#tom delay

Tom DeLay Born: April 8, 1947, Laredo, TX Physique: Average Build Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)

Thomas Dale DeLay is an American author and retired politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1985 until 2006. He served as Republican majority whip (1995–2003) and majority leader (2003–06) but resigned from the House in June 2006 in the face of corruption charges. In the House, DeLay rose swiftly through the ranks of the Republican leadership, earning the nickname “The Hammer” for his persistence and for his ability to bring fellow Republicans into line through the use of threats. After leaving Congress, DeLay co-authored, with Stephen Mansfield, a political memoir, No Retreat, No Surrender: One American's Fight. He founded the lobbying firm First Principles, LLC.

Nobel laureate Paul Krugman in the New York Times.

When countries find themselves at war, there is usually a call for shared sacrifice. After 9/11, George W. Bush urged Americans to go shopping.

Running two wars on a credit card (one war that went on too long plus an unjustified war that never should have happened at all) while giving two rounds of tax breaks to the filthy rich, led to the economic collapse of 2008 known as the Great Recession.

So Bush managed to co-mingle his colossal military misadventures with his economic ineptitude.

Dr. Krugman’s NYT colleague David Leonhardt had this to say about Bush’s response to 9/11.

You read that correctly: Bush botched the surrender of the Taliban. Instead, the next Republican president surrendered to the Taliban in a 2020 agreement in Doha.  

Tom DeLay (R) Former United States Representative

I wouldn't mind going back in time, before DeLay became a born-again Christian. To a time where he was known as “Hot Tub Tom”.