Shouldn't We Try Him Before We Hang Him???

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Shouldn’t we try him before we hang him?

The MSM (Main Stream Media) is yammering at the heels of the Congressman from Texas, Tom Delay. The leftist journals are taking pot shots at, arguably, the most effective Republican in the entire Congress, both Houses. If they can bag him, it will indeed be a coup.

The charges are that he has taken too many “free” trips at the expense of Big Business.

No kidding???

Take a look at the (literally) hundreds of “like” trips taken by the Democrats in Congress. All paid for by Big Business. Oftimes, the SAME Big Businesses. This charge is pure hogwash!

As to having one’s family on the government’s dole, or financially feeding from the government trough, well, it is common practice throughout the hallowed halls in Washington, DC.

Come on “lefties”, if you’re going after the man, find something he’s done wrong, or illegal, or unethical. But this “stuff” is pure finger pointing of the juvenile type.

Now… having said all the above, if Mr. Delay has broken the law, or the rules of the Congress, he should be disciplined. But, first, find out what he’s done, if anything. The media lynch mob is beneath even the yellowiest of left wing rags.

And another thing… where are his Republican defenders??? Once again, I am given an opportunity to be ashamed of my Party, as it’s leaders head for the tall grass. Their cowardice in the face of “bad press” is disheartening, to say the least. It will be remembered.

Look, those of us who toiled on the frontlines for forty years, in the political wilderness, knew what we were fighting for then, and we have not forgotten. We won a Congress, and a Presidency, just to get those things done. We sent the sorry lot of Republicans to DC to change some things… some specific things, and the folks we sent have serious back problems. Spinelessness! It is shameful!

So, suck it up Republicans! Forge ahead! Get the job done. Or, come home!

Your Obedient Servant,

“Longstreet”