hammer time!

"I heard Tom Delay's blood was in the water and the sharks were circling him, but unfortunately, it turned out to be a metaphor" (from the Onion)

Tom Delay just doesnt get it, does he? He fucked around with the system, he got caught, and now he's supposed to go home, shut up ("no really, shut up Tom, you know too much"), and get on with the high-paying sinecure postion that always seems to come to politicians who were ousted while their parties were still in power.


But, not for nothing was Tom Delay named the Hammer (as in blunt instrument, as in "dumb as a sack of", as in having indulged so much one cannot think straight). In the kind of move that Texans once reserved for use mostly upon dark-skinned voters, a group of Delay supporters and staff surrounded and disrupted a press conference by the Democratic candidate for Delay's (now abandonned) congressional seat. One old lady was battered a bit, but mostly it was a lot of gratuitous yelling and sign-waving.
This "protest" was organized by DeLay campaign manager Chris Homan, who's e-mail organizing the event reportedly said "Let's give Lampson a parting shot that wrecks his press conference".

But why?

Just exactly what is Tom Delay up to? He says he's going to resign, but not till summer. Governor Rick "Rentboy" Perry has said he wont call a special election to replace Delay, leaving Sugarland without representation until next January. And Delay's people are engaging in a Boss-style bit of political thuggery that would never get in the same four-block area as a Bush press-conference, let alone within his sight (or in his face) (One wonders if this kind of thing is officially sanctioned White-House policy, and so the BushCorp takes extreme steps to keep it from being used back on them). Delay really does plan to resign, doesnt he? Because this seems like odd behavior for someone who's getting out of the business.

Or is it simply that Tom Delay and his closest staff and supporters, are just simply assholes?

props to Glenda for the story tip.

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And now, because I spent a good 15-20 precious minutes of my life seaching Google Images, I will share a few Delay things with you...

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