Tom DeLay Watch 04-14-05
By Byron LaMasters
Tom DeLay's House website lists four Great Documents of our Time. Which one does not belong here?
The Magna Carta
The Declaration of Independence
The United States Bill of Rights
The Contract with America
Via the LA Times and the Daily DeLay.
In other Tom DeLay news today, Tom DeLay has joined John Cornyn in making a sort-of-apology-but-not-really for his remarks that the federal judges who failed to reinsert Terri Schiavo's feeding tube would "answer for their behavior". Now, Tom DeLay is stepping a baby step back:
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay apologized Wednesday for threatening retaliation against federal judges involved in the Terri Schiavo case, though he didn't rule out the possibility of seeking their impeachment if that's what the House Judiciary Committee recommends.
"I said something in an inartful way and I shouldn't have said it that way, and I apologize for saying it that way," Mr. DeLay told reporters. But he said that shouldn't preclude Congress from exercising oversight authority when it comes to the courts.
"I believe in an independent judiciary," he said. "We set up the courts. We can unseat the courts. We have the power of the purse."
After Ms. Schiavo died, Mr. DeLay called the federal judges who failed to reinstate her feeding tube "arrogant, out-of-control, unaccountable," and said "the time will come for the men responsible for this to answer for their behavior."
Inartful. I think I have a new favorite word.
Update: Meanwhile, Kos catches DeLay admitting corruption in his interview with the Washington Times.
Posted by Byron LaMasters at April 14, 2005 01:01 PM
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To my disappointment, it turns out 'inartful' really is a word.
Can you really say "I believe in an independent judiciary" and "We set up the courts. We can unseat the courts," in the same paragraph and it still mean something?
I think that if we apply mathematics, which is always a reasonable way to solve what seems to be a paradox...his statements cancel one another out, leaving Mr. Delay nuetral toward the courts, at best.
