Get To Know The Majority Leader - Shrub's Alter-Ego

We will leave it up to the reader to determine whether Tom Delay has made serious errors in
in judgment. Tom has supported a Conservative Christian position especially when it comes
to Church and State issues. It is apparent from the data collected, that the first amendment
may be in danger from his past and future actions.

When we contacted Tom Delay's office, they stated that his position is that Christianity is a
"Real" religion." What is a real religion, Mr. Delay? What you have been practicing? Read
the following and remember: "By their Works may they be known." This is a summary of
information collected from several sources, including Salon Magazine, Larry Flynt Report, The
New Republic, and The Hill, about Tom Delay.

(Remember it is best to investigate on your own when looking at allegations about anyone.
Don't believe us, think for yourself and investigate for yourself! And remember, the First
Amendment Coalition does not represent any political party nor do we recommend any
political candidate, nor are we involving ourselves in the political process. This information is
only for students of Tom Delay )

INTRODUCTION


Keeping our Families Safe and Secure (DeLay on SDI)
"God Not Guns" (bashing the alleged moral decay)
Press Conference with Dr. Laura and FRC on APA pedophile study
Tom DeLay's Testimony before the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property
Regarding Judicial Impeachment (proposing impeachment as a tool to punish judges for
decisions he doesn't like)

If you think that Bob Barr is as low as it gets in the US House of Representative, you're doing
a great injustice to Majority Whip Tom DeLay. Tom Delay, the House's Majority Whip is
considered by some to be one of the most reviled thugs to hold public office in American
history. Tom DeLay has literally reduced debate on the House floor to a shoving match.
DeLay is a 52-year-old Houston millionaire and former owner of a pest-control company.
Squashing bugs seems to have convinced Tom DeLay that he is a superior being in God's
grand scheme. He is the religious right's most reliable culture warrior in the House.

His mission is so stereotypically ultra-right-wing, it sounds like a liberal joke: repeal
environmental protection laws. Dismantle the EPA. Teach creationism in public schools. Have
the ten commandments tattooed on every citizens ass. Abolish separation of church and state.
Outlaw abortion. Pass the flag burning amendment. Spend billions on SDI. Shut down the
federal government. Crucify Clinton.

But DeLays' moral impairment doesn't stop there. It finds its logical extension in the realm of
campaign finance. DeLay is a master of extortion, and his shadowy fundraising operations,
which raise unknown amounts of soft money for the GOP are legendary. Not surprisingly,
DeLay is vigorously opposed to anything even remotely resembling a campaign finance
reform. Money, according to DeLay, is "not the root of all evil in politics. In fact, money is the
lifeblood of politics."

In 1984, DeLay was elected to the lower House of Congress. He represents Sugar Land, a
deceptively saccharine name for Texas's 22nd Congressional District, home to several of the
worst industrial polluters in the country. DeLay has branded the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) the "gestapo of government." His love for America is exemplified by his
attempt to repeal the Clean Air Act, by his fight to cut the EPA's budget by one-third and by
his cooperation with lobbyists to write legislation exempting their industries from
environmental laws.

Tom DeLay practically invented the "do-nothing Congress." He was a chief architect of the
1995 government shutdown, a ploy by which Republicans halted all productive business of our
democratically elected governing bodies in a failed attempt to weaken President Clinton's
resolve. DeLay remains hardheaded about that scorched-earth tactic: "Our biggest mistake
was backing off from the government shutdown."

On Capitol Hill, DeLay's nickname is the Hammer, acquired from his knack for pounding
money out of political-action committees (PACs). According to DeLay's figures, he nailed $2
million for GOP candidates in 1994. "I worked harder than anybody else," he boasts. "I was
smarter than anybody else."

Impressed by DeLay's relentless humility, House Republicans elected the Hammer to be
their Majority Whip. Every time the GOP caucus votes to defile the face of public debate,
DeLay is there to toss the initial smear.

Tom DeLay was the first national politician to call for Bill Clinton's resignation after the
President admitted to fooling around with Monica Lewinsky. "Clinton does not have the
moral authority to be President," pronounced DeLay. "I believe in the Constitution and the
Bible."

DeLay has not always been immaculate. In a rare confessional lapse the Hammer admitted
that "like many young, ambitious males, I had pushed God aside. What a jerk I was." DeLay
assures a believing world that he has "rededicated my life to Christ."

The Hammer's dedication to the religious Right is beyond question. Randy Tate, executive
director of the Christian Coalition, thinks of DeLay as "a Domino's Pizza delivery guy. It's
there in 30 minutes, or it's free."

DeLay's commitment to Christ might be tempted if his lobbyist brother, Randy DeLay, landed
a job representing Satan. Tom DeLay's efforts in Congress have an uncanny tendency to
benefit clients of Randy DeLay. Tom is eager to say that his sibling is not treated "any
differently" than any other lobbyist.

A House ethics committee investigated DeLay's unseemly relationship with his brother and
the Hammer's defiant mode of fund-raising. The panel noted that DeLay's defense of his
behavior did not contain a denial.

During an April 1997 House floor debate, DeLay­pausing only long enough to ask himself,
What Would Jesus Do?­shoved Representative David R. Obey (D-Wisconsin) and called him a
"chickenshit."

"Everybody is scared of me for some reason," joked DeLay.

In the wake of Salon magazine's exposure of House Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry
Hyde's adulterous affair, Tom DeLay displayed the wrath of God. DeLay labeled the factual
Salon story "the most disgusting piece of rumormongering I have ever seen." DeLay
demanded that the FBI investigate the journalists who had brought this piece of dark truth to
the light.

DeLay had a theory about how the Hyde adultery story originated: "They [the White House]
hire a private investigator to find the dirt, then they give it to a reporter to go knock on the
door." DeLay offered no proof of such collusion between Salon and the Oval Office. Perhaps
the Hammer had confused Salon with Newt Gingrich's GOPAC, which was implicated in hiring
a private investigator to find dirt on Clinton and then giving it to a reporter.

DeLay has spoken highly of the former Speaker of the House. "Since 1989, [Gingrich] has had
over 550 ethics charges brought against him, 550. Now what American could withstand that
kind of investigation in their own private life and that kind of pressure?" One obvious
American springs to mind, but DeLay's admiration does not cross party lines. "Something is
amiss when a President receives almost as many bills from his lawyers as from Congress,"
lamented DeLay, clueless that he himself is a large part of the something that is amiss.

Tom DeLay's argument for the release of President Clinton's taped grand-jury testimony
displayed characteristic "nonpartisan" reasoning. "It's ugly," said Hammer. "It's terrible, but
we have to tell the American people the truth."

The truth about Tom DeLay became more apparent with every development of the morality
charade that was the Clinton impeachment. The Hammer ran a "war room" from his office,
becoming a self-designated source of "talking points" to shape the stances of fellow
Republicans on impeachment issues. "If we were pumping out press releases on why Bill
Clinton is a bad person, then that would be partisan," said a DeLay spokesman. Simply
providing information on impeachment of the President, he said, "That's not partisan."

The House vote to present the articles of impeachment was the gravest ballot any
Representative would ever cast. Stately GOP orators described the decision to impeach or not
as "a vote of conscience," an evaluation each legislator would have to make between himself,
his understanding of the Constitution and his God.

Tom DeLay whipped this "vote of conscience" as vigorously as he has whipped any bill for
which his brother lobbied.

GOP Representative Peter King of New York wrote constituents that "threats were made
against me by the Republican leadership," promising retribution if he failed to lock step with
the party. King, who voted his conscience, claims that DeLay subsequently attempted to deny
the New Yorker a committee position that he was in line for. DeLay's spokesman dismissed
the contention with a slur: "Pete King has a reputation as making things up, and this is no
different."

DeLay rarely treats a direct question with a straight answer. The New Republic unearthed
evidence that Tom DeLay, a vocal critic of the President's veracity, had himself been less than
truthful in a sworn 1994 deposition. Gerald P. DeNisco, attorney for a former DeLay business
partner, claimed that the Congressman's evasions and misstatements during a deposition five
years ago qualified him as a hypocrite.

DeLay denied under oath in a 1994 deposition that he was head of Albo Pest Control
Company. At this same time, DeLay had reported to Congress that he was chairman of Albo
Pest. A Washington newspaper, The Hill, examined other documents in the court case and
concluded that DeLay had misstated the amount of money he was receiving from the company.

DeLay refused to explain the discrepancies. His spokesman said, "It's pretty obvious that
there are people who are doing everything they can to make Tom DeLay look bad. There's
more to this story than meets the eye, and it will become apparent in the future."

Investigative reporter Dan Moldea, working independently from the New Republic and The
Hill, has informed HUSTLER that depositions by DeLay and others connected to Albo Pest
may reveal that company funds were used to finance the Texan's campaign for Congress. Such
a fiscal arrangement may have been in violation of federal election laws.

Media inquiries concerning Tom DeLay have deluged the HUSTLER offices since the
beginning of Larry Flynt's campaign to expose hypocritical lawmakers. A wide spectrum of
commentators and Congressmen, many from the Republican side of the aisle, would like to
see the Hammer fall.

Two daunting rumors persist about Tom DeLay. One is that a photograph exists in which the
Congressman is locked in a sexual embrace with a Mexican prostitute. This elusive photo, if
it indeed exists, was once thought to be in the possession of an editor at Newsweek.

The second rumor is that DeLay has a grown daughter in the Lone Star State whose mother is
not DeLay's wife. Sources have stated that DeLay has paid support for this child throughout
the past two decades, with checks coming, perhaps, from the coffers of Albo Pest. At one point
last winter a flurry of inquiring Beltway reporters focused on Austin, Texas, hoping to uncover
the speculative daughter's identity.

As of this point, neither rumor has been dispelled.

"This town [Washington] is full of rumors," said Tom DeLay in September 1998.
"Unfortunately, most of the time, the rumors are true." Tweet