posted on April 4, 2006 05:40:10 AM new
Embattled DeLay Quitting Congress
Indicted Republican Blames 'Liberal Democrats'
By DAVID ESPO, AP
WASHINGTON (April 4) - Succumbing to scandal, former Majority Leader Tom Delay intends to resign from Congress within weeks, closing out a career that blended unflinching conservatism with a bare-knuckled political style.
DeLay is scheduled to appear on Fox News Channel Tuesday morning at 9 a.m. ET.
Republican officials said Monday night they expect the Texan to quit his seat later this spring. He was first elected in 1984, and conceded he faced a difficult race for re-election.
"He has served our nation with integrity and honor," said Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, who succeeded DeLay in his leadership post earlier this year.
But Democrats said the developments marked more than the end to one man's career in Congress.
"Tom DeLay's decision to leave Congress is just the latest piece of evidence that the Republican Party is a party in disarray, a party out of ideas and out of energy," said Bill Burton, a spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
DeLAY SAYS,LIBERAL DEMOCRATS TO BLAME. LOL. HEY PIGGY DeLAY YOU BROUGHT IT ON YOURSELF YA CROOKED PHONY BASTARD.
DeLay ALSO SAYS,PRAISE THE LORD LOUDLY then pass the crooked money quietly.
Watch for several more G.O.P. PIGGIES facing money charges by this summer.
