# Ding Dong the witch is dead! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 4, 2006, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead/351203 "2006-04-04T05:05:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead/351203/41 "2006-04-05T02:00:30Z")
> [@Malodorous](#): > > Might make it harder to win Delay’s seat, but having Delay resign in a cloud will no doubt make winning other seats around the country easier for the Dems, as having the former leader of senate Repubs resign in a cloud makes the party as a whole look corrupt. > > Also I would imagine that Delay’s reason for resigning is that he knows something damaging is likely to come out of either the Texas indictment or the Abermoff scandal. Doubtless this will also make headlines and hurt the Repubs, even if Delay isn’t a senator anymore. > > On the plus side for Mr. Delay, I bet he’s out of jail in a year or two and quickly becomes the richiest Lobbiest in the United States. First off, Delay was not a senator. Second, he won’t spend a single day in jail. ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead/351203/42 "2006-04-05T03:10:35Z")
> [@askeptic](#): > > First off, Delay was not a senator. Second, he won’t spend a single day in jail. Heh, yeah I knew that 😊 I get him and Frist mixed up. As for jail, who knows? I imagine that something bad for Delay is coming through the pipe, so we’ll see how incriminating it ends up being. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead/351203/43 "2006-04-05T03:41:20Z")
I was reading an article about this and came across this nugget: > [@](#): > > DeLay, who will turn 59 on Saturday, did not say precisely when he would step down, but under Texas law he must either die I of course went :eek: until I kept on going: > [@](#): > > be convicted of a felony, or move out of his district to be removed from the November ballot. Unfortunate ordering of a list there. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead/351203/44 "2006-04-05T03:46:19Z")
> [@](#): > > DeLay, who will turn 59 on Saturday, did not say precisely when he would step down, but under Texas law he must either die Hold the end of this rope, will you? ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead/351203/45 "2006-04-05T15:13:23Z")
> [@](#): > > Second, he won’t spend a single day in jail. I know you’re right, but GodDAMN, I hope you’re wrong. This filthy bastard needs to go somewhere very dark and isolated for a very long time. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead/351203/46 "2006-04-05T15:46:10Z")
Dick Cheney’s lair? Can’t get much darker or more isolated. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead/351203/47 "2006-04-05T17:10:41Z")
> [@Malodorous](#): > > Heh, yeah I knew that 😊 I get him and Frist mixed up. It’s a pity more republican representatives don’t make the effort to distinguish themselves from Mr. DeLay in the eyes of the voters. I found today’s statements by Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio) to be _quite_ helpful. > [@](#): > > [Bob Ney](http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/040506/news4.html): > “We are two different people,” > “I am not Tom DeLay.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead/351203.md?page=2)