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Originally posted by bilmore
You know, if you look at the actual list of what he's done, it's not that bad - nothing more than you see in so many long-term pols of both stripes. Is his main drawback just that the D's hate him with such an ungodly passion that it's worthwhile to jettison him? Is losing such an effective whip a reasonable price to pay for what sort of looks like nothing more than giving up so things can move on?
The internet comment was stoopid. The trips were nothing more than what many others have done. The ethics accusations could be read either way, from what I can see, and the much-reviled change of ethics rules only made them mirror the Dem rules, if I remember correctly. Frankly, I'm not sure where the beef is here.
(ETA - I may well have these wrong - I've paid very little attention to the late chapters of Delay.)
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My guess is that the biggest scandal that will kill him will the the Indian casino lobbying deal. Someone's going to end up rolling over on him. TRMPAC is the second biggest, since someone is going to go to jail over that and pretty much every single Republican in the state of Texas is involved in some way with that PAC.
I could give a shit about the trips and I'm actually a little sympathetic to the family payments. Professional spouses do not get nearly enough the credit for what they do. Also, I don't think that's a can of worms ANYONE wants to open. I foresee another one of those deals where half of Congress is having to pay back.
I'm pissed off as hell over the redistricting.
I'm pissed off as hell over the Terri Schiavo matter.
I'm pissed off as hell over comments about the judiciary.
The above three, I acknowledge, are partisan/personal reactions, though I know a LOT of Republicans who are pissed off about the middle one.
The thing about DeLay is, though, that his interaction with lobbyists and other money people is how he derives his power, so the ethics stuff regarding trips and coercing people to vote a certian way or else their son won't get support
is important.
