tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741992.post111203566986182989..comments2007-04-15T20:11:36.754-05:00David Donnellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05987113174256362183noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741992.post-1115945604426517062005-05-12T19:53:00.000-05:002005-05-12T19:53:00.000-05:00DeLay is a fucking idiot, and anyone who supports his lame ass is probably avaricious, unethical, and brain-damaged, and needs a life-support system as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741992.post-1112975084240947712005-04-08T10:44:00.000-05:002005-04-08T10:44:00.000-05:00Hypocrisy is the highest of political virtues. MachiavelliTernot MacRenatonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741992.post-1112930603766787222005-04-07T22:23:00.000-05:002005-04-07T22:23:00.000-05:00Here's hoping the constituents of<BR/>US 22nd Dist do Congress, Texas,<BR/>and themselves a favor by sending<BR/>DeLay back among those pesky rats, fire-ants and cockroaches he was purging before he took office.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741992.post-1112895203568524832005-04-07T12:33:00.000-05:002005-04-07T12:33:00.000-05:00Typical Conservitive....do as I say not as do. Mr. Delay's interference with the Terry Schiavo case was classic. He did not do everything possible for his own father and stopped treatment. It is said that that was a different circumstance but Ms. Schiavo was at one time on a ventilator and was able to be weaned off the vent. Given time Delay's father would have been weaned off the ventilator. I know this because of my years as an ICU nurse. This does not mean that Mr. Delay did the wrong thing. Quite the contrary he did the humane thing just as Mr. Schiavo should have done in the begining of Terry's severe anoxic brain injury. This, however would have been tough to do due to her age and the remote possiblity of some recovery. Politics rule the day again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741992.post-1112884033094058972005-04-07T09:27:00.000-05:002005-04-07T09:27:00.000-05:00Let's put some people in government offices who have had to actually live in the "real world" of working hard and just getting by, cutting back when demanded and going without when mandatory. Also, no political contributions from any big corporations! Keeps a person honest and no pay backs for favors!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741992.post-1112841506472668512005-04-06T21:38:00.000-05:002005-04-06T21:38:00.000-05:00Not only is it time to get rid of the crooked "law-makers" in DC, it's time to demand true campaign finance reform and remove their ability to get any corporate, business or special interest group money. Show not favoritism - stop the crooked big biz Enron-esque activities of OUR Congress now! Let's have a gov that is truely of, for and by the people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741992.post-1112834116560434422005-04-06T19:35:00.000-05:002005-04-06T19:35:00.000-05:00Queen's single, "Hammer to Fall" is precient. http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Hammer-To-Fall-lyrics-Queen/34A97E66304422FA4825689400042619Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741992.post-1112830685551311902005-04-06T18:38:00.000-05:002005-04-06T18:38:00.000-05:00Mr. Delay's ethics problems really show very little difference from the tactics which the Bush administration has used since its beginning: distort the truth, distort the effects of its proposed legislative agenda, impugn the character and reputation of individuals who speak out against the administration's questionable, illegal, unethical, untruthful, and immoral actions. Mr. Delay's latest shameful maneuvering and meddling in the Terri Schiavo case merely attempted to rally the radical right base of his party. This was plainly a red herring used to take the focus off his political problems. No less shameful was President Bush's complicity in urging Congress to pass unprecedented legislation pushing the whole matter toward federal courts, in the hope that judicial decisions at the state level would be overtuned. His rush back to the White House to sign the law in his pajamas was pitiful and pitiless. I am reminded of one of Newton's laws of physics: "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction." Perhaps not quite applicable to politics, but there is an element of poetic justice in Newton's priciple. The whole cabal backfired. The majority of the American people looked with disfavor on all this politically inspired nonsense. It is time we rid the government of those, Republican or Democrat, who think only of personal gain and partisan advantage for either themselves or their cronies--not for the greater good of the American people.<BR/>Thomas E. Davis, M.A. in French; M.A.in English,with a concentration in linguistics,<BR/>Casper, WyomingThomas E. Davisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741992.post-1112827673122654932005-04-06T17:47:00.000-05:002005-04-06T17:47:00.000-05:00As I recall, as a resident of Travis County for the last 15 years, the prosecution of Kay Bailey Hutchison was terminated mainly because the judge did not let in some of the key evidence against her. Incidentally, the charge was for using her Texas Treasury employees to help with her senatorial campaign on state job time. Also, I wouldn't call one failed prosecution of an official in 25 years as DA a "record" of suspect indictments. The author's characterization of R. Earle as a "partisan Democrat" is redundant; one would have to favor the Democratic party in order to be a loyal Democrat. If the WSJ author is trying to suggest that R. Earle is more partisan than most Democrats here, I seriously doubt that charge can be substantiated with any evidence. Earle was re-elected this last time with 80% of the vote. You cannot get that high a fraction of the votes here, without getting a majority of the Republican votes as well as the Democratic votes. He gets such a high vote tally because he does a good job, and is a straight shooter when it comes to law breakers.David Herrin, Ph.D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741992.post-1112826781171233162005-04-06T17:33:00.000-05:002005-04-06T17:33:00.000-05:00So, why aren't the Armand Hammer's of the world coughing up moeny to find another Kenneth Starr to prosecute Mr. DeLay? After all, if we can lavish millions of dollars on an investigation of a semen stain and a questionable loan, don't we have a few million left for this? I suppose not, we must have spent all the discretionary money on Titan Corporation, Halliburton, and the rest of George's cronies.gardogleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04341436944823146757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741992.post-1112824315216488562005-04-06T16:51:00.000-05:002005-04-06T16:51:00.000-05:00I live in Tom Delay's district and supported Mr. Morrison in the November 2004 election. Hopefully, Mr. Morrison will run again in 2006. I wouldn't doubt he'll have a better showing this time around.Clarissa L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02783999567843928523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741992.post-1112818822286673722005-04-06T15:20:00.000-05:002005-04-06T15:20:00.000-05:00Other sources cite Mr. Earle as nominally a Democrat, one who has prosecuted as many Democrats as Republicans. You might have mentioned that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com