"He is an absolute embarrassment to me and to the Republican Party,"

Chris Shays (R-CT) in describing his feelings concerning Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) says "He is an absolute embarrassment to me and to the Republican Party," His hometown newspaper Greenwich Time is reporting that Shays is distancing himself from DeLay: Though Republicans in some circles are rallying around beleaguered House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, one prominent Republican yesterday dissociated himself from the powerful and controversial lawmaker. Shays went on to vehemently deny that he supports DeLay saying: The Texan (DeLay) probably will not last out this term as house majority leader, lacks credibility and will never attain the prominent position of speaker of the house. "He knows that . . . if he ever runs for speaker, I get to vote on the House floor, and my 'No' vote combined with the Democrats means he will never be speaker," Shays said, drawing applause from the room. "One of the things I want to say here is that Tom DeLay will never be speaker in Congress." "With all due respect, I can be accused of a lot of things, but supporting Tom DeLay is not one of them," Shays added. Now that is really interesting and points out that Shays is as big a hypocrite as the rest of them. This is a quote from Shays in October 2004 . When the House Ethics Committee formally rebuked Majority Leader Tom DeLay for the second time in six days, Rep. Chris Shays (R-CT) came to the defense of the right-wing GOP Leader he so often supports saying, "I think he's been a great majority leader." [Congressional Quarterly, 10/7/04] MORE...