Tom DeLay's staffer will hang-up on you...

[Ian David]

If you call and ask, "Come on, it's a little bit fun, isn't it?" his staffer will hang-up on you.

http://tomdelay.house.gov/

You're welcome to try for yourselves.

[WI_DEM]

1. huh?

[Ian David]

4. "Tell me the truth, boys, is this kind of fun?"

Tom Delay, the Republican House majority leader, when talking to three young evacuees in the Astrodome, asked the following: "Tell me the truth, boys, is this kind of fun?" Oh, sure, Tom, it's like a great big Boy Scout Jamboree. Too bad we don't have more hurricanes so underprivileged children can have more fun. Right, Tom?

More:

Did they really say that?
September 19, 2005
http://www.lahontanvalleynews.com/article/20050919/Opinion/109190001

[madeline_con]

21. Lightning wrecked the "Boy Scout Jamboree"...

:evilgrin:

[Extend a Hand]

5. That's what Delay

asked some kids who had evacuated NOLA in the Astrodome.

[highplainsdem]

6. It's a reference to DeLay's idiotic comments to evacuees at the

Astrodome, asking kids there if they were having fun.

[rsdsharp]

7. Hot Tub Tommy

waltzed through the Astrodome a week or so ago, asking kids to admit that being homeless (and possibly orphaned) was kinda fun.

[Geoff R. Casavant]

8. Delay said this

to a couple of children Katrina evacuees in the Astrodome.

[WI_DEM]

17. ok, thanks everybody

[trof]

2. LMAO

:rofl:

[Ian David]

10. It's the same staffer answering all three of his office phones.

Same lady, and she doesn't like me.

[MercutioATC]

3. What's "a little bit of fun"?

I'm confused...

[AllegroRondo]

9. Call and ask for stock advice

"should I sell my stocks yet?"

[Ian David]

11. Anyone know the number for DeLay's home or a direct line? n/t

[Historic NY]

13. Better try Sen Frist on that one...................

seems he has some inside info.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Is he asking kids in the traffic jam "Is it a little bit of fun?"

Are we there yet?

[sakabatou]

14. BWHAHAHA!

[Ian David]

15. I still feel kind of dirty for doing that during a crisis...

but maybe his staffers will get so disgusted with him that they'll blow the whistle on him for something and quit.

[warrens]

16. Bwahahahaha

I'm gonna try that. What a dirtbag he is. Yeah, it must have been a blast to lose your home, nearly drown, then get slapped on a cot in a baseball stadium. God, I hate Repukes.

[spuddonna]

18. "Being stranded in your car as a hurricane approaches is like camping!"

Delay:"Everyone! Come over here to the bus fire and we'll have a sing-along!"

He's such an idiot... Good for you! :)

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

26. Delay is an idiot.

As cold and clueless as Delay is, I could see him treating a tragedy like that bus fire like nothing more than a quasi-campfire, complete with a few rounds of "Kumbaya." :eyes:

Never mind the 24 people who died, of course... :cry:

[Gloria]

19. Domenici's office hung up on me and I only asked "How can you live

with yourselves?" I forget what the issue was, it was a couple of months ago....

[Ian David]

20. DeLay's staffer said she'd report me to the capitol police if I call again

Are any of you guys bugging them too?

Or did I annoy her that much all by myself?

It's not my fault that she answers the phone for all three of his offices.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

24. Tell her you're in a shelter with nothing to do and Uncle Tom suggested

that you have a little fun!

[madeline_con]

22. The issues blur after so many "f" ups.

[peekaloo]

23. LOL!

sweet!

[Ian David]

25. On Monday, we should get a whole bunch of people to call and ask...

if Tom DeLay is willing to admit it's kind of fun.

Normally, I'd feel guilty tying up a government office in a time of crisis, but:

1) I am sure they have a dedicated phoneline for emergencies.

2) I am also sure that Tom DeLay isn't going to be any help in a crisis anyway. What's he going to do? "Make sure we have mercenaries guarding the casinos!"

To be fair, I don't heap my scorn only on the Republicans.

I called Sen. Clinton's office and asked what she's doing to keep violent video games out of the hands of evacuee children.