Unbelievable Tom Delay quote.

[Drewskie]

This from the latest Johnathan Alter article:

"A couple of years ago, Tom DeLay was chomping on a cigar at a Washington restaurant with some lobbyists. The manager went over to tell him he couldn't smoke because the restaurant was located on property leased from the federal government, which bars smoking. "I am the federal government," DeLay replied, in words that will follow the onetime exterminator from Sugar Land, Texas, like ants at a picnic."

You can read the rest here. A good read as always from one of my favorite columnists.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7614140/site/newsweek/

[bryant69]

1. Man

Now I can see why Norquist said that he wants the shrink the Federal Government so he can drown it in a bathtub.

Bryant
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[politicaholic]

2. In the words of Homer Simpson...

"No comeuppance I tells ya, NO COMEUPPANCE!"

[Freedom_from_Chains]

3. Tom demonstrates he is an arrogant dickhead

What's unbelievable about that?

[DemoTex]

4. "L‘Etat c‘est moi." Louis XIV

Louis XIV died of gangrene in 1715.

[Predator Saint]

5. Judge Dredd joke

Is it too late to photoshop Tom Delay as Judge Dredd saying "I *am* the law" or "I *am* the Federal Gov't"?

[newyawker99]

9. Hi Predator Saint!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[carnie_sf]

6. Offering further proof

of what a pompous ass he is.

[LdyGuique]

7. The article must be read to be appreciated

Jonathan Alter makes a good case for leaving DeLay in office and then let him drag the entire republican party down with him at the 2006 elections. Some repuglicans will have to scramble to distance themselves away from his policies, and might even allow for some Democrat-sponsored amendments to pass, etc.

DeLay's autocratic and extreme politics make a stench that will waft all across American, causing many of the republican moderates to bolt their party or to select more moderate party candidates during primaries.

[Drewskie]

8. Yes

Indeed, the quote itself is rich, but the article consumed as a whole far better of course. I like Newsweek.

If Delay was to step down now, his foul reek might be forgotten by 2006. That is the danger and gist of the article.