Tom Delay indicted in campain finance scheme

mtelliott · 09-28-2005, 08:57 AM

Just on the wire.

WASHINGTON - A Texas grand jury on Wednesday charged Rep. Tom DeLay and two political associates with conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme, an indictment that could force him to step down as House majority leader.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9507677/

Witch hunt or not?

DaveE · 09-28-2005, 09:19 AM

No, Delay's not a witch, he's a crook...........

deathpunk dan · 09-28-2005, 09:23 AM

bahahah 'witch hunt'...too funny...

Hopefully, Mr Ethics is about to become Mrs Ethics in the Big House.

Total scumbag.

speedkillz · 09-28-2005, 09:27 AM

The house of "Lil W" is finally coming down. Yea Hoooooooo.

bryanthompson · bryanthompson's Garage

I haven't been paying attention... what's this all about?

Joeaksa · 09-28-2005, 09:34 AM

I do not live in Texas but I seem to remember that the great state of Penn and Rhode Island have their fair share of crooked elected representatives.

People who live in glass houses should not throw rocks or so I have heard...

Also, Ronnie Earle is not actually impartial as well. He is a Democrat and has been after Delay for years now and has had more than enough time to indict him if he had evidence of any wrong doing. That said, he has also had a lot of time to cook up any evidence needed. Look here: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/04/60minutes/main678234.shtml

JoeA

stevepaa · 09-28-2005, 09:38 AM

I'll wait for the trial. Too many times what you first hear is not what is brought out in trial.

deathpunk dan · 09-28-2005, 09:49 AM

You are right. RI is the mobster state. Our beloved ex mayor is in a federal pen. The mob ran providence for 40+ years...there's no hiding that!

You fail to see the big difference. I take glee in Delay being called on the carpet because he is the one obsessed (politically/publicly, anyway) with ethics/morals etc (cough: Schiavo case)

He's a f#cking hypocrite just like all the others, after all.

In summary, when the god squad/morals/ethics squad f#ck up, it is especially delicious.

lendaddy · 09-28-2005, 09:49 AM

From what I'v heard he is accused of using corporate donations (which can only be used for one thing or another) and used them for something else. Or they claim his campaign did, either way. Real nasty stuff indeed.

ronin · 09-28-2005, 09:50 AM

Quote:

Kevin Madden, DeLay’s spokesman, dismissed the charge as politically motivated.

“This indictment is nothing more than prosecutorial retribution by a partisan Democrat,” Madden said, referring to prosecutor Ronnie Earle, a Democrat.

“We regret the people of Texas will once again have their taxpayer dollars wasted on Ronnie Earle’s pursuit of headlines and political paybacks,” Madden said.

Mulhollanddose · 09-28-2005, 10:00 AM

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Originally posted by bryanthompson
I haven't been paying attention... what's this all about?

It is about a liberal witch hunt...Orchestrated by a partisan Democrat hack...Think Joe Stalin's show trials.

From a party who has a really wicked history of campaign finance violations, including taking money from the Chinese Military for top-secret ICBM technology, I find this play rather suspicious.

Mulhollanddose · 09-28-2005, 10:01 AM

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Originally posted by lendaddy
From what I'v heard he is accused of using corporate donations (which can only be used for one thing or another) and used them for something else. Or they claim his campaign did, either way. Real nasty stuff indeed.

Right, funds saw the wrong account...That is the crime...A far cry from the traitorous campaign finance violations that Reno covered up for Clinton.

Mulhollanddose · 09-28-2005, 10:02 AM

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Originally posted by deathpunk dan
In summary, when the god squad/morals/ethics squad f#ck up, it is especially delicious.

Spoken like a Godless fascist.

Mulhollanddose · 09-28-2005, 10:04 AM

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Originally posted by stevepaa
I'll wait for the trial. Too many times what you first hear is not what is brought out in trial.

Sober...I agree, and if Delay is guilty of some type of "quid pro quo"...I say hang him high...Alas, this has the appearance of being a smoke-screen and witch hunt by a proven elected partisan Democrat who is using the court system as a tool to inflict political damage.

Superman · 09-28-2005, 10:06 AM

The party is power has certainly captured the moral LOW ground.

lendaddy · 09-28-2005, 10:06 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mulhollanddose
Sober...I agree, and if Delay is guilty of some type of "quid pro quo"...I say hang him high...Alas, this has the appearance of being a smoke-screen and witch hunt by a proven elected partisan Democrat who is using the court system as a tool to inflict political damage.

Yep

Mulhollanddose · 09-28-2005, 10:10 AM

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Originally posted by Superman
The party is power has certainly captured the moral LOW ground.

Please...Your party wrote the book on sleazy fund-raising.

widebody911 · widebody911's Garage

Check out http://dropthehammer.org/corruption/

ronin · 09-28-2005, 10:16 AM

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Originally posted by Superman
The party is power has certainly captured the moral LOW ground.

mmyeesss, and the democrates HATE the competition

Mulhollanddose · 09-28-2005, 10:20 AM

As The Washington Post reported, last week Pelosi filed delinquent reports for three trips she herself accepted from outside sponsors. The biggie was a week-long 1999 trip to Taiwan, paid for by the Chinese National Association of Industry and Commerce. The tab for Pelosi and her husband: about $8,000.

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And while Pelosi bashes GOP ethics, PoliticalMoneyLine, a data firm, crunched the numbers and found that in the last five years, Democrats took 3,458 privately funded junkets, while Republicans took 2,666.

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