White House Supportive of Embattled DeLay

[Rose Siding]

CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush considers House Majority Leader Tom DeLay a friend and hopes to keep working with him, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Monday.

McClellan was asked if Bush was among those who believe the embattled Texas Republican should resign, or at least answer allegations of ethical misconduct.

"Majority Leader DeLay is someone the president considers a friend. And he is someone he has worked closely with to get things done in Washington," McClellan said.

"The president looks forward to continuing to work closely with the majority leader to get things done on behalf of the American people," McClellan said. "We support the work that he's doing."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=1278&e=1&u=/ap/20050411/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_delay

[Zuni]

1. Big surprise

They scratch each others backs

[cthrumatrix]

2. Bush considers "Enron" and Kenny a friend too.............

[TwentyFive]

13. A guy like Tom Delay is a rare & valuable asset to the BUSH CRIME FAMILY.

DeLay is smart, savvy, has not one drop of conscience, and is 100% loyal to the cause. Plus, the religious right & big business both love the guy....because he'll do ANYTHING for money.

An asset like DeLay is very hard to find. Losing him would be like Tony Soprano losing Silvio...or John Gotti losing his #1 hit man. Tom DeLay is a dream come true for any master crime family.

[DRoseDARs]

22. No he doesn't. Bush really never met this "Kenneth" guy, remember? n/t

;)

[Laurab]

28. Yeah I was thinking the same thing

It's not like he can say he doesn't know Delay...wait, on second thought, I wouldn't really put that past him....

[Don Claybrook]

3. This statement is anything but supportive

"President Bush considers House Majority Leader Tom DeLay a friend and hopes to keep working with him..."

This is really tepid support. I'm certain that DeLay knows this is pretty much his death-knell. Drag 'em down with you when you go, Tom.

[AlCzervik]

5. i agree, "Hopes" sounds a little weak

now is he said "Looks forward to working with him" that would be different.

[pfitz59]

4. Why is the Chimp back in Crawfish?

Doesn't he have work to do?

[AlCzervik]

6. no silly, Cheney is in DC.

[VegasWolf]

25. Ooops! n/t

[warrens]

7. Damned by faint praise

Tommy fell overboard and Smirk is tossing him an anchor that LOOKS like a life preserver.

[VegasWolf]

24. Perfect! n/t

[rocktivity]

8. JUMP BEFORE YOU'RE PUSHED, ROACHBOY!

Because if you FORCE Cheney and Rove to push you, you're going to land HARD...

:headbang:
rocknation

[Dave Reynolds]

9. Not exactly a ringing endorsement.

Bugman is going to be hung out to dry.

I think he has lost his protection.

[mattclearing]

10. Bush owes DeLay's rioting staffers the White House.

No way he would abandon DeLay.

DeLay could sink the Bushes and destroy the Republican Party if he wanted to.

[xxqqqzme]

14. roachman would be squished first

by some big b*shboot

[mattclearing]

17. Nonsense.

They would destroy each other. But it would never happen...both know the other has the goods on them. They are in this together to the end.

[Kagemusha]

11. This is like the infamous 'vote of confidence' for NBA coaches.

The thing is, Bush can't directly fire DeLay. I know people are acting like it, but DeLay, if he is stubborn - which is in his background - might prove very hard to get rid of.

[Robbien]

12. This is beginning to look like the call for Rumsfeld's resigning

They let Rumsfeld twist in the wind for a couple of days and then the WH comes out with an endorsement of him. The media then backed off.

Wonder if that is what they have planned for Delay. I guess we will see if the media starts backing off this story also.

[lancdem]

23. I think this is more serious

DeLay is so corrupt it's breathtaking.

[Pacifist Patriot]

15. Faint praise indeed, but I definitely want to see...

the links between the two men utilized by the Dems...and big time.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

16. This is the best support they could muster for their dear DeLay?

The man who stood by them and supported their lies through thick and thin? So his face is a little dirty right now, where's the love guys? :evilgrin:

[aquart]

18. Uh.........Parse it, folks.

First:
"Majority Leader DeLay is someone the president considers a friend. And he is someone he has worked closely with to get things done in Washington," McClellan said.

That was their history.

Second: "The president looks forward to continuing to work closely with the majority leader to get things done on behalf of the American people," McClellan said. "We support the work that he's doing."

The second emphasizes working with "the majority leader" WHO COULD BE ANYBODY IN THE FUTURE. And the "support" is for "the work."

That was written REALLY CAREFULLY.

[wallwriter]

20. They see blood in the water

Notice how they didn't say anything about nonsensical and vicious partisan attacks. That means that they basically acknowledge that the nasty stuff is true and holds weight.

This administration can make up imaginary weapons of mass destruction, but they can't completely ignore the evidence against Tom Delay. That's significant.

[damntexdem]

19. Good: let DeLay drag Dubya down with him.

Who's above the law? Why, any friend of the President, right?

[OzarkDem]

21. Could you imagine

Clinton ever getting by with something like this? Lordy, how the media rolls over and plays dead for Bush.

[VegasWolf]

26. Sounds like the endorsement of Jimmy Johnson by Jerry Jones his last

year at the Dallas Cowboys.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

27. Keep with him chimpy

If you do by 2006 the Dems will take over both the House and the Senate

[MADem]

29. Sounds like the very same KISS OF DEATH love

...they ladled out to Trent Lott before they made HIM walk the plank!