-the-whip's. Deal with it.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/web121698.htm

[CatWoman]

34. BAM!!! I was looking for some text to back up that argument

thanks :hi:

also found this:

Amid worldwide devastation, the hapless president tries to negotiate with a captured alien.

"What is it you want us to do?" the president asks.

"Die," the alien replies.

The national Republican Party -- now dominated by some of the most extreme elements in U.S. politics -- has made clear it wants President Clinton's political death, nothing less.

_snip_

Some conservatives maintained that the real case against Clinton rested in what had not been included in the impeachment articles. Some likened impeaching Clinton over sex lies to convicting Al Capone on tax evasion, when cases could not be proved about more serious felonies.

DeLay urged senators to examine evidence in the House files which had not been publicly released -- apparently pertaining to disputed allegations that Clinton made an unwanted advance toward a woman in the 1970s. The House whip said the secret evidence would persuade the Senate to proceed to a full trial and conviction.

But the GOP's slide into this Kafka-esque land -- where punishment is handed out less for the charge at issue than for secret allegations -- finally jarred millions of Americans awake.



http://www.consortiumnews.com/1990s/c122898c.html

[CrispyQ]

21. If there's nothing there, what's to sweat, Tom? ~~eom

[FreedomAngel82]

47. Exactly

Good point. For someone who is so innocent he's really kicking and screaming isn't he? Wouldn't he bring on the investigation's to show he is innocent?

[The Traveler]

22. Bull. They spent enough money on Clinton

to launch a space shuttle. Amazing what the wingnuts are willing to spend money on while they stiff education and social support functions.

[blogbear]

24. Bill Clintons privacy was invaded, Delay invades our privacy..

[CatWoman]

25. oooooooo

good talking point :thumbsup:

[Hand]

26. Wow--and they said irony is dead! nt

[w4rma]

27. I'm rolling on the floor, laughing right now (trying to type). (nt)

[Les BOOGIE]

28. $55 million BJ + $73 million Whitewater VS _______??? N/T

[Vickers]

29. "going back to my childhood" Ahhh, got some "youthful indiscretions" Tom?

Keep digging, he is getting scared, and somebody is getting really close to something explosive.

[OneTwentyoNine]

30. Bawhahah.....oh my, sooooo desperate aren't we Bug man????

That fuck knows he's toast,all the power,the money,the free globe hopping trips,ALL OF IT is slipping away and Delay is powerless to do anything about it.

[napi21]

31. It's mindboggeling to see those two names on the same line!

The only similiarity I can think of between them is that they both had gov't jobs!

[rainbow4321]

33. Can't "find anything" on him?

This sums it up in a fun way...


http://www.markfiore.com/animation/exterm.html

[rocktivity]

55. LOL!!!! Mark Fiore ROCKS!

(Disclosure) And I'd say that even if I wasn't using one of his characters as my avatar!

:headbang:
rocknation

[Up2Late]

36. This guy is Soooooooo delusional

What an ASS.

[journalist3072]

38. Oh my freakin goodness!

Tom Delay comparing himself to Bill Clinton is too damn funny. Is Delay on crack or something?

So if Delay is comparing his situation to that of President Clinton's, and Delay views himself as a victim, does that mean he thinks Clinton was a victim too???

[tavalon]

83. In answer to your second question

it appears to be so. In trying to deflect the sharks, he inadvertently admitted that the Clinton witchhunt was, um, a witchhunt.

[journalist3072]

84. LOL! That's exactly right.

That's probably one of the few issues I agree with Delay on, that Clinton was the victim of a witchhunt!

[housewolf]

39. "going to things that happened eight years ago"

Is that a clue? Is that where someone should be looking?

[LynneSin]

41. If only we were investigating a blow job

Instead it's gross violation of campaign laws and abuse of his position. This is going to bring down the republican party and I'm just going to sit back and enjoy.

[FreedomAngel82]

48. I love a good show

Especially on someone like DeLay. :popcorn:

[Lindacooks]

42. With that 'logic', we can treat him as the Repukes treated

President Clinton.

Pitchforks and burning torches, anyone??

[FreedomAngel82]

49. Oo

Can I bring a blow horn just to make some noise?

[Blue_Roses]

43. bullshit

Delay is so full of it...ironic coming from a man who hunted Clinton.:eyes: I loathe this dirty lying bastard. Delay is as crooked as they come. He deserves all that he's getting and more.

[DearAbby]

44. ...

:popcorn:

[acmejack]

62. Proof indeed of the old saw in Texas

There are a lot more horse's asses than there are horses. Need any more evidence?

[FreedomAngel82]

45. What a jackass

Oh God what a jackass. :mad: This guy is NOT like Bill Clinton. This guy is corrupt and he knows he's in trouble and comparing himself to Bill Clinton is a disgrace and he should be ashamed.

[imenja]

51. he is the biggest asshole who has ever set foot in DC

of all of them. What nerve he has, when he was the one who pushed the impeachment vote through the house. He is as bad as it gets.

[MiniMe]

52. So, if he thinks he is innocent, is he saying that Clinton was.......

innocent? And that the repugs spent a lot of money for nothing? The key word here is thinks, not is. What a hypocrit!!

[leesa]

53. He was a child 8 years ago? I THOUGHT so!

Let's DO investigate him as much as Clinton was and see how rosy he comes out. How many more millions can we spend?

[hector459]

54. Not until we have a Special Prosecutor in his ass for 8 years will he have

been investigated anywhere near as much as Clinton. And DeLay is guilty of even more than he has been accused of....BIG DIFF!

[rniel]

56. that's crazy

Clinton investigated for 10 years 100s of private investigators and press helping to find something and nothing illegal found.

Tom Delay - Is he even being investigated right now?

[Catchawave]

58. Cheap shots....

While he's at it, why not mention "nobody died when Clinton lied" !

I caught a news clip from Delay's home district, which counts more than anything, and it seems they feel he cares more about himself than his constituents.

[CoffeeCat]

61. The major difference between Delay and Clinton...

Clinton was caught screwing one person. DeLay however, has screwed the entire country.

[lonestarnot]

63. Don't DElay! Drop Tom the Bomb today! n/t

[ContraBass Black]

64. Bwaa ha ha ha!

Go home, wimp. }(

[PurityOfEssence]

65. Why, they're hurting me almost as much as I PERSONALLY fucked Bill Clinton

This just in: Hitler felt just as persecuted by the allies as the Jews were.

[CBHagman]

68. No one will ever love him the way Clinton is loved.

If Clinton goes to the U.K. or Ireland, people will swarm around to shake his hand. DeLay can forget about receiving that kind of treatment, short of a personality transplant AND a Road to Damascus type conversion.

Also, the U.S. government spent tens of billions of dollars on the investigations of Clinton, even after an early investigation exonerated both Hillary and Bill Clinton. Contrast that with the serial rebukes of DeLay by the House ethics committee.

Do read "The Hammer," by Lou Dubose and Jan Reid, for a description of how DeLay pushed fellow Republicans to impeach Clinton.

[BringEmOn]

69. In DeLay's case, democracy is wearing the blue dress.

[Debs]

70. The only thing Delay has in common with Clinton

Is they are both bipedal, carbon based, lifeforms

[bobthedrummer]

71. He's desperate now, this piece of shit has about had it and he blames

Democrats one day and invokes President Clinton on another.
:crazy:

[Catherine Vincent]

72. ROTFL!

I didn't know Tom Delay had a sense of humor!

[nolabels]

73. In a way he is correct

I have no sympathy for the evil crook, but the attack dogs of corporate media have been let out of the gate to pounce on him, there is no doubt about it. Delay would never survive 8 or 9 years of it though. The Clinton attack team started as soon as he was ahead of Poppy and never quit till well after he left office.

We can now sit back and watch from the other side.
We can watch to see how "THE BIG CORPORATE BUCKS" run the show when they want someone out :popcorn:

Delay is just a wimp, let him cry :cry:

[rodeodance]

74. oh little simple tom-you are no bill clinton-not even in your imagination

[CitySky]

76. "I know Bill Clinton...

and you, sir, are no Bill Clinton!" Okay, not that *I* know Bill Clinton or anything, but it would be nice to hear someone say it!"

[Zerex71]

77. Funny thing is, they only have to go back a couple of weeks to find dirt.

The guy's a pure, disgusting scumbag who only wishes he were fit to tie Big Dog's shoelaces.

[Arkana]

78. What a blooming idiot

He probably doesn't realize that he's painted himself into a corner with that kind of logic--he's admitting that the campaign to destroy Clinton was a witch hunt.

[NVMojo]

79. OH! MY!! GAWD!!!! The martyr can't handle his own medicine!!!

[Old and In the Way]

80. 8 years ago....when Tom pulled the plug on his father.

Look up the word hypocrite in Webster's....they have a picture of you, TD.

[Sparkle]

82. Delay is such a:

ROTFL!

[zulchzulu]

86. Let the Bugman flail on...it's good...it's like watching Custer going down

DeLay is the best thing to happen to the Democratic Party...that is if we let him sink everyone else down too.

Go Bugman Go! We're not done with you yet.

[are_we_united_yet]

87. "They can't find anything on me.."

:wtf: