Molly Ivins about why DeLay should go

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http://www.creators.com/opinion_show.cfm?columnsName=miv

Sorry, there never seems to be a title to these articles.

[fleabert]

1. A teaser, go on click it, you know you love her....

AUSTIN, Texas -- Spring fever is taking a weird form this year. Politicians say nice things for political reasons and then revert with a vengeance -- a sort of political Tourette syndrome, they can't help what they say.

Tom DeLay, of all people, recently issued a fatwa on the need for good manners, a concept so bizarre there is no metaphor for it. It is itself a metaphor: "... as weird as the time Tom DeLay gave us all a lecture on manners."

In his new role as the Emily Post of politics, DeLay informed us, "It is unfortunate in our electoral system, exacerbated by our adversarial media culture, that political discourse has to get so overheated, that it's not just arguments, but motives are questioned." Did someone question his motive in taking an all-expenses-paid vacation from a lobbyist?

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she is awesome. I love Molly! Why can't she run for office?

[cornermouse]

2. I'd vote for her.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. Loved the article!

especially the last paragraph.

But there were a couple of paragraphs above that that disturbed me, and I believe in the right to bear arms. These are the paragraphs:

How armed? The NRA is now defending the .50 caliber sniper rifle as a "standard hunting weapon." The manufacturer's brochure for the sniper rifle states that jet engines and helicopters "are likely targets for the weapon, making it capable of destroying a multi-million-dollar aircraft with a single hit delivered to a vital area."

The brochure also states, "Cost effectiveness of the Model cannot be overemphasized when a round of ammunition purchased for less than $10 can be used to destroy or disable a modern jet aircraft." That's some bargain, all right.


If these weapons behave as described here, should they be sold? It would seem to me that they would make very handy tools for terrorists to use. And if the manufacturer wanted this weapon to be used to kill bear, elk, or whatever, why in the world is the brochure talking about taking out aircraft?

[etherealtruth]

4. As usual loved the article, love Molly Ivin's n/t

[OneTwentyoNine]

5. ALL of his moronic "statements" should be read over and over on AA radio..

The freeps and Repukes listen to AA just like we tune in Pillboy on occasion. Their still in deep denial,they think its just a left wing conspiracy and not Delay himself.