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Okay, so Christmas came a little late this year. Still… DeLay relinquishes House majority leader post By Richard Cowan (Reuters) U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, now under indictment in Texas and tainted by a corruption scandal, told fellow House of Representatives Republicans on Saturday that he will not try to reclaim his job as majority leader. "Today I have asked Speaker (Dennis) Hastert to convene our conference for the purpose of electing a new majority leader," DeLay, a close ally of President George W. Bush and one of the most powerful conservatives in Congress, said in a letter to House Republican leaders. ====== DeLay won’t try to regain GOP leadership post (CNN) U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay announced Saturday he would not try to reclaim the House majority leader post he has held for three years. The embattled Republican, facing campaign finance charges in his home state of Texas, temporarily had to step aside from the post during the fall when he was indicted. ====== DeLay Says He Won’t Seek to Return as Majority Leader (Bloomberg) Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said he will abandon his drive to return to the post of No. 2 House Republican, bowing to the growing clamor in his party for formal elections to replace him and setting up a succession battle. In a letter to House Speaker Dennis Hastert and a separate letter to all House Republican colleagues, DeLay for the first time acknowledged that an ongoing legal battle in Texas is unlikely to be resolved anytime soon, and said it is time for his party to move ahead without him. ====== DeLay Abandons His Effort to Remain House Majority Leader By CARL HULSE (New York Times) Representative Tom DeLay, under pressure from his colleagues and swept into an election-year lobbying scandal, on Saturday abandoned his effort to remain House majority leader, setting the stage for a battle over the House Republican leadership in a campaign season tinged by corruption. ====== DeLay Abandons Bid to Remain House Leader By DAVID ESPO (Associated Press) Embattled Rep. Tom DeLay on Saturday abandoned his bid to remain as House majority leader, clearing the way for leadership elections among Republicans eager to shed the taint of scandal. DeLay is battling campaign finance charges in Texas and was forced to step aside temporarily as majority leader last fall after he was charged in his home state.

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Excellent. Unfortunately, it effects virtually no one. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – DeLay relinquishes House majority leader post By Richard Cowan (Reuters)

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Unfortunately, it effects virtually no one.

Except for Tom DeLay and the entire Republican Party.

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Unfortunately, it effects virtually no one. Except for Tom DeLay and the entire Republican Party.

Certainly *that* POS, but *all* of them? C’mon you’re talking an institution that has managed election victories by bringing all U.S. RELIGIOUS nuts into the fold! People whose VERY code *IS* denial of fact,in deference to children’s fantasies! The CIA popped "Slam Dunk" G. Tenent out like a malignant ass lump, Colin Powell _RUINED_ his reputation before THE WORLD and now some completely corrupt politician in their midst getting shit canned is going to make a difference? GOP?! Neocons? These people will ALL hit the morgue CONVINCED that selling "9/11/01 was an Iraqi plot" -and THAT’S wut kuntry Murkinz wanna HEER! You, Mr. Soul and that pole-dancing Mexican Truck Stop linoleum cutter, Wheaton ought to bring Queen DGDover,his Dok Freud act, paul the toy truck drooler of Mesa,AZ Rich "J. Wayne Honorable Man" Koerner, Doug "Up yer Ass #19" Brokenfarte, PMG (Playswith Man Goo), TD(Torched Dick) Madden and Claudel the pedophile of Big Sur… into the light.

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Sadly odd that timepixdc and Soul engage in a never-ending witless jerk circle with Wheaton, yet niether has anything upstairs to respond to this- IS IT The essence of AGA-itus? re; deLay’s political death; – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Unfortunately, it effects virtually no one. -mvm Except for Tom DeLay and the entire Republican Party. -timepixdc mvm: Certainly *that* POS, but *all* of them? C’mon you’re talking an institution that has managed election victories by bringing all U.S. RELIGIOUS nuts into the fold! People whose VERY code *IS* denial of fact,in deference to children’s fantasies! The CIA popped "Slam Dunk" G. Tenent out like a malignant ass lump, Colin Powell _RUINED_ his reputation before THE WORLD and now some completely corrupt politician in their midst getting shit canned is going to make a difference? GOP?! Neocons? These people will ALL hit the morgue CONVINCED that selling "9/11/01 was an Iraqi plot" -and THAT’S wut kuntry Murkinz wanna HEER! You, Mr. Soul and that pole-dancing Mexican Truck Stop linoleum cutter, Wheaton ought to bring Queen DGDover,his Dok Freud act, paul the toy truck drooler of Mesa,AZ Rich "J. Wayne Honorable Man" Koerner, Doug "Up yer Ass #19" Brokenfarte, PMG (Playswith Man Goo), TD(Torched Dick) Madden and Claudel the pedophile of Big Sur… into the light.

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Okay, so Christmas came a little late this year. Still…

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Who gives a fuck HERE

About you? No one.

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Fitzmas not Christmas!!! Down but not out yet…..that cat’s got 7 or 8 lives yet. Let’s see him get beat in the next election. Flashback: Here’s what former House Majority Leader Tom Delay said back in 1998 when the House was debating whether to impeach President Clinton: I believe that this nation sits at a crossroads. One direction points to the higher road of the rule of law. Sometimes hard, sometimes unpleasant, this path relies on truth, justice and the rigorous application of the principle that no man is above the law. Now, the other road is the path of least resistance. This is where we start making exceptions to our laws based on poll numbers and spin control. This is when we pitch the law completely overboard when the mood fits us, when we ignore the facts in order to cover up the truth. Shall we follow the rule of law and do our constitutional duty no matter unpleasant, or shall we follow the path of least resistance, close our eyes to the potential lawbreaking, forgive and forget, move on and tear an unfixable hole in our legal system? No man is above the law, and no man is below the law. That’s the principle that we all hold very dear in this country. DeLay files for his 12th term: Rather than pay a filing fee, the Sugar Land Republican filed by petition to the state GOP, delivering nearly 1,000 signatures from registered voters in the district, twice the number required. "We wanted to show people the kind of support we have," DeLay said in an interview. "We had volunteers, people wanting to do something and fight back, we thought this would be a good exercise to increase our volunteer base." DeLay will face at least two challengers in the March Republican primary. Lawyer Michael Fjetland, who has run unsuccessfully against DeLay three times previously, filed for the GOP primary last week. http://www.mikefjetland.com/ Pat Baig, a former teacher and political novice, has started campaigning http://www.patbaig.com/ DeLay also has been gearing up for a battle in the November general election against former U.S. Rep. Nick Lampson, D-Beaumont. "They had to go all the way to Beaumont to find their handpicked boy and they are funding him from all over the nation, not the 22nd district," DeLay said of the national Democratic Party. "Voters will realize that and vote accordingly." Lampson served four terms in the U.S. House before his Southeast Texas district was redrawn to elect a Republican in a redistricting plan engineered by DeLay. http://www.lampson.com/ Lampson has since moved to Stafford in the 22nd District. The race between the two is attracting national attention and could be the toughest challenge DeLay has faced during his more than 20 years in Congress. The district votes solidly Republican, and DeLay won re-election last year with 55 percent of the vote, but polls this year by the Chronicle and other media have shown his support slipping. "We don’t just need new leaders, we need a course correction. This is deeper than just who stands at the head of the party. We have created a system here … that just breeds corruption. … We just cannot continue with this trend." _ Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., who worked with Bass on pressing for a new election.

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http://www.britishpressphoto.org/geraintlewis/GREATEST_SHOW88_G_Lewis…

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Unfortunately, it effects virtually no one. Except for Tom DeLay and the entire Republican Party.

Wish in one hand, shit in the other… …then eat it.

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Filed under: Lobbying

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