Burning his bridges?

Seems to me Tom DeLay is writing off the greater Houston Chamber of Commerce folks...

"You know, if Houston, Texas, was held to the same standard as Iraq is held to, nobody'd go to Houston, because all this reporting coming out of the local press in Houston is violence, murders, robberies, deaths on the highways," DeLay said.

Before the Bugman spilled the beans, I had no idea that Houston's murder, robbery and general mayhem rates were comparable to Baghdad's. Conventioneers take note...


Hat tip to Atrios.