Tom DeLay says Iraq is like Houston

[quaoar]

Looks like I won't be traveling to Houston any time soon.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3235606

DeLay uses Houston to make point about Iraq news coverage

Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON - When House Majority Leader Tom DeLay sat down with reporters on Tuesday on Capitol Hill, he was asked to assess President Bush's campaign in Iraq and to respond to criticism that the military mission is not going well and the White House needs to develop an exit strategy.

DeLay offered this response: "These things take time and they take a long time, and some people get weary of the constant barrage that we see in the media.

"You know, if Houston, Texas, was held to the same standard as Iraq is held to, nobody'd go to Houston, because all this reporting coming out of the local press in Houston is violence, murders, robberies, deaths on the highways," DeLay said.

"And if you took that as the image of what is a great city that has an incredible quality of life and an incredible economy, it's amazing to me. Go to Iraq. And see what's actually happening there.

"Everybody that comes from Iraq is amazed at the difference of what they see on the ground and what they see on the television set."

[OneTwentyoNine]

1. I have cousins in Houston,I DEMAND an Apology....NOW!! n/t

[HockeyMom]

2. This and the gay Vets statements

should have people beating down the doors to move to Texas.

[ComerPerro]

7. No kidding. Who does he think he is, trashing his home state like that?

He should apologize to the people of Houston, and of Texas!

[Richardo]

3. Yeah. All we hear about here in Houston are car bombs at the Galleria

...and insurgents on the Sam Houston tollway. Couldn't get to work this morning because of all the Bradleys on Hwy 290. Plus the electricity goes out every 40 minutes and all the water treatment plants have been sabotaged.

Yeah, it's EXACTLY like Baghdad, Tom. :dunce:

[quaoar]

8. I hope you have

one of those armored Humvees.

[Nikki Stone 1]

10. ROTFLMAO!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[iwantmycountryback]

11. LMAO

Great post Richardo. :rofl: Delay is such a buffoon, hopefully Nick Lampson kicks his ass.

[neweurope]

4. Americans who go to Iraq never leave the green zone.

The green zone is paradise for the US colonialists. TV shows pictures from outside the green zone. And DeLay must know this. What a bunch of lying ***


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Remember Fallujah

Bush to The Hague!

[cdb]

5. Lets get some HappyNews from Iraq

You know, the news should devote a whole happy section on Iraq... home decorating, recipe tips, fashion...and all the positive upbeat stuff thats going on, maybe a story about the WalMarts they plan on building on the military bases, or creative ways to decorate what's left of your home....

[neweurope]

9. It's a bitter laugh we laugh these times...

"creative ways to decorate what's left of your home". Gave me a good grin :)

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Remember Fallujah

Bush to The Hague!

[ComerPerro]

6. And Texas was also run by a murderous madman, a butcher.

As recently as 5 years ago.

[Contrary1]

12. Then maybe the Nitwit Son

should buy a "ranch" in Iraq and move there with Pickles and Condi.