Save Tom Delay: A Political and Moral Imperative

Well the Democrats and media driven circus to find something that sticks to Tom Delay continues. Let's ignore the fact that Democrats like House MINORITY Leader Nancy Pelosi have already been fined for violations of Political Action committee funding. Ignore the fact that Senate MINORITY Leader Harry Reid has lined the pocket of every one of his sons and even son in law (chart here in PDF format lays it out). Of course Hillary Clinton's recent fundraising irregularities pale in comparison to the dubious manner by which she profited $100,000 for cattle futures when Bill was still governor of Arkansas.

The question of Tom Delay isn't really about Ethics at all, otherwise, House Democrats would not be preventing the committee from meeting and possibly clearing his name. Nearly every Democrat takes trips paid for by lobbyists as Delay is accused of doing. Many of them also hire family members to work on campaigns. No folks, we all know the game here, as we've seen it played out again and again.

Like him or not, Tom Delay is a conservative who moves the House of Representatives forward in a way that conservatives intended when they voted for these guys. Would you really want the House to be run like the Senate?

For example. How long have Republicans promised to get rid of the death tax. You know, that nasty hand of government grabbing half your property, on which you have already paid taxes, before it can be passed to your family. A measure just passed the House to do just that. And it would not have happened without Tom Delay. Democrats will say "You're giving tax breaks to the rich" but for every Bill Gates who benefits, there are a million family farms whose land would have to be sold to pay the tax on the death of the farmer.

It's time Republicans stopped throwing overboard some of our best leaders because some hypocritical Democrats with far worse skeletons in their closet get a lot of TV time simply for pointing the finger at us. We threw Newt Gingrich overboard during the Clinton impeachment scandal because he was unfaithful to his wife. But Democrats only moved on to the next target and we lost Speaker-Designate Bob Livingston because he too had an adulterous affair some many years prior.

None of those resignations on principle had the slightest impact on Democrats, nor did they refocus public and media attention. It only played into the hands of those whose only goal is to acquire power.

When was the last time a Democrat was tossed overboard by his party? I could only think of one: Bob Torricelli, Senator from New Jersey. But he only dropped out of the 2002 Senate race because they practically had photos of him taking wads of cash and expensive gifts from David Chang. But never mind, Democrats just overturned New Jersey election law (USING A JUDGE.... SEE A PATTERN???) and allowed Frank Lautenberg to take his place.

Stack Delay up against Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Reid or Torricelli and we can rename him "Snow White." But allow the "politics of personal destruction" machine to take him down and the you have to say: "who's next."

ENOUGH!