Political Quotes

“Tom DeLay, the House Majority Leader, can fashion what to him is a reasonable explanation for each of the ethics questions increasingly being raised against him. 'It's a witch hunt by a Democrat out to destroy him,' DeLay responds. This is the Plain Dealer writing. 'To each of these and far too many more defensive responses, his faithful defenders, especially those who have bathed regularly under the campaign money spigot he controls, shout a loud amen and accuse the Times and Post of mounting a liberal smear campaign. But the ranks of DeLay's defenders shrink almost daily, as they should.' The Republican-leaning Plain Dealer then asks: 'Is the Sugarland sugar daddy the best their party has to offer the Nation in this key leadership post? Can they not find a fellow Republican wise enough to avoid, in terms he might understand, the very appearance of evil? Can't someone open a window and let in a breath of integrity to blow the growing stench out of the people's Chamber?'”