Comparing Livability In Baghdad and Houston

"With public support for the war in Iraq at its lowest point, the Bush Administration appears to be more desperate than ever before to put a positive spin on the war...The nadir of this campaign, however, has to be Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay's recent comment to the effect that current conditions in Baghdad are no worse than those in Houston Texas:

'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.'"

Thanks to Michael Dudley