These remarks were made in a presser
*right after* 4 out of 5 DEMS on the ethics committee sanctioned Bell for bringing charges against DeLay:
I understand the Democrat Party's adjustment to their national minority status is frustrating, but their crushing defeat in the elections earlier this month, after two more years of Democrat obstruction and vicious personal attacks, should show them that the American people are tired of the politics of personal destruction.
It is a shame that Democrat anger at their loss of power has manifested itself in contemptible behavior like Mr. Bell's, but hopefully the Ethics Committee's nine-count, categorical, bipartisan rebuke will finally end Democrats' obsessive desire to undo the last six national elections.http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2004_11_14.php#004054...sweeping condemnation of the very party that just contorted itself to chide its own member for trying to shine a light on this reprobate. That's what bipartisanship looks like. This is their leader. This is who will set the tone in the House. Work with that.