Tom DeLay opens fire...

[Spence]

...on Republicans.

In his book out next week, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) "assails" Newt Gingrich as an "ineffective House speaker with a flawed moral compass," according to Robert Novak.

Writes DeLay: "He knew nothing about running meetings and nothing about driving an agenda. Nearly every other day he had a new agenda, a new direction he wanted us to take. It was impossible to follow him."

"Gingrich is not the only erstwhile political ally to feel DeLay's wrath. In No Retreat, No Surrender: One American's Fight, DeLay is even more critical of his predecessor as majority leader, Dick Armey, and assails President Bush for being more compassionate than conservative. Even DeLay's handpicked speaker, J. Dennis Hastert, is accused along with Gingrich and Armey of opening the door to the Democratic purge of him."

Man, I can't wait for this! :)

[BurgundyNGold]

What a doosh. Take eveyone under the bus why don't you? Hateful little shrew.

[fent]

to be fair, for those that were on the hill while he was in leadership, this is old news. i think his description of Newt's daily agenda changes is pretty accurate. my boss says talking to him about any one topic over the course of a period of time is tough because he'll shift gears and focus on something else so often. not sure what he thinks Hastert did in all this unless it's tied to him not sticking by the conference rule change that forced him to step down. as for Armey, i got to the hill right after Armey left so i don't know what their history is other than that neither of them liked the other at all.

[Spence]

to be fair, for those that were on the hill while he was in leadership, this is old news.Well, everyone knows DeLay is on very bad terms with his former comrades. Let's remember that Gingrich didn't want DeLay for the House Whip job in the first place, he wanted Bill Paxon.

i think his description of Newt's daily agenda changes is pretty accurate. my boss says talking to him about any one topic over the course of a period of time is tough because he'll shift gears and focus on something else so often.I've never met a person familiar with Newt's working style who didn't agree with that. He's scatterbrained, all over the place.

[Spence]

What a doosh. Take eveyone under the bus why don't you? Hateful little shrew.The dude is pissed off. Time to settle accounts. He'd give 'em all the Moe Green treatment if he could.

[dukeuch]

to be fair, for those that were on the hill while he was in leadership, this is old news. i think his description of Newt's daily agenda changes is pretty accurate. my boss says talking to him about any one topic over the course of a period of time is tough because he'll shift gears and focus on something else so often. not sure what he thinks Hastert did in all this unless it's tied to him not sticking by the conference rule change that forced him to step down. as for Armey, i got to the hill right after Armey left so i don't know what their history is other than that neither of them liked the other at all.

Must have been his "diagnostic chair" kept injecting him with the wrong medicine.

[fent]

Must have been his "diagnostic chair" kept injecting him with the wrong medicine.

Click Me (http://www.brandens.net/files/Sounds/FX/Animals/CRICKET.WAV)

[Axegrinder]

A case of sour grapes.

[dukeuch]

Click Me (http://www.brandens.net/files/Sounds/FX/Animals/CRICKET.WAV)

You don't know what I'm talking about, do you?

[fent]

You don't know what I'm talking about, do you?

do you? if you do, you're the only one here that does.

[shally]

do you? if you do, you're the only one here that does.

:lol1:

[Ibleedburgundy]

do you? if you do, you're the only one here that does.

A few years ago Newt was talking about a chair that could diagnose people. Kind of a far-fetched idea.

[fent]

A few years ago Newt was talking about a chair that could diagnose people. Kind of a far-fetched idea.

oh...maybe he should have indicated that he was talking about Newt in a post about Tom DeLay in a thread about Tom DeLay. anyway...that's an interesting idea about the chair...i bet the big bad Doctor's lobby is keeping it suppressed so they can keep healthcare costs up ;)

[dukeuch]

oh...maybe he should have indicated that he was talking about Newt in a post about Tom DeLay in a thread about Tom DeLay. anyway...that's an interesting idea about the chair...i bet the big bad Doctor's lobby is keeping it suppressed so they can keep healthcare costs up ;)

Well, it looks like some folks were familiar with the Moonbat McWhacky musings of Newt I was referring to, huh?

Don't know how doctors would weigh in on this, but I'd imagine it is "suppressed" more due the stars-wars like complexity of building, installing and maintaining somehting like this in someone's home. I mean, how do you actualize a fantasy outside of prostitutes? Can you imagine how expensive it would be just to make sure the damn thing is calibrated correctly after the dog has jumped up and down on it, Junior banged his girlfriend/Pop his mistress on it, etc?

[fent]

Well, it looks like some folks were familiar with the Moonbat McWhacky musings of Newt I was referring to, huh?

Don't know how doctors would weigh in on this, but I'd imagine it is "suppressed" more due the stars-wars like complexity of building, installing and maintaining somehting like this in someone's home. I mean, how do you actualize a fantasy outside of prostitutes? Can you imagine how expensive it would be just to make sure the damn thing is calibrated correctly after the dog has jumped up and down on it, Junior banged his girlfriend/Pop his mistress on it, etc?

one person...still doesn't change the randomness of your post.

[dukeuch]

one person...still doesn't change the randomness of your post.

Yeah, I know, you are not too keen on humor when it lampoons your heroes.

[akhhorus]

For the record, Newt wrote in his last book speculating that American families would have a medical chair that would save them trips to the doctor for basic stuff. He wasn't pushing/selling/pimping something like Marion Berry was with his energy machine or something. So, I don't know what the point of your bringing this up was Dukeuch, unless you just had nothing?

[fent]

Yeah, I know, you are not too keen on humor when it lampoons your heroes.

and you're keen on humor at all? obviously not since the post in question was anything but humorous.

[RedskinsDave]

So, I don't know what the point of your bringing this up was Dukeuch, unless you just had nothing?

It's simple fodder for the loonies on Salon and Huffington.

[BurgundyNGold]

A few years ago Newt was talking about a chair that could diagnose people. Kind of a far-fetched idea.
Diagnose what? Whether they'd be inclined to sleep with him? Their homerseksyality quotient? What?

[shally]

Diagnose what? Whether they'd be inclined to sleep with him? Their homerseksyality quotient? What?


maybe he wants to have "old sparkey" recycled into a gentler, kinder chair?
give you a back massage and read you your horoscope and cholesterol level before you are shuffled off the mortal coil...

[dukeuch]

For the record, Newt wrote in his last book speculating that American families would have a medical chair that would save them trips to the doctor for basic stuff. He wasn't pushing/selling/pimping something like Marion Berry was with his energy machine or something. So, I don't know what the point of your bringing this up was Dukeuch, unless you just had nothing?

The point was to lampoon Newt in response to an observation put forth by Fent:

"i think his description of Newt's daily agenda changes is pretty accurate. my boss says talking to him about any one topic over the course of a period of time is tough because he'll shift gears and focus on something else so often."

The idea was to propose a humurous hypothesis as to why, as presented by Fent, Newt tends to shift gears all the time, making it difficult to discuss a particular topic.

[akhhorus]

The point was to lampoon Newt in response to an observation put forth by Fent:

"i think his description of Newt's daily agenda changes is pretty accurate. my boss says talking to him about any one topic over the course of a period of time is tough because he'll shift gears and focus on something else so often."

The idea was to propose a humurous hypothesis as to why, as presented by Fent, Newt tends to shift gears all the time, making it difficult to discuss a particular topic.

Again (http://www.brandens.net/files/Sounds/FX/Animals/CRICKET.WAV)

What does you mis-representing his idea about those chairs have to do with what you're claiming to be your point now? If you wanted to lampoon him for that, you would have made it remotely clear that you were lampooning Newt's randomness. You didn't.

[dukeuch]

Again (http://www.brandens.net/files/Sounds/FX/Animals/CRICKET.WAV)

What does you mis-representing his idea about those chairs have to do with what you're claiming to be your point now? If you wanted to lampoon him for that, you would have made it remotely clear that you were lampooning Newt's randomness. You didn't.

Ok, I'll try to be clearer next time.

[Spence]

How dumb is Tom DeLay? Consider:
Appearing on Hardball with Chris Matthews to promote his new book, No Retreat, No Surrender, it's clear former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) didn't write it and perhaps never even read it before it was published.

Matthews asked DeLay about passages in his book where described former Rep. Dick Armey (R-TX) as "drunk with ambition." Amazingly, DeLay denied writing that, even after Matthews showed him the underlined passage in his own book.

[dukeuch]

How dumb is Tom DeLay? Consider:

Why be surprised anymore? The Republican Party is full of Monty Python "Black Nights": "I lopped your arm off", "No you didn't."