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Tom DeLay conviction overturned by Texas court

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by YankeeFan, Sep 19, 2013.

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  1. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    Well, he is guilty, so there is that.

    But he's also rich, which explains everything.
     
    Starman, Sep 19, 2013
    #13
  2. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    I think your typewriter has some keys that are sticking, but fortunately I was here to fix that for you ... :D
     
    doctorquant, Sep 19, 2013
    #14
  3. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    The only "partisan" thing about Tom Delay as a Congressman was that he was partisan to money -- money padding him personally and money allowing him to control who else got into power to pad their pockets. People like him aren't "partisan" -- the way someone with political convictions might be called partisan. His only conviction was putting himself for sale to the highest bidders. See: Jack Abramoff, for example, who paid Delay with cash for quid pro quos to back or stop legislation.

    Debate the legality of his sleaziness all you want. Debate the ethics of it.

    But a congressman who accepts trips, gifts and campaign cash in return for using Federal legislation to hand out favors is scummy.
     
    The Big Ragu, Sep 19, 2013
    #15
  4. zagoshe

    zagoshe Well-Known Member

    So basically in your mind every person in congress, state legislature, the senate and city councils everywhere are scummy because there ain't one who hasn't pulled this kind of nonsense
     
    zagoshe, Sep 19, 2013
    #16
  5. SpeedTchr

    SpeedTchr Well-Known Member

    This one?

    http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/DeLay-gets-judge-thrown-off-his-case-2598136.php

    Yeah, I don't think you can blame him for wanting that guy gone.
     
    SpeedTchr, Sep 20, 2013
    #17
  6. old_tony

    old_tony Well-Known Member

    Don't you know? Conservatives aren't entitled to fair trials.
     
    old_tony, Sep 20, 2013
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  7. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    I'm not remotely disagreeing with you. But that's not the issue in this case.

    You and the rest of the board might read up on Ronnie Earle, the Travis County (i.e., Austin) DA at the center of this fiasco. This guy was a piece of work. In the DeLay case he had one indictment thrown out, then in another go he couldn't get his grand jury to indict. The third time was the charm, though, but that was only after: 1) he put the DeLay case in front of them mere hours after they'd been impaneled; 2) he'd kept quiet, in violation of normal procedures, the second grand jury's "no bill" report.

    Tom DeLay is neither a saint nor a martyr, but his prosecution in this "case" is a textbook instance of rank partisanship masquerading as jurisprudence. It won't surprise me at all when Earle, who has fallen off the radar since he couldn't make the DeLay case his springboard to statewide office, gets brought up on prosecutorial misconduct charges.
     
    doctorquant, Sep 20, 2013
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  8. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Doc, I don't care about your DA or his prosecution. I know that Tom DeLay is a sleazeball who undoubtedly belongs in jail for a bunch of reasons that have nothing to do with the your DA or his court case. And DeLay being scummy and a sleazeball, has nothing to do with political ideals some people here are dumb enough to think he has. He has the convictions of a hyena. He cares about one thing and that is lining his pockets.

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/30/AR2005123001480.html

    http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_gist/2005/04/the_tom_delay_scandals.html
     
    The Big Ragu, Sep 20, 2013
    #20
  9. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    That may be true, but I'm a process kinda guy myself. Not a big believer in the means being justified by the ends.
     
    doctorquant, Sep 20, 2013
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  10. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I never said anything about means justifying the ends. I actually just said I wouldn't comment on the court case. I simply said DeLay is scummy.
     
    The Big Ragu, Sep 20, 2013
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  11. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    Mistaken inference on my part ...
     
    doctorquant, Sep 20, 2013
    #23
  12. old_tony

    old_tony Well-Known Member

    Washington Post and Slate -- two sources you can sure will have bias as bad as -- or maybe even worse than -- that DA.
     
    old_tony, Sep 20, 2013
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