Suck it, Tom Delay

[Ned]

Oerdin, your partisanship is so overblown and biased as to be beyond the pale. The rule changes were not intended to block an investigation into Delay at all, and you know it. But it is true that the Dems wanted new rules so that they could continue to roast Delay until the elections next year. They don't intend to resolve anything soon

[Lawrence of Arabia]

and thats a problem how? if he deserves to be roasted, let him roast. or is it you the partisan hack?

[Ned]

Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
and thats a problem how? if he deserves to be roasted, let him roast. or is it you the partisan hack?

Deserve? The Dems have long had a plan to politicize everything. Truth does not matter. It is the seriousness of the charge that matters so long as it is a Democrat charge and not a Republican charge.

[Odin]

Originally posted by Ned
Oerdin, your partisanship is so overblown and biased as to be beyond the pale.

Ned, are you THAT dense, Oerdin is a Republican... Oh, thats right, everyone who disagrees with you must be an evil, liberal Commie-Nazi who hates America and loves Terrorism.

[Q Classic]

:shakes head at Ned's blindness:

Must be nice, living in a lockstep world.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

Deserve? The Dems have long had a plan to politicize everything. Truth does not matter. It is the seriousness of the charge that matters so long as it is a Democrat charge and not a Republican charge.

oh, you mean like the terri schiavo case right? hypocrite.

[Q Classic]

No, LoA. Terri Schiavo was all about how the liberal courts stymied a legal and moral duty of the American public to preserve life!

Republicans are beyond reproach!

[Ramo]

The Republicans in the Ethics Committee were hand picked by DeLay. They're not going to do very much. Luckily, Ronnie Earle's around to bring bugboy to justice (even if the Craddick et al. are threatening to deny him funding to force him to drop the case).

As for the folks thinking that the ethics violations aren't so minor, this is a man who has been illegally using several hundred thousand dollars in corporate contributions for campaign expenses, and has been illegally laundering another couple hundred thousand in corporate contributions through the RNC to funnell to his lackies' campaigns. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. This is not something every Congressman does, but takes a very unique kind of corruption.

[Ned]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
No, LoA. Terri Schiavo was all about how the liberal courts stymied a legal and moral duty of the American public to preserve life!

Republicans are beyond reproach!

Idiot. The judges who did this, from the lowest to the Supremes, were all Republicans. The judges who wanted to save Terri were all Democrats.

BTW, the effort to save Terri was decidedly bi-partisan. But he effort to smear Delay is entirely one-sided, as witnessed by your post.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

idiot. republicans never let the facts get in the way of a good story, as you have once again demostrated.

[Q Classic]

Idiot.

Ad hominem attack.

I'm Asian, btw. So my learning Latin to throw that back at you, that's education.

The judges who did this, from the lowest to the Supremes, were all Republicans. The judges who wanted to save Terri were all Democrats.

BTW, the effort to save Terri was decidedly bi-partisan.

Facts.

But he effort to smear Delay is entirely one-sided, as witnessed by your post.

Where in that post did I mention DeLay?

Clearly, Ned, you've fallen victim to the Sarchasm. I understand, since my deadpan and inscrutable delivery can fool many a people, such as the whole Dear Leader thread.

Might as well ask: can you tell when I'm squinting at you?

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No, LoA. Terri Schiavo was all about how the liberal courts stymied a legal and moral duty of the American public to preserve life!

I seem to remember someone on the Republican side mentioning this as one of their talking points...

Republicans are beyond reproach!

At least you didn't critique me on this.

[Riesstiu IV]

Didn’t you guys know? Apparently Republicans are completely infallible. The body armor isn’t necessary because god will protect them from shards of shrapnel and AK-47 bullets.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Ned
The rule changes were not intended to block an investigation into Delay at all

Yes, yes they were. That's why the Republican leadership purged the Ethics committee of everyone who didn't agree AHEAD of time to not vote against Delay even before seeing the evidence. They then Changed the rules in order to block any investigation while the whole time the Democrats on the committee continued to demand the old bipartisan rules be restored. When Republicans refused to restore the 20 year old bipartisan agreed upon rules the Democrats basically conducted a sit in refusing to do anything until the original rules were restored.

But it is true that the Dems wanted new rules so that they could continue to roast Delay until the elections next year. They don't intend to resolve anything soon

They've been trying to resolve it since last January but it was THE REPUBLICANS who changed the rules in order to prevent the investigation from occuring. There was no other reason to suddenly change the ethics rules other then to block the investigation into Delay's crimes.

[Ned]

Q, you got me!

[Solomwi]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara

Last September, the Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control tightened its prohibitions against U.S. citizens importing or consuming Cuban cigars. Even Americans licensed to bring back up to $100 worth of Cuban goods are no longer allowed to include tobacco products in what they carry. The regulation also noted that Americans are barred not only from purchasing Cuban goods in foreign countries, but also from consuming them in those countries.

Ooooh, I'm so scared. **** you, Treasury. If I wanna buy and drink Cuban rum while I'm in Mexico, I'm damn well gonna.

My sentiments exactly. The sad part is there are plenty of people who will be cowed by that and comply when they would otherwise take the opportunity to sample the forbidden goods.