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6 Responses to “Drop the Hammer: Tom DeLay Responds”

1. Yipee says:

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   Way to go guys! This is a classic case of “Doth protest too much” by DeLay. If he has to deny it, you guys are having an effect.

   May 4th, 2005 at 9:07 pm

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2. Thom says:

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   In terms of what DeLay is “trying to accomplish here,” I still haven’t seen a better one-liner than the Economist’s:
   “He has put Republicanism at the heart of K Street—and K Street at the heart of Republicanism.”

   So let me quote again their 14 April 2005 challenge to the conservative defenders of DeLay:

   DeLay Inc should raise questions for all sorts of people on the right. For social conservatives committed to moral government: why are they now in bed with the likes of Mr Abramoff? For small-government types: why are they hand-in-glove with the pork-procurers who have pushed up federal spending? For free-market Reaganauts: why have the Gipper’s heirs given so much power to people bent on twisting government to favour special interests?

   Why, indeed?

   Of course, we shouldn’t forget DeLay’s attack on the judiciary, his shameless exploitation of the Schavio family’s personal trauma, his corruption of the House Ethics Committee, and his general abuse of power.

   So I’d say he’s accomplished a great deal. Particularly with the lobbyists.

   Once more, congrats on your excellent work and thanks also to all who participated–and continue to do so in dropping the hammer.

   May 4th, 2005 at 9:45 pm

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3. Scott says:

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   Yeah, figure that out and you’re on your way to explaining how values voters manage to be so completely divorced from reality.

   What exactly is DeLay “trying to accomplish here” anyway? Besides whoring out Congress to the highest bidder, that is.

   May 5th, 2005 at 2:04 am

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4. Chris Wham says:

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   A transcript of a posting to this blog made by Pearland, Texas Councilman Kevin Cole on April 13 was fairly widely distributed on the Internet a few weeks ago. As a resident of Pearland (located in the heart of Tom DeLay’s district) I wrote a letter to the editor of one of the local weekly papers, The Pearland Journal to express my disappointment in Cole’s behavior. Yesterday’s Journal included a front page story in which Mr. Cole admitted to posting to the blog, but claimed that someone had altered his language to insert the many spelling errors, the profanity and the threatening language. Absent this I’m not sure what was left of his message. The paper also pointed to the redacted cell phone number as evidence in support of this claim. The article made no mention of attempting to contact dropthehammer.org to verify Mr. Cole’s story.

   The Editor’s response to my letter in the same issue included his opinion that it was understandable to use profanity in addressing Democrats.

   While I don’t condone the flaming done of Mr. Cole, or any of the phone calls he says were made to his home, if the transcript of his posting was accurate I feel he owes the city an apology.

   Can someone at dropthehammer.org please verify the original content of Kevin Cole’s posting?

   May 5th, 2005 at 4:34 pm

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5. MIke Pickard says:

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   As a Texan, Delay makes me ashamed, almost as ashamed as I am of GW. Delay is simply a crook. Christians don’t realize that the repubs are just using them to fit their needs. What fools they are. Delay just fills his pockets and praises the Lord

   May 8th, 2005 at 11:53 pm

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6. Erik Bostrom says:

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   January 4th, 2006 at 3:29 pm

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