Tom Delay

I've hesitated in weighing in on the various attacks on Congressman Delay for alleged ethics violations. However, it has reached the point where "fellow Republicans" during interviews have been conceding that Delay is ethically challenged. Now, the Republicans they quote are ones like Christopher Shays of Connecticut. My own theory for the hatred of Delay is the fact that he isn't some mealy mouthed lawyer and he doesn't mince words. Some mock Rep. Delay by calling him the "Exterminator" a reference to his owning a pest control business before entering politics. Personally, I think we need less lawyers in Congress and more people who have held jobs and run companies. I guarantee you that someone like Delay, who has seen the negative effect of excessive regulation, would not come up with hurtful legislation like Sarbanes-Oxley.

Here are a couple other peoples comments:
Ben Stein
Tony Blankley
Don Surber pointed out an article from Drudge which shows that while Delay is being hounded many other politicians also have relatives on the payroll.