November 24, 2010
— DrewM Thanksgiving came a day early for liberals.
DeLay was charged with money laundering and conspiracy to commit money. He faces a possible sentence of 5-99 years in prison and a maximum $10,000 fine on the money laundering charge, and 2-20 years in prison and a possible $10,000 fine on the conspiracy charge.Prosecutors earlier said they believe the DeLay case is the first such criminal charge ever filed over TexasÂ’ century-old prohibition on corporate contributions in state political races.
Delay, a Republican who was nicknamed “The Hammer” because of his heavy-handed style, was accused of conspiring to funnel $190,000 of corporate money through the Republican National Committee, which sent $190,000 in campaign donations to seven GOP candidates for the Texas House.
State law prohibits corporations from giving donations to candidates directly or indirectly.
Sucks for DeLay but on the whole, it's kind of meh news. He's been out of office for a number of years and with the Republican wave this year and a new generation of leaders it just feels so old and from another era, mostly because it is.
Still, liberals will enjoy their moment and no one will care come Monday.
It'll be interesting to see how this all shakes out once the appeals are through.
Thanks to tmi3rd for the heads up.
Just a reminder...DeLay had the best mugshot ever.
Added: In case you're mourning the fall of a great conservative leader, don't forget that in 2005 Delay said the federal government was small enough and the GOP was pretty much done cutting spending. Now, we'd all like to go back to the 'good old' days of only 300+ billion dollar deficits and 16 TRILLION in unfunded liabilities but that's only because of how insane things have gotten since then.
DeLay may have had a lot of good qualities as a Congressman but being a small government, cost cutting conservative wasn't one of them.
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Posted by: bill at November 24, 2010 02:09 PM (GS6+S)
Posted by: navybrat at November 24, 2010 02:10 PM (8DuMx)
Posted by: Taint Painter at November 24, 2010 02:11 PM (E7i+5)
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Posted by: The Chewbacca Defense at November 24, 2010 02:13 PM (GGEUV)
Posted by: tmi3rd at November 24, 2010 02:13 PM (WRtsc)
Posted by: Dr Spank at November 24, 2010 02:14 PM (LLZiU)
Posted by: Delta Smelt at November 24, 2010 02:15 PM (AZWim)
Posted by: Taint Painter at November 24, 2010 06:11 PM (E7i+5)
When Fox made the announcement they said they intended to appeal immediately.
Posted by: Vic at November 24, 2010 02:16 PM (e4sSD)
Posted by: joeindc44 at November 24, 2010 02:16 PM (QxSug)
Posted by: FUBAR at November 24, 2010 02:17 PM (McG46)
Ok we have previous evidence of Democratic prosecutors faking evidence and hiding things from the defense. This prosecutor should be dragged in front of a Congressional Committe and have his life gone through with a fine tooth comb.
This guy hounded DeLay even though multiple parts of his case were dismissed multiple times from what I remember.
When are we going to wake the FUCK UP and realize that all Democrats in any position of power will do what ever it takes to take down Conservatives.
When the FUCK arewe going to start playing by the same rules these Bastards do?
Posted by: southdakotaboy at November 24, 2010 02:17 PM (Hg165)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at November 24, 2010 02:17 PM (EiH7n)
I'll never forget the confusion and angst of libs who were rubbing their hands in expectation of a Nick Nolte-style hobo-under-the-bridge mugshot and instead had to work with this Sears Family Portrait.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at November 24, 2010 02:17 PM (SObBx)
It was my understanding that that law did not go into effect until after the event.
Any TX morons on here know the specifics of that?
Posted by: Vic at November 24, 2010 02:18 PM (e4sSD)
>>accused of conspiring to funnel $190,000 of corporate money through the Republican National Committee, which sent $190,000 in campaign donations to seven GOP candidates for the Texas House.<<
Just because it was the same amount in/out means NOTHING. The RNC sent different money.
This is BS.
Posted by: Doug S at November 24, 2010 02:18 PM (CGjp2)
DeLay is not guilty of anything they charged him with in this case and this affair is a political witch hunt but he is a scumbag politician and part of the corrupt culture. Regardless, I don't like the idea of abusing the courts for political hits but like my detective buddy told me when I confronted him about prosecuting people he knew were innocent of the crime they were being charged with,
"Everybody's guilty of something."
Posted by: Mr Wizard at November 24, 2010 02:18 PM (H+LJc)
Posted by: franksalterego at November 24, 2010 02:19 PM (+6fgE)
Posted by: Captain Hate at November 24, 2010 02:19 PM (gJgy/)
From what I understand the grand jury failed to indict three times as well. It is common that after a failed indictment the first time the prosecutor drops the case.
Posted by: Vic at November 24, 2010 02:20 PM (e4sSD)
--Huh?
On the bright side, he's out of office and there's a long holiday weekend to bury the news.
Posted by: Pluto at November 24, 2010 02:21 PM (BP6Z1)
WTF? How do they run campaigns in Texas? That's kinda weird. It seems every candidate would be in trouble if they pressed it.
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at November 24, 2010 02:21 PM (JcRgg)
Posted by: logprof, not a possessor of a barbed cock at November 24, 2010 02:22 PM (BP6Z1)
Delay will be convicted of a crime, and Barney Frank and Charlie Rangel STILL HAVE JOBS!!!!!!
Fuck this......
Posted by: Sponge at November 24, 2010 02:23 PM (7Tx0S)
Posted by: Dr Spank at November 24, 2010 02:23 PM (LLZiU)
Posted by: TSAssholes at November 24, 2010 02:25 PM (/t3l8)
Posted by: joeindc44 at November 24, 2010 02:25 PM (QxSug)
Rep. John Tierney's felon wife laundered over $7M and she's looking at only 60 days house arrest and a $2500 fine.
Posted by: Soothsayer & Yams at November 24, 2010 02:26 PM (L0wbB)
Posted by: joeindc44 at November 24, 2010 02:27 PM (QxSug)
Culture of Corruption!!!
I'm just glad we can trust the Democrats. By the way, our country's entire infrastructure is about eight months old now. Shouldn't it be replaced?
Posted by: FireHorse at November 24, 2010 02:28 PM (sWynj)
Breaking!
Harry Reid's Union Payback. Lameduck awefulness.
Corruption - with a nice sounding title.
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at November 24, 2010 02:29 PM (0fzsA)
What they went apeshit about was DeLay screwing them out of the opportunity to use a shady, skeevy-looking mugshot of him on the website of every Democrat congressional candidate in '06 to illustrate "the face of the GOP majority". They'd planned for exactly that as a fringe benefit of this political prosecution, the Hammer knew it, and he denied them the satisfaction with a smile.
I love this guy.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at November 24, 2010 02:33 PM (SObBx)
Posted by: izoneguy at November 24, 2010 03:02 PM (YiODO)
These punishments seem quite excessive for the crime even if he was truly guilty. In North Carolina, the former governor had actual provable violations of campaign finance law and his big punishment was $1000.
Posted by: AmishDude at November 24, 2010 03:02 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: Captain Hate at November 24, 2010 06:19 PM
I agree. So let's get started!
Oh, yeah: about those online donations to Osama Obama's campaign? They should be good for 10-to-20, too.
If DeLay was crooked, doesn't matter what party he belongs to. This will only be a travesty if all the other greedhead fatcats walk. I'll be there cheering as they do the perp-walk, Dems and Repubs alike.
Posted by: MrScribbler© at November 24, 2010 03:04 PM (Ulu3i)
All true. But he had all the wrong (right?) enemies. The indictment was done for the express purpose of getting him out of the leadership. Texas' weird laws where ethics charges are prosecuted by the Travis County prosecutor and the GOP rules that an indicted member of the leadership had to step down from the leadership position made it happen.
I believe that two grand juries refused to indict before Earle manipulated the third.
Chances are that recent SCOTUS decisions might render these laws unconstitutional.
If so, then the Dems get their scalp, some defense attorneys get rich, the people of Texas are out some serious coin and DeLay can continue not pursuing a political career.
Posted by: AmishDude at November 24, 2010 03:10 PM (T0NGe)
I'm certain this will be overturned upon appeal at least.
I hope Tom can delay it as long as possible. (pun totally intended)
Jury foreperson was a female Greenpeace activist. There were six Democrats, 1 Republican, 3 Liberal Independents and 2 “Moderate” Independents
Posted by: goldenpeaches at November 24, 2010 03:18 PM (msZp6)
Fuck this......
Posted by: Sponge at November 24, 2010 06:23 PM (7Tx0S)
Don't forget Chris Dodd is still un indicted,our govt is so corrupt,do we even have a chance.
Oh yeah, thanks Vic.
Posted by: Taint Painter at November 24, 2010 03:19 PM (E7i+5)
It's confusing because some of the laws the media are citing were passed after this supposed action.
Posted by: AmishDude at November 24, 2010 03:23 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: PaleRider at November 24, 2010 03:24 PM (dkExz)
Posted by: MSM at November 24, 2010 03:29 PM (U6MtO)
This is the most fraudulent political prosecution in Texas history. Democrat Prosecutor Ronnie Earl originally went after Delay by summoning multiple grand juries, all of which refused to issue an indictment. They originally tried indicting Delay for actions made illegal by laws written after those actions had already been legally taken. In other words, they were prosecuting him retroactively. That didn't work, so now this.
This is naked abuse of political power, brought specifically by Democrat Party operatives.
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 24, 2010 03:35 PM (f7RZp)
Posted by: profligatewaste at November 24, 2010 03:53 PM (b3rrc)
Delay lead story, democrat not even mentioned for two days.
Fair and balanced
Posted by: Kemp at November 24, 2010 03:57 PM (JpFM9)
OT but... via Drudge "CAIR to Muslims: Ask to pat yourself down... "
"If you wear the Islamic head scarf and you are selected for secondary screening, ask the TSA officer if the reason you are being selected for secondary is because of your head scarf. If the officer confirms you were referred to secondary because of your head scarf, before you are patted down, you should remind the TSA officer, who should be of the same gender, that they are only supposed to pat down the area in question, in this scenario, your head and neck. They should not subject you to a full-body or partial-body pat-down. You can always request to pat down your own scarf, including head and neck area, and have the officer perform a residue swab of your hands." Yaaay, we get to lose again...
Posted by: mallfly at November 24, 2010 04:06 PM (bJm7W)
Posted by: CoolCzech at November 24, 2010 04:34 PM (tJjm/)
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Posted by: archie bunker at November 24, 2010 06:15 PM (0YS61)
Posted by: archie bunker at November 24, 2010 10:15 PM (0YS61)
You tell 'em, archie!!
Posted by: Christopher Dodd at November 24, 2010 07:40 PM (BP6Z1)
On the same day that the transactions for which Tom DeLay was convicted occurred, the Democrats were doing exactly the same thing.
Change the state law so that the responsibility for going after politicians is moved from Travis County to Tarrant County. If they want to play Ronnie Earl tactics, we can fill the prisons with Democrats. When the prisons get full, we'll execute some murderers and make room for more.
Tom Delay was my Congressman. I've met him and I like the man. The Democrats went after him because he was effective. Those charges were bullshit. Everybody including the prosecutors and the jury knew it. They have already discarded civility. Now they have abandoned the rule of law.
OK. Them's the rules. Don't let me hear you Dems crying when your people get taken down the same way.
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Posted by: samer at November 25, 2010 04:26 AM (U/YyK)
This is nothing more than a bunch of moonbats venting their frustrations.
Posted by: Martin Knight at November 25, 2010 05:26 AM (FCDuT)
Please do send us more GOP newbies. We look forward to Lisa Snortcokesky's inevitable arrival here.
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