**BREAKING NEWS! ** TOM DELAY will NOT be running in 2006! Yeah!

[FrenchieCat]

just heard on MSNBC Breaking News!

Most powerful Republican in Washington......NOT ANYMORE!

[SHRED]

1. He's up shit's creek

[FrenchieCat]

2. Without a fucking paddle.....

Thank god for us!

and the Nation.

Now, how many more to go? :headbang:

[saltpoint]

3. Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be

corrupt sinister shit-souled Republican rat-brained slimeballs.

Ta-ta, Tom.

[mzmolly]

77. Now that thar has a nice rang to it!

:hi:

[saltpoint]

82. Hi, mzmolly. I'm generally trying to find language that's tamer

than that outburst there, but DeLay's resignation just sent me over the edge with joy.

I've been a long-distance detractor of that guy for a long, long time. "The Hammer." My god what skullduggery he visited upon the American political stage. Shame on him.

I hope things are going to your liking & I will say thanks for your post here. It's always real nice to run into you on DU.

A swig of champagne on news of DeLay's departure, what do you say?

[mzmolly]

85. Indeed things are more to my liking as of late. As for outbursts, we're

entitled. ;)

Champagne - it's definitely in order!

This song might accompany the sound "pop" quite well given the circumstances?

Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside
And it is ragin'.
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin'.
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'.

I'd love to see a journal from you OC - on edit I just found it, thanks!

Great seeing you here as well. :D

[FrenchieCat]

89. You know what! I have some champagne in my fridge.....

and I'm gonna go get it and open it and drink it!

Thanks for reminding me! :hi:

[mzmolly]

91. Enjoy.

:spray:

[FrenchieCat]

93. Thanks! Will do.....

[saltpoint]

92. Hey Molly, you are the best. A shot of Bob Dylan on a night like

this is even more potent than champgne.

Bravissimo!

And all good wishes.

[annabanana]

4. Here's hoping he'll be..

otherwise engaged

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

5. I WAS JUST LISTENING AND SAID "HOLY SHIT WE DETHRONED DELAY!!!"

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[FrenchieCat]

10. hahahahahah

That's going to make him look guilty, and therefore other Republicans will looks just as tainted.

Thank you to Abramhoff....looks like he's gonna be the GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING!

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

16. Funny Thing Is, Upon Yelling, My Wife Said:

"You did what to who now? And who is 'WE'? ah forget it"

LOL

[Beetwasher]

6. Wait, Wait A Second!!!!!!

Please excuse me while I laugh for FUCKING HOURS!!!!! :rofl:

[flyarm]

74. wooooooooo hoooooooooo!!!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[CatWoman]

7. hey!!

there's al franken :D

[B Calm]

8. Guess Tom knows that he is facing jail time...

[Richard Steele]

55. Better send him a trial issue of the hottest new Repub Magazine....

[Sydnie]

9. HOT DAMN!!!!

Earl delivered!!!!! :woohoo:

[bvar22]

11. I would prefer....

that he stayed in the race until at least October. :(

[FrenchieCat]

13. Well....yeah, that would have been "nice".....

But at this rate, I'll take what I can get!

[babylonsister]

15. Nah! I'm so damned happy! nt

[ourbluenation]

12. Delay down - Harris next...

chew em up and spit em out!

[FrenchieCat]

14. There ya go.....

Now, I'd like to see her hang on until October.....

[Catherine Vincent]

17. There is a God!

:-)

[proud patriot]

18. Ha Ha

:evilgrin: Goodbye :hi:

[ecstatic]

19. did he have a chance in hell of winning anyway? LOL nt

[bklyncowgirl]

20. How many years in a jail cell did Abramoff trade The Hammer for?

Wow, maybe they can bet roomies, er I mean cellies.

[Justice Is Comin]

104. It wasn't Abramhoff

nearly as much as it was Rudy. When the prosecutors gave him an idea of the time he was facing, I bet Rudy squealed on Delay quicker than Peg Bundy would disappear with Al's hundred dollar bill.

[JohnnyLib]

more erosion

Drip, drip, drip.

What's the saying, "power corrupts....."

[JohnnyLib]

21. more erosion

Drip, drip, drip.

What's the saying, "power corrupts....."

[radio4progressives]

22. Can anyone remember how long this freaking thing took to accomplish?

How long have we waited to see Tom Delay taken down? It seems like three years ever since we first became aware of the Jack Abramoff and Scanlon?

anyone remember?

[FrenchieCat]

23. I don't remember....but remember this, this is a great opportunity

to start talking about all of those scandals again...for as long as we can.

Plus the media has no choice but to cover it.

[radio4progressives]

42. Just as I read this post from you, Scardbreath announced his next

Segment on Cynthia McKinney - I'm beginning to get why the repukes needed to go after her now - because of Tom Delay and Katherine Harris.

[proud2BlibKansan]

50. At least as long as I have been a DUer

over 2 years now.

[Tom Rinaldo]

52. We wanted all this to break before the 04 Elections

Same thing with Enron. But this is bigger for us than Enron. Delay is the poster boy for soulless arrogant and vicious Republican power brokers. Delay is about as Christian as a hungry Roman Lion. Things are breaking this time in time for the 06 Elections at least.

[highplainsdem]

24. BREAKING - MSNBC - Tom DeLay withdrawing from race

Chris Matthews reporting this on Scarborough

[stop the bleeding]

26. Really?? n/t

[MissWaverly]

27. Oh, this has made my month!

I was beginning to think that the light at the end of the tunnel had gone out.

:-)

[hang a left]

28. He is so screwed.

Now if he only ends up in a 8x8 cell, that would be justice.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

29. Bub bye..don't let the jail cell door hit you in the ass on the way out..

[berni_mccoy]

30. NA NA NAAA NAAA, HEY HEY HEAYYY, GOOOOD BYEEEE!!!!

:woohoo:

[Teaser]

31. PURE SEX!

That's how good this is.

[madokie]

37. I don't know about pure sex but it is the most fun you can have with

clothes on.

[alfredo]

32. So is there a republican to run in his place, or is it too late by

by Texas election law.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

33. I WAS JUST LISTENING AND SAID "HOLY SHIT WE DETHRONED DELAY!!!"

(dupe cause damned if I know which thread will end up being the one that makes it LOL)

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[CatWoman]

34. couldn't have happened to a bigger dick

:D

[boobooday]

35. Most. Awesome. News.

That's the best thing I've heard in a LONG time!

:woohoo:

And of course that must mean he is anticipating GOING DOWN in one of these corruption probes.

As well he should!

:applause:

[SPKrazy]

36. Yes, There Is A God!

Yes he is saying he is dropping out so that another Repuke can "easily" win his seat back.

It means that the Dominionist fake Christian bug killing criminal is TOAST

(of course if he isn't convicted he'll be making millions in some cushy lobbying job. And if he is convicted he will probably still make millions in a lobbying job, speaker circuit)

but for now!

Hallelujah!

[Sydnie]

38. thank you Mr. Earl!!!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[Botany]

40. C U TOMMY

did i ever tell you that you are my Fav?

on 1/6/05 "So what do these people think that Karl Rove had 2 computers in the
White House Basement and was flipping votes?" House Floor about the 2004 vote.

Thanx for telling me Tommy.

[Sydnie]

51. Ohhh I have heard that rumor somewhere ....

[Botany]

56. Snuggle time!

"Every time a repug is indicted a liberal gets laid."

i was just in DC this weekend .... Jack Abramoff is singing big time! Gale Norton is next.

[Sydnie]

57. I hope it's Norton AND Rove

I LOVE that damn picture! You are bad for using it again ... you know what it does to me ...


puuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

[Botany]

59. I feel sooooo bad

[Sydnie]

63. Yet, so cute and cuddly!

:hug: pppuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

[Botany]

67. Have I won you over?

So is it time for a jump for joy?

[Sydnie]

71. You had me at

"Where's my KOEB love?", many moons ago! Remember? ;)

[Gato Moteado]

39. yeah baby.....the filth is going down!

the only good republican is a jailed republican.

[madokie]

44. if it wasn't for the fact that the pukes are human we would hunt them

down like snakes.

[Gato Moteado]

66. they're not human......

they're human garbage

[madokie]

41. something tells me that he is the vindictive kind and will take someone

down with him, someone's who he feels that crossed him by not standing up to help save his sorry ass.

[FrenchieCat]

43. Shit, he has my permission to take all of those fuckers down with him....

Go ahead Delay, make our day! :rofl:

[madokie]

68. By all means, do. I just hope they, delay and co, don't have something

already cooked up.

[Canuckistanian]

25. The bugman is exterminated....

:party: :toast: :party: :toast: :party: :toast: :party: :toast:

[FrenchieCat]

46. The BugMAN is D-E-A-D

AS A DOORKNOB!

[B Calm]

47. He'll be exterminated when he's behind bars!

[madokie]

48. Canuckistanian you make me laugh, thanks for being here sharing our

grieve

[Canuckistanian]

86. I wouldn't be anywhere else

And thanks!

:toast: :party:

[GOPisEvil]

45. Nick Lampson would have kicked your ass anyway Bugman!!

:party::woohoo::bounce:

[FrenchieCat]

49. You got it.....

Wes Clark's podcast featuring Nick Lampson is 4th in all podcast (Political or otherwise)....just this week!

and on the podcast, Clark and Lampson they were discussing how Lampson was gonna be kicking DeLay's corrupted ass big time!

[Kingshakabobo]

53. Here's the MSNBC banner link:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

[Sydnie]

62. MSNBC: DeLay won't run again

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12141276/


Chris Matthews reporting former House majority leader won't seek return

BREAKING NEWS
MSNBC
Updated: 10:32 p.m. ET April 3, 2006
MSNBC's Chris Matthews is reporting that Tom DeLay, the former House majority leader, won't seek re-election and will announce his withdrawal from his congressional race on Tuesday.

:woohoo: :woohoo:

Read it and WEEP Freeps!

[Kadie]

76. Out of the Race... LOL

:woohoo:

[FrenchieCat]

88. Oooh, Good One! Looks like he's about to cry!

[OhioBlue]

54. I couldn't believe it when I heard it on TV!!!!!

:party: :bounce: :toast: :party: :bounce: :toast:

[grateful581]

58. All I have to Say is

HA HA Loser

What are the repukes going to do without their poster boy?

[FrenchieCat]

60. Here's a short movie of the Republican '06 Strategery occuring behind

closed doors as we speak!

[Generic Other]

61. No more ugly bugkiller? I won't miss his mug

:applause:

[incapsulated]

64. Because he will be in JAIL!

YAY!!!

:party:

[alfredo]

65. It's on CNN!

[FrenchieCat]

69. Guess Matthews at General Electric is the one who got the DeLay

Exclusive....maybe that's why Matthews been kissing so much GOP ass lately--must have been promised the "scoop"...IF....

[alfredo]

95. I think the GOP would rather nobody heard of DeLay

[w8liftinglady]

70. OMG!!!!This is the closest thing to a virtual orgasm a DUer can have!

[FrenchieCat]

73. Oh come on! Don't tell me that this beats out

Bush impeached?

Well I guess that would be an actual orgasm....Non?

[w8liftinglady]

78. lol..I will post a live webcam of that one!!!

[alittlelark]

72. He saw the writing on the wall... he will re-cocoon to emerge in 30 years

....just sayin'.

[emdee]

75. My husband thinks I'm a pessimist....

I guess he's right because my first thought was - Oh, no, they've found someone even worse to run in his place!



:scared:

emdee

[Imagevision]

79. Just part of the game plan - Delay would be bad for November elections

So many around him either quitting or getting indicted themselves - GOP doen't want anymore negative news, they have enough on their plate with the Chimp.

[FrenchieCat]

81. So how long will they be talking about this? Afterall today's just

Monday!

Think something changed from Friday (newsdump day) over the weekend till today? I mean, DeLay usually likes to "Time" things better than what he's just done!

[Ignacio Upton]

98. They also want to divertion attention to Cynthia McKinney

Since corruption today in Washington D.C. is "bipartisan." :eyes:

[TahitiNut]

80. Bug Man Bugs Out!

:party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party:

[cynatnite]

83. One down...how many left to go?

:bounce: :toast: :bounce:

Time for a party!

[Initech]

84. Na na na na na na na na na hey hey hey... GOODBYE!!!

So long Delay and a big FUCK YOU!!!! Dont let the door hit your ass on the way out! :woohoo:

[johnfunk]

87. I like what Atrios had to say:

[Renew Deal]

97. I guess I have to go there to find out?

:D

[Catherine Vincent]

101. The dancing snoopy is Atrios' reaction.

:hi:

[johnfunk]

103. Nope -- that (as in Snoopy) was what he had to say...

[DemonFighterLives]

90. The Hammer has fallen!

I'm just here for the party.
:toast:

Clean up in Texas- he's moving to Virginia with an aching in his heart.
The Culture of Corruption has lost it's head.
:dem:

[Ilsa]

94. We Texas Dems can breathe the free air again!

Okay, well, maybe a little mroe easily. We still have Cornyn, Hutchison, Perry, and some others to deal with!

[w8liftinglady]

96. yes!!it starts with one..and a good one...

[jzodda]

99. Darn, I wish this would not happen now

He will resign in May and by Nov he will be gone from the news. I wanted to have him in EVERY campaign ad for 06. With him gone, now thats not as likely. With him there he stays the poster boy for the corruption.

I liked our chances to take back the house with him still there, but honestly things are so bad for this President and the Reps in general that it probably won't stop the train wreck thats about to hit them. (and that train being US!) :)

[earth mom]

100. Maybe there IS a God after all.

:evilgrin:

[Ksec]

102. I feel like I just hacked a giant lugy

named Delay.

[DanCa]

105. Shah nah nah nah shah nah nah bye bye Tom Delay (nt)

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

106. This is a REALLY REALLY GOOD THING.

This deserves a chimp dance:



Look at him go!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

107. But what of the poor freepers?

:cry:

[FrenchieCat]

108. They'll survive...they always do! They'll climb out of that sewer

and climb down into another....scurrying like rats out of the titanic and into a lifeboat....hurling women and children overboard as they squeeze their immoral asses in!

In fact, I notice that the story broke AFTER all of the 24/7 cable triplets had most of their shows in the can.

But wait till tomorrow morning!

I look forward to watching the Corporate media forced to report this. At least they all have overnight to come up with some strategery to lessen the Hammer that just fell on their party! Hahahahah!

[DemonFighterLives]

109. Already gone from the news

C-spn is worried about immigration with a sour republican on.