Jean Schmidt: Delay's Hag in the House

[feistydem]

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From THE HILL (http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/Features/CapitalLiving/111505.html)

"When conversation turns to the legal turmoil facing former Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas), Schmidt is not so much neat as forceful. She has a golden hammer on her lapel, a symbol of her fealty to the besieged leader, and denounces his prosecutor as unscrupulous and the press as unfair: 'He’s been convicted of nothing. And, you know, if he is innocent, and I believe he is, shame on the media for doing this to him.'

The cruelest blow, in Schmidt’s opinion, was DeLay’s loss of the trappings of leadership after so many years spent grappling for power.

'You’re a four-star general, and suddenly someone creates an accusation and you’re reduced to a buck private,” Schmidt says by way of analogy. “You’re still in the Army, but literally he is at the same level I am and I’ve only been here 54 days.'"

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Interesting analogy coming from a congresswoman who just publicly attacked a decorated war hero on the House floor.

By the way, someone ought to clear up for her the difference between a Four Star General and a pest exterminator.


Schmidt also says that as a young girl she decided to become a Republican when she concluded that the word "Democrat" sounded like a "curse word."

The rest of the article in The Hill on Jean Schmidt is a good read, if you like horror stories.

[Triana]

1. If she's waiting for us to have any sympathy for DeLay...

...she'd better pack a big lunch and bring her sleeping bag 'cause it's gonna be a while. She sounds a bit - braindead. Did her mother drop her on her head when she was a child I wonder?

[LaurenG]

2. Wow she is quite a deep thinker and I trust her to make

decisions based on the way words sound. :sarcasm:

Schmidt also says that as a young girl she decided to become a Republican when she concluded that the word "Democrat" sounded like a "curse word."

[yorkiemommie1]

4. funny, i became a democrat

because republican sounded like a 'curse word'

:sarcasm:

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. And I kept wanting to say

rePUKElican. LOL

[MO_Dem]

13. Heehee!

What with the heart of gold that this woman appears to have, she has a problem with CURSE WORDS? Who'dathunkit? :sarcasm:

[hlthe2b]

3. deep, isn't she....?

:sarcasm:

[marbuc]

5. "if he is innocent...shame on the media for doing this to him"

Doing what to him? The media is reporting the story. There is no question Delay is an unethical scumbag, only whether his actions --which he does not deny -- are illegal.

[feistydem]

12. Did you note her little gold hammer lapel pin in the photo?

[onehandle]

6. Frau Blücher Lives!

[frogbison]

7. Ha ha!

You had the picture right at hand...awesome!

Doppelganger, for sure.

[feistydem]

14. How about the Wicked Witch?

photo credit to: http://www.pamspaulding.com/weblog/2005/11/wicked-witch-of-hill.html

[spanone]

17. laughmyassoff !!!!! That's perfect. Perhaps you would like some Ovaltine

[...of J.Temperance]

8. The ugly MoFo wasn't even elected

We remember Hackett 50% and Schmidt 50%, then the "humidity" shut the machines down for 40 minutes...then when the machines were "dehumidified" courtesy of DIEBOLD, Schmidt suddenly "gained" 2,000 votes out of nowhere and "won".

[Hyernel]

9. How did that vulgar hag beat Hackett?

Oh yeah...I forgot....Ohio.

[depakid]

16. It's Ohio- need you ask?

Communities around the state have been devistated right wing policies, they're hemorrhaging jobs, their government's mired in unprecedented corruption- and still they vote Republican and reject election reform.

Under the circumstances, it's hard to feel sorry (or even embarrassed) for a majority of Ohians- especially the ones in that district.

I'm more inclined to wish for a little payback, should the Dems ever regain Congress or the executive.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

10. Gak.

It looks like maintaining that fake smile is paining her to no end.

Yeesh.

[blue neen]

15. She's repulsive.

She makes me want to :puke: