Duke Cunningham is a hero

[CatWoman]

“Duke Cunningham is a hero,” DeLay said during a press briefing Tuesday. “He is an honorable man of high integrity.”

:rofl:

http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/061505/delay.html

[Deja Q]

1. Said inDicted Delay, no less...

Great. Just great.

[Wetzelbill]

18. oh lord, no shame whatsoever

If I was a rat like DeLay I would be too embarrassed to say stuff like that. But I guess when you have unmitigated gall, then you have no qualms about being an ass. :)

[NanceGreggs]

2. Well, it takes one to know one ...

... maybe they can get adjoining cells, and discuss the matter.

[pbartch]

41. I hope they put them in the SAME cell.

Bet they become REAL good friends.

[politicaholic]

3. Good one CatWoman!

:rofl::rofl:
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[Arugula Latte]

4. Delay continued: "The Earth is flat and a monster eats the sun at night."

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[meow2u3]

5. STP to Tom DeLie: you're no hero

If you were, you'd plead guilty, resign from Congress, and face your time in the slammer instead of hiring some shyster lawyer to try to get your sorry ass off on a technicality.

[LSK]

6. LOL

Has anyone ever checked Delay for drugs?

[Walt Starr]

7. Actually, Duke Cunningham IS a hero

A war hero.

He was nominated for the Medal of Honor.

Received the Navy Cross

Received two Silver Stars

15 Air Medals

Purple Heart

He was also an Ace in Vietnam.

Whatever else Randy Cunningham is, he remains a war hero. I am disappointed he would sink so low, but regardless of his current disgrace, you cannot take those achievments away from him.

[driver8]

11. He also used to play quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles!

Quite a talented man!

[Walt Starr]

12. Swim coach for two Olympic athletes

One silver medalist and one gold.

[CatWoman]

14. With all those accomplishments, it's a damn shame

he's nothing but a low down sleazy crook.

[Walt Starr]

16. The greed of money is the root of all evil

Sad indeed.

[SPKrazy]

13. He WAS a Hero

And maybe he still is

But his actions still put him in the slammer where any member of congress should go if they accept bribes.

Apparently he has agreed to spill the beans on others.

Thanks

[Walt Starr]

19. There are a lot of war heroes in prison

sadly.

[FreedomAngel82]

48. Seriously?

On this will get good! Good for him. I heard his speech on Franken's show earlier today and he seemed really sorry he lost the respect and trust of family/friends and people who he serves for so maybe this is his way of making up for that. Do you know who all he's going to spill on? :popcorn:

[Canuckistanian]

38. A Nobel Peace Prize winner!

A shame he had to end this way.

Read this!!!

http://www.dukecunningham.org/

[blm]

43. And if he was a Democrat with that same record the RNC would define him

with purple heart band aids and charges that his medals were unearned.

[FreedomAngel82]

47. Yes

And I do think it's admirable he admitted what happened and isn't doing like DeLay and going from court to court until he finds one friendly towards him. He's doing the appropriate time according to the law and he obviously respects the law more than Tom DeLay does.

[PatrioticLeftie]

8. Well, now we have even more proof he's guilty

If DeLay thinks he's swell...

[upi402]

9. at least the old mob had honor

:shrug:

[JuniperLea]

10. No surprise

that would be his perspective in his own little bizzaro world:)

[Fenris]

15. The kiss of death!

:rofl:

[Cocoa]

17. did Duke ever know that he was Delay's hero?

he is the wind beneath Tom's wings.

[Aimah]

20. I guess Criminals have Heros too.

The greast criminals need someone to look up to.

[Catherine Vincent]

21. He probably HAD all of that at one point.

But the republican party ruined him I'm sure.

[maveric]

22. Some years ago there were questions about the validity of his war record.

There was a website out there for some time but now its gone.
Lets "Swiftboat" this asshole!

[tularetom]

23. Actually my opinion of him went up today

Instead of the Delay desperation tour, at least Cunningham had the balls to face the press and the public and admit that he lied and betrayed his constituents and stated his willingness to accept his punishment.

[upi402]

24. did he cry like Swaggert?

[CatWoman]

26. yup

LiveOakTx posted video. It's around here somewhere.

[SoCalDem]

39. He had his Jimmy Swaggart/Darryl Issa moment

He even said he was entering the "twilight years" of his life

[blonndee]

27. I'm kind of with you. I did have to admire him for that--I thought his

statement about "taking the consequences like a man" was very telling and may very well appeal to old-fashioned conservatives like my dad. But, though that may SEEM like a bad thing for us, I think that it could work against the rethugs in more than one way. First, it's another scandal on top of a teetering heap of them. Second, his statement today was a very sharp contrast to Buscho's constant, unfailing refusal to accept responsibility for ANYthing.

I did find myself feeling bad for the guy, at least part of me. He truly did seem sorry, and gosh...I guess that's why I'm a freaking bleeding heart. But before anyone flames me, I know, I know, what he did was horrible AND he's on the wrong side of things, so my pity for him is counteracted with a fair degree of satisfaction.

[leesa]

28. Horseshit. He was lying his ass off to that same public a few weeks ago

He just couldn't get away with it anymore. He was hitting them up for more money a while back. The man's scum.

[in_cog_ni_to]

37. The ONLY reason he did that was because he got CAUGHT. They had the

evidence on the crook or he NEVER would have pleaded guilty. I don't feel the least bit sorry for his criminal ass.

[Zomby Woof]

25. I have been riding high all day

:D :D :D :D :D Fucking asswipe. It sure shut up the repukes around here. :bounce:

[Jack_Dawson]

29. He actually is kind of a hero

because he didn't point fingers at anyone but himself. Can you imagine Tom Delay calling a press conference to declare himself a piece of shit?

:beer:

[RazzleDazzle]

30. That's heroic to you?

because he didn't point fingers at anyone but himself.

Do you mean because he didn't implicate others, didn't rat on anyone, that makes him a hero?

[Jack_Dawson]

33. These days? Yes

Don't confuse his actions (horrible) with how he took responsibility for them (heroic).

[RazzleDazzle]

51. You're confused I think

There's a huge difference between refusing to implicate other wrongdoers (itself a crime if crime is what's being discussed) and blaming others for your own faults and failings.

I hope you are able to sort it out for yourself before you need a solid understanding of the difference.

[Moochy]

44. Lowering the Bar

Heroism is as cheap as chips these days in Trollsville.

[Synnical]

31. Yeah, he's just very confused, much like Reagan

"A few months ago, I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions still tell me that’s true. But the facts and the evidence tell me it is not.

[Ravy]

32. He only took 2.4 million in bribes...

In Delay's circle, that is, relatively speaking, integrity.

[Patsy Stone]

34. Higher integrity than DeLay

for sure. At least he saved the taxpayers and his constituents the long process. Unlike DeLay, he's gonna just step up and take his lumps, late though they may be.

When you're Tom DeLay, you can only look up, because there is nothing beneath you. You are the bottom of the barrel.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

35. Yeah. My feeling, watching the video, is that he might actually have

REMORSE over his actions. Fancy that!

Of course he deserves any penalty handed down, every day of any jail sentence. But even though it's way overdue for ONE of these thugs to finally go to jail in disgrace, I have to say I felt no joy watching the video.

I honestly doubt if someone like DeLay would even be capable of remorse, or Cheney or shrub.

[in_cog_ni_to]

36. A hero? A hero?! How so, corrupt money launderer, Tommy?

Those people have obviously decided the laws means jack shit in this country.

[PowerToThePeople]

40. Zero? n/t

[Tactical Progressive]

42. Talk about heaping the indignity on Cunningham

He has to publically confess his corruption, and then after all of that he goes home to see Tom DeLay vouching for his character. That could push him over the edge.

BTW, did you see that the Duke left a forwarding address on the back of his yacht?

[billbuckhead]

45. According to the History Channel, he was pretty good fighter pilot

Shot down North Vietnam's top ace in a legendary dogfight that helped change US Airforce doctrine about hoe planes were armed and air battles fought. However, history is full of brave and able warriors who let their nation down off the battlefield.

:hi:

[maveric]

49. According to the History Channel, Poppy was a hero for getting shot down.

and leaving his crew to die.

[billbuckhead]

50. Good point about the "History Channel"

The History Channel is the propaganda channel if there ever was one. Goebbels couldn't do better. Duke's dogfight was a good story and supposedly caused the Air Force to quit relying so much on missiles, put machine guns back on our planes and to acknowledge that the MiG's were good dogfighters in the hands of good pilots.

[FreedomAngel82]

46. So why did he take bribes?

Oh brother. I was listening to Franken earlier today on the way home from class and he said he got a toliet that cost around $77,000. Now why would you need a TOLIET that cost THAT much????