Thursday, April 07, 2005
Trouble dogs house leader
Like Icarus, house majority leader Tom Delay--buoyed by his own ego trip and power rush--finally flew too close to the sun, singeing his wings and beginning his precipitous fall.
Like the majority of the Christian right, Delay peppers his speeches with talk of God and morality, but his actions show him to be ethically challenged. Here are a few highlights from _The Guardian_ regarding his financial misconduct:
"Yesterday the New York Times reported that Mr DeLay's wife and daughter had been paid more than $500,000 by his re-election campaign since 2001 for their work as organisers and fundraisers.
Meanwhile the Washington Post carried details of a 1997 trip to Moscow by Mr DeLay paid for by a Bahamian firm engaged in lobbying for Russian business interests.
Mr DeLay is barred by congressional ethics rules from accepting paid travel from lobbyists or foreigners.
It is the third of his trips to fall under scrutiny. Last month it was reported that he had a $70,000 visit to London and Scotland paid for by a native American tribe and gambling interests, and a $106,921 trip to South Korea in 2001 financed by Korean business."
Delay, nicknamed "The Hammer," is finally getting some well-deserved hammering of his own.
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Trouble dogs house leader
Like the majority of the Christian right, Delay peppers his speeches with talk of God and morality, but his actions show him to be ethically challenged. Here are a few highlights from _The Guardian_ regarding his financial misconduct:
"Yesterday the New York Times reported that Mr DeLay's wife and daughter had been paid more than $500,000 by his re-election campaign since 2001 for their work as organisers and fundraisers.
Meanwhile the Washington Post carried details of a 1997 trip to Moscow by Mr DeLay paid for by a Bahamian firm engaged in lobbying for Russian business interests.
Mr DeLay is barred by congressional ethics rules from accepting paid travel from lobbyists or foreigners.
It is the third of his trips to fall under scrutiny. Last month it was reported that he had a $70,000 visit to London and Scotland paid for by a native American tribe and gambling interests, and a $106,921 trip to South Korea in 2001 financed by Korean business."
Delay, nicknamed "The Hammer," is finally getting some well-deserved hammering of his own.
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Trouble dogs house leader
