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Thread #80022   Message #1459854
Posted By: Greg F.
13-Apr-05 - 08:00 AM
Thread Name: BS: Can the Repubs Afford Tom DeLay?...
Subject: RE: BS: Can the Repubs Afford Tom DeLay?...
Whoa! he Dems made him do it! OR its a "vast left-wing conspiracy"!
(a real two-legged piece of crap is our Tommy)
But never fear, the voters'll buy his BS, I have faith.


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Apr 13, 7:14 AM EDT
DeLay urges GOP to blame Dems over ethics
By DAVID ESPO,   AP Special Correspondent

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, hoping to hold support among fellow Republicans, urged GOP senators Tuesday to blame Democrats if asked about his ethics controversy and accused the news media of twisting supportive comments so they sounded like criticism.

Officials said DeLay recommended that senators respond to questions by saying Democrats have no agenda other than partisanship, and are attacking him to prevent Republicans from accomplishing their legislative program. One Republican said the Texan referred to a "mammoth operation" funded by Democratic supporters and designed to destroy him as a symbol of the Republican majority...