Former Republican Congressman and poster child for government corruption Tom Delay appeared on Hardball today to talk with Chris Matthews about the Larry Craig sex scandal. I knew this was going to be bad when Matthews introduced him as Mr. Leader. Matthews has a strange fascination with Delay and allows him an extraordinary amount of time to rehash every scandal to involve a Democrat in the past twenty years while denying the stench of hypocrisy that emanates from the Republican Party. Delay's basic argument is that Republicans deal with their bad apples while the Democrats rally behind theirs and re-elect them. Try not to laugh too loud or throw anything breakable...tear it up in the comments...

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Why Matthews and MSNBC continues to let garbage like Tom Delay darken their network is beyond me. On the other hand, if you're looking for an expert on corruption, scandals and disgraced members of Congress, Tom Delay is your Huckleberry. What's next, Mark Foley hosting an episode of To Catch A Predator?