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Tom DeLay appeared on the Today show on Thursday and this is how some of it went:
Lauer prefaced DeLay’s Thursday morning appearance on the NBC program by reciting a litany of recent Republican problems, mentioning Rep. Mark Foley and Jack Abramoff among others.
DeLay responded: “I hate to say this Matt, but you just showed the problem, the double standard, and you just participated in it. You listed a whole lot of scandals that involve the Republicans, but you didn’t mention one Democrat…
“I think in your premise, if you had listed all the Democrats that are having problems right now, it would have been different. You see the Democrats re-elect the people with their problems. Republicans kick them out.”
DeLay mentioned several Democrats who have been afflicted by scandal, according to a transcript provided by the Media Research Center: “You have right now, Alan Mollohan, a Congressman from West Virginia, who is being investigated by the FBI, and the Democrats have kept him on as chairman of the committee that has oversight of the budget of the FBI. You have William Jefferson…”
Lauer cut in: “So, you’re saying it’s a positive thing. Is it a positive thing that the Republicans do this, they weed out immediately?”
A testy DeLay responded: “You don’t want me to finish it? Because you don’t want me to…”
LAUER: “No, no go ahead.”
DELAY: “You have William Jefferson caught with $90,000 of marked bills in a freezer. And they did put him off the Ways and Means Committee, but they put him on a highly sensitive Homeland Security Committee. You have Barney Frank, who was caught with a homosexual prostitute who was re-elected over and over again. Gerry Studds who was caught in a bathroom with an under-aged page and he was re-elected.”
Later on DeLay told Lauer: “The point here … is the Republicans handle it. They look at it, and when the evidence is right on that someone is guilty, they do something about it. On the other hand, the Democrats don’t. And the media, the double standard in the media is amazing. The feeding frenzy, the sharks in the water that’s going on right now because of a Republican. Where is the frenzy on Alan Mollohan from West Virginia or William Jefferson from Louisiana?”
LAUER: “I think you mentioned William Jefferson. There was an awful lot of coverage of William Jefferson when that story broke, Congressman.”
DELAY: “Yeah, for just a couple of days and then we went on. In the case of a Republican, believe me, I’ve experienced this, it’s day in and day out in the media, and they write this story over and over and over again. We all know the double standard in the media. It’s amazing.”
There is a double standard. Republicans push their offenders out of office while Democrats let them stand for re-election.
In the latest incident, the one with Sen. Craig, he has been told by the RNC if he runs again they will give him no funds, but will fund a Republican challenger. It’s kind of hard to run a campaign when the party refuses to support you, although Joe Lieberman was able to pull it off as an Independent.
Written by ~J~
Sue Says:
September 1st, 2007 at 11:36 amVisit Sue
Like him or not, Tom DeLay has never minced words.
He knows the feeling of having members of his own party as well as the opposition and the press attack fiercely on an issue which to this day has not been proven in a court of law (as a matter of fact part of the case against him has been tossed.)
Guss Says:
September 2nd, 2007 at 6:47 amVisit Guss
Sue,
Scoundrels never do when their poison is aimed at someone else. This man had a big hand in bringing the republican party where it is today. My advice is to keep listening to him.
~J~ Says:
September 2nd, 2007 at 8:12 amVisit ~J~
Guss,
The Democrats were successful in painting him as the devil, but it doesn’t make his words any less true in this instance.
Sue Says:
September 2nd, 2007 at 11:57 amVisit Sue
So when a republican (in this instance Tom Delay) points out the problems with the Democrats they are scoundrels but if the democrats attack a republican they are doing their civic duty?
Matt Lauer did not address the problems with the Democrats and DeLay was simply pointing them out..I do not see that as poisonous.
No one said anything about listening to DeLay except in relation to this article. Last I looked he is no longer in any elected office which would command our attention.
Marge Says:
September 3rd, 2007 at 2:32 amVisit Marge
Tom Delay hates a Democrat regardless who they might be. I have listened to him talk on talk shows and he has so much bitterness and hate for any Democrat. Very bitter man. Just my feelings about him.
Guss Says:
September 3rd, 2007 at 7:00 amVisit Guss
Sue, keep listening. With people like Delay, it’s always someone else’s fault.
Guss Says:
September 3rd, 2007 at 7:04 amVisit Guss
J,
you have got to stop blaming Democrats for Republicans problems. No one forced Delay to do what he did. It’s time to grow up and take responsibility. If you can’t do the time don’t commit the crime. Maybe Barney Frank or Ted Kennedy did it.
~J~ Says:
September 3rd, 2007 at 9:48 amVisit ~J~
Guss and Marge,
This post is about what DeLay said on one television program and it wasn’t about him. He was telling Matt Lauer he was reciting a litany of Republican scandals without mentioning the numerous Democratic scandals too.
There’s enough scandal to go around.
~J~ Says:
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:02 amVisit ~J~
Guss,
Do you deny the Democrats painted him as the devil? And just which crime is it he’s been found guilty of committing? I forgot that one.
Isn’t he accused of funny money in a campaign much as many Democrats are now with the Hsu case? And didn’t the prosecutor, who also tried to prosecute Kay Bailey Hutchison on trumped up charges and failed, have to drop some of the charges per the judge’s orders?
Sue Says:
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:49 amVisit Sue
Guss:
Maybe my brain is a bit fuzzy but why do you say I should keep listening to Tom DeLay?
I was doing nothing more than commenting to J’s article. I don’t believe Tom Delay was wrong in this instance.
As far as his personal problems with Ronnie Earle, again, so far nothing has stuck in a court of law. If it does then he will have to take responsibility and pay the price.