Former House Majority Leader, Republican, Tom DeLay, was charged with money-laundering, specifically sneaking special interest cash around Texas law — prohibiting corporate contributions to campaigns for state office. But that act was part of a larger crime: The theft of democracy.

DeLay’s contribution to modern politics was to take the marriage of corporate money and political power to new heights, or make that depths. He raised millions of dollars in campaign cash and dutifully shared it with his allies. He found loopholes before the ink was dry on campaign finance regulations, and ruthlessly “re-districted” constituencies giving Republicans a “criminal edge” in elections. [ READ MORE ]

On Sunday, Delay called Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) “brave” on Sunday for launching a one-man filibuster of unemployment benefits, arguing that they dissuaded people from going out and finding work.

Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union,” the Texas Republican said that Bunning’s fiscal responsibility was commendable, even if his shenanigans (refusing to allow unemployment benefits to be considered by unanimous consent) nearly brought the Senate to a halt. [ READ MORE ]

DeLay: “It’s the truth” that people are unemployed because they want to be

Delay also said that Pelosi and Reid are “arrogant.” “Democrats have failed to pass health care ‘because of arrogance,‘ said Delay. “They’re going back in rooms and then telling the members, take it or leave it,” he said. “You can’t do that. It’s obvious.” [ READ MORE ]

“Colonialist LIAR” Monica Crowley: “Economically, nothing [Obama] has done has worked”

Kurtz criticizes coverage of Obama physical that portrayed him as a “drunken tobacco addict“

No apologies? Romney recycles tired smear of Obama

Kristol on health care reform: “This is the most thoroughly debated piece of legislation in my memory” — REALLY?

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