LOL, Tom Delay A Martyr, Hardly

Delay and Company have just come off of 10 days of the worst in his political cereer. More trips revealved, family on payroll, promising to punish the judges in the Schiavo mess. When Dick Cheney says that he disagrees with Delay then you know he is on way way down and out. Here a note from Jamres Carville.

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"It's nothing but a bunch of leftist organizations that have a public strategy to demonize me..."
-- Tom DeLay, casting himself as the victim in response to ethics accusations


Dear RAY,

Let me tell you, Tom DeLay is no martyr. The Republican-led Ethics Committee did not condemn him three times just last year because he is part of the "conservative movement." Two of his closest aides are not under indictment for money laundering because of their religious beliefs. The Wall Street Journal editorial page - normally the epicenter of GOP spin - did not call DeLay the "undisputed and unapologetic master" of influence peddling because of a grand Democratic conspiracy. And still no word from Tom on why the archconservative watchdog group Judicial Watch has asked him to resign from Congress altogether.

And yet at this very moment DeLay and his extreme right wing allies are boasting about their pathetic strategy to paint him as an innocent victim of circumstance, making clear that his recent publicity was just the opening salvo in one of the most cynical, hypocritical PR campaigns we've ever seen. If Tom DeLay's a martyr, I'm Goldilocks.

Just last week, DeLay told Americans concerned about ethics in their government to "bring it on." We've decided to take Tom up on his offer, and we'll be turning up the heat - but we need your help to fund our campaign!

The fact is that rather than even pay for his own sins, much less anybody else's, DeLay simply ordered his obedient rubberstamps in Congress to gut the Ethics Committee rules and remove the Chairman, Members, and even the staff that admonished him last year.

And he's got good reason to attack any avenue of accountability for his actions. One of his closest pals and associates, a lobbyist named "Casino" Jack Abramoff who has made his fortune trading on DeLay's name, is now being investigated for scamming several Indian tribes to the tune of $80 million.

In Republican circles, he's known as "Director of Travel for DeLay Inc." for his role in a slew of shady junkets for DeLay and his pals, all paid for by foreign agents, casino money, sweat shop advocates, you name it. He's now being investigated by the Justice Department and two Republican-led Senate Committees, along with his "partner in crime" Mike Scanlon - who wouldn't you know it, is a former spokesman and confidant for one Tom DeLay.

In truth, this spectacular scheme is just the tip of the iceberg for "DeLay Inc." For folks who follow Washington, it sure looks like DeLay uses his position to auction off legislation to the biggest donor, always at the expense of hard working Americans, and then funnels millions in shady campaign donations from the CEOs into Republican campaigns across the country. And once all of those "DeLay sponsored" Republicans get elected, they follow the rules and vote exactly how DeLay, Inc. tells them! Some racket, huh?


The plain fact is that the Republican Party has undergone a full out corporate merger with massive special interests, and Tom DeLay is the granddaddy of the whole operation.

But if we can keep exposing the Republicans on their "moral values" hypocrisy, we can lay the foundation to win a Democratic majority in 2006. You can help put Tom DeLay, Inc. out of business right now by spreading the word and forwarding this on to your friends. Thank you kindly, as always,

James Carville