Texas Representative and House Majority Leader Tom DeLay has been chastised for the fourth time by the House ethics committee.
He was admonished unanimously by the 10-member, bipartisan committee.
House Democrats, led by Nancy Pelosi, are calling for him to step down.
Most of the allegations concern DeLay's involvement with the Texas redistricting fiasco of 2002, when the Republicans stole the state government.
DeLay was also admonished last week for strong-arming Rep. Nick Smith into voting for the Medicare Bill earlier this year, threatening to derail Smith's son's Congressional campaign if Smith didn't play along.
Naturally, all this doesn't seem to phase DeLay one bit. In fact, in yet another awe-inspiring display of up-is-downism, DeLay has declared his four admonishments a victory.
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And on Thursday, he said he was "very pleased" that the committee members "have dismissed the frivolous charges against me."
See that? The charges were dismissed! Meaning that they didn't punish him as harshly as they might have. His name is cleared!
We should really think about instituting more public and more humiliating punishments for politicians who pull this kind of shit. No more admonishments, censures, or slaps on the wrist -- I want to see DeLay put in the stocks in front of the Capitol for a month. Members of the public would be encouraged to stop by and kick him in the ass or spit in his face.
Or what about a good old fashioned tar-and-feathering? Strip the jerkass naked and feather the shit out of him. Then make him wander around the Captiol grounds for 6 weeks with a sign on him that says, "I am a Lying Sack of Shit." Kids could take field trips to see him.
