It looks like all of Tom DeLay's ethics violations, congressional arm-twisting, corporate money-laundering, special-interest favor-mongering and general thuggishness may come back to haunt him.
The good folks at Campaign Money Watch are raising money to run a tough ad in his district (I'm helping a little). I hear that Democracy for America, the successor to Howard Dean's organization, is about to get involved in the district. Campaign for America's Future is calling on all the Members of Congress who have gotten money from DeLay's political committees to give it back. Democracy21 just issued a new report on DeLay's ethical sleaze.
There are lots of reasons to wish this guy an early retirement. Here's one: he's the embodiment of the worst aspects of our pay-to-play political system. “If you want to play in our revolution, you have to live by our rules,” DeLay tells lobbyists. He has two lists of the 400 largest PACs, those who he deems friendly and those he deems unfriendly. “We’re just following the old adage of punish your enemies and reward your friends,” DeLay says. He once told Congress Daily, “Money is not the root of all evil in politics. In fact, money is the lifeblood of politics.”To find out more, go to the Daily DeLay, which is going to be counting down the top 14 reasons as we go through the last 14 days to Election Day.
Posted by msifry at October 19, 2004 10:01 PM