DeLay vows to take name off Texas ballot

[Gman]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Majority Leader Tom DeLay said Tuesday he is taking the necessary steps to remove his name from the November ballot, giving his party a chance to field a write-in candidate in hopes of holding the House seat.

Buffeted by scandal, DeLay said his June 9 resignation from Congress was "irrevocable" and maintained that he's no longer a Texan.

"As a Virginia resident, I will take the actions necessary to remove my name from the Texas ballot. To do anything else would be hypocrisy," DeLay said in a statement.

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[John Q. Citizen]

1. Like hypocrisy isn't his middle name or something....

[panader0]

2. In other words. "I don't want my campaign contributions taken away!"

Or accounted for.

[Vincardog]

Actually they will be used in his "Defense Fund"

[Vincardog]

3. Good let all the republiCANTS vote for Mickey Mouse.

[Turn CO Blue]

11. Awwww! But, but I wanted them to vote for Daffy Duck! n/t

[MrCoffee]

4. No one likes a quitter, Tom.

[Olney Blue]

5. Tom Hypocrisy DeLay

[Endangered Specie]

6. CUT AND RUN! CUT AND RUN! CUT AND RUN!

:evilgrin:

[Anakin Skywalker]

7. Sorry, Tommy Boy!

It is WRITTEN IN STONE! Hah hah hah!

[niyad]

8. maybe he should have thought of that before he moved to VA and became

a byword for greed and corruption.

[HuffleClaw]

9. 'as a virginia resident' BWHAHAHHAHAHAAAAAa

what a joke. he's the last guy who needs to be talking about hypocrisy. they TRIED to play a little residency game and got CAUGHT.

[texpatriot2004]

10. Didn't 2 Judges say that his name MUST REMAIN on the

ballot? What's this creepy criminal yapping about now?

[quiet.american]

13. That's what I thought. Guess he feels one more indictment won't matter.n/t

[Melissa G]

15. Well, his other option was to withdraw... CUT AND RUN ,like the coward

that he is and withdraw so that Lampson won't officially kick the tarnation out of his little hiney! THAT was his OTHER OPTION and that IS what the WEENIE did...

[Recursion]

16. No, he can always withdraw

The GOP just can't put another name there as their official nominee. Any Republican is still free (assuming he hasn't missed the deadline) to either mount a write-in campaign or possibly even seek to go on the ballot as an independent. This was a question of law so cut and dry that even Scalia couldn't weasel his way out of it. The Republicans in DeLay's district have chosen him as their nominee; you can't un-ring that bell.

[AtomicKitten]

12. Doncha know?

He IS the federal government.

Assclown.

[Maraya1969]

14. Didn't he win some primary and get money to spend for an election

which he is using to spend on his felony charges defense???????????