Atom Tom
House majority leader Tom DeLay
continues and intensifies his attack upon the federal judiciary—and this time he's ratched it up a notch. Appearing on Fox News on Tuesday night, DeLay specifically criticized Supreme Court justice Anthony Kennedy, saying that it was "outrageous" that Kennedy sometimes considered international law during deliberations and conducted research on the Internet.
Make no mistake: What we are watching here is the death spiral of a politician whose self-destruction has, in some sense, always seemed inevitable. The question is only how much damage he will do on his way out the door.....
It is time for some senior Republicans in the House and Senate to come knocking on DeLay's door and say, "Tom...Tom....it's time to go home now. Time to go home."
And it is time for some Democrats to say in public that President Bush needs to disavow--also in public—these attacks upon the separation of the branches of government. If only to preserve his party's chances for retaining the House in 2006, Bush has to jettison DeLay.
On a side note, what's so awful about doing research on the Internet? I hear there's some good stuff on there......
