Actually, those "pesky rules" to which you refer, to which DeLay adhered when he resigned whilst under this ridiculously unfounded and baseless indictment by this rightly described "overzealous prosecutor", are solely the implementation of the Republican Party. Congress does not require a resignation.

Nor, not at all incidentally, does the Democrat Party. So if, for purely hypothetical discussion, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi were to be indicted, she would be allowed by current Donkey Party rules to remain as House Minority Leader.

So once again it is abundantly obvious that liberals never allow the facts to get in the way of a good beating.

Ronnie Earle ran through SEVEN different grand juries in a Herman Melville-esque search for the elusive indictment, finally landing one with a panel that had been sworn in for less than two hours whence they were handed the request.

Standard practice for a District Attorney is to end the effort after the FIRST grand jury declines to indict. For Ronnie Earle to go through seven times that many, including three in the furious final four days in an effort to clean up an indictment Earle filed under a law that was not yet even a law at the time of the 2002 elections, meets my definition of "overzealous prosecutor".

So Rick Perry was, and is, exactly right.

All this "whilst" republicans continue to use too many adverbs.

Think Pelosi wouldn't step down? Gimme a break. Republicans would tar and feather her -- as they would any Democrat who suggested what Perry and KBH are suggesting. This is the same party that drug Clinton threw the Lewinsky nonsense for years on end. Get off your high horse...the shit's coming out both your asses.

Not the point. The point was (and is) that the original post was completely wrong about the facts surrounding DeLay's very temporary departure from the Republican leadership.

The point is, DeLay was forced to step down due to in-House Elephantary rules.

Something to which Minority Leader Pelosi would not be subjected, because the Donkeys do not have similar rules in place.

I wonder why that is?

And since you mentioned the High-Chair President; Bill Clinton was fined $900,000, his law license was suspended, and he was impeached for lying under oath, no small crime for the nation's chief law enforcement officer.

All of this goes way beyond being wishfully and tacitly dismissed as "the Lewinsky nonsense".

And the only reason the investigation went to the calendarial lengths it did was because High-Chair Administration officials, and the Clintons themselves, stonewalled, lied, obfuscated, and destroyed and hid reams of documentary evidence germaine to the many, many ongoing investigations into their serially criminal behavior.

But that is another and separate issue entirely.

Looks like we have a new conservative blog so enamored with our posts that three posts on his blog today are complete transcripts of PD's posts. Aww, that's so sweet. The conservative blogger also calls us classless for our use of swear words. Again, smooches!

When your are defending the most corrupt administration in the history of America since the Teapot Dome Scandal I guess calling us classless is to be expected.

So, cheers, and we can't wait to see what this blog posts when we post about Dick Cheney being the one that apparently told Libby about Valerie Plame. Ooooooo, DRAMA!

It never ceases to amaze me how these College Republican types, trained from infancy, continue to call Democrats criminals and liars. Republican lies have caused 2,000 dead soldiers and an economy that is tanking. There are more poor people than ever before and no one can afford to go to the doctor, Republicans are in charge of everything - the Judiciary, Congress and the Executive office. You have lied to, cheated and stolen from the people who are willing to give the most to this country. Americans are on to you, especially Texans. You are all going down, and it is fun to watch.

Number of indictments coming from the Fitzgerald investigation?

Zero. So fret not regarding your friend Dick Cheney and his future residential status. There is no drama, or there, there.

I am "enamored" with this website because:

(A) It is a slow news day.

and

(B) Liberalism on display is always a font for endless reams of comedic material.

I also find it highly improbable that you would be able to find anyone who would classify repeated use of curse words as "regal".

And the next time President Bush is punished and fined for perjury will be the first, which is more than we can say for his predecessor; your Tea Pot Dome Scandal line therefore needs quite a bit of factual work.

Oh, Seton. The Republican rule upon which you so heavily rely was passed in 1993 in an attempt to draw distinction between the high-morals-high-ethics of the Republicans, and the low-morals-low-ethics of the Democrats.

When push came to shove and Republicans suffered from their own ethical lapses, the GOP pushed hard to get the rule changed - and succeeded. Only after public outcry due to their clear hypocrisy was the rule reinstated.

So like someone else said: you'd be wise to get off the high horse - it's a long fall down.

By the way, who says "whence" and "whilst" nowadays? I'm not suggesting there's anything wrong with a well-formed vocabulary, but it makes it seem as though you're pecking away at your keyboard while in a powdered wig and tights.

Just saying.

Again, I am correct. The Republicans have the rule, and the Democrats do not.

I will keep the vocabulary, but I believe the tights chafe, so I have never endeavored.

how do you explain the republicans' attempt to remove the rule once it became clear that it would actually have to be used??

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Because they knew Ismael the Travis County District Attorney was in the process of fabricating indictments.

They wished to clear the decks before Ahab came storming up from below.

And in the process transform DeLay into a ham sandwich.

of course. clears everything right up.

Note to self: when faced with an inevitable logical dilemma, resort to classic literary references.

Second note to self: enforcing self-applied rules is not necessary unless surrounding facts meet my approval.

Note to FBW: I am not questioning DeLay's adherence to the rule, i am questioning the Democrats lacking same.

Note to self: You have to remember that liberals are incapable of either reading for content retention or mainting a coherent, consistent train of thought.

Seton Motley likes taking it up the ass for this administration.

Excellent point well stated.