CFA is going to run a tv ad in DeLay's district-Most Corrupt Congress Ever

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=44950

News Advisory:

-- Leaders to Launch New TV Ad In Rep. Tom DeLay's District

-- Campaign for America's Future Fights the Most Corrupt Congress Ever

-- Ad Asks Congress to 'Wash Its Hands' of Tom DeLay's Corruption

The Campaign for America's Future will unveil a new television ad that urges Congress to "wash its hands" of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Tex., on a conference call with reporters on Wednesday. In remarks delivered last week to a conservative group, Rep. DeLay used the personal tragedy of Terri Schiavo to divert attention away from corruption charges against him.

The Campaign for America's Future, one of the principal groups fighting the president's plan to privatize Social Security, is also fighting the abuse of power of the most corrupt Congress in recent history. The group used advertising last month to highlight how Rep. James McCrery's, R-La., campaign contributions from the financial services industry cloud his judgment as chairman of the House subcommittee on Social Security.

NEWS TELECONFERENCE TO UNVEIL TOM DELAY AD

DATE: Wednesday, March 30

TIME: 11 a.m. EST

CALL-IN: Please contact Andrea Miller at miller@ourfuture.org for dial-in instructions.

PARTICIPANTS:

-- Ellen Miller, deputy director, Campaign for America's Future

-- David Donnelly, political director, Public Campaign Action Fund and co-author, Daily DeLay weblog

NOTE: Copies of the ad will be made available on Wednesday's news conference call. Space is limited. Media representatives interested in joining the call should reserve space by contacting Andrea Miller at miller@ourfuture.org.

Sometimes it's good to be silent and let them twist in the wind, but I agree that it's time to get out the brass knuckles with DeLay. He's on the mat and there is NO EXCUSE for the Democrats to allow him to get up!
Damn it.

:applause: Finally time to bust out the new "applause" smiley!

http://www.pcactionfund.org/resign/

Scared the beejeezus out of me-so up close and personal with DeLay's snake eyes.

He had plastic surgery on his eyes not too long ago. Scary both ways!

And snake oil politics... the two are always hand in hand.

W-

Showed part of the commercial, and discussed how it was really aimed at fellow republicans, not at constituents.

The Texas Observer has just published what will stand as the definitive article on the Texas 2002 election scandal.Featuring screen shots of multiple emails, brochures, checks, and memos written by staffers and consultants for the Texans for a Republican Majority PAC, the article makes a damning case that TRMPAC violated Texas election law in 2002. The evidence presented in the article also closely ties House GOP Majority Leader Tom DeLay to the scandal.Maloney also relates in his e-mails that he will be delivering "2 checks from Reliant" to "TD" (Tom DeLay). The circumstances under which DeLay sealed the Reliant deal earned him a rebuke from the U.S. House ethics committee in 2004. In early June 2002, DeLay held a two-day golf tournament at the Homestead resort in Hot Springs, Virginia. The cost of attending the event was a corporate contribution of $25,000 to $50,000. Five energy companies were invited by Maloney to attend: El Paso Corp., Mirant, Reliant Energy, Westar Energy, and Williams Companies. (DeLay's dealings with Westar would earn a separate rebuke from the committee.) The golfing took place just before a House-Senate conference on an omnibus energy bill. (It's understandable why, four months later, Maloney would complain about Reliant's tardiness.) The Homestead event was supposed to benefit equally TRMPAC and DeLay's Americans for a Republican Majority (ARMPAC), according to an e-mail from an ARMPAC staffer to TRMPAC's accountant.The Majority Leader has insisted that there was no relationship between the solicited money and any actions to influence the legislative process in Congress. Furthermore, DeLay has claimedÑwhile lashing out at Travis County District Attorney Ronnie EarleÑthat he had no more than an advisory role in TRMPAC. Still, it's not hard to see why the Williams Company might be confused about where to send the check and who was in charge.We're proud to share the Observer's top-notch reporting with our membership. Please click here to read the full story: