So how come nobody told me that Tom DeLay was backstage at the Rick Perry Hallelujahthon?

Well, I should have known.  There were cameras.  There were people who might buy his book.  There was an opportunity to be seen praying the loudest.  That, my friends, is a made-for-Tom-DeLay event.

He was there, rewriting history.

You can go see the video for yourself and see his maniacal laughter like Snidely Whiplash strapping Miss Nell to the railroad  tracks.

FANG: Regardless of the current leadership of Congress in the House, how do you think Congress should proceed in general as the C.R. runs out next month? There could be a government shut down–

DELAY: They’re going to face another shut down. And hopefully this time they’ll let it shut down until they get what they want. Everyone points to the shut down we had in ’95 and says it was a horrible thing. The horrible thing was when Bob Dole walked out on the Senate floor on Sunday afternoon and re-opened the government. Including in President Clinton’s own book, that if we’d had held out for one more day, we’d have won. […]

FANG: Were you praying today for reducing the size of government even if it comes to a government shut down?

DELAY: I’m always praying for reducing the size of government!

Well, Sugarcakes, you ought to be praying that your sweet patootie doesn’t spend 3 years in the Texas Department of Corrections after your appeal is over.

Where is Dudley Doright now that we really need him?