Lesly Stahl just REAMED DeLay and friends..

[shoopnyc123]

...on 60 Minutes. Did not give an INCH!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

1. It was great! 60 minutes tonight ! It's is almost like they know

Rather got the shaft by the Repugs and they have declared war.

For a brief moment, this hour, it's like the press used to be, huh?

[barb162]

14. and that's why they are trying so hard to destroy CBS; that line

DeLay did at the end about CBS trying to make news when she was questioning him with the group of reporters

[TOhioLiberal]

41. Slightly OT...

...But when Dan Rather is on for the last time Wednesday, I hope (really, really, hope) that he tears Bushco a new asshole before he goes.

I've been watching his series, 'A Reporter's Notebook,' and there have been a few sly digs, especially regarding VietNam and Watergate.

Now back to your regularly scheduled topic, already in progress. :)

[libhill]

43. Leslie was impressive

but unfortunately Delay and those other smug bastards totally brushed her aside. It's like they think that they're above it all, and that's infuriating.

[yorkdane]

2. I saw / heard it, too!

Excellent segment!

[CatWoman]

20. video's up!!

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/04/60minutes/main678234.shtml

[Swamp Rat]

26. The thin veneer of his paper mache mask is cracking!

Thanks for the link! :D

[jdots]

3. Did she call them Mugwumps ?

" Tom De Fuck " has a nice ring to it.

[cosmicdot]

25. the GOP actually need a Mugwump defection to help save our country ...

good to hear about this today


... it's everyone's business and in everyone's best interest to expose the corruption eroding our democracy ...


I had to refreshen myself on the Mugwumps - good term and history - thanks for mentioning it :hi:

The mugwumps were a group of Independent Republicans who bolted their party in the presidential election of 1884 to vote for Grover Cleveland on the Democratic ticket (looking for 'reform')
http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_062100_mugwumps.htm

Now is the time for all good citizens to come to the aid of their country. It's a bipartisan issue.

[jimmy47nyc]

4. I watched also...

didnt sound like a witch hunt since this guy nabbed 12 democrats in the past.good for delay i'm delighted he's a drag on the GOP....
:toast: :hi: :dem: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[cry baby]

5. I'm really glad she brought out that point, otherwise they would say

he only goes after repubs.

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[Occulus]

12. tee-HEE! n/t

[jimmy47nyc]

21. thank you crybaby...

for the welcome..i like this place,many intelligent americans here:thumbsup: :hi: :dem:

[lavenderdiva]

24. Welcome to DU jimmy47nyc!!

:hi:

[jimmy47nyc]

45. helloooo....lavender

and a thank you too! for the welcome
this DU is very cozy and i feel comfortable.
:toast: :hi: :hi: :dem:

[CatWoman]

29. ooooooooooooo

he's giving out compliments!!!

I'm jumping on this bandwagon and issuing a hearty welcome!!!!! :hi:

[Lorien]

34. 12 Dems and 3 Repugs

yeah, a real "partisan democrat"! Once again, the repugs get caught in another Big Lie.

[Bouncy Ball]

6. I saw that. It was GREAT.

And it TOTALLY PISSED ME OFF ALL OVER AGAIN ABOUT THOSE LYING STEALING BASTARDS. They are craven. They are Satan's little helpers. They can pucker up and KISS MY ASS.

[On Par]

7. For Those Of Us Who Missed Leslie....

...does anyone have video?

OP

[rodeodance]

8. I missed it--but thanks for the good news

[CatWoman]

is this the story?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/04/60minutes/main678234.shtml

[On Par]

19. Thanks. That was an eye opener!

[CatWoman]

13. if they post it, it will be here

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?channel=60Sunday

[proud patriot]

9. Delay must be brought to Justice

He is as currupt a politician as they come quite
possibly the most corrupt politician ever is U.S.
History .

[barb162]

10. she was darned good and so is that prosecutor going after DeLay.

[PA Democrat]

11. Link to the story here:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/04/60minutes/main678234.shtml

Stahl's piece did a good job of discrediting every claim that the Republicans have made that this case is politically motivated.

I thought her interview with Norm Orstein of the conservative think tank the American Enterprise Institute was especially damning for Delay. There are definite cracks appearing in the republican facade. Orstein was very critical of Delay.

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. Yes fabulous report

Plus they led off with that story about the CIA flying prisoners to foreign countries to torture them.

I love 60 Minutes!!

[Jack Rabbit]

16. Lou DuBose (Mother Jones, November 2004): Justice DeLayed

From Mother Jones
Issue of November/December 2004

Justice DeLayed
Tom DeLay has spun one of Washington's most powerful fundraising networks. But now a series of state and federal investigations could unravel it all.
By Lou Dubose

House Majority leader Tom DeLay is not a physically imposing man. "Five-foot-seven if he's wearing high heels," in the words of Fort Bend County sheriff Milton Wright, whom DeLay once spent $70,000 to defeat in an election because the sheriff had hired a woman whose husband had sued DeLay. Yet in the decade since Republicans took control of the U.S. House of Representatives, the former exterminator from suburban Houston has achieved the political stature of the historical giants in Statuary Hall outside his Capitol office. He did it on his own, consolidating his political power and using it with a remarkable sense of purpose.

DeLay's rapid ascent has been the result of more than hard work and a keen understanding of politics. He became majority whip and then majority leader by raising massive sums of money -- a total of $12.6 million between 2000 and 2002 alone -- and by strategically spending it on Republican candidates, in effect buying the loyalty of his colleagues. He has domesticated K Street, demanding loyalty and contributions from lobbyists in return for favorable treatment. And all along the way, he has strained, reinterpreted, and sometimes simply side-stepped ethics regulations in Washington and even in his home state of Texas, which has some of the nation's loosest campaign finance laws.

Now, three separate sets of state and federal investigators are looking into whether DeLay and his associates may have finally crossed the line. They are trying to determine how the majority leader's interlocking political action committees (PACs) work in concert with his protégés in the lobbying industry -- a fundraising apparatus the Washington press corps refers to as "DeLay Inc." They are also considering allegations that this elaborate operation broke state and federal laws -- allegations that have prompted DeLay to hire criminal defense attorneys and raise money for a legal defense fund.

Two civil suits filed in Austin allege that DeLay's Texas political action committee raised hundreds of thousands of dollars through illegal means. A parallel criminal investigation by Austin's district attorney, Ronnie Earle, has already led to the indictment of DeLay's top Texas fundraisers -- and Earle is not ruling out the possibility that DeLay himself could be a target of the investigation. And the Senate Indian Affairs Committee has subpoenaed records on two DeLay associates who used their access to "the Leader" to secure $45 million in lobbying and consulting fees from four Indian tribes. A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., is also investigating those fees.

Read more.

Was there anything in the 60 Minutes story that wasn't in this?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

22. That the two under indictment may cop pleas to go against Delay n/t

[Jack Rabbit]

23. Thank you

!!

[No Mandate Here.]

27. Was there anything in the 60 Minutes story that wasn't in this?

Yes. A lot bigger audience of people who haven't already made their minds up that the reThugs are almost all as criminal as deLay.

[Jack Rabbit]

40. That's true and a good thing

I was just looking for information content.

Thanks.

[chookie]

17. My choice to be the new CBS anchor

She'd be great; she's got what it takes.

[KingoftheJungle]

18. It would have been nice if they nailed the CNP and Family along with Delay

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3230193

[BiggJawn]

28. Neither did DeLay.

Nobody "gave an Inch". In fact, "The Hammer" said "You ought to be ashamed of yourself"

Unless they catch Tom with his cock in some 13-y-o's mouth or up Guckert/Gannon's ass, this will go about as far as Rather's "AWOL Memo" story. IOW, Right down the memory hole.

[CatWoman]

30. oh, be a fucking drag, whydon'tcha!!!

:hi:

[Canuckistanian]

32. But you can bet your ass she had her facts right

CBS won't make another mistake....

[BiggJawn]

37. You KNOW she does.

That's why Tom the Bug Killing Man was going "La, la, la, la! I can't HEAR you, Leslie, too much noise in the room! Why can't yopu be like the REST of the media and ask only those questions Karl told you to ask?"

It all hinges on a certain Prosecutor in Texas. I hope he doesn't fly in any small planes.

[CBHagman]

33. Please! Some of us are eating!

I think I could have lived without those images, BiggJawn. :puke:

[UTUSN]

31. Matt PUDGE Is Targeting Leslie RIGHT NOW

Stand by for the Windmills of Your Mind bumper music.

[Canuckistanian]

35. Oh, goodie, goodie, goodie!

A hit was scored! Drudge usually doesn't bother with this stuff. He must have gotten his daily fax.

[BigBearJohn]

36. Oh God did I enjoy that or what!

[kaitykaity]

38. DeLay running and hiding behind his butt boy

was a thing of BEAUTY.

[Blue_In_AK]

39. She was fabulous...

Add this to her appearance on Bill Maher last week ... she gets two gold stars.

[madfloridian]

42. Video up now. It was great. I love that Earle.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/04/60minutes/main678234.shtml

Don't forget Richard Morrison is still trying bring DeLay, donations accepted.
http://www.richardmorrisonfordistrict22.com/index.php

[cry baby]

44. Thanks for the video. I haven't seen press go after anyone in

person like she went after him in such a long time, almost insisting he answer her question. Just made him look like the sh*t that he is.