# Tom DeLay, the American people await your retraction **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 22, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-delay-the-american-people-await-your-retraction/220495 "2003-12-22T19:16:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-delay-the-american-people-await-your-retraction/220495/21 "2003-12-23T00:39:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elucidator \* > \*\* > Say, did you hear that one about how he tried to set up a luxury hotel boat for Republicans at the convention? And set up a charity front (for crippled children, IIRC) so that contributors could claim a tax break for charitable purposes? > \*\* :eek: Oh yeah, this is the Pit. Okay, go 'head and tell it. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-delay-the-american-people-await-your-retraction/220495/22 "2003-12-23T00:49:01Z")
The first part of his post (DeLay trying to get a cruise boat for the 2004 Rep Convention, and thereby not-so-subtly offending New Yorkers of all parties) I had heard about. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-delay-the-american-people-await-your-retraction/220495/23 "2003-12-23T01:12:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elucidator \* > \*\*Surely someone will step in and defend Tom DeLay? Are all the Usual Suspects attending the same Satanic rites? \*\* I don’t think there’s any good way to defend him. He said things that were patently untrue. Why he said them is a topic for discussion (liar vs. dolt), but he did say them and will have to suffer the consequences, if any. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-delay-the-american-people-await-your-retraction/220495/24 "2003-12-23T01:30:59Z")
> [@](#): > > Oh yeah, this is the Pit. > > Okay, go 'head and tell it. [DeLay charity draws complaints](http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/nation/7421018.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-delay-the-american-people-await-your-retraction/220495/25 "2003-12-23T01:32:10Z")
Here’s the charity Delay’s mixed in with the convention and boat deal: [DeLay to IRS: Kids charity OK](http://www.hillnews.com/news/121003/delay.aspx) > [@](#): > > Three groups have asked the IRS to deny DeLay’s new organization tax-exempt status on grounds that it is an effort to evade a ban on soft-money fundraising by federal officeholders. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-delay-the-american-people-await-your-retraction/220495/26 "2003-12-23T01:55:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elucidator \* > I remain convinced that Tom DeLay is, in fact, a corpse, reanimated every morning with a massive infusion of methamphetamine and the application of cardiac paddles. Funny, I’ve thought the same thing about Bud Selig. Aaaack! Maybe they’ve got a secret lab tucked away, where they’re re-animating the Republicundead Army! _Run away!! Run away!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-delay-the-american-people-await-your-retraction/220495/27 "2003-12-23T02:01:15Z")
Oh yeah, the boat guy!! All them southern guys look alike to me. At first I thought, oh well, maybe he’s trying to save money for the poorer delegates by having them double up on a nice ship down at Pier 88. But it turns out that the ship would be MORE expensive per capita than even NY hotel rooms, and his hidden motive was so that the delegates wouldn’t have to roam the nasty streets of the city among the mostly Democrats and homersexuals and unAmericans and all. The scheme didn’t get very far and the few New Yorkers who heard about it were pretty mad, and to their credit much of the Republicans I know and the party’s top brass were embarrassed by it. Verily, Republicans walk the very same streets with everyone else in the safest big city in America. The Repub mayor (OK, he switched to run for office but still) was not a happy camper. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-delay-the-american-people-await-your-retraction/220495/28 "2003-12-23T02:12:05Z")
> [@](#): > > If our country is ever to make progress in stopping these evildoers, we had first better rid ourselves of the dead weight in our government who don’t take terrorism seriously. Tom DeLay, you dishonest partisan horsecock, you clearly find Democrats more of a threat to your well-being than Al Qaeda. You, Mr. Fuckface DeLay, ought to be the first of the dead weight to be kicked out on your ear, because you clearly have no sense of the state of our national security. Fuck you. Unfortunately, since the Republican-dominated Texas legislature (at the behest of the aforementioned Rep. DeLay) decided to “redraw”(i.e., gerrymander) the Texas congressional district map after only two years, this is unlikely. Unless the courts throw out the plan, were probably going to get more of His Satanic Majesty, Tom DeLay, and some new DeLay-clones in the next few elections. > [@](#): > > He takes on the French in the article too. The guy really is an idiot. > [@](#): > > …DeLay trying to get a cruise boat for the 2004 Rep Convention, and thereby not-so-subtly offending New Yorkers of all parties DeLay may be an “idiot” but he’s a smart. By insulting the French, he knows that he can solidify support among the “Bubbas” in his district who distrust those decadent “durn furriners” with their socialistic governments. As for offending New Yorkers with GOP “Love Boat” cruise, I don’t think it hurts in Texas if you do something that pisses off a few Yankees. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-delay-the-american-people-await-your-retraction/220495/29 "2003-12-23T02:12:05Z")
> [@](#): > > If our country is ever to make progress in stopping these evildoers, we had first better rid ourselves of the dead weight in our government who don’t take terrorism seriously. Tom DeLay, you dishonest partisan horsecock, you clearly find Democrats more of a threat to your well-being than Al Qaeda. You, Mr. Fuckface DeLay, ought to be the first of the dead weight to be kicked out on your ear, because you clearly have no sense of the state of our national security. Fuck you. Unfortunately, since the Republican-dominated Texas legislature (at the behest of the aforementioned Rep. DeLay) decided to “redraw”(i.e., gerrymander) the Texas congressional district map after only two years, this is unlikely. Unless the courts throw out the plan, were probably going to get more of His Satanic Majesty, Tom DeLay, and some new DeLay-clones in the next few elections. > [@](#): > > He takes on the French in the article too. The guy really is an idiot. > [@](#): > > …DeLay trying to get a cruise boat for the 2004 Rep Convention, and thereby not-so-subtly offending New Yorkers of all parties DeLay may be an “idiot” but he’s a smart. By insulting the French, he knows that he can solidify support among the “Bubbas” in his district who distrust those decadent “durn furriners” with their socialistic governments. As for offending New Yorkers with GOP “Love Boat” cruise, I don’t think it hurts in Texas if you do something that pisses off a few Yankees. ---
**Author:** ![pantom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/34f0e0/32.png) [@pantom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pantom)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-delay-the-american-people-await-your-retraction/220495/30 "2003-12-23T02:40:15Z")
**Uncle Beer** : doubtlessly **World Eater** had thrown a corn flake in the bottle, so he could have it for breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![St.Urho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@St.Urho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Urho)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-delay-the-american-people-await-your-retraction/220495/31 "2003-12-23T02:57:46Z")
This > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Elucidator_ > Mr. DeLay (R, Undead) is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a long time. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-delay-the-american-people-await-your-retraction/220495/32 "2003-12-23T03:58:34Z")
And, to top things off, DeLay’s relatives have committed a federal crime by [assaulting](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/031208/ids_photos_ts/r2757004867.jpg) the President. Have they no shame? ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-delay-the-american-people-await-your-retraction/220495/33 "2003-12-23T16:06:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NDP \* > \*\*Unfortunately, since the Republican-dominated Texas legislature (at the behest of the aforementioned Rep. DeLay) decided to “redraw”(i.e., gerrymander) the Texas congressional district map after only two years, this is unlikely. Unless the courts throw out the plan, were probably going to get more of His Satanic Majesty, Tom DeLay, and some new DeLay-clones in the next few elections. > \*\* This is where things get interesting. The states of Illinois and New Mexico are both considering doing gerrymanders of their own in retaliation. If they do this, one of the two New Mexico House Republicans and several of the (11?) Illinois House Republican could end up losing their seats. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-delay-the-american-people-await-your-retraction/220495/34 "2003-12-23T16:18:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ravenman \* > \*\*And, to top things off, DeLay’s relatives have committed a federal crime by [assaulting](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/031208/ids_photos_ts/r2757004867.jpg) the President. Have they no shame? \*\* Aw come on! The kid was obviously just looking for candy and had heard that W used to keep his in his nose. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-delay-the-american-people-await-your-retraction/220495/35 "2003-12-23T16:22:28Z")
Aaaaarrrrgh! Drag him out and shoot him, I’ll swear out the warrant later. ---
**Author:** ![Lucki\_Chaarms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lucki\_Chaarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucki_Chaarms)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-delay-the-american-people-await-your-retraction/220495/36 "2003-12-23T16:33:48Z")
**Otto** - I just laughed homemade tortilla soup through my nose. _Very spicy_ homemade tortilla soup. Ouch. Did anyone else looking at that picture thing “bad touch”? LC ---
**Author:** ![Lucki\_Chaarms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lucki\_Chaarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucki_Chaarms)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-delay-the-american-people-await-your-retraction/220495/37 "2003-12-23T16:42:01Z")
err, **think** “bad touch” ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-delay-the-american-people-await-your-retraction/220495/38 "2003-12-24T06:50:56Z")
Does anyone from Delay’s Congressional district even read The Straight Dope? If so, would they care to defend him? Anyone? Anyone?😕 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-delay-the-american-people-await-your-retraction/220495.md?page=1)