Tom DeLay: 'Conservatives can have fun too!'

Tom DeLay's venture into the hard-knock world of reality television has begun. This morning, the former House majority leader began rehearsals for "Dancing With the Stars," tweeting jocularly that he hoped his dance partner wasn't Nancy Pelosi.

During an appearance on "Good Morning America," the onetime Congressional power broker said there was one simple reason he decided to participate in the ABC dance competition: "I love dancing. Ya gotta love dancing if you’re from Texas."

"This is going to be so fun and so crazy," DeLay added, telling "GMA's" Chris Cuomo: "Conservatives can have fun too!"

Then Cuomo pressed him about the serious matter hanging over DeLay as he took on this challenge: "Will you go all the way to sequins?"

"I don’t know about that," the longtime pol responded. "That’s up for negotiation."

-- Matea Gold

Photo: David J. Phillip /  Associated Press

Comments

[ted]

Dancing with the Has-Beens,

given his long support for chemical warfare [ initially against bugs] his partner should be dressed as a giant cockroach...

[Chuck Lange]

This crook should be Dancing Behind Bars instead of Dancing with the Stars.

[Brian R]

Is he going to redistrict the judges to get more votes????

Guy should be Dancing With Felons...c'mon Obama, do something, send DeLay to jail...

[ArtFart]

Not on my dime.

[john]

Wasn't he convicted of money laundering? I'll wait to watch the show after he is voted off. It should only take a week or two.

[john]

Indicted, not convicted.

[Rosemary Bolton]

This is really sad. I have been waiting for DWTS to start again.
I am so disappointed. Tom Delay is an embarrassment to The US and to Texas.
I too will be watching the NEWS( not the show) to see when he gets bumped off.
Also...Carol Burke is my very favorite partner...How could you have done this to her?

[jambo]

Calling Tom DeLay a "conservative" is quite a severe misstep.

He's a repellent prig whose career has been built on ballet-who.