Good for him... though it'd have been better if he'd blasted him all over....

I think i missed it. Where does he blast Shiavo?

Who would have ever thought that America would reach a point where their was actually a debate over whether we should allow a woman to starve to death?

Hmmmm... he blasts him in the full version of the press conference. I assumed this video included the blasting.

Sorry if it doesn't. Bad assumption.

I forgive you...this time.

Why the hell would they edit out the best part? Its like watching Scarface on basic cable. Im surprised they didnt dub in DeLay calling Shiavo a "Slug in a Ditch" or a "Mother Hubbard."

hah! Well, pardon the error. I assumed, I didn't check, but as I'd just watched the press conference, I didn't feel like watching it again.

I'll suggest that trey put up the bit at the end. It's not a long bit.

So do you actually think they'll save her? Or do you think her ex husband will win in the end?

I actually thought that the Ex would have backed down by now.

This is it:

Question from Reporter:

Mr. Schiavo and his lawyer and his lawyer, and a lot of other people, actually, have been highly critical of you and Congress, saying that this was really none of Congress' business and that you were pretty heavy-handed with the subpoenas and how do you respond to that?


Tom Delay:

Well I've got to tell you, I don't have a whole lot of respect for a man that has treated this woman in this way. He has refused to allow her to have therapy. He has refused to even let her have an MRI.

For the last five years, five years, she's been kept in a hospice and every time they've asked just to take her outside, which they can do, he has refused. She's not been outside, I think, for the last three years. Um..uh, I think his abuse and neglect of his position as guardian is outrageous. And, and,...and partnered with this judge that has allowed him to treat Terri like this for the last eleven years is outrageous. And my question is, what kind of man is he?

Question from Reporter:

Why is this a Congressional issue?

Tom Delay:

'Cause the United States Constitution protects the lives of human beings from being taken by other human beings needlessly.

Reporter:"...this was really none of Congress' business and that you were pretty heavy-handed with the subpoenas and how do you respond to that?"
I'm Tom DeLay! You fuck with me, you fuckin' with the best! You wanna fuck with me? Okay. You wanna play rough? Okay. Say hello to my little friend!

Ace,

Sorry, I didn't see that the video link was being updated, don't want Trey to miss any traffic he's got coming (he earned it), feel free to delete my earlier comment.

Hey, I know, while the government of the crazy round-eyes is clowning around, let's go take Hawaii!

Wow, Tom DeLay is really laying into Schiavo there. I'm just waiting for "Have you at long last no decency?"

I loved it when Delay put the smackdown on that reporter that asked what business it was of Congress in this matter.

He referred to some little text in the Constitution that states that we all had a right to Life.

Good stuff!