Tom De Lay

My husband sent me these via e-mail. They are just too pricelss not to share.

Enjoy.

Here are 10 fine examples of the wit and wisdom of Tom DeLay:

1) "So many minority youths had volunteered, that there was
literally no room for patriotic folks like myself." --Tom DeLay,
explaining at the 1988 GOP convention why he and vice presidential
nominee Dan Quayle did not fight in the Vietnam War.

2) "Now tell me the truth boys, is this kind of fun?" --Tom Delay,
to three young hurricane evacuees from New Orleans at the Astrodome
in Houston, Sept.9,2005.

3) "I AM the federal government." --Tom DeLay, to the owner of
Ruth's Chris Steak House, after being told to put out his cigar
because of federal government regulations banning smoking in the
building, May 14,2003.

4) "We're no longer a superpower. We're a super-duper power." -Tom
DeLay, explaining why America must topple Saddam Hussein in 2002
interview with Fox News.

5) "Nothing is more important in the face of a war than
cutting taxes."
--Tom DeLay, March 12, 2003.

6) "Guns have little or nothing to do with juvenile violence. The
causes of youth violence are working parents who put their kids
into daycare, the teaching of evolution in the schools, and working
mothers who take birth control pills." --Tom DeLay, on causes of
the Columbine High School massacre, 1999.

7) "A woman can take care of the family. It takes a man to provide
structure. To provide stability. Not that a woman can't provide
stability, I'm not saying that... It does take a father, though."
--Tom DeLay, in a radio interview, Feb. 10, 2004.

8) "I don't believe there is a separation of church and state. I
think the Constitution is very clear. The only separation is that
there will not be a government church." --Tom DeLay (date
unspecified)

9) "Emotional appeals about working families trying to get by on
$4.25 an hour [the minimum wage in 1996] are hard to resist.
Fortunately, such families do not exist." --Tom DeLay, during a
debate in Congress on increasing the minimum wage, April 23, 1996.

10) "I am not a federal employee. I am a constitutional
officer. My job is the Constitution of the United States, I am
not a government employee. I am in the Constitution." --Tom DeLay, in a
CNN interview, Dec. 19, 1995.


So, you see, there is a reason Tom DeLay is one of the most popular
men in Washington. It's because he makes the president look slightly
less stupid by comparison