The 10 Most Idiotic Statements Ever Spoken by Tom DeLay

10 Things Tom DeLay Actually Said:
1) "So many minority youths had volunteered that there was literally no room for patriotic folks like myself."
-Tom DeLay, explaining at the 1988 GOP convention why he and vice presidential nominee Dan Quayle did not fight in the Vietnam War

2) "Now tell me the truth boys, is this kind of fun?"
-Tom Delay, to three young hurricane evacuees from New Orleans at the Astrodome in Houston, Sept. 9, 2005

3) "I AM the federal government."
-Tom DeLay, to the owner of Ruth's Chris Steak House, after being told to put out his cigar because of federal government regulations banning smoking in the building, May 14, 2003

4) "We're no longer a superpower. We're a super-duper power."
-Tom DeLay, explaining why America must topple Saddam Hussein in 2002 interview with Fox News

5) "Nothing is more important in the face of a war than cutting taxes."
-Tom DeLay, March 12, 2003

6) "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."
-Tom DeLay, on causes of the Columbine High School massacre, 1999

7) "A woman can take care of the family. It takes a man to provide structure. To provide stability. Not that a woman can't provide stability, I'm not saying that... It does take a father, though."
-Tom DeLay, in a radio interview, Feb. 10, 2004

8) "I don't believe there is a separation of church and state. I think the Constitution is very clear. The only separation is that there will not be a government church."
-Tom DeLay

9) "Emotional appeals about working families trying to get by on $4.25 an hour are hard to resist. Fortunately, such families do not exist."
-Tom DeLay, during a debate in Congress on increasing the minimum wage, April 23, 1996

10) "I am not a federal employee. I am a constitutional officer. My job is the Constitution of the United States, I am not a government employee. I am in the Constitution."
-Tom DeLay, in a CNN interview, Dec. 19, 1995

"So many minority youths had volunteered that there was literally no room for patriotic folks like myself."

Its almost comedic.

So its like a TRIPLE stupid comment! Woah! How does he fit that much stupidity in to so few words?

I just don't want to bore our dear DU crowd here with ALL his inane BS. :-)

"No government church" means separation of church and state! What the hell else could it mean?

"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."

That was by far one of the most insane comments from him.

I'd like to hear that explained.

taking birth control pills causes youth violence - is this guy for real? This congressman was chosen as the GOP Majority Whip? Stunning!!

What a total a**hole! :mad:

He has *no* ideas where it is.

Stunning. It is hard to believe this guy made it beyond grade school.

The frightening thing is that this list could grow and grow. Feel free to add your favorite quotes. :-)

Gads, how could they allow him to shepherd them through decision-making? I know! Money talks and *sh*t walks, they said.

This should really be a clue as to what the rest of the GOP is thinking by choosing such a "moran" as their leader. Serves them right.

One would be hard-pressed to put together a group of more moranish political figures.

And we've seen what * can do with the English language.

Hey! You've almost reached 1,000 posts! :toast:

Working mothers, daycare, birth control and the teaching of evolution are the cause of juvenile violence?
How does someone this fucken stoopit get elected?

They join the repuglican party and espouse the holier-than-thou agenda.

He's behind 49-43 to a generic Democrat in a recent CNN poll

My bet is that he will withdrawal from that race in a few months.

LOL

And who in hell are these 43%? I just don't get it.

What is scary is that there are so many more just as bad as this.

That someone this dim-witted was in a position of such power....

:scared:

I read somewhere that polls of young moviegoers coming out of George Clooney's move "Good Night and Good Luck" showed that they liked the acting, except by the guy who played Sen. Joseph McCarthy.

The consensus was that that role was over-acted.

Of course, it was newsreel footage of the real Sen. McCarthy!

"the time will come for the men responsible for this to answer for their behavior." He later said in front of television cameras that he wants to "look at an arrogant, out-of-control, unaccountable judiciary that thumbed their nose at Congress and the president."


Majority Leader Asks House Panel to Review Judges


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"Sometimes I get a little more passionate," Mr. DeLay said, "particularly during the moment and the day that Terri Schiavo was starved to death. Emotions were flowing."

"I said something in an inartful way," he added, "and I shouldn't have said it that way, and I apologize. I apologize for saying it that way. It was taken wrong, and I didn't explain or clarify my remarks as I'm clarifying them here."

Mr. DeLay was not specific about what legislative changes, if any, he would like to see emerge from the Judiciary Committee's review. But in announcing that he had asked Representative F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., a Wisconsin Republican and the committee chairman, to examine the actions of federal judges in the Schiavo case, Mr. DeLay said the House had previously passed legislation limiting the jurisdiction of the courts and breaking up the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, a bill that died in the Senate.

"We set the jurisdiction of the courts," Mr. DeLay said. "We set up the courts. We can unset the courts." More...

http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/37/10349

I hope the judges throw the book at Tom.

I just don't understand how someone so ignorant of the laws of our land has managed to not only get elected, but has somehow managed to become the leader of the House. Scary!

Congress will be delayed in January?

So glad to see these scriptwriters were able to find other work.

The first two were so outrageous, I thought it was a parody. Sadly, I was wrong.