CNN: Delay Steps Down!

Will post link asap.

Ed Henry saying there may well be others who will have to step aside as well. roflmao, delicious, simply delicious!

Great fear from republicans that the dem 'line' about a culture of corruption will stick, love it!

Edited to add: Still NO headline from CNN, hmmm, anyone wannat take bets that they don't see this as GOOD news, lol?

Edited to add: Still only a header, no article on CNN home page on this:

"Embattled U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay will not attempt to regain his post as House majority leader, DeLay spokesman says."

Finally, it is on home page, took long enough!:

Sources: DeLay to quit Republican leadership post




http://www.cnn.com/

About time, too.

Bye-bye, BugBoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Editing for typo in time of great excitement and glee. ;)

I might be dealing with the muck and sludge at my house right now from the flood a week ago, but maybe its symbolic that we are throwing it all out....Looks like some house cleaning is being done across the board! :bounce:

:hi: Spazito!

I hope you and your family are coping okay with your flood damage, I am sending good thoughts to you!

:hug:

in 2006! My family and I might be "refugees" right now sleeping in the living rooms and guest rooms of friends and neighbors, but I actually think that 2006 is going to be the turning point. Remember, the flood and destruction actually happened to us a week ago on December 31st 2005, not in 2006. Now is the cleanup...2006 is cleanup time...starting with Tom Delay is a good start....what a slimy piece of crap that crook of man is...He's going to just be the warmup for things to come....

I believe, as well, that 2006 is going to be a watershed year with good things happening!

then, that the material things don't matter and that like the Phoenix rising from the ashes, better things come and "rebirth". Yesterday, as I was spraying off the muck and sludge from my childrens bikes and found in the shed a box of bulbs sprouting...hey, they had been nicely watered and "fertilized" and looked really happy. Right now, as we do cleanup and I deal with this sludge that even can't be "flung" off my rubber gloves, I realize that its an inconvenience and everything is going to be fine. I do believe in symbolism...I believe the flood was to wash away things and have a new beginning....

:hi:

to family and friends and to new beginnings!

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

If he's still in the House, he'll still be calling the shots.

lightning speed otherwise he would NEVER have agreed to step down from his position of power, imo.

he got "the phone call".

Bye, Tommy. :hi:

That ought to be good .. . Anybidy got 5 bucks to run against him? It's all you'll need.

That would be sweet!

:kick:

has he left the house??? is he gittin ready for the Big House?

I think he THOUGHT he might be able to come back..

poor deluded idiot.. WE all knew he was gone for good..

The question is whether he knows that he's lost his seat as well. He shouldn't even run. I'm sure there is "family" he needs to "spend more time with"..

named "Bubba" as head of the household, roflmao!

:toast: :bounce: :woohoo: :toast: :bounce: :woohoo: :toast: :bounce: :woohoo:

Now, when that headline reads 'Delay decides not to seek reelection' or 'Delay resigns', then I'll really be happy!!

-chef-

"YES! YES! YES!" :blush:

Oh, it's Christmas on Ephiphany weekend. Hooray! Somebody got a stocking full of coal this year.

didn't * say that Delay is innocent?

:sarcasm:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10704050/

Officials: DeLay to give up majority leader post
Move clears way for election of new House leadership amid scandal

edit to add: His about-face came amid growing pressure from fellow Republicans (emphasis added) who were concerned about their own political futures in the wake of this week’s guilty pleas by lobbyist Jack Abramoff.



:rofl:

And I'm #5! What an honor, for such an important and positive story!:woohoo:

One down (probably won't be reelected) and hundreds to go.

...I thought he already "stepped down" when he was indicted?

Now if he's resigning entirely, that's worth a celebration.

The story didn't get that wide of a circulation yesterday, but a couple of House Republicans had called for elections to replace the Bug.

Hell, if Republicans start using their brains enough to realize what these criminal bastards are doing to their own party we might actually see Chimpeachment after all. And then we can really celebrate.

DeLay, he no longer has any power and has had to bow down to the demands of others which he has NEVER done before.

It's 12:32pm Saturday, and at this time:

CNN reporting that Ariel Sharon is in "grave condition" following his stroke; no news on the DeLay situation.
Fox News has a bar near the top of the page: "Breaking News: DeLay to resign his House leadership post."
MSNBC also has a "breaking news" bar on DeLay.

I'd be happier if DeLay was resigning from Congress, but this is still great news.

Pathetic, truly pathetic, imo.

Yet Faux and MSRNC has had it on for a while now.

I'm just waiting for Rove & Cheney to finally get theirs, too.

Tammy

delicious

:rofl:

I love the smell of cannibalism in the afternoon.

Asshole.

Just wait for it to come out of Naughty Scotty's mouth.

Next step: criminal court
Next step: no re-election
Next step: jail
Last step: into the arms of Bubba for the next 5 to 10

Great news and thanks for posting it, Spazito.

The cock roach is probably not smiling now like on the above post. Can someone do some photo shop on the pic and put bars in front of him. The smiling convict!

DU'ers, Revel in this. This is a huge victory for us that a year ago we could've only dreamed about!

Fuck you delay you corrupt selfish falling like a stone mother fucker!

He wouldn't resign that position "today". Friday's news dump wasn't buried enough for him? He had to wait until Saturday? :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Buh Bye Tommy! Time to look for a good moving company ... you're gonna need it to get the hell out of Washington soon enough.

I boycott them, but I couldn't resist flipping by quickly at about 9:33 west coast time. A shaky voiced female announcer was reading the "facts", sounding as if she would burst into tears at any moment. Has there been any commentary?

a half, nothing! They don't have an article to link to yet either, their sycophantic avoidance of this is ever more obvious as the minutes go by, imo!

Some House GOP'ers were on the warpath.... Time to do the right thing before those elections, huh?

He's radioactive in this town. Nobody wants to admit they had anything to do with him.

Now that Abramhoff's gonna sing like a canary, you'll see quite a few other notables who'll become persona non grata, as well. :scared:

Text of Letter From Rep. Tom DeLay

Text of a letter Saturday from Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, to fellow House Republicans about his decision not to seek to return to his post as majority leader:

Dear Colleague:

Today, I have asked Speaker Hastert to convene our conference for the purpose of electing a new majority leader, the position I have been honored to fill these past three years through the trust and confidence of our colleagues.

During my time in Congress, I have always acted in an ethical manner within the rules of our body and the laws of our land. I am fully confident time will bear this out.

However, we live in serious times and the United States House of Representatives must be focused on the job of protecting our nation and meeting the daily challenges facing the American people. History has proven that when House Republicans are united and focused, success follows.

more (one more paragraph)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060107/ap_on_go_co/delay_letter_house_gop_1