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"Another Body Blow to Tom DeLay"
By Murshed Zaheed
Posted on Thu May 26, 2005 at 01:25:51 PM EST
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| Millions Missing in Ohio "Coingate" scandal (I'm shocked!) »
Texas judge rules against treasurer of PAC set up by DeLay
The Daily DeLay <-----***
Salon Magazine & "Nailing the Hammer, Round 1"
"Another Body Blow to Tom DeLay"
By Murshed Zaheed
Posted on Thu May 26, 2005 at 01:25:51 PM EST
Wonder how much longer till the GOP distances themselves from the Bug Man? labels him a "bad apple"? tosses him overboard? etc.
The longer he fights, the worse they'll look. So they'll cut their losses and move on; don't want him to be lingering a year from now!
I'm betting he's out as Majority Leader by July 4th, Labor Day at the latest.
GREAT BLOG...I especially enjoyed reading Molly Ivins' take on the Delay scumbaggery...
This is my favorite comment from Atrios' post on the decision today . . .
(http://tinyurl.com/cnefo)
From Rmj, Wandering Aengus:
"You don't understand.
As Molly Ivins says, Texas has no campaign finance laws. Violating them is quite a feat. It's a whole new level of corruption, to get busted at all.
Not that this will lead to real campaign finance laws. But when you violate the toothless and few laws Texas has, you've done something.
So the criminal case looks even more interesting...."
What I think a lot of us don't understand is that we are watching an all-out war being waged by real heroes who must lay waste to villany while trying to preserve the Republic.
We're the folks at home, getting news from the front and trying to figure out what it means. This is the first time in my life I have ever supported a war -- It's a war being fought with the greatest of weapons, not guns but the principles of Constitution government and rule of law.
There is real danger and real nobility in what's going on . . .
Thanks! I just posted on my blog so our readers can come over and peruse this very timely news story.
YES, WE-THE-PEOPLE CAN.
"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." --Sinclair Lewis
"If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy." -- James Madison
"When the government fears the people it is a democracy....when the people fear their government it is tyranny..." -- Thomas Jefferson
"The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders...tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger." – Herman Goering - Nazi
"patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels." - Samuel Johnson
Wonder how much longer till the GOP distances themselves from the Bug Man? labels him a "bad apple"? tosses him overboard? etc.
The longer he fights, the worse they'll look. So they'll cut their losses and move on; don't want him to be lingering a year from now!
I'm betting he's out as Majority Leader by July 4th, Labor Day at the latest.
Posted by: Jeff | Friday, May 27, 2005 at 06:28 AM
GREAT BLOG...I especially enjoyed reading Molly Ivins' take on the Delay scumbaggery...
Posted by: Joe | Thursday, May 26, 2005 at 03:45 PM
This is my favorite comment from Atrios' post on the decision today . . .
(http://tinyurl.com/cnefo)
From Rmj, Wandering Aengus:
"You don't understand.
As Molly Ivins says, Texas has no campaign finance laws. Violating them is quite a feat. It's a whole new level of corruption, to get busted at all.
Not that this will lead to real campaign finance laws. But when you violate the toothless and few laws Texas has, you've done something.
So the criminal case looks even more interesting...."
What I think a lot of us don't understand is that we are watching an all-out war being waged by real heroes who must lay waste to villany while trying to preserve the Republic.
We're the folks at home, getting news from the front and trying to figure out what it means. This is the first time in my life I have ever supported a war -- It's a war being fought with the greatest of weapons, not guns but the principles of Constitution government and rule of law.
There is real danger and real nobility in what's going on . . .
Posted by: cs | Thursday, May 26, 2005 at 01:58 PM
Thanks! I just posted on my blog so our readers can come over and peruse this very timely news story.
Posted by: Kevin | Thursday, May 26, 2005 at 12:59 PM