LIZARD KING DETHRONED FOR GOOD!!!
DeLay to withdraw from congressional race

From the Houston Chronicle:

Former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay will support a write-in candidate for his old seat, his daughter said today, one day after the state Republican Party lost its legal battle to replace him on the November ballot.

In a statement, DeLay said he would withdraw his name from the ballot. Since state law does not allow a party to replace an official nominee who withdraws from the race, no Republican candidate will be on the ballot.

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A write-in candidate? That's hysterical! Okay, it's not as funny as watching the train wreck that an actual DeLay campaign would have been, but I'll take what I can get. And we're getting a lot here. Because write-in candidacies virtually never succeed, what DeLay's withdrawal means is that a Democrat, Nick Lampson, is all but certain to take over what has been a "safe" Republican seat for two decades. As Atrios said earlier this evening, "Congratulations, Mr. Lampson." Now we're only 13 seats away from taking the House away from the GOP.

This really is cool.

Tom DeLay's humiliation is now complete. The only thing that could make it better is if he's caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy. Of course, seeing as how DeLay is both a dead girl and a live boy at the same time, I guess that happens every day.

THE LIZARD KING IS DEAD!!! HOORAY!!!

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