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Diego in Seattle wrote:He was forced or bought off by the GOP. There was no way they wanted that dead weight weighing down candidates in other midterm elections (& possibly the race for the White House). Why else would he quit after winning his primary so handily?

In interviews Monday with The Galveston County Daily News and Time magazine, DeLay said his decision was best for the district.

DeLay said the decision was based on troubling internal polling numbers.

Goober McTuber wrote:

In interviews Monday with The Galveston County Daily News and Time magazine, DeLay said his decision was best for the district.

DeLay said the decision was based on troubling internal polling numbers.

PSUFAN wrote:Whatever Diego said, DeLay was probably not going to get reelected. He didn't face much opposition in his primary, but he was to face a lot more in the general election.

Risa wrote:

Goober McTuber wrote:

In interviews Monday with The Galveston County Daily News and Time magazine, DeLay said his decision was best for the district.

DeLay said the decision was based on troubling internal polling numbers.

how does that gib with what diego says?

Risa wrote:

PSUFAN wrote:Whatever Diego said, DeLay was probably not going to get reelected. He didn't face much opposition in his primary, but he was to face a lot more in the general election.

by whom?


how many texans really cared about his recent legal troubles? or thought that his use of loopholes was unethical, since it wasn't technically illegal?

Can't we just let Texas leave the United States to form their own self-obsessed country.

Bizzarofelice wrote:Can't we just let Texas leave the United States to form their own self-obsessed country. They can convert each other to Evangelical Chritianity for fun and all hang out in massive churches.

mvscal wrote:

Diego in Seattle wrote:He was forced or bought off by the GOP. There was no way they wanted that dead weight weighing down candidates in other midterm elections (& possibly the race for the White House). Why else would he quit after winning his primary so handily?

Yep.

Dubya called him last night and invited him to commit seppuku. It's a safe seat and takes the issue off the table.

mvscal wrote: commit seppuku.

mvscal wrote:

BSmack wrote:Aren't you the same one who said that the prosecution of Delay was going nowhere?

And it isn't.

Diego in Seattle wrote:He was forced or bought off by the GOP.

Dinsdale wrote:A house divided cannot stand.

DeLay says he sees war on Christianity in U.S.
Sugar Land Republican speaks at conference of religious leaders
By SAMANTHA LEVINE
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON - American society looks down on Christianity, U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay asserted Tuesday at a conference of religious conservatives, but God and Jesus Christ have chosen Christians to stand up for faith.

DeLay, who is facing tough times of his own, offered a half-hour speech that was part history lesson and part sermon to a crowd of about 300 gathered at a Washington hotel for a two-day conference titled "The War on Christians and the Values Voter in 2006."

The Sugar Land Republican said some commentators — the "chattering classes" — will argue that there is no war on Christianity in this country.

...

The conference was convened by Vision America, a group founded by the Rev. Rick Scarborough to mobilize "patriot pastors" of all denominations to promote Christian involvement in government.

Scarborough, the former pastor of the First Baptist Church in Pearland, is a long-time DeLay ally.

"This is a man, I believe, God has appointed ... to represent righteousness in government," Scarborough told the audience, which included Eagle Forum Founder Phyllis Schlafly, former ambassador Alan Keyes, and Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan.

Risa wrote:

Dinsdale wrote:A house divided cannot stand.

where does that leave the Democrats, who don't even have a cardboard box?

Dinsdale wrote:

Diego in Seattle wrote:He was forced or bought off by the GOP.

If that were the cae, the GOP would have paid Bush and Co. to leave the White House early.

Bizzarofelice wrote:

Risa wrote:

Dinsdale wrote:A house divided cannot stand.

where does that leave the Democrats, who don't even have a cardboard box?

Same crap place they were before. Internal squabble wouldn't be much of a problem for the Dems. They've been separate for some time.

The united front of the GOP was a major strength of theirs. They had a mass identity as opposed to individual party members. With the figurehead and major players within the party taking shots, this party unity thing is crumbling.

Bizzarofelice wrote:The united front of the GOP was a major strength of theirs. They had a mass identity as opposed to individual party members. With the figurehead and major players within the party taking shots, this party unity thing is crumbling.

Dinsdale wrote:This hotbed issue that both parties agreed to so readily? They passed a law that made it damn-near impossible to run in Oregon as an independent candidate.

Risa wrote:[do you see a bounce back with the the cutting of losses on the GOP side? does it really add up to Democrat gains?

Risa wrote:the people don't want internal squabbling.

the people want a show of solidarity.

democrats don't stand for anything except getting the most amount of votes possible.

again, i don't know what to do.

and where does this leave turncoat Lieberman?

Risa wrote:

Dinsdale wrote:This hotbed issue that both parties agreed to so readily? They passed a law that made it damn-near impossible to run in Oregon as an independent candidate.

that's impossible, because something like that is blatantly unconstitutional.

isn't it?

you got a news link for that?

Prior to the law, any registered Oregon voter could sign a nominating petition for an independent candidate, or attend a nominating convention. The law changes that. Now, any voter who casts a ballot in a primary election cannot help nominate an independent candidate to the ballot. Typically, this is done by the candidate and his or her supporters collecting a requisite number of signatures on petitions. Also, the law prohibits voters from signing a petition for more than one candidate.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/feb20 ... -f01.shtml

Conservatives believe in conservative values and policies. Neocons believe in worshipping the short-term kickback.

Risa wrote: you got a news link for that?

PSUFAN wrote:Also: neocons trumpet "personal responsibility", but they definitely don't want any part of it for themselves.

Bizzarofelice wrote:

democrats don't stand for anything except getting the most amount of votes possible.

Looks like the spinmasters have been able to get to you, too.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-new ... omment?q=1

Liberals Selling Out Constituents
WorldNetDaily ^ | April 4, 2006 | Mychal Massie

Posted on 04/04/2006 9:52:43 AM PDT by Baconian

Liberals Selling Out Constituents
By Mychal Massie
A fundamental, primal screed of race-mongers, especially those in the Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP and the National Urban League, is that blacks are disproportionately incarcerated – the fact that many of same are disproportionately guilty of criminal acts that carry mandatory sentences notwithstanding.

We have heard time and again how unfair the judicial system is to blacks. But now, in the face of incontrovertible disregard for rule of law – a disregard that will adversely affect blacks – those who would be leaders are silent.

Who are these villains receiving a free pass for boldly breaking the law? They are illegal aliens. The Pew Hispanic Center estimates there are between 11.5 million and 12 million illegal aliens in our country, with an estimated 78 percent of them being from Mexico and Latin America. These illegals are not only receiving a free pass for breaking the law, they are being rewarded for same.

This is another nail in the coffin of the underclass – and the black underclass specifically – because when these illegal aliens receive their reward for willfully breaking the law, they will be qualified, at best, for low-paying, menial jobs. This means their contribution to the tax base will be negligible, yet they will demand the greatest amount of entitlement resources. That alone should have the black illuminati outraged.

Other questions worth noting are: What about registration for Selective Service? What about competition for affirmative-action dollars? Will the black underclass be expected to learn Spanish in order to wash cars or bus tables? Will they finally have proof that most companies will gladly hire Hispanics so as not to have to hire blacks?

The recently released "State of Black America" report by the liberal National Urban League included everything but directions to the "Wailing Wall" as its authors lamented the sorrowful conditions of blacks. With 78 percent of 12 million-plus illegal Hispanic lawbreakers being rewarded with amnesty for same, the alleged woeful plight of blacks just went to Hades in a hand basket. Still, the question persists: Why aren't we hearing from Mark Morial, president of the National Urban League, or Julian Bond, or Rep. Mel Watt, D-N.C., or the co-co-nut Louis Farrakhan now?

Hispanics, thanks in large part to their aversion to using abortion as a means of birth control – coupled with their government-sanctioned right to break the law – are the largest-growing population group. At the time of the 1990 U.S. Census, there were 6 million fewer Hispanics than blacks – in 2000, they outnumbered blacks by nearly 1 million. By the end of this century, they will outnumber blacks by 116 million and trail whites by less than 40 million – with these numbers not being factored for illegals. A valid question is: At what point does our country become Mexi-merica? I do not ask same glibly or to be insensitive, as such.

Illegals – especially those with no marketable skills apart from a willingness to work for low wages – are a threat to our economic stability. Their willingness to work for low wages further exacerbates an already volatile problem. The minimum-wage problem will not be solved by a glut of cheap labor. Cheap labor will provide employers with an incentive to not make the investments necessary that would lead to higher wages.

On the one hand, the blanket amnesty these illegal aliens are being rewarded with is not a color-sensitive problem – it is an American problem. On the other hand, it is a black problem if we are to accept the screeds of disenfranchisement and inequality from the race-mongers.

The fact that the liberal black elite are willing to once again sit quietly by – while "their" people are sold down the drain – is further evidence of what they value as important. They value anything that puts money in their pockets, while allowing them to portray themselves as worthwhile and necessary, in accordance with marching orders from their liberal handlers.

Consider that Mark Morial praised Planned Parenthood saying: "[It] is a good organization that seeks to empower women to make decisions about their own bodies" (C-SPAN, "Washington Journal," March 29, 2006).

The problem with that mentality is that 26 percent of the childbearing population, which happens to be black, is having 36 percent of the abortions. A triumph for Margaret Sanger (and you thought she was dancing because the ground where she now resides is red hot). But I digress. Yet the vaunted black leadership doesn't decry this outrage. The moral outrage comes from black conservatives and people of conscience.

So it appears that once again it will fall upon black conservatives and people of conscience to do what the brackish black leadership won't – that being to protect and defend blacks from those who sell out the people they claim to represent for less than Judas received in today's dollars.

Mychal Massie is a nationally recognized political activist, pundit and columnist. He is host of the widely popular talk show "Straight Talk." He has appeared on the Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, NBC, Comcast Cable and talk radio programming nationwide. He is a former self-employed business owner of over 30 years and a member of the conservative public policy institute National Center for Public Policy Research-Project 21.

Bizzarofelice wrote:

again, i don't know what to do.

Don't pay attention to the games the parties play. Pay attention to who will bring results on issues you care most about.

and where does this leave turncoat Lieberman?

Lieberman isn't a turncoat. He's been like this since he's been elected. He's a great example of my first point. I have respect for the guy even if I don't agree with him.

PSUFAN wrote:

Conservatives believe in conservative values and policies. Neocons believe in worshipping the short-term kickback.

concise and rackable.

BSmack wrote:

Risa wrote:

Dinsdale wrote:This hotbed issue that both parties agreed to so readily? They passed a law that made it damn-near impossible to run in Oregon as an independent candidate.

that's impossible, because something like that is blatantly unconstitutional.

isn't it?

you got a news link for that?

Dins is engaging in a little hyperbole. What the law did was make it impossible for established parties to use their supporters as stalking horses in phony 3rd party campaigns a la the Ralph Nader sham of 2004.

mvscal wrote:The prosecution was a success in that it forced his resignation which was the sole intent behind it in the first place,

but you are quite delusional if you think it will result in criminal liability.