Reply #27: DeLay Blames Partisanship for Uproar (Attacks the Washington Post) [View All]

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/03/15/national/w155010S69.DTL

DeLay Blames Partisanship for Uproar
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By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
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A defiant House Majority Leader Tom DeLay blamed partisanship and innuendo Tuesday for the uproar surrounding his overseas travel, but Republicans reported stirrings of concern over his political durability.

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DeLay laid some of the brouhaha over the travel at the feet of House Democrats, whom he said are seeking to "tear down the House and burn it down in order to gain power."

But in unusually blunt criticism, he attacked The Washington Post for its coverage of his trips. In the case of one story about the England trip, he accused the paper of a "zeal to leave readers with the false impression that I did something that I did not do."

The Post did not return two calls seeking comment.

complete story: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/03/15/national/w155010S69.DTL