From the FNS Transcript of todays press conference:

REP. DELAY: Well, I am very pleased with the ethics committee’s decision. I’m very pleased that the ethics committee and these honorable people that serve on that ethics committee have dismissed the frivolous charges brought against me.

However, the letter to DeLay from the Ethics Commitee said:

“As you are aware, the Committee has made a number of decisions regarding the allegations made in the complaint that was filed against you by Representative Bell on June 15, 2004. This letter implements determinations made by the Committee that you be admonished for your conduct in two respects…

In addition, a state criminal investigation of the 2002 election activities of the Texans for a Republican Majority PAC, with which you were involved during the period in question, is underway. While Committee action on Count II of the complaint regarding those activities has been deferred pending further action in the state cases and investigation, the Committee will act on the underlying allegations at an appropriate time….

In view of the number of instances to date in which the Committee has found it necessary to comment on conduct in which you have engaged, it is clearly necessary for you to temper your future actions to assure that you are in full compliance at all times with the applicable House Rules and standards of conduct. We remind you that the House Code of Official Conduct provides the Committee with authority “to deal with any given act or accumulation of acts which, in the judgment of the committee, are severe enough to reflect discredit on the Congress.”

Ummmm, what? Dismissed? Hey, Rep DeLay, they sustained 2 of the 3 charges and deferred the 3rd one pending the results of a CRIMINAL investigation. Somehow that doesn’t seem dismissed in any way. Now if you mean they didn’t fine you, or kick your ass out, then you would be right. However, they found you guilty.

You are an embarrassment to the House and the Republican Party. And your statements at the press conference just insult the American public. I mean really, lies don’t get much worse than what you said. There isn’t even a sliver of truth to what you said. If your conduct didn’t make it necessary to resign, your utter lack of respect for the American people and blatant lie sure indicates you should. That or you are so out of touch with reality, that you are too clueless to think about the good of the nation.

I wonder if someone can bring you up on an ethics charge for your statements today.