Filner can’t get squat from Tom Delay
Jun 10th, 2008 by admin
David Rolland Made a great post today on lastblogonearth.com
The first few lines….
In advance of my first-ever trip to the nation’s capital—where I am now, attempting to survive kabillion-degree heat and 2,000-percent humidity—I asked Congressmember Bob Filner if I could hang out with him for awhile at the Capitol building, and Filner didn’t disappoint. The progressive Democrat from south San Diego County invited me to lunch in the members’ dining room and set me up with private tours of the Capitol (Tuesday) and the White House (Wednesday, along with some crew from Chula Vista). He also seated me up in the gallery above the Congress floor (much smaller than it looks on TV) and narrated what was going on down below (twice he bolted down stairs to vote while I waited).
During lunch, Filner noticed that former House Majority Leader Tom Delay, one of the arch-villains of modern American politics, was sitting at an adjacent table, surrounded by a handful of guests. I […]