Laugh of the day

Sublimely absurd. From a Newsday article on revelations of Tom DeLay's latest conflict of interest. It appears he owns about $100,000 worth of ExxonMobil stock while simultaneously pushing for legislation that would protect the corporate behemoth from lawsuits regarding the irresponsible use of the additive MTBE in their product.

Dan Allen, DeLay's spokesman, scoffed at the suggestion the second highest-ranking House Republican has done anything untoward.

"First of all, everyone knows Congressman Tom DeLay bases his votes on the merits of legislation before him and only the merits of the legislation," Allen said.

Sounds like a line from The Daily Show.