Napoleon Sends a Message to Tom DeLay
“Those who failed to oppose me, who readily agreed with me, accepted all my views, and yielded easily to my opinions, were those who did me the most injury, and were my worst enemies, because, by surrendering to me so easily, they encouraged me to go too far... I was then too powerful for any
man, except myself, to injure me.”
Napoleon Bonaparte
Well, that’s pretty introspective, but it comes from an Emperor speaking from exile and exile tends to encourage introspection. Just ask Newt Gingrich. And now, Tom DeLay is in the Speaker’s hot-seat. The problem for Tom is not a Texas prosecutor or the House Ethics Committee or even the temporary wobbling of his conservative base.
The problem for Tom is his Napoleon complex and, like Newt before him, he may not have time to reflect on what brought him down until he is down. There isn’t a Republican left standing in the House who doesn’t yield to Tom DeLay. This exterminator from Houston has risen to such overwhelming power…