Why We Need DeLay to Stay

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7614140/site/newsweek/

'The midterms should be a referendum on DeLay's America. Stay on the right fringe or move to the center? Let the people decide.

May 2 issue - A couple of years ago, tom delay was chomping on a cigar at a Washington restaurant with some lobbyists. The manager went over to tell him he couldn't smoke because the restaurant was located on property leased from the federal government, which bars smoking. "I am the federal government," DeLay replied, in words that will follow the onetime exterminator from Sugar Land, Texas, like ants at a picnic. ...'

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1. No we need him gone. If he escapes again it tells people that maniacs

like Delay have a right to power and it tells people that somehow Democrats aren't strong enough to take down an outright criminal so why shoudl the Dems get votes. It also emboldens the other republicans to act in the same manner as Delay. When you break the law there must be consequences.

I'm tired of this particular thought line. Why would we want Delay to stay in power. Any crack in the armor of these whackos must immediately be exploited and eventaully the whole thing will come down. By waiting until the mid-terms, the American public will have forgotten what happened now and then bringing it up in elections only validates his crap line of defense about it being a partisan attack.

[splat@14]

3. Feel the same

Makes no sense to me to keep dirty politicians around in the hopes that they'll discredit their party. Too many of us are subject to the collateral damage that is inherent with leaving them alone. These guys need to ousted a soon as possible.....on either side of the aisle.

[teryang]

2. I agree completely

They should let Bolton get appointed as well.

One extreme begets another. I really think that Democratic representatives are afraid that politics will get a bad name. Er, that's the whole idea. Why try to put a good face on despotism and military aggression?

Bolton and Delay stand for exactly the kind of government we have today. Leave them out front as the PR men for the un-American government.

[Selatius]

4. In a twisted sense, I understand this.

If these folks are out front, it will be much harder to ignore the mistakes and bad qualities with our government. On the other hand, we also should not be tolerating the continued entrenchment of these people in positions that carry a great level of decision-making power. They should be opposed and removed. However, even if we elect the 1st option of keeping these guys out front to show off the glaring mistakes and ugliness of the government, the question is would the corporate news media show it for what it is? Or simply add in commentary to whitewash it all?

[struggle4progress]

5. Following Alter's advice guarantees we'd lose in 2006 as well.

If rapid dogs and gangs of thugs roam the streets of your hometown, do you say, "Great! If this keeps up, we've got a chance to take back the city council next election" and counsel your political friends to do nothing about it? Try that, and you're screwed: your own actions show you don't give a crap, so you look like the hypocrite you are the day you try to get political mileage from the problem; and if the mess does turn out to be a political issue, the mayor and city council will certainly put on a great show of decisive action well before the election, leaving your sorry ass out in the cold, where it deserves to be.

And does anybody out there really believe that Bugsy is the one and only problem the Rs have ... ?