Everyone's favorite cable-news curmudgeon, Jack Cafferty, who has never suffered easily with the GOP band of thieves on Capitol Hill, let it rip on Tom DeLay's disgraced departure from Congress.

Said Cafferty of DeLay today on CNN's The Situation Room: "He would strut around on capitol hill like a cocky little, banty rooster, but today he slithered away from Congress to await his fate at the hands of the criminal justice system -- good riddance."

Now, Jack, don't be so hard on him. He's just your average Republican.

As always, you can catch the clip at Crooks and Liars.

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