Bob Livingston: Defending Delay...

Last week it was reported that former Congressman Bob Livingston was approached by the New York Times to run an op-ed piece commenting on the current attacks on Tom DeLay. Livingston had his own situation where he ended resigning in the face of a personal scandal.

Livingston said he'd write a column supporting DeLay, but the Times then refused. It seems all they wanted was a noted Republican to call for Delay to resign.

Well, Livingston did write his editorial - a strong endorsement of DeLay supporting him in the face of this MSM smear campaign.

DeLay has been the most effective majority leader of either party in the last half century. Even with the razor-thin margins he has had to work with, when was the last time he lost a vote? His understanding of the intricacies of redistricting is legendary. The only person I know who came close was Rep. John Burton, a liberal Democrat from California whose groundbreaking use of computerized gerrymandering in the 1970s was considered clever and praiseworthy by many of the same voices who condemn DeLay for the same talents. And on a personal note, DeLay is an honorable, compassionate human being who does not deserve the current treatment he gets from much of the media.

The whole piece is here in Human Events online

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