By Ben Stein on 4.12.05 @ 1:05AM
The outrages against him must stop.
Herewith a few truths about Tom DeLay, the embattled GOP
Majority Leader in The House of Representatives.
1.) Tom DeLay is morally probably the highest level public
servant I have ever met. With virtually no political gain to be had
from so doing, he has been the most enthusiastic supporter of
Israel in the U.S. Congress. He has stood with Israel against
terrorism and international anti-Semitism without reservation or
fear. This is a man with more moral decency in his little finger
than his detractors have in their whole bodies.
2.) The attack against him in the Texas courts are an outrageous
-- but sadly emblematic -- Democrat attempt to use the judicial
system to defeat the electoral process. The DA who is tormenting
him is the same one who made up an indictment of Kay Bailey
Hutchison out of whole cloth to try to reverse the results of a
solid electoral victory by the Republican party in Texas.
If this kind of deviltry works, we can expect local Democrat
district attorneys to routinely indict any Republican who is
successfully turning out the electorate for the Republican Party.
No elected official, no bureaucrat, is more unaccountable than an
out of control, hatchet job prosecutor, and this is just what we
are seeing at work against Tom DeLay.
3.) The very fact that the Mainstream Media are so desperately
struggling to smear Tom DeLay is proof positive of what a good job
he is doing at leveling the electoral playing field.
4.) If we throw him to the wolves, we are betraying a dear
friend of the party, and a good man -- and allowing a vicious dirty
trick through the judicial system to subvert the Constitution.
5.) Tom DeLay's comments about a judiciary that sanctioned the
torture murder of Terri Schiavo and how it has to be brought to
account was a brave and entirely sensible approach to an issue that
dismays and frightens many Americans. His comments are yet another
sign of what a fine patriot this man is.
6.) He has been there for us, and we need to be there for
him.
Ben Stein is a writer, actor, economist, and lawyer
living in Beverly Hills and Malibu. His most recent books are
Yes, You Can Become a Successful Income
Investor! and The Gift Of Peace: Guideposts on the Road to
Serenity (Hay House). Among many others, Stein has also
authored How to Ruin Your Life, How to Ruin Your Love Life and How to Ruin Your Financial Life (Hay
House).
topics:
Mainstream Media, Books, Constitution, Law, Israel
