Matthews grilled DeLay about passages in his book where he apparently ripped into fellow corrupt Texan Dick Armey, eventually asking the Hammer about describing Armey as “drunk with ambition.” DeLay denied writing that. “I wrote that he was ‘blinded by his ambition.’” Matthews starts flipping though the book and finds the “drunk with ambition” quote and reads it to Bug Man. And DeLay keeps denying it. Finally, Chris hands the book to Tom and tells him to read it himself. DeLay looks down, pauses, and says “I don’t have my glasses.”

I know it's a partisan site, but for fucks sake. Just how ridiculous can people be.

Talk about creating a false reality. It's written, in front of his damn face, and he can't own up to it.

On top of which, who cares?! It's such a minimal quote... why even lie about it.

This isn't about the quote itself, but about the lengths these fuckers will go to deny reality.

Stunning.

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