Tom DeLay is coming to Seabrook this afternoon, and if I can sneak out of work, I may just go. It’s not that I feel the need to welcome him to our fair city, but if I can contribute to making his political life just a little bit more uncomfortable, well, I’d be a happy boy.
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For those not working the polls, there will be a protest of Tom DeLay from 4:30-5:30 at the Marker 1 Marina 3101 Nasa Rd 1, Seabrook TX. This is close to 146 and Nasa Rd 1.
The Bay Area Houston Transportation Partnership will be hosting DeLay and discussing homeland security and video cameras installed on roads throughout the district. The Bay Area Houston Transportation Partnership has become increasingly right wing and this issue should be watched carefully.
We intend to go inside of the event (without signs) and hear what is going on. We will have signs. Bring your friends.
ALSO: DeLay has REFUSED to participate in a debate arranged by a high school debate club. We need to ask him why.
Speaking of said debate, the Clear Lake High School debate team, of which Eric is a member, is sponsoring a candidate forum. Each candidate was invited to answer questions from constituents…only DeLay seems to feel he has nothing to gain from engaging his opponents in an honest debate on the issues.
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on Friday said that he would not debate Democratic challenger Richard Morrison before the Nov. 2 election.
Why should he? DeLay clearly feels that he is a mortal lock to win this election. Pride may go before a fall, but it’s arrogance that’s leading the hit parade.
On Friday, DeLay said that his latest poll put his support at 56 percent, while Morrison’s was much lower. “His name ID is nothing,” DeLay said.
Morrison says he has raised $500,000 — more than all of DeLay’s past challengers put together. In a bid to introduce himself to voters, Morrison has been running television spots portraying himself as a regular guy.
A debate with DeLay also would raise Morrison’s profile. There is also the fact that some voters might like to see the candidates go head to head before deciding whom to vote for.
“I want to know why he’s ducking me,” Morrison said last week in a visit to The Daily News. “What’s he scared of?”
At least so far, DeLay, the No. 2 man in the House, has calculated that Morrison has more to gain from a debate than DeLay has to lose by avoiding one. “A debate would be for his benefit, not for mine,” DeLay said of Morrison.
What’s DeLay scared of? Perhaps that people will ask uncomfortable and incovenient questions about his rebukes from the House Ethics Committee. Heaven forbid that he should actually have to answer to his constituents for his corrupt, amoral behavior….
Someone ought to remind DeLay that a debate is for the benefit of his constituents, who deserve to be presented with the opportunity to compare and contrast the candidates seeking their support. Of course, for Tom DeLay, it has never been about his constituents. It’s always been about political empire-building, and you don’t build empires by taking “unwise” risks.
If nothing else, DeLay’s attitude toward debating Richard Morrison should remove any doubt that DeLay holds his constituents in utter contempt. The fact that he cannot even see his way clear to participate in a candidate forum designed for the benefit of his constituents is vivid proof of his arrogance and disregard for those he represents.
