Musings from left edge...

I'm going to start out with Tom DeLay. This guy just keeps opening his mouth and dropping gems right into my lap. Though if he reaches down to pick them up, I'm suing him for sexual harrasment. Anyhow, try this one on for size, from an AP article:

However, DeLay has called repeatedly for the House to find a way to hold the federal judiciary accountable for its decisions. “The judiciary has become so activist and so isolated from the American people that it’s our job to do that,” he said.

The judiciary is isolated from the American people? The flip side of this that the journalists should have thrown back at him was, "Is it possible that the American people have become isolated from the founding principles of the nation?" Judges are schooled in the law... they spend many hours studying the Constitution and case law. The American people do not. I'm gonna trust the judge before I go with the opinion of the guy sitting next to me, no matter how many "support the troops" bumper stickers he has on his F-150.

Where was Tom DeLay when the Supreme Court stopped the 2000 recount? I'm not sour over that. I didn't call for the political heads of the judges involved. What Tom DeLay is revealing is a contempt for any constraints on Congressional power, and that's much more scary than his ethics problems. To publicly call out a Supreme Court justice like he recently did smacks of arrogance and a disrespect for the founding principles of the nation.

Hopefully DeLay will be handed his balls on a platter this year for his shady dealings. His rhetoric is nothing short of ridiculous and I hope that other members of his party see this and don't try to emulate it. I get the feeling that the Republicans are more than ready to devour their own, however, if he continues to slip up. This guy may call himself a conservative, but he's single handedly trying to fuck every American citizen... just not with his pasty-white trouser snake. He's trying to mind fuck you, and that can be just as dangerous as an STD.

It's exhausting to write about assholes, but it also leaves one feeling pretty content.