Tom DeLay Is Campaigning Again (While Dancing)

Tom DeLay is on Dancing With The Stars, which makes as much sense to me as him once being the House Majority Leader. The guy is a crackpot.

His daughter Dani DeLay Ferro, who was in charge of his political campaigns, is now in charge of his television campaigns, according to The New York Times, which also published the e-mail that Ferro sent to,well, "the Republican establishment."

This is the e-mail:

Hi all,
Tonight is the first episode of Dancing With the Stars (on ABC) so it's time to watch and vote!!

As most of you know, my dad is a contestant on the show and it's up to us to keep him going!! The judge's score is only half the overall score, our votes are the other half.

There are several ways to vote:
1. call 800-868-3408. Phone lines open at the top of the show and close 30 minutes after the show ends. You can call 8 times from each phone number you have.
2. text (AT&T customers only). Again, 8 times from each phone number.
3. online until noon tomorrow. 8 times from each email address you have.

To vote online, you will first need to register on the ABC website and vote there:
https://register.go.com/abc/primetime/dancing/newSignin
http://abc.go.com/shows/dancing-with-the-stars/about-voting

Dad is really counting on us so now's a great time to show your support!! Vote early, Vote often!!!
Thank you,
Dani

This should go well. I mean, it's not illegal what Ferro's doing. Any previous celebrity (or celebrity kid) has always had the chance to recruit votes to support the person on the show. However, it's just hard to trust a man who was indicted on criminal charges of conspiracy to violate election laws, money laundering and conspiracy to engage in money laundering, while The House Ethics Committee also admonished DeLay for improper use of Federal Aviation Administration resources, and so on, you know?

I mean, Dancing With The Stars just seems like it's for good, decent people, and DeLay is just this awful blotch on the season, while every other celebrity is just a hard-working gentle person, it seems, and...oh, really? Wait, seriously? Michael Irvin is on this season too? No way. For real? Well, then nevermind. DeLay's a decent guy, I guess.

[Photo Credit] - Washington Post...giggling...