Comments on: DeLay Blasts Gates Nomination, Claims He Wants To ‘Negotiate With Terrorists’

By: Nabil Al-Murabit

Nabil Al-Murabit — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:32:12 +0000

I thought that this dude was going back to his pest control business. Why in the hell is he still pontificating for anyway? Who f’n cares about what he thinks.

By: NYNick

NYNick — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 22:07:22 +0000

Didn’t this election make it painfully clear we don’t want the chickenhawks in charge anymore? Is it lost on even the wooden skulls at FoxNews that Mr. Delay, who never served a day in uniform, has no standing to call Robert Gates wrong about anything having to do with Military strategy?

By: Imran Ahmed

Imran Ahmed — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:51:23 +0000

Tom Delay is not relevant to any discussion from now on.

The American people have spoken and they have rejected partisan politics and endless war.

Frankly speaking people like delay are simply not sure what to do now that the Republicans have lost.

I don’t think in their low IQ minds they ever contemplated losing and I also think the right wing rhetoric that accompanied everything they did masked the fact they are all bark and no bite – that is until the votes were counted and the people spoke.

By: Marie

Marie — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 04:41:11 +0000

Frank Gaffney is as stupid as Bush – and as arrogant. It makes no difference how much you may despise your enemy, but not talking to them is like cutting off your nose to spite your face. Don’t these guys ever learn?

By: wasabi

wasabi — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 04:32:09 +0000

I heard Frank Gaffney mention something about Gates wanting to —- egads —- TALK to our enemies (Iran/Syria). He doesn’t think we should reward our enemies by gracing them with our presence.

By: tom baker

tom baker — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 01:20:30 +0000

I’m with #1 – keep his discredited, felonious ass around as long as possible – a constant reminder of what kind of low-life thugs run the Republican party.

The Gates nomination is proof-positive that Dubbie&co. are completely without contrition or remorse in defeat, nor will they change their gameplan or m.o. one iota in deference to the will of the people – that’s fine with me, as it means there’ll be no sympathy for them when they are subpeona’ed, dragged kicking and screaming into hearings, then handed the harsh punishments they deserve for crimes against the Constitution.

By: vwcat

vwcat — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 01:06:59 +0000

Delay doesn’t like this guy so, maybe he should get the job afterall.

By: Marie

Marie — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 23:50:09 +0000

Why isn’t he in jail?
Why does anyone care what he says?

By: Uncle_Ho

Uncle_Ho — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 23:46:54 +0000

Who gives a rat’s ass what this shitbird thinks?

By: KG Prophet

KG Prophet — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 22:47:48 +0000

People who’s opinion we don’t need anymore:

Tom Delay
Bill Bennett
Rick Santorum
Richard Perle

By: Zooey

Zooey — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 22:22:27 +0000

Tom DeLay is funny.

But looks aren’t everything…

By: james risser

james risser — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 22:12:54 +0000

I hear that 45% of us are in the middle and the middle is not a bad place to be.

The middle is where common ground and compromise are found; and that makes for good governance. Gates is a good guy for the middle. I finally approve of something that George Bush has done.

the left is the only position to have when opposing the radical right.

gates is a bush 41 black-shirt and his pretense at ‘open discussion’ is simply a pretext. gates will only be cover negoroponte’s death squads, cia psyops, mixed with extremely violent special operations people.

with all due respect to the moderates in the crowd, don’t check your brains at the door, and don’t assume the extreme right will play fair with you as you wallow in the filthy mud of the middle ground.

By: kevkev

kevkev — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 22:05:16 +0000

Robert Gates has always been a trusted consigliore for the Bush family
November 9, 2006 — How many Democratic senators who voted against the confirmation of Robert Gates to be CIA director in 1991 will vote against him to be Defense Secretary?
The following current Senate Democratic senators voted against the confirmation of Robert Gates as CIA director on November 5, 1991: Max Baucus (MT), Joe Biden (DE), Jeff Bingaman (NM), Kent Conrad (ND), Chris Dodd (CT), Tom Harkin (IA), Ted Kennedy (MA), John Kerry (MA), Frank Lautenberg (NJ), Carl Levin (MI), and Jay Rockefeller (WV).
Current Democratic incumbents who voted to confirm Gates included Dan Akaka (HI), Bob Byrd (WV), Dan Inouye (HI), Herb Kohl (WI), Pat Leahy (VT), Joe Lieberman (CT), Barbara Mikulski (MD), and Harry Reid (NV). Republican Senator Orrin Hatch did not vote.
These senators were concerned about the role of Gates in the Iran-Contra scandal and did not believe him to be suitable to head the intelligence agency. Word from veteran intelligence officers: Gates is dirty.
Robert Gates has always been a trusted consigliore for the Bush family. At the Pentagon, he will undoubtedly use his two years to clean up for Dubya and suppress incriminating information on the Iraq debacle — all in a continuing effort to protect the Bush family legacy. His nomination should be rejected.

http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/

By: carollt

carollt — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:52:33 +0000

If Tom Delay does not like Gates, then I say confirm his nomination. The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

I never thought I would say this, but just possibly, Bush might get it. Already, the hate radio is filled with tirades about how Bush is, heaven forbid, talking to Democrats. The Bush/Pelosi lunch makes him a traitor in their very midst.

Gates is a good choice in that he is a pragmatic man who advocates speaking directly to Iran and Syria, and the Democrats too. Yes, Gates may even have a dialougue with the militias in Iraq to try to get some type of agreement. All these things would be helpful.

The genius of the Democratic takeover of both houses is that it happened because moderates ran for office. And now the Democrats have taken the entire middle that the Bush Republicans have always scorned (and Reagan courted). I hear that 45% of us are in the middle and the middle is not a bad place to be.

The middle is where common ground and compromise are found; and that makes for good governance. Gates is a good guy for the middle. I finally approve of something that George Bush has done.

Never say never they say.

By: mroom

mroom — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:00:00 +0000

I’ve also been wondering why we keep seeing DeLay on the talks shows, as if his opinion has any weight anymore (not that it ever had any with me). We know that DeLay thinks his opinion is worth something, but it’s frustrating that the supposed news shows think so too. Didn’t this election teach them anything?

By: pot laced banana

pot laced banana — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 20:50:45 +0000

Delay could be right… Iran Contra, anyone… that was trading arms for hostages… and it didn’t work… this is why the Senate rejected Gates last time.

By: Fredric L. Rice

Fredric L. Rice — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 20:33:58 +0000

Quick! DeLay has got rabies! He need a vaccine shot

Um, that’s not allowed. Christofascist kooks don’t believe in science, simple biology, and evolutional facts, and anti-biotics derived from same simply don’t exist.

Besides, frothingly insane Christian criminals help expose what Republicanism stands for.

I say, let him froth.

By: NoMoreRepublicanTrash

NoMoreRepublicanTrash — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 20:29:21 +0000

Isn’t going to Tom Delay for soundbites the equivalent of interviewing Charles Manson about victim’s rights?

By: Fever

Fever — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 20:27:07 +0000

testing

By: lawton watson

lawton watson — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 20:24:41 +0000

I agree that Delay is just making Gates more palatable so the democrats want have to explain why they confirmed his appointment.