Tom DeLay was recently on the Today Show with Matt Lauer, and took Lauer to task over the double-standard of the media in it's coverage of Republican, versus Democrat, scandals.
After leading off with a list of Republican scandals, Lauer asked DeLay," We've got two members out of 49 Republican senators in office right now embroiled in controversy. So do we have a party embroiled in scandal or do we have two bad apples?" and DeLay called Lauer out.
DELAY: Well, I hate to say this Matt, but you just showed the problem, the double-standard, and you just participated in it. You listed a whole lot of scandals that involve the Republicans but you didn't mention one Democrat.And perhaps my favorite part of the exchange:LAUER: But you didn't hear me. I also just said do we only have two bad apples or is there a case of an entire party embroiled in scandal?
DELAY: I think in your premise if you had listed all the Democrats that are having problems right now it would have been different. You see the Democrats re-elect the people with their problems; the Republicans kick them out. If you look at what's going on, it's how you handle it as a party and as a political group.
DELAY: No, you started the first question by listing a bunch of Republicans and didn't mention one Democrat.How true. How very, very, very, true. Read the whole thing and watch the video.LAUER: Because we're talking --
DELAY: About the situation that's going on in Washington today and including both Democrats and Republicans. There are scandals that need to be addressed. Republicans address them, Democrats re-elect them.
I loved that quote about Republicans adress them, Democrats re-elect them. Brilliant.
Posted by: steve dennis at August 30, 2007 09:34 PM
steve, that's because the Hammer is a brilliant man. Notice how he's never brought up anymore. It's because nothing will come of the phony charges against him...
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at September 2, 2007 10:25 AM
