DeLay Puts Himself Out To Pasture
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in General Politics
That’s right. He’s not seeking reelection and he’ll be resigning from Congress soon.
Rep. Tom DeLay, whose iron hold on the House Republicans melted as a lobbying corruption scandal engulfed the Capitol, told TIME that he will not seek reelection and will leave Congress within months. Taking defiant swipes at “the left” and the press, he said he feels “liberated” and vowed to pursue an aggressive speaking and organizing campaign aimed at promoting foster care, Republican candidates and a closer connection between religion and government.“I’m going to announce tomorrow that I’m not running for reelection and that I’m going to leave Congress,” DeLay, who turns 59 on Saturday, said during a 90-minute interview on Monday. “I’m very much at peace with it.” He notified President Bush in the afternoon. DeLay and his wife, Christine, said they had been prepared to fight, but that he decided last Wednesday, after months of prayer and contemplation, to spare his suburban Houston district the mudfest to come. “This had become a referendum on me,” he said. “So it’s better for me to step aside and let it be a referendum on ideas, Republican values and what’s important for this district.”
Yeah, yeah, yeah…
My guess is he’s in trouble and he knows it. I’m sorry, but it seem highly unlikely that a guy like DeLay would just give up power like this. As Josh Marshall puts it…
DeLay’s lawyers must have sat him down over the last 72 hours and explained to him that he needs to focus on not spending most of the rest of his life in prison.
Meanwhile, Power Line takes this opportunity (shock!) to bash Dems…
As far as we can tell at the moment, DeLay appears to be yet another victim of the Democrats’ politics of personal destruction–the only politics they know.
Heh. Yeah…it’s not as if people within DeLay’s office have plead guilty to conspiracy or anything. Yep, it’s all about those damn Dems and their damn words! Quite a hacktackular display of blind partisan hackery Powerline. Bravo!
There will be more on DeLay soon I’m sure. Stay tuned.
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April 4th, 2006 at 8:15 am
Good. There’s a Long War on, which means now more than ever our nation doesn’t have time for elected officials who are more interested in their own power and enrichment than in the nation’s well-being.
April 4th, 2006 at 8:45 am
Tom Delay has chosen, after much prayer, to leave a power structure intact for his fellow republicans. This humble, God-fearing creature, who has been a force in Texas and National politics has been hanging tough through the obvious attacks on his purity of purpose by the evil democratic machine.
In a (un)selfish, Christ-like fashion, he has sacrificed himself to the greater cause of mankind(with diligent assistance from his disciples (oops … make that legal advisors) and will no longer be a part of the process in his home state.
It is rumored that once the stone is rolled into place on Texas soil, he will shortly “rise” again in …. Virginia …. in the manifestation of ….. Lobbyist …. where he will once again, to the consternation of the non-believers …. commence to PREY!
One can only hope that in these efforts, he will be …”Delayed” …. by his home state of Texas.
Amen.
April 4th, 2006 at 9:42 am
[...] National Blogs on DeLay: A Perfectly Cromulent Blog: “So, I guess you’ll hammer…later;” American Pundit: DeLay To Call It Quits; Blog of the Moderate Left: Bye, Bye Bugman; Carpetbagger Report: What’s Next For DeLay’s District and Tom DeLay Cuts and Runs; Daily Kos: DeLay Out; Democratic Daily: DeLay’s Decision; Democrats.com: DeLay Throws In The Hammer, Donklephant: DeLay Puts Himself Out To Pasture, Ezra Klein: The Spirit of Edwin Edwards, Joe Trippi: DeLay Will Not Seek Re-Election; DNC: TX-22 More DeLay; Vote Law: DeLay To Resign; DNCC Steakholder: The Architect; Swing State Project: Bugman Bugs Out; Election Law: Can Republicans Name A Replacement For Tom DeLay. Texas Blogs on DeLay: Dallas Blog: DeLay to Leave Congress; Hutopia: Ding, Dong; Annatopia: It Couldn’t Have Happened To A Nicer Guy; Blue Texas: Tom DeLay Resigns; Brains and Eggs: Good Riddance To Bad Rubbish; Bride of Acheron: Good News Tonight; Casual Soap Box: Tom DeLay To Step Down; Daily DeLay: DeLay To Step Down; Dos Centavos: Things Fall Apart; Eye On Williamson: DeLay Is Out; Greg’s Opinion: Let The Silly Season Begin; In The Pink Texas: Holy Mother…; Latinos for Texas: Tom DeLay Not Running; Lone Star Times has a full transcript of DeLay’s announcement; see also: Panhandle Truth Squad, People’s Republic of Seabrook, The Red State, Rick Perry vs. The World, Right of Texas, South Texas Chisme, Supreme Irony of Life; Texas Safety Forum; Texas Whip, Three Wise Men; Winding Road In Urban Area, Yellow Doggerel Democrat. [...]