Tom DeLay given subcomittee seat overseeing the Justice Department. WTF?

[spanone]

I guess I shouldn't be outraged by this shit anymore.

DeLay Rejoins House Appropriations Committee ...

~snip~Mr. DeLay, who was a member of the powerful committee until becoming majority leader in 2003, was able to rejoin the panel because of a vacancy created after the resignation of Representative Randy Cunningham, Republican of California. Mr. Cunningham pleaded guilty in November to charges relating to accepting $2.4 million in bribes for government business and other favors

Mr. DeLay was also given a seat on the subcommittee overseeing the Justice Department, which is investigating an influence-peddling scandal involving the disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his dealings with lawmakers. ~snip~



http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/09/politics/09delay.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[upi402]

1. What happened to Charlie Manson chairing it?

Was he busy getting his hair done?

[spindrifter]

2. Putting him on

the Justice Dept. oversight subcommittee is a v-e-r-y stupid thing to do, given the issues Congress needs to deal with. Besides, why isn't Mr. DeLay putting his efforts into defending his own name--seems to me he couldn't possibly give 100% of his energies to his job.

[global1]

5. Well In Fact He Is Defending His Own Name.....

as the Justice Dept investigates Abramoff - he can steer the subcommittee away from anything that smells of himself.

[sam sarrha]

3. it is just the NeoCons shitting on the courts for messing with them

[emulatorloo]

4. kick and nominating n/t

[asjr]

6. This has to be the most corrupt House of

Representatives EVER! If I was a House member I would beat the crap out of all those Republicans. I may be only 5 ft. 2 inches tall but I would turn into HULK!

[Hekate]

7. I guess the only things that will stop them are jail or the Grim Reaper...

...seeing as how these con-artists are utterly without shame or principles.

Hekate

[leesa]

8. Are they running out of criminals to chair their committees??

[fooj]

9. Can he legally do that?

Not that I'm concerned about THE RULE OF LAW...:banghead:

Peace.