Tom Delay aborts ethics

The Washington Post has a good run down on the three rebukes given Tom Delay by the House Ethics Comittee this week. Wouldn't it be nice to see the back end of that clown? Five Republicans and Fice democrats thought so.

To get the full feel of this slime machine, read a couple of pages of his lovely thinking on various issues. Here's one and here's another.

My personal favorite? It's a toss up. Here's an explanation for the war on Iraq you won't hear in tonight's debate. You see, we invaded Iraq because:

"Because the rabid environmentalists felt it was more important to jeopardize the lives of our brave American servicemen than risk the death of a single snail darter. The greenies have led us into the crisis in the Middle East. Not only are they responsible for the huge amount of American dependence on foreign oil, but if an open war develops in the sweltering heat of the Saudi Arabian desert, the tragic result will be on their heads."

Yeah, that's it. The environmentalists are starving the American economy, forcing us to scavenge the world in ever widening circles for our life's blood, blood I tell you, that is our oil. We must drink! Lead us to the magic well. Damn you Greenies! Curse you all!

Or perhaps your cup of cyanide tea is Mr. Delay's enlightened take on the Columbine High School massacre:

"Guns have little or nothing to do with juvenile violence. The causes of youth violence are working parents who put their kids into daycare, the teaching of evolution in the schools, and working mothers who take birth control pills."

In a later comment, Mr. Delay added that working fathers who had vasectomies were responsible for the aids crisis. He later killed a puppy for the fun of it. Ok that last bit's a lie. But honestly, how can you tell?