Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, is facing a difficult re-election battle in part because of the smashmouthed redistricting plan he pushed through in Texas, The New York Times reported. What great irony. In an attempt to guarantee a Republican majority, the plan shifted thousands of Democratic voters into districts with large GOP majorities, including DeLay’s. But now that DeLay has fallen from grace, his re-election is no longer a sure thing, and those new Democratic voters could end up helping unseat him.
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That would be a wonderful irony.
Run Ben. Oh that’s right, you’re scared!
Not scared Joe – I don’t live in Texas.
Oh THAT’s right….looking forward to seeing your name on the ballot in KANSAS this November! chortle
How about you Blow Joe?
“Why don’t you run?” seems to be the new talking point for the reactionaries.
Most people can’t run for office for various reasons. However we can all work for people we like.
That’s what I doing.
And btw, Joe, why don’t you enlist?
Bye Bye Delay. He needs to go. Next up that needs to leave! Reid and Pelosi.
Joe Blow enlist? Yeah, right.
I’ve enlisted in the BushCo army that has kicked your butt. Twice. It was a pleasure.
That’s great, Blowhard. Now march your tickled-pink butt down to the local recruiter and serve in the unnecessary war your ilk started.
Rage, do they allow sissies in the army? I don’t think they’ll take him.
The first time, Bush lost the popular vote and the second time he won by the smallest majority ever.
Some thought that Wilson’s re-election margin was smaller, but it wasn’t.
Wow, way to kick ass Joe Blow.
Probably not, XXX. Isn’t it interesting (and I suppose, not surprising) that the most gung-ho war supporters are invariably chickenhawnks?
WE’RE TOO DAMN BUSY TO GO FIGHT IN OUR WARS! BESIDES, WE ARE TOO IMPORTANT.
Rage, my own personal experience is, being shot at gives you a whole different philosophy about war. It’s not about parades and medals and high-sounding speeches. It’s about a young American watching his life blood drain into the soil of some God-forsaken hell hole far from family and home.
I was aware that you were a vet, XXX. For my part, I’ve only dodged a handful of bullets stateside (and badly-aimed bullets, at that). That’s trivial by comparison.
However, I’ve had numerous friends and relatives who’ve fought in conflicts going back to WWII and. . . I’ve listened.
I’m not about to send others into that living hell unless there’s a DAMN good reason.
Rage, you mean finishing the crusades, controling oil and perpetual re-election aren’t DAMN good reasons? You must not be from Kansas.
joejerk is the typical republikan chicken$h!t (call it like it is!) When it comes to sending some one or their children to a foreign country to die they are all for it. Tell them to put their money where their mouth is and they put their tail between their legs and run. But don’t take our resident reject as the only example when all you have to do is look at the current administration. How many deferments did Rove and Cheney have? How many strings did daddy bush pull to get baby boy bushie from risking his precious posterior? Keep talking big pukes; we know it is intended to make up for your lack of size elsewhere.
I’ve often wondered what would have happened if we’d spent the billions that have gone down the war rathole to improve the lives of the people we’re trying to kill. We could have bought Iraq for the money we’ve spent destroying it. We could have paid off enough Iraqi generals and politicos to have had THEM overthrow Saddam.
Why not sho them the REAL American way?
Awesome idea, XXX. Wish we woulda done it. . .
Farmgrrl: Born and raised here. Go figure. But my family came from that evil Liberal California–oh, wait, they gave us Nixon and Reagan, didn’t they? Never mind.