Tom DeLay

How Tom DeLay's Lawyer Learned To Love Mini-Satan As He Prepares For Wednesday's Hearing

Tom DeLay, the man who once easily held the title Most Hated Republican in his clawed hands, will finally have his hearing over campaign-finance money-laundering charges Wednesday before a three-judge panel in Austin. It's been a long road for the former congressman from Sugar Land -- some of the i ... More >>

Score One For Tom DeLay: His Democratic Judge Gets Tossed From Case

Former U.S. House Republican leader/Dancing With the Stars contestant Tom DeLay scored big Friday with the recusal of a Democratic judge from his appellate case for money-laundering. Houston attorney Brian "Money-Quote" Wice told Hair Balls he had originally asked Justice Diane Henson to voluntari ... More >>

Is Tom DeLay Actually (Gasp) Correct That A Democratic Justice Can't Judge His Case Fairly?

Long before his tragically brief heyday on Dancing With The Stars, Sugar Land's Tom DeLay was convicted of campaign-finance violations. He's appealing that conviction to the state's 3rd Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin, but many of the judges have taken themselves off the case. One justice who ... More >>

Tom DeLay's Appeal Brief Is As Hilariously Over the Top As He Is

Tom DeLay knows about razzle-dazzle.​Tom DeLay's embarrassing stint on Dancing with the Stars apparently taught him one thng: Go Hollywood and go brash. The appellate brief filed seeking to overturn his money-laundering conviction is, courtesy of Houston lawyer Brian Wice, as over the top as ... More >>

Tom DeLay Gets Jail Time

The Hammer gets the slammer​Tom DeLay's sentence has been handed out, and it's not a slap on the wrist: He's going to prison for three years with no probation on the conspiracy charges. DeLay was also sentenced by judge Pat Priest to 10 years' probation on a money-laundering charge, according ... More >>

In The Jailhouse Now: Tom DeLay's Prison Soundtrack

​Tom DeLay is, in Lonesome, Onry and Mean's opinion, one of the lowest, vilest, most divisive, scum-sucking snake oil salesmen ever to enter politics. Now DeLay is heading to the pokey to serve time for his money laundering activities (pending his appeal, of course). We don't recall another H ... More >>

The 10 Biggest Houston Stories Of The Year

Tom DeLay: A conviction to go with the mugshot​There are still a couple days left for earthshaking stories to take place in 2010. But since most news is bad news, let's hope the worst is over. What were the top 10 news stories in Houston in 2010? We're so glad you asked, since we've worked up ... More >>

Pardon the DeLay

Readers weigh in on politician's guilty verdict.

DeLay Guilty of Money Laundering

Sad Tom DeLay is sad...and guilty​ For five years, the case against Tom DeLay for money laundering through his Texans for a Republican Majority PAC has been seemingly trapped in the Texas courts facing pre-trial appeals. On November 1, it finally made it to trial and today the verdict is in: g ... More >>

Jurors in DeLay Case Ask for Documents During Deliberation

Caption to come...​The jury in the money laundering trial of former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay requested documents including phone, e-mail and financial records as they continued their deliberations today, one day after requesting clarification on the criminal charges against DeLay. ... More >>

Turkeys of the Year

In a highly competitive 2009 field, Governor Rick Perry is the biggest gobbler of them all.

Turkeys Of The Past: 2003 Edition

​We're about a week away from the always highly anticipated Turkey of the Year award issue. There's absolutely no telling who will walk away with the coveted honor this year, because for the love of Christ there have been a ton of worthy nominees.It's our seventh annual list; in the days leading u ... More >>

Midweek Match-Up: Tom DeLay Vs. Sarah Palin In The Battle Of The Quitters

What is up with the Republican Party today? It's become a party of quitters.First, Sarah Palin ups and leaves her job as Alaska governor for reasons only she can discern. Then Tom DeLay throws in the white towel on Dance With The Stars, even as the nation was begging for him to continue making a com ... More >>

BREAKING OMG Important!! Tom DeLay Out Of Dancing With The Stars

​People magazine, which has become the place to go to find news about Tom DeLay (and that says a lot more about Tom DeLay than People) is reporting that The Hammer is out of Dancing With The Stars.Stress fractures have become too painful for the wussy Republican, who cried sissy tears at no longer ... More >>

Good Lord, Was Tom DeLay Drunk On Hardball?

Sugar Land's Tom DeLay has wormed his way back into the spotlight lately via the announcement he'll be on Dancing With The Stars.He showed up on Chris Matthews' Hardball the other day, and we've got to ask: Was he drunk? (DeLay, not Matthews.)Check out the video for yourself.Visit msnbc.com for Brea ... More >>

Rocks Off Exclusive: A Sneak Peek at Tom DeLay's Dancing With the Stars Dance Card

By now, the news about former Sugar Land Congressman Tom DeLay's impending appearance on ABC's Dancing with the Stars has had time to sink in, and the long-term ramifications of this colossal melding of two of our greatest loves (reality television and the suffering of others) are starting to becom ... More >>

Tom DeLay Goes Dancing With The Stars

​It's nice to know that the dignified, studious, classy Tom DeLay we all knew and loved in the Congress is alive and well...and appearing on Dancing with the Stars.Because that's what serious people do.ABC announced today that the former King of Sugar Land will be a contestant along with such nota ... More >>

Tom DeLay to Debut the "Bitch Slap" on Dancing With the Stars Next Month

News is leaking out of Hollywood that former U.S. House Majority Leader and mugshot model Tom DeLay will be part of the cast of next season's ABC hoofer ratings smash Dancing With the Stars. What hasn't come out yet is DeLay's plans to debut a new dance called the "Bitch Slap," an arm-movement-heav ... More >>

The 2008 Voting Charts: U.S. House District 22

Coming Up: Turkeys of the Year

Tom DeLay Wins the Day (Well, Pretty Much)

Political Interns, Tom DeLay, the Astrodome, HOV Lane Violators

A City Hall staffer gives a memorable lesson

Apples and Oranges Are Both Fruit, After All

Wheel of Fortune

A Date with Dubya'

No Gerrymandering Required

Bungalow Power

Is the Heights too wussy about saving itself?

A Fallen Star Is Born

Tom DeLay's scandals are a gold mine for two Texas filmmakers

Baby, Please Don't Go

It's not too late to keep the Hammer

New Year's Resolutions for Houston

We have a lot to forgive – and forget – about 2005; here's hoping local celebs do better next year

Dragon Slayer

A new Republican challenger steps forth to take on Tom DeLay

Letters

Pimp My Ride

Metro's transportation-plan "adjustments"

Getting Hammered

Uncle Sam has his way with DeLay

Charity Begins at Home

Sweet Charity

For years Tom DeLay has used nonprofits to help himself. Now the heat is on.

Well-Dressed Rebels

Revolt of the operagoing socialites

Brother, Where Art Thou?

A hot historic painting gets a cool Crawl reception

Watershed Election?

A new group wants to push an anti-flooding agenda

Delayed DeLay

He didn't duck an airport mob

DeLay's Way

Letters

Which Bug Gets the Gas?

Will the next house DeLay fumigates be that big White one or his own?

Brothers of the Road

'The I-69 "NAFTA Highway" is supposed to create thousands of jobs. Thanks to your tax dollars, it's already provided a very good one for the underemployed brother of Tom DeLay.

Letters

The Insider

The Insider

The Avenging Exterminator

Why the House majority whip got involved in the Fort Bend sheriff's race

Letters

The Exterminator

Tom DeLay, the bug man from Sugar Land, has always despised environmental regulation. Now, as House majority whip, he's in a position to do something about it.