Hyde says he will retire in 2006

[RetroLounge]

Rep. Henry Hyde, the Illinois Republican who steered the impeachment proceedings against President Clinton and championed government restrictions on the funding of abortions during a decades-long House career, announced Monday that he will retire when his terms ends in 2006.

Hyde, 81, who serves as chairman of the House International Relations Committee, was first elected in 1974 from his Bensenville district near O'Hare International Airport.

"Together we have a litany of accomplishments of which we can be proud, including protecting the lives of the defenseless unborn; bettering the lives of the elderly; supporting and assisting the developmentally disabled; strengthening education; improving infrastructure in our district and our state; protecting our homeland; and helping to preserve freedom,'' Hyde wrote in the announcement on his Web site.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-050418hyde,1,951858.story?coll=chi-news-hed

Good riddance to bad rubbish...

RL

[sasquatch]

1. That should be one more seat for our side if the DLCers don't fuck it up!

:thumbsup:

[FredScuttle]

2. "litany of accomplishments"? Here now, the Henry Hyde Legacy

http://www.salon.com/news/1998/09/cov_16newsb.html

[stevedeshazer]

9. You think like I do, Fred.

:thumbsup:

[FredScuttle]

11. He's a self-important gasbag, a blowhard for the ages

Our republic will be better for the absence of his self-righteous bullshit.

[sonias]

3. I'll second that good riddance to bad rubbish

Does Obama have any brothers or sisters?

Sonia

[tritsofme]

4. Cegelis got 44% of the vote in 2004 in this district

against a giant like Hyde.

If we really put a lot of resources this district is winnable.

[AlCzervik]

5. retire through the revolving door no doubt

I'm sure he'll be sitting on a board of a righty stink tank and a defense company.

[RetroLounge]

8. Well, he's 81.

He'll kick off before he can do too much damage..

RL

[AlCzervik]

10. these bastards outlive a lot of us, look at Strom

[sasquatch]

14. Actually that was a lot like "Weekend at Bernies"

They didn't want to lose the seat because the SC governor at the time was a Dem. Although if they let him go when he should've they would've just got a pink tutu democrat instead.

[Straight Shooter]

13. Stink tank, LOL!

Good one. :thumbsup:

[calimary]

16. Stink tank! LOVE it! And it sure does fit (applicable to both think tanks

AND hyde).

Good riddance, henry-the-'hole. You make the Pharisees look like angels. But I doubt it'll be angels your soul will be fraternizing with.

Hell is for hypocrites. When Our Lord referred to those "who are without sin" who can throw the first stone, He may well have had YOU in mind, henry.

[malmapus]

6. jeez I didn't know this creep still had a seat!!

oiy!

[stevedeshazer]

7. Excellent news.

One more retired hypocrite. :applause:

His litany of accomplishments?

"Together we have a litany of accomplishments of which we can be proud, including protecting the lives of the defenseless unborn; bettering the lives of the elderly; supporting and assisting the developmentally disabled; strengthening education; improving infrastructure in our district and our state; protecting our homeland; and helping to preserve freedom..."

EVERY ONE of these claims is false.

[NEOBuckeye]

12. Don't let the door hit you on your way out, Henry Hypocrite

:eyes: :puke:

[Hand]

30. Huh? Why not?

I'd love to see the old son of a bitch take a header down the Capitol steps--especially if he broke his pelvis on the way.
:popcorn:

(Sigh.) I guess I'm going to hell for this.

:spank:

[deadparrot]

15. So...any possible replacements?

Illinois DUers? Any ideas? :)

[renaissanceguy]

20. Anyone as long as the pukes nominate Alan Keyes.

We could even run a communist against him and win!


http://www.cafepress.com/liberalissues.14744291

[deadparrot]

23. Is that the rumor?

If it's true, that's excellent news. :)

[Cadfael]

27. Christine Cegelis

She got 44.2% of the district last time, she's already raising money for the next run...

http://www.partyhostcenter.com/cegelisforcongress/

http://www.cegelisforcongress.com/

[NYC]

17. Good riddance.

[Skittles]

18. f***ing asshole

pPiece of shit

[napi21]

19. GREAT! I hope he has a lot of fellow Pubs follow his lead!

I can just seen the RNC doing back flips over the open seats they ahve to try to cover!!!!!

[Kurovski]

21. 30 years too late.

What an execrable human being.

I'll never forget hearing him decry intellectuals on the floor of the senate.

Screw "Godwin's law", Hyde sounded like a Nazi as he attempted to overthrow a duly-elected president that day.

Hyde, a man with a brilliant mind decrying intellectuals, Hyde, a married man who broke up a family that included three young children, decrying a man for doing far less.

Farewell to the ragged old fool, the filthy old hypocritical failure.

[sendero]

22. Henry "youthful indiscretion" Hyde?

Hypocrite is thy name. Don't think we'll ever forget you sorry asshat.

[Kurovski]

24. Don't let's forget his part in the S&L scandal, either.

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/06/07/hyde/

As far as being a decent American, he is a vast failure.

[dbt]

25. Good. Fucking. RIDDANCE.

The one image of Henry Hyde that will remain with me is THE SMIRK on his sanctimonious face back in '98 when he was trying to convince the country that a blowjob was a Grave Constitutional Crisis. The only person that REALLY seemed to work on was his little ass puppet, A$a Hutchin$on--who very soon began sporting the same SMIRK.

Later--no, NEVER--you sack of shit, you!

[Charon]

26. Hyde

Looks like a good opportunity to pick up a House seat.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

28. G-D POS SOB spoke here about 15 years ago and

we're still trying to get the oil out of the carpet and the stink out of the air.
The worst part of this, if the Sunday Trib and today's Herald are any indication, is how we're going to be subjected to fawning, kiss-ass tributes to this slimey, youthfully indiscreet bloated pustule from now until January 07.

[dbt]

29. Greetings Gidney N Cloyd!

Welcome to DU--and beware the Scrooch Guns!

[Hand]

31. Welcome to DU, Gidney N Cloyd!

GREAT user name! Takes me back years! Um, make that decades...
:hi: