Silver lining Wednesday: Tom Delay isn’t in government any longer
by digby
This was once one of the most powerful men in the world:
“Jesus died for our freedom,” DeLay said. “And Jesus destroyed Satan so that we could be free and that is manifested in what is called the Constitution of the United States. God created this nation and God created the Constitution; it is written on biblical principles.”
And you thought the current crop of Tea Partiers was uniquely looney? Nope. The right wing has been looney for a very long time.
DeLay went on to recount a recent experience he had in which he spent four hours “on a conference call with the Lord” during which God told DeLay that he is to write a book called “Shut It Down” about the need for Constitutional revival:
Somebody ought to ask the NSA who else was on that conference call.
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