DeLay's Deluxe Lifestyle

Bad old Tom - he's come a long way from killing roaches in Houston. Check out this article from the AP: Donors underwrite DeLay's deluxe lifestyle.

Over the past six years, the former House majority leader and his associates have visited places of luxury most Americans have never seen, often getting there aboard corporate jets arranged by lobbyists and other special interests.

Public documents reviewed by The Associated Press tell the story: at least 48 visits to golf clubs and resorts; 100 flights aboard company planes; 200 stays at hotels, many world-class; and 500 meals at restaurants, some averaging nearly $200 for a dinner for two.

To save you the requisite Googling, I have pre-Googled the websites of all the fancy-ass places the article mentions as destinations of Tom and/or his entourage. You have to click through to at least a few of these - some pretty damn nice looking spots. Hopefully his next secluded getaway will be more of the cinderblock and steel bar variety...

• Palmas del Mar, an oceanside Puerto Rican resort
  
• the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Jamaica
  
• the Prince Hotel in Hapuna Beach, Hawaii
  
• the Michelangelo Hotel in New York
  
• the Wyndham El Conquistador Resort & Golden Door Spa in Fajardo, Puerto Rico
  
• the Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale, AZ
  
• the Ritz-Carlton in Naples, FL
  
• Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, NJ
  
• Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Farmington, PA
  
• Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, SC
  
• Morton's of Chicago
  
• the Amelia Marche Burette gift shop on Amelia Island, FL