King and DeLay chew over politics
It seems Iowa 5th District Congressman Steve King has kept up with his friend and philosophical kindred spirit, former Republican Congressman Tom DeLay, as the two had supper in D.C. this week. According to an account in Roll Call, the newspaper of Capitol Hill since 1955, “Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and Rep. Steve King had a juicy steak dinner at Sam and Harry’s on Tuesday night (Nov.14), the evening before the one-time uber-lobbyist Jack Abramoff was due to begin serving his prison sentence for the Florida half of his corruption conviction.
“DeLay — whose demise, of course, is linked to the Abramoff corruption scandal — enjoyed a steak, according to sources in the restaurant. He and King chatted and whispered away at a cozy table against the wall. No word on who gave more gossip.
“DeLay spokeswoman Shannon Flaherty said only, ‘Let’s just say Sam and Harry’s wasn’t the only one dishing out red meat.’ … King’s spokeswoman, Summer Johnson, said, ‘As you can imagine, after Nov. 7, there was really nothing jovial about the conversation.’”
DeLay resigned in late 2005 following the indictment over the functioning of a political action committee. King granted an interview to talk about DeLay in October 2005, and told me the Texas congressman was the object of a politically-motivated hunt to bring him down. King gave money to DeLay’s defense fund, and since they’re still out dining together, obviously meant what he said with “you can’t run from your friends because one of their political enemies found a way to throw a legal hook into them. That is not what this country is about. I’m going to stand with him for as long as I’m convinced that he is the man I believe he is.”
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