Tom Delay announces resignation from Congress

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By DAVID ESPO

WASHINGTON (AP) - Succumbing to scandal, former Majority Leader Tom DeLay said Tuesday he will resign from Congress in the face of a tough re-election race, closing out a career that blended unflinching conservatism with a bare-knuckled political style.

"I have no fear whatsoever about any investigation into me or my personal or professional activities," DeLay said in a statement to constituents. At the same time, he said, "I refuse to allow liberal Democrats an opportunity to steal this seat with a negative, personal campaign."

He said the voters of his Houston-area district "deserve a campaign about the vital national issues that they care most about ... and not a campaign focused solely as a referendum on me."

DeLay relinquished the post as House majority leader last fall after his indictment in Texas as part of an investigation into the allegedly illegal use of funds for state legislative races. He decided in January against trying to get the leadership post back as an election-year corruption scandal staggered Republicans and emboldened minority Democrats.

Last week, former DeLay aide Tony Rudy pleaded guilty to conspiring with lobbyist Jack Abramoff and others to corrupt public officials, and he promised to help the broad federal investigation of bribery and lobbying fraud that already has resulted in three convictions.


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Finally we got the fucker. Pay special attention to the bottom paragraph quoted above. Why resign suddenly? His former aide, who is now cooperating with investigators, has dirt on him and could help them to convict him. Hmm, you think perhaps someone got a little angry that he was taking the blame for it and he was watching his former egotistical boss let him hang out to dry? Muahahaha.

George Mason News Quotes:

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The Daily Show:

Jon Stewart: Welcome back, before we go, as always lets check in with Steven Colbert at the Colbert Report. Steven my friend...

Steven Colbert: Jon, how about George Mason U. Number 11 seed going to the final four. Amazing Snow White story.

Jon Stewart: I think you mean, uh, Cinderella story.

Steven Colbert: Nope, Snow White. The way they've played its as if they've been befriended by seven basketball dwarves. Shootey, Passey, Reboundey, etc, you fill in the rest. UConn looked into the magic mirror and was told the fairest one of all, was not them. Yes Jon, they may have huffed and puffed but UConn could not blow George Mason's house down.

Jon Stewart: Now, now thats the three little pigs...

Steven Colbert: (laughing) Three Jon? A basketball team has 5 players. Thats why they're called a pride.

Jon Stewart: (pauses and doesn't know what to say) We...We'll see you in a second Steven.

Steven Colbert: George Mason what big ears you have!

Jon Stewart: Alright, thats our show...


CBS SportsLine.com Senior Writer Gregg Doyle:
Which means: George Mason's going to win. Not because George Mason can handle Florida's frontcourt -- George Mason can't. And not because George Mason's guards are that much better than Florida's -- they aren't. It says here that George Mason will win for one very simple reason: Because I'm not picking George Mason to lose again. Not in this tournament. If George Mason beats Florida -- after George Mason beats Florida -- I'll be picking the Patriots to beat LSU. Or UCLA. Or the 1940 Chicago freaking Bears.

Nobody performs or executes like George Mason. You listening, Florida? You got that, LSU and UCLA? George Mason has gone from something fluky to something fun to something ferocious.

Today now that George Mason has beaten UConn to get into the Final Four, people are going to write about David and Goliath.
What if George Mason is Goliath?

George Mason University Patriots Stun UConn, Advance to Final Four!!

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WASHINGTON — George Mason is no longer the cute little underdog. The Patriots, by golly, are going to the Final Four. The suburban commuter school from Fairfax, Va., beat top-seeded Connecticut 86-84 in overtime Sunday in the Washington Regional final, ending the stranglehold that big-time programs have enjoyed for 27 years in college basketball's biggest showcase.


They lacked in size, athleticism and history relative to their opponent, but the 11th-seeded Patriots made up for it with tenacity.

Buoyed by a partisan crowd and playing some 20 miles from their campus, George Mason rallied after trailing by 12 late in the first half and nine early in the second. They hit six straight 3-pointers in the second half, shot 5-for-6 in overtime and outrebounded UConn 37-34 even though the Huskies have three starters taller than any of the Patriots' frontcourt players.

Click here to watch video of the JC during the game.

George Mason 63 - Wichita State 55 - ELITE 8 HERE WE COME!

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Feeling right at home, George Mason used a shutdown defense to take nearly all the suspense out of its mid-major matchup with Wichita State University, downing the Shockers, 63-55, Friday night. Now the Patriots will face the top-seeded University of Connecticut on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in the Verizon Center.

Now the 11th-seeded Patriots are one victory from taking their magical run all the way to the Final Four.

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Click here to watch a meshup of all the videos I captured tonight at the JC during the game.