Word: delayer
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...DeLay: First thing in the morning. We're going to lay it out. We will send a [videotaped] speech to all the media outlets. We will send a letter to my district through e-mail and otherwise we will send a letter to the members explaining why I'm doing what I'm doing, and that'll be that...
...DeLay: I don't know that you can put it in a period of time. I've been fighting this strategy of personal destruction for going on 10 years. I'm not whining. The Democrats even publicly announced that they were going to destroy my reputation and an effort to do that. So I guess when I got indicted in September-I'm a realist, and I know politics. I have been fighting this effort for a long time, and we were continuing to fight it. We knew that the indictments were frivolous. Being indicted under laws that...
...Christine DeLay: Sixty-two percent...
...DeLay: We took another look at the general election, and then it became quite evident that I had to start seriously focusing on what the future should be, and what it was going to be. I think I was really focused on whether to retire or not right after the primary...
...DeLay: We had just run a primary. We had a poll coming out in December that showed we were in decent shape but the district was quite polarized. There was very small undecided. And fortunately there were more supporting me than against me. But my support was incredibly strong. My opposition was also incredibly strong...