Newt Gingrich/Tom DeLay.

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As Gingrich maneuvers into a run for the White House, and DeLay's troubles multiply, I remembered that there was bad blood between the two.

I heard that the New$ media is on DeLay's trail. The pre$$ act like they have awakened.

Then, I wondered if taking DeLay out was part of the game plan. What could be more satisfying than taking out a political enemy and blaming it on the rival party?

But remember, I'm a conspiracy theorist.


http://www.texasobserver.org/showArticle.asp?ArticleID=142

In 1997, DeLay finally broke with Gingrich, joining and helping to incite an ill-starred plot to topple him and elect Bill Paxon speaker. Launched by a restless group of House conservatives, the plot drew in DeLay, Paxon, and even House Majority Leader Armey--though Armey ended up exposing the conspiracy to Gingrich. DeLay's role in supporting the anti-Gingrich insurgency --caught on tape and broadcast on Fox News, with DeLay heard saying that he would join the rebels in voting to "vacate the chair" (i.e., to oust Gingrich)--caused a deep chill to settle in between Gingrich and DeLay for the rest of Newt's term. Yet ironically, it also allowed DeLay and Paxon, now close allies, to strengthen their relationship and to build an independent political base around DeLay which proved enormously crucial in sustaining DeLay's power in the wake of Gingrich's fall.

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a115037.htm

House leadership quietly raised money for Bordonaro campaign
By Dave Wilcox
Telegram-Tribune

DeLay was one of the GOP leaders last summer who encouraged a rebellious band of conservative Republican representatives to oust Gingrich as speaker. The planned coup was aborted and DeLay's relationship with Gingrich remains strained.

Seventeen congressmen, or committees they control, contributed $21,000 to Bordonaro's campaign. Included were two committee chairmen, Reps. Dan Burton of Indiana and Don Young of Alaska.

Most were members identified by Roll Call as being involved in last summer's failed plan to replace Gingrich.

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Gingrich's involvement became a theme of Bordonaro's campaign against Firestone, with the Paso Roblan saying on Jan. 2 that he wouldn't support Gingrich if there was a vote to re-elect him House speaker.

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1. Odd that anti-gay DeLay is so close with Bill Paxon who is gay.

Paxon left Congress shortly after the suicide of his paramour, who just happened to be Britt Hume's son.

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2. Ya know, I could really despise these guy for their hypocracy,

if I wasn't so busy hating them for what they are doing to my country.