Why we DON'T want to see Tom DeLay go?

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

Yeah, you read that properly. I think we shouldn't be pushing for his resignation. Let him stay. Let the scandals mount. And in 2006, link EVERY LAST GODDAMN REPUBLICAN to him and his lack of ethics. They've all taken pictures with him at some point. Time to bring them out and tell everyone what best buddies they are with Tom. If he leaves (and this IS the only real reason why he'd leave), we don't have that to work off of because they'll have distanced themselves.

[stopbush]

1. I would have agreed at one point. But look at the Trent Lott scandal.

The guy got demoted and stayed on. Now, he's back on all the RW talk shows blathering on about the party line. It's as if nothing happened. For those who do remember he looks like a survivor.

I think Delay needs to quit or get the big boot in a very, very public way.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

3. Lott isn't the same situation though.

He made one really horrible comment, and they really can only legitimately be described as his own opinion. DeLay, on the other hand, has actions, not words. And a lot of them. And they're done in the name of the Republican Party. That's a HUGE difference.

[Cooley Hurd]

2. I think it's more important to get him out of the govt...

...than to use him as a perpetual whipping-boy. The damage he did with the redistricting fiasco is indication enough (to me) that he needs to go before he strikes again...

[Demit]

4. Actually I was thinking along those lines--

I don't really want to see him out of the spotlight just yet, because then he'd only begin the process of Republican rehabilitation. A few years down the road he'd be ba-a-a-ck.
I want to see him taken down for good politically, with no chance for falling upward.

Let the people see him in all his corrupt glory. Don't make him too soon gone.

[skylarmae]

5. tom delay is a disgrace to our government.

Personally, I'm tired of being disgraced by our public officials. IMHO he's gotta go...

[Pacifist Patriot]

6. I'm torn. I can see your point, but....

The skill of their spin doctors and the short memories of much of the American voting public make me very nervous. Get him out, get him behind bars and THEN drag out the publicity shots during the 2006 election cycle. Why not do both?

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

11. Because of the short memories you speak of.

If it happens now, do you really think it'll be an issue anymore in 2006?

[LuminousX]

7. Can't wait

to see who distances themselves.

"I never had congressional relations with that man."

[punpirate]

8. Wouldn't his ability to raise funds...

... for his ilk be somewhat hampered while sitting in a prison cell? :)

That's for what I currently hope--jail time. Most Republicans would resist the temptation to behave as DeLay has if they were to recognize that they could end up in the cell next to him....

[rucky]

9. Let's do both.

the scandals are mounting with or without Delay in congress. he'll be poison for some time to come.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

10. Yeah, but now is way too soon.

If you let him out now, Republicans will have had enough time by November 2006 to adequately distance themselves and it will cease to be an issue. Plus, will anyone really be investigating them if he's not there? Probably not.

[ClassWarrior]

12. One domino needs to fall first. Might as well be Delay.

NGU.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

14. Again though, why flip the first domino now?

It's way too early.

[ClassWarrior]

15. Because once one starts falling, they'll be falling for the next decade.

NGU.

[gratuitous]

13. Well, he isn't going to go easily, that's for sure

And with the sterling example of Helmet Head Lott to guide and inspire him, Tom DeLay isn't about to relax his greedy hold on the levers of power. This lamprey on the body politic isn't going to just let go, smile wryly, and say, "Ya caught me boys. See y'all in the funny papers." No, we're going to have to beat on his fingers until they snap one by one to wrench his grasp off of our nation, and even then, he'll kick, whine, and bite all the way out the door.

Talk of DeLay's resignation is very premature at this point. We have a mad dog to put down, and there's no need to discuss disposal of his political carcass until we've ended his corrupt career. Now is the time of Atticus Finch.

[Avalux]

16. He won't resign

and with any luck, his indictment and subsequent trial will string along into the 2006 election. No - this man with an ego the size of the universe will never admit defeat and resign.

[liberal N proud]

17. That would be the best thing that could happen

He is indicted and must be removed with a long and ugly fight.
It would show the world and more over the repukes in this country what a horses ass he is and the party that backed him.

[bklyncowgirl]

18. He is the gift that keeps on giving. nt

[Jo March]

19. It will take a while to get him out but we can help that along

It seems as though Delay has now been linked to the Schiavo memo:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3439509#3440519

We need to start trying to get rid of him now because he is an obstacle to election reform (among other things!) And don't have any doubt - he's an obstacle.

1. Call your Congress critters toll free at 866-808-0065. Tell them that it's time for Delay to resign.

2. Sign petitions for his removal:
http://ga3.org/campaign/withoutdelay/

3. Email your Congress critters by going to this site:
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/

4. Email his corporate sponsors to drop him:
http://www.dropthehammer.org/

5. Mail a summary of actions against Delay to your Congress critters:
http://www.citizensforethics.org/filelibrary/summary_delay2.pdf

6. Alert the media:
http://www.democrats.org/media/index.html