New York Times: DeLay bids Congress a torrid goodbye

[Veronica.Franco]

New York Times: DeLay bids Congress a torrid goodbye

RAW STORY
Published: Thursday June 8, 2006


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The New York Times, calling former Congressman Tom Delay, "defiant to the end," labels his departure from Congress "torrid" and describes it as highly contentious, RAW STORY has learned.

According to the Times, "Democrats resisted a Republican plan to allow him to deliver his valedictory from the House floor. But DeLay crossed them up by submitting his resignation from the Appropriations Committee on the floor, providing an opening for his speech celebrating political discord."

As DeLay spoke in glowing terms of partisan politics as superior to statesmanship and compromise, Republicans applauded but many of the Democrats soon exited, noisily showing their displeasure.

Even those few dozen House Democrats who stayed throughout the speech were not won over. The final verdict of Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) on DeLay was "Bitter to the bitter end."

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/New_York_Times_DeLay_bids_Congress_0608.html


Later Tom ... LOL!!

[DoYouEverWonder]

1. What a jerk

Glad he's gone.

Now they can start to fumigate the place.

[Kutjara]

2. What a drama queen!

I'm surprised he didn't say "I have always relied on the kindness of strangers," or "Tomorrow is another day."

Take a hike Scarlett, we're sick of the sight of your flabby ass.

[SpiralHawk]

3. "You won't have me to kick around any more" - Another Repub crook

Republicon cronies and kickback artists -- on the dole from the lobbyists.

Good riddance.

[Skink]

4. He' s a lobbyist now. Things only got better.

[Rex]

5. Hey Tom; don't let the door hit ya where the God lord split ya!

Ya piece of fecal matter. HAHA YOU LOST TOM, NOW GO LIVE IN SHAME LIKE NEWT THE FAILUREMAN! Glorious day! Tom DeLay is now just another Joe Q public! HA FUCKING HA HA!

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. Great subject line! Cheez-its all over my screen.................yuk.

[NVMojo]

6. just like a bitter temper tantrum throwing TODDLER!!

I want MY WAY and you better give it back, WAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

[racaulk]

7. Don't go away mad, Tom, just go away.

Good riddance! See ya!

[Veronica.Franco]

9. Representative Tom DeLay personifies the word "unapologetic."

DeLay Bids the House a Torrid Goodbye

By CARL HULSE
Published: June 9, 2006

WASHINGTON, June 8 — Representative Tom DeLay personifies the word "unapologetic."

Leaving Congress on Friday under indictment in Texas and under a cloud in Washington for his relationships with a lobbyist and two former senior aides who have pleaded guilty to felony corruption, Mr. DeLay, the combative former Republican majority leader, was not about to distance himself from himself.

"I did a good job," said Mr. DeLay, the linchpin of the House Republican majority for the last decade and the mastermind of a formidable political operation that melded legislating, fund-raising, conservatism and business advocacy as never before. "I helped build the largest political coalition in the last 50 years. The K Street project and the K Street strategy I am very proud of."

To the Republicans he kept in power in defiance of the odds and a torrent of criticism, Mr. DeLay was a brilliant tactician, one they rewarded with standing ovations on Thursday as he took the floor one last time to deliver an ode to the bare-knuckles partisanship that has been his trademark.

"He's been a real leader," said Representative John A. Boehner, Republican of Ohio, the man who replaced Mr. DeLay as majority leader.

To Mr. DeLay's critics, who include Democrats and some Republicans, the day should have come sooner. They say Mr. DeLay represents, and is responsible for, much that is wrong with the current Congress. Detractors say that in alliance with Speaker J. Dennis Hastert of Illinois, the man he handpicked for the top post in 1998, Mr. DeLay trampled legislative traditions in the House and fostered an environment of loose ethical standards that resulted in the growing corruption scandals on Capitol Hill.

"He corroded the safeguards of the institution against corruption and put in place a culture where you could trade legislative favors for campaign contributions," said Representative George Miller, Democrat of California. "Hopefully, his passing means the institution may have some chance to recover."


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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/09/washington/09delay.html?hp&ex=1149825600&en=1515c4872b450990&ei=5094&partner=homepage



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