Tom Delay & Duke Cunningham are as thick as theives...
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) yesterday [June 14, 2005] defended Rep. Duke Cunningham (R-Calif.) after calls from congressional Democrats to investigate the Republican appropriator for selling his San Diego home to a defense contractor whose firm had received $65 million in federal funds in 2004.
"Duke Cunningham is a hero," DeLay said during a press briefing Tuesday. "He is an honorable man of high integrity."
Cunningham sold his home in 2003 to Mitchell Wade, president of MZM Inc., a Nevada-based defense contractor that specializes in security and intelligence-gathering technology. The company lost $700,000 after it resold the property eight months later, the San Diego Union-Tribune first reported Sunday.
This was on June 15, 2005..just a few short months ago. Another interesting nugget from this same article...
At the briefing, DeLay also defended Democratic Rep. John Murtha (Pa.), who was the subject of a Los Angeles Times article questioning the lobbying activities of Murtha's brother in connection with passage of last year's $417 billion defense spending bill.
The article said Murtha's brother, Robert "Kit" Murtha, is a senior partner at a Washington lobbying firm that represented 10 companies that received a combined $20.8 million in contracts from the defense bill.
"I know that John Murtha is an honorable man," DeLay said during the briefing, adding that he did not know any details of the article. "He is a man of great integrity."
Now here is an article on Friday night, Nov. 18, 2005, aka the night Mean Jean Schmidt willingly took on the roll of "Republican leadership mouthpiece"...
The publication "Roll Call" reporting tonight that GOP members are debating whether to push for a probe into allegations that Murtha improperly helped his brother`s lobbying firm,...quote, "If there is a potential pattern where Congressman Murtha has helped other Democrats secure appropriations that also benefited relatives of those members, I believe this will be something that merits further review by the Ethics Committee."
Another unnamed Republican source adding that such an investigation would be a direct result of Congressman Murtha`s comments this week, because, quote, "It strikes at the heart of his credibility on military issues. He`s put himself on the front lines,"
Hypocrites! By the way, DeLay learn some new compliments. I cannot wait for these guys to go down.