As he awaits trial on money laundering charges, disgraced former House Majority Leader Tom Delay on Monday launched the latest phase of his extremist makeover on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars." Two years after publishing his book and 18 months after starting the Coalition for a Conservative Majority, Delay turned to the Cha Cha to complete his resurrection. Which is altogether fitting for the man who repeatedly compared himself to Jesus Christ.

Delay's Christ complex first manifested itself in 2001 as he explained to the Washington Post the opposition to his none-too-subtle campaign to bring his fundamentalism to the United States Congress. "People hate the messenger," Delay announced, adding, "That's why they killed Christ." On the day of his booking five years later, Delay told Time he prayed:

"Let people see Christ through me."

As it turns out, the similarities between Jesus and Tom Delay are striking:

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I wasn't going to post about this, but what the heck. It's too funny ...Apparently, there's a "Save Tucker" movement trying to flourish and they have a website to prove it. And a three-time Democratic office seeker is helping out...I wonder how long it will take Howard Kurtz to do a feature on it, but I digress. Here's where the fun begins...

MSNBC executives are considering cancelling 'Tucker' with Tucker Carlson which airs on MSNBC at 6:00pm EST weekdays. This decision by MSNBC will silence a [bleating, whiny, intensely irritating-ed.] conservative voice, part of a move by MSNBC to swing left and become "FOX for the Liberals," dropping any pretense of objectivity or balance.

Any guy willing to go on "Dancing with the Stars" and treat guests both left and right with spirited but congenial debate should not be purged in some ideological marketing plan. We respectfully urge NBC to reconsider this decision and save TUCKER!

I think all his problems are essentially illustrated in this pesky little ratings graphic below....

(click pic to make it larger) h/t TV Newser...Anyway, TRex started a new blog and talks more about this...

INTEL DUMP: One month after his tour in Iraq, military advisor Phil Carter writes in today's NYT: "Our choices in 2006 are not as good as our choices were in 2003; we cannot simply stay the course now and hope for victory."
BlondeSense: Nobel Prize links poverty reduction to peace

Liberal Country Fan : Sarah Evans bails out of 'Dancing With the Stars' in the wake of scandal..seeks divorce from GOP "Christian" hypocrite

A Tiny Revolution: There are only so many ways to persuade yourself it's okay to kill others

Blah3: Bunker mentality...

Bob Geiger: A stellar sampling of the week's editorial cartoons

OFF THE BEATEN PATH: America's Least Wanted.. Blue Collar Politics Blog... Johnny and All of His Pants... Florida Republican Crime Watch

Dancing with the Stars--Tucker Carlson. He embarrassed himself when he interviewed David Brock.