Hunting The Muse

The Whole World Changed

There's a great series of articles over at Salon on the Clinton Wars and the emerging ultra-right-wing power in Congress. The section I'm reading now details how DeLay almost single-handedly brought the impeachment process back on track. It's pretty creepy.

"I didn't hear anyone discuss impeachment. It was over. Then DeLay assumed control. In most districts in the country, a majority was against impeachment, maybe a majority of Republicans. But a majority who voted in Republican primaries was for impeachment. When you put individual members under the gun, a lot of them could get killed in a primary. That was the way he did it. I heard of Christian radio stations going after Republicans. Right-wing groups were stirring it up in parts of the country outside of the Northeast. Most of the pressure went through the Christian right network. It happened over a ten-day period. The whole world changed." - Rep Peter King (R-NY)

Posted by Curt at May 9, 2003 01:39 AM