On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:03:03 -0600, Conan The Librarian
wrote:

wrote:

On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:39:29 -0600, Conan The Librarian
wrote:

I'd say someone who held the position of House Majority leader is a
big name.

...hell, I'd bet big that if you asked 1000 US citizens "who is/was Tom
DeLay," 90% of the answers would be split about equally among something
like "Whuden he that guy Paris Hilton was bangin' in that video?" and

Ah, so because some hypothetical Joe Sixpack doesn't know who DeLay
is, he magically is no longer a major player in American politics?

See my reply to Joe - he was never a real player, at least not on his
own.

R