Today's Irony Break is provided by Tom DeLay, who called Howard Dean a "cruel, loudmouth extremist." Yep, this is Tom DeLay, the House majority leader who probably broke several state laws raising GOP campaign funds [Salon has an excellent article on this today -- get the day pass to read it], among other capers. Ezra over at Not Geniuses put it nicely: There's something about the internal deception needed for DeLay to call a Democrat "cruel" that just amazes me. I mean, this guy is as black-hearted as they come, willing to deny our men and women in service Child Tax Credits if he can't have another 80-some billion in tax cuts. And he wants to call a man who gave every child in his state full health insurance and gays equal rights cruel? It boggles the mind.