Just Saying
As you know, Tom DeLay has been tragically unsuccessful in the free market since scamming the election code, leaving Congress and being convicted of a felony. That great business environment he created for America became a real dud for himself – every business venture he’s tried has failed spectacularly.
Until now.
I read the entire article twice and I still don’t know whether Tom’s lobbying for or against sex trafficking.
Just saying.
Thanks to Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen for the heads up.
Well, he was known as “Hot Tub” Tom
1“Probably”??? He doesn’t know???
2I’m guessing “for” – just saying.
3For my old friend, Fryer Tuck, sex trafficking was the time the car slipped out of park while he was busy in the back seat.
This article answers a question that’s been bugging me for a couple of days. With Congress having its WORST ratings in history and with the House GOP being generally recognized as the guilty party in all that, why in the Sainted Name of Colonel Travis did Mitt pick as his running mate the poster boy of the 10% approval club?
Answer: Tom DeLay had a better offer.
4Why isn’t this mule’s tail-end in jail yet?
5One would assume he is for it.
http://www.msmagazine.com/spring2006/paradise_full.asp
6That’s just creepy.
7Given Tom’s stand on the “free market” I would say he has to be lobbying for.
8This is hilarious and methinks someone is giving DeLaid an “illegal” script of the blue pills for his limpiness~
daChipster, you are undoubtedly CORRECT~
9Does anyone remember Tom’s proclivities for young women? It’s a well-known fact in his district. Let’s also not forget his well-earned reputation in D.C. for wine, cigars, and loose women. I’m guessingTom is approaching this job as a “frequent user”.
10This is from Jack Abramoff’s Wikipedia page. If ya’ll remember the Marianas Islands part of the mess. There were Chinese women brought in to manufacture “American Made” clothing. These women were locked up and could not leave, there were numerous accounts of rapes and the need for abortions for the workers due to pregnancies. I would think with Tom’s involvement there that he would be lobbying on the FOR side.
“Abramoff and his law firm were paid at least $6.7 million by the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) from 1995 to 2001, which made manufacture goods with the “Made in the USA” label but is not subject to U.S. labor and minimum wage laws. After Abramoff paid for DeLay and his staffers to go on trips to the CNMI, they crafted policy that extended exemptions from federal immigration and labor laws to the islands’ industries. Abramoff also negotiated for a $1.2 million no-bid contract from the Marianas for “promoting ethics in government” to be awarded to David Lapin, brother of Daniel Lapin. Abramoff also secretly funded a trip for James E. Clyburn (D-SC) and Bennie Thompson (D-MS). In 1999 Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) went on an Abramoff-funded trip to the Marshall Islands with John Doolittle (R-CA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), delegates of Guam, American Samoa, Virgin Islands and eight staffers.[33]
Documentation also indicates that Abramoff’s lobbying team helped prepare Rep. Ralph Hall’s (R-TX) statements on the House floor in which he attacked the credibility of escaped teenaged sex worker “Katrina,” in an attempt to discredit her testimony regarding the state of the sex slave industry on the island.[34] Ms. magazine also explored Abramoff’s dealings in the CNMI and the plight of garment workers like Katrina in their spring 2006 article.[35]
Later lobbying efforts involved mailings from a Ralph Reed marketing company to Christian conservative voters and bribery of Roger Stillwell, a Department of the Interior official who in 2006 pleaded guilty to accepting gifts from Abramoff.”
11Clap for the Bugman, he’s a low disgusting pig;
12Clap for the Bugman, you’ll believe him ’til the day you dig.