At least he didn't lie...

Quote of note:

But in unusually blunt criticism, he attacked The Washington Post for its coverage of his trips. In the case of one story about the England trip, he accused the paper of a "zeal to leave readers with the false impression that I did something that I did not do."

I'd like to hear him explain exactly what was in that article that wasn't true.

Anyway...

DeLay Blames Partisanship for Uproar
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay Blames Partisanship for Hubbub Regarding Overseas Travel
By DAVID ESPO
The Associated Press

Mar. 16, 2005 - A defiant House Majority Leader Tom DeLay blamed partisanship and innuendo Tuesday for the uproar surrounding his overseas travel, but Republicans reported stirrings of concern over his political durability.

"We want to work with the ethics committee to prove how baseless these and other allegations are," said DeLay, referring to trips to England in 2000 and South Korea in 2001 that were paid for by outside groups. [P6: What ethics committee?]

In a letter to the panel's leaders, he and two other Republican lawmakers who took the Korean trip Reps. Ander Crenshaw and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida wrote that they would be "happy to discuss this matter with you at your convenience."

DeLay laid some of the brouhaha over the travel at the feet of House Democrats, whom he said are seeking to "tear down the House and burn it down in order to gain power." [P6: Such an hysterical reaction...]

But in unusually blunt criticism, he attacked The Washington Post for its coverage of his trips. In the case of one story about the England trip, he accused the paper of a "zeal to leave readers with the false impression that I did something that I did not do."

Liz Spayd, national editor of The Post, said Tuesday evening, "His office has not called here to challenge any facts in our story. If they did we would certainly listen to his concerns."