Porky Pig (Tom Delay)

[Catherine Vincent]

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/02/28delay.html

Unrepentant DeLay stresses pork
Former majority leader cites federal dollars as reason for re-election
By Laylan Copelin

AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

HOUSTON — Indicted, reprimanded by colleagues and challenged as never before, Tom DeLay is unrepentant in his run for re-election to Congress. The 22-year congressional veteran says of his Democratic detractors: "My message to the left is, 'Keep it up.' " To his constituents, the Sugar Land Republican has a different refrain: DeLay delivers, as in federal dollars for his district.

Forget his national reputation as a fiscal conservative; DeLay in re-election mode is emphasizing that he can bring home pork. His handouts claim more than $1 billion in federal dollars to Houston-area transportation projects, the port, NASA, universities and law enforcement.

Forced from the majority leader's job because of a money-laundering indictment, DeLay tells constituents that his post on the House Appropriations Committee is the "perfect perch" from which to continue delivering federal money to the Houston area.

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I hope it doesn't work. I sure hope he loses BIG TIME!

[acmejack]

1. That is one of the nicer names he will be called here!

I'll join you in hoping Nick cleans his clock!

[muse]

2. The sheep in his district love this type of stuff.

It irrittes me. They really do fall for this.