Tom DeLay -- Bible Villain

Here's an excerpt from an Associated Press story from last week:

A political associate faces ethics questions, declining poll numbers and a possible congressional investigation. Would you want to stand in front of television cameras talking about how great he is? If you are part of Washington's conservative establishment and the associate is House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, that is exactly what you would do.

Leaders of about a dozen conservative groups planned a gala on Thursday honoring the Texas Republican and they pledged to open the doors to every major news organization in town. . . ."This is a political campaign by his enemies. Well, we're his friends," Lessner said. "And when your friend is under attack you come to his aid and you stand with him, and that's what we mean to do." The $250-per-plate event at the Capital Hilton has sold out. About 900 people were expected. The proceeds will be used to pay for the dinner, organizers said.

Here's an excerpt from the Gospel of Luke (14:12-14) in the New Testament:

When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return, and repayment come to you. But when you give a reception, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.

Is Tom DeLay a Bible villain? Decide for yourself.

When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return, and repayment come to you. But when you give a reception, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.

That is the difference between Democratic receptions and Republican receptions. It is all about Payback.....

tehy invited the poor (in spirit), the crippled (morally), the lame (ideologically), and the blind (to consequences of his own action) --all in the same person: DeLay.

And they'll swear on a stack of Bibles that it's so.