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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (747196)	8/8/2006 4:17:53 PM
From: pompsander	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Put the UN headquarters in Bejing? Just listen to that..and what it would imply to the rest of the world. Ha...

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (747196)	8/8/2006 4:20:42 PM
From: pompsander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Tom Delay..in or out?...Out, it appears. A writein could be very confusing.... Ex-Rep. DeLay says he won't run for House seat 34 minutes ago HOUSTON (Reuters) - Indicted former U.S. House of Representatives Republican leader Tom DeLay said on Tuesday he will not run for his former seat in Congress even though federal courts have ruled his name cannot be removed from the November ballot. ADVERTISEMENT "Earlier this year I resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives and became a resident of the state of Virginia, to establish my new business, and where I now legally reside, pay taxes and vote," DeLay said in a statement. "This decision was and is irrevocable, which I made clear from Day One," DeLay said. DeLay said he would act to remove himself from the race for the 22nd Texas congressional district in suburban Houston and encouraged the Texas Republican Party to offer up a candidate to challenge the Democratic nominee ex-Rep. Nick Lampson. While the Republican Party cannot replace DeLay's name on the ballot, they can organize a campaign to write in another candidate. A spokeswoman for Lampson's campaign said Lampson did not have an immediate comment on DeLay's decision. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia rejected on Monday an emergency request by the Texas Republican Party to put on hold lower federal court decisions requiring DeLay's name be kept on the ballot. In March, DeLay said he would resign from Congress and not seek re-election just days after beating three Republican rivals in the party's primary election. Polls had shown he might lose to a Democrat. The federal courts ruled that allowing the state Republican Party to replace DeLay prior to the November 7 election would violate the U.S. Constitution. Republicans claimed they were acting in accordance with Texas law allowing political parties to replace a candidate who becomes ineligible before election day. By claiming Virginia residency, DeLay sought to make himself ineligible.