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DeLay Boogies From Dancing to Millionaire

Tom Delay is the new 'expert' on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 27, 2009 10:20 AM CDT
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(Newser) – As if seeing Tom DeLay shake his butt on Dancing With the Stars wasn't hard enough on America, the former House Majority Leader will continue his budding reality show career on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. DeLay will appear as the "expert" lifeline, following in the footsteps of Wolf Blitzer and Soledad O'Brien, the New York Post reports. The gig began yesterday and continues the rest of the week.

"I suspect that maybe a good part of what DeLay is doing is so that potential jurors might see that he's not the hard-hearted guy that he presented himself as when he was majority leader, and that he has a soft and fuzzy side to him," says a former federal prosecutor. DeLay is facing trial on charges of money laundering, and "he's trying to influence public opinion beforehand," the lawyer adds.

In this Monday, Sept. 21, 2009 photo, Former House Republican Whip Tom DeLay, 62, dances with his partner Cheryl Burke on the ABC's Dancing with the Stars, in Los Angeles.
In this Monday, Sept. 21, 2009 photo, Former House Republican Whip Tom DeLay, 62, dances with his partner Cheryl Burke on the ABC's "Dancing with the Stars," in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/ABC, Adam Larkey)
In this April 4, 2006 file photo, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay leaves the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington.
In this April 4, 2006 file photo, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay leaves the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington.   (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, FILE)
In this Monday, Sept. 21, 2009 file photo, former House Republican Whip Tom DeLay, 62, dances on the ABC's Dancing with the Stars, in Los Angeles.
In this Monday, Sept. 21, 2009 file photo, former House Republican Whip Tom DeLay, 62, dances on the ABC's "Dancing with the Stars," in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/ABC, Adam Larkey, File)
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COMMENTS
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Observer
Oct 27, 2009 6:09 AM CDT
Delay is a criminal prick and needs to be staying in the Graybar Hotel. He is the worst of the worst. Please put him away. Let him dance the night away with a couple of Black Panther "lovers".
ronimaca
Oct 27, 2009 4:33 AM CDT
Why isn't this ass hole in jail. frankel1205 you forgot child prostitution and forced abortions
cornelison
Oct 27, 2009 4:19 AM CDT
Whenever I see John Boehner in front of the camera it reminds me of DeLay. Mean, nasty, cruel, lying, unpleasant, ignorant, uncaring, self-centered, egotistical, irritating, nauseating, creepy, horrible, devious, vengeful, intolerant and painful to listen to. And that's just for starters.

 
entertainment • Dancing with the Stars • Tom DeLay • game show • Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

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