The Hammer's Ridiculously Hypocritical Quote of the Week

As part of his official spin on why he's decided to drop his bid for re-election and resign from Congress in June, Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) offered the following: "Because I care so deeply about this district and the people in it, I refuse to allow liberal Democrats an opportunity to steal this seat with a negative, personal campaign."

What DeLay really should've said was, "Because I care so deeply about this district that I've unscrupulously carved out for myself over a 12-year period using negative, personal campaigning, as well as other GOP districts I stole from liberal Democrats through my devious 1994 redistricting scam, I refuse to allow liberal Democrats an opportunity to steal this seat with a negative, personal campaign." Now that's more like it.