DeLay De-Frocked

DeLay Is Quitting Race and House, Officials Report

NYT By CARL HULSE Published: April 4, 2006

WASHINGTON, April 3 — Representative Tom DeLay, the relentless Texan who helped lead House Republicans to power but became ensnared in a corruption scandal, has decided to leave Congress, House officials said Monday night.

Let's hope Scanlon, Rudy and (born again orthodox Jew) Abramoff get the bastard slammed up.

NEWS UPDATE 5/4/06

De Lay provided a videotaped report ...excerpt

"So today, I am announcing my intention to resign my seat in the House. I will make that resignation effective sometime before mid-June, but largely dependent on the congressional calendar. I plan to begin focusing on the next phase of my life as a private citizen....

I have no fear whatsoever about any investigation into me or my personal or professional activities.

As one of my colleagues in the House leadership astutely observed a while back, the wheels of justice turn much more slowly than the wheels of allegation.

I will be quite content to be judged when the passage of time has provided both all of the facts and a greater sense of perspective than is possible for most today."

Sounds full of remorse .. I'll just brush away a tear.