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revdorothyl at 04:59pm on 06/04/2005
revdorothyl at 04:59pm on 06/04/2005This is the latest petition I've signed, courtesy of MoveOn.org, asking Republicans in Congress to consider that Tom DeLay has already embarassed them all enough as Majority Leader.
After a summary of recent news articles revealing Tom DeLay's misdeeds, the MoveOn e-mail continued:
It is time to fire Tom DeLay as House Majority Leader. Please sign our petition urging Congress to remove DeLay from his leader post at the link below.
http://www.moveonpac.org/delay/?id=5322-596929-ZV7tsTIXFBJQHnPQYAW3Wg&t=1
As the chorus of opposition grows louder, it is important to show that this isn't just a power struggle in Washington but that, in fact, millions of Americans share the same concerns about DeLay's pattern of repeated
corruption.
Even the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal, one of the most conservative groups of editors in the country, is offended by the excesses of Tom DeLay. They wrote on March 28, "Mr. DeLay, who rode to power in 1994 on a wave of revulsion at the everyday ways of big government, has become the living exemplar of some of its worst habits."
Among his offenses, Tom DeLay:
* Promised a role in drafting legislation to a corporate donor
* Tried to coerce a Congressman for a vote on Medicare
* Allegedly used corporate money given to his PAC to finance Texas campaigns in violation of state law
* Used Homeland Security resources in a dispute with Democrats in Texas
* Diverted funds from a children's charity for lavish celebrations at the Republican convention
* Threatened retaliation against interest groups that don't support Republicans
* Stacked the House Ethics committee with representatives who have contributed to his legal defense fund
* Accepted trips from corporations and later helped kill legislation they opposed
* Accepted trips from the lobbyist for a foreign government in violation of House rules
* Crippled the effectiveness of the House Ethics Committee by purging members who had rebuked him
* Pushed for a rules change for the House Ethics process that paralyzed the panel
* Sought a rule change that would have no longer "required leaders to step aside temporarily if indicted"
* Paid family members more than $500,000 out of campaign contributions
And now back to fun, fun, fun in the dissertation sun, sun, sun . . .
After a summary of recent news articles revealing Tom DeLay's misdeeds, the MoveOn e-mail continued:
It is time to fire Tom DeLay as House Majority Leader. Please sign our petition urging Congress to remove DeLay from his leader post at the link below.
http://www.moveonpac.org/delay/?id=5322-596929-ZV7tsTIXFBJQHnPQYAW3Wg&t=1
As the chorus of opposition grows louder, it is important to show that this isn't just a power struggle in Washington but that, in fact, millions of Americans share the same concerns about DeLay's pattern of repeated
corruption.
Even the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal, one of the most conservative groups of editors in the country, is offended by the excesses of Tom DeLay. They wrote on March 28, "Mr. DeLay, who rode to power in 1994 on a wave of revulsion at the everyday ways of big government, has become the living exemplar of some of its worst habits."
Among his offenses, Tom DeLay:
* Promised a role in drafting legislation to a corporate donor
* Tried to coerce a Congressman for a vote on Medicare
* Allegedly used corporate money given to his PAC to finance Texas campaigns in violation of state law
* Used Homeland Security resources in a dispute with Democrats in Texas
* Diverted funds from a children's charity for lavish celebrations at the Republican convention
* Threatened retaliation against interest groups that don't support Republicans
* Stacked the House Ethics committee with representatives who have contributed to his legal defense fund
* Accepted trips from corporations and later helped kill legislation they opposed
* Accepted trips from the lobbyist for a foreign government in violation of House rules
* Crippled the effectiveness of the House Ethics Committee by purging members who had rebuked him
* Pushed for a rules change for the House Ethics process that paralyzed the panel
* Sought a rule change that would have no longer "required leaders to step aside temporarily if indicted"
* Paid family members more than $500,000 out of campaign contributions
And now back to fun, fun, fun in the dissertation sun, sun, sun . . .
(no subject)
When I saw him using Terri Schiavo to distract the media from his own troubles although he had his own father removed from life support, I thought DeLay couldn't possibly reveal himself to be a bigger hypocrite.
But then I read his self-serving whine in reaction to the latest accusations (he and his family accepted trips and the family accepted jobs from Russian interest groups) and it made me physically ill.