Tom DeLay Bullies . . .

. . . a Houston TV station into silence. At least that's what it sounds like to me. I called (713) 222-2222 and got connected to Ed Ortelli's office (sp?) and spoke with his assistant. I asked a few questions like: "why are you refusing to run a factually accurate ad about Tom DeLay? How many calls have you recieved? Can you tell me then if you've gotten a lot of calls or just a few?" To all of these questions I received a simple, "Sir I would be happy to put you into Mr. Ortelli's voice mail" to which I stated: "that isn't going to do much good. So you are just going to stonewall this?"

If you live in Texas, or anywhere for that matter, call KPRC and ask them why they are refusing to run a factually accurate ad about Tom DeLay?  Be polite, but firm.

Actually, there are two: KHOU also refuses. Contact them too!

Update: Pink Dome is on it too.

Update 2: Kuffner is very cogent. Annatopia weighs in too.

Update 3: Here is your chance to tell the Houston stations what guttless toadies they truly are: vote in their online poll! As Factcheck.org says, "We look at the facts." The results won't make Tom happy. Send the stations a letter here.