:: Running from the Thought Police ::

:: Thursday, November 18, 2004 ::

On Being An Ass

Rep. Tom Delay (R-TX), the current House majority leader, is currently on the fast track to being indicted in some shady deals that went down during the whole Texas redistricting fiasco. The GOP caucus, in yet another show of how they are the party of "moral values," recently voted to change current rules that would force any member to step down from their leadership positions upon being indicted.

Josh Marshall of TalkingPointsMemo is encouraging members of the press and common citizens to call up and ask their GOP congressmen how they voted on the rule. Apparently there've been some interesting responses so far, but as yet no report on how my own Republican congressman, Tim Johnson, voted. Tim claims to be a moderate Republican, but I doubt he strayed from party line on this one. However, just to make sure, I called his Champaign office to find out. The dude who picked up the phone said that I would have to speak with the Congressman's press person - already a sign of spin working, though correct me if I'm wrong - who had just stepped outside for whatever reason. I got forwarded to voicemail and left my name and phone number. Once someone gets back to me, I'll post here.

NOTE: I should read Archpundit more before saying things on state politics - he's got a good summary of the whole deal leading up to the vote.

:: The Squire 2:08 PM :: email this post :: ::
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