# Just fuck you, Tom Delay

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fuck-you-tom-delay/561824>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 24, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fuck-you-tom-delay/561824 "2010-11-24T23:18:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fuck-you-tom-delay/561824/101 "2013-09-19T18:09:58Z")

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> [@Shodan](#):
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> First Zimmerman, now Delay. What are the courts coming to, with all this pesky nonsense about “evidence”?

The problem is people who’ve already made up their mind and choose to only accept evidence that supports their belief.

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fuck-you-tom-delay/561824/102 "2013-09-19T19:25:52Z")

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> [@Rhythmdvl](#):
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> [Per the WaPost:](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/09/19/tom-delay-conviction-overturned-by-texas-court/)
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> Repugnant, anti-democracy comicbook villain walks free.

So, how long before he announces he’s running for Congress again? You know if he does this, he’s going to take his acquittal and play martyr card to the fullest.

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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fuck-you-tom-delay/561824/103 "2013-09-19T19:44:16Z")

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Too moderate for today’s Republican Party.

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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fuck-you-tom-delay/561824/104 "2013-09-20T15:40:31Z")

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> [@Rhythmdvl](#):
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> [Per the WaPost:](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/09/19/tom-delay-conviction-overturned-by-texas-court/)  
> Repugnant, anti-democracy comicbook villain walks free.

No, innocent person has bogus conviction overturned.

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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fuck-you-tom-delay/561824/105 "2013-09-20T15:45:11Z")

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We’ve talked about this,\*\* Clothahump\*\*. Tequila and bongwater is not for the weak.

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