Chris Shays bombs Tom Delay
Posted by Moonage on 11 Apr 2005 | Tagged as: National Politics
It’s about time someone did.
"Tom’s conduct is hurting the Republican Party, is hurting this Republican majority and it is hurting any Republican who is up for re-election," Rep. Chris Shays, R-Conn., told The Associated Press in an interview, calling for DeLay to step down as majority leader.
DeLay, R-Texas, who was admonished by the House ethics committee last year, has been dogged in recent months by new reports about his overseas travel funded by special interests, campaign payments to family members and connections to a lobbyist who is under criminal investigation.
Now, the problem Delay has IMO is not what’s being reported. People are just too eager and the information about Delay’s shady practices is just too easy to obtain apparently. Every time he gets out of one mess, another pops up just as quickly. IMO, someone other than the DNC wants Delay gone. I don’t think Chris Shays is powerful enough to bring all this grief on Delay. It’s someone else. I’m not going to speculate publicly. Y’all can if you want. But, I do think Delay’s days are numbered as a leader.
And that’s a very good thing.
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on 19 Apr 2005 at 2:52 pm 1.Moonage Political Webdream
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Delay’s days numbered?
Bush told the American Society of Newspaper Editors that he expects that Delay will cooperate with an investigation.