It’s simple, really. Besides the fact that religious men in politics wear too much makeup (see above), Delay is a racist, misogynist, thieving, lying prick and he’ll soon be a convict. No amount of apologizing to the invisible sky buddies can make that go away. But the wingnuts have gloamed on the Christianity, and morphed it into Christianism- an ersatz variety of “religion” that serves only one True Purpose: giving cover to their scumbags when nothing else will.  Read more 

Ridiculous, you say? Well, how about this?

But Mr. DeLay isn’t letting the indictment block him from political involvement. This month, he started the Coalition for a Conservative Majority, which he sees as an information clearinghouse on what he calls the “great threat posed to our nation by the organized forces of the radicalized left.” Mr. DeLay believes the Democratic victory last November came about because “the Left now has more money, more interlocking organizations and more coordinated media supporters than we can possibly imagine.” He hopes to shine a light on these activities and encourage conservatives to work more closely together. “Nothing frustrated me more that I couldn’t get groups such as mining companies to see the need to work for a good energy bill. Most people in the business community are parochial and won’t work together for the common good. I hope to change that.”

Despite his antipathy toward liberals, Mr. DeLay joked that he’s happy to work with them. He told me he is about to sign on with CNN as a commentator. “I may be their only conservative on air, but someone has to do it.”  Read more 

What a shame. And we try so hard to be Civil. Guess we’ll have to stop using it. Not.

Here’s the post Tom DeLay paid some staffer to write on his [cough] blog, all about the Christian Embassy video that Crooks&Liars (courageously) posted:

CrooksandLiars.com goes so far as to label the members of this organization, ’Christianists.’

Zing! Hey, Tom! Haven’t you been reading your Lakoff? To repeat the “Christianist” frame is to repeat it!  Read more 

Update: Well, it seems the little chicken is too skeered to keep his comments live. This quote was up there on Sunday night, one of many similar comments. They all got scrubbed and replaced with BS “supporter” comments. What a little coward.

Everyone already assumes bloggers are unemployed losers… thanks for reinforcing that stereotype…

Get the man some cheetos, and go show some lurv.

This is more proof that our government is run by a bunch of rude, annoyingly simple minded frat boys:

A few weeks after departing the House of Representatives, Tom DeLay served as charity auctioneer at a fundraiser for Safari Club International, a gun-lobby group defending man’s right to defend himself against unarmed animals.

“Who wants a beaver?” DeLay asked the crowd, hawking a sheared-beaver vest that a lobbyist later won for $1,400.  Read more 

Well, it’s at least a partial victory:

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out part of a Texas congressional map engineered by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, saying some of the new boundaries failed to protect minority voting rights.
The fractured decision was a small victory for Democratic and minority groups who accused Republicans of an unconstitutional power grab in drawing boundaries that booted four Democratic incumbents out of office.

Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, writing for the majority, said Hispanics do not have a chance to elect a candidate of their choosing under the plan.  Read more 

The Hammer gives a resignation speech. Word:

[DELAY] In preparing for today, I found that it is customary in speeches such as these to reminisce about the good old days of political harmony and across-the-aisle camaraderie, and to lament the bitter, divisive partisan rancor that supposedly now weakens our democracy.

Well, I can’t do that because partisanship, Mr. Speaker, properly understood, is not a symptom of democracy’s weakness but of its health and its strength, especially from the perspective of a political conservative.

” For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind” (Hosea 8:7)  Read more