Posted on 09/23/2013 4:47:09 AM PDT by iowamark
I remember when this happened.
I was Very upset at the time, as there was no “Crime” and it was an obvious frame-up.
I also remember that, before this happened, Tom DeLay was a very effective voice for our side.
what I don’t understand is WHY nothing can ever be done to stop this? Corruption, abuse of power and nothing can be done? Seriously? No laws can be changed to fix this?
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Sadly, at the time of Tom DeLay's "conviction", we all knew that there was no "there" there. We knew that DeLay had done nothing wrong and that Ronnie Earle was simply a small man trying to make a name for himself. Well, he got one . . . . . "assh*le". He was a tool and a shill for the Dems who, in a jaw-dropping decision from a kangaroo court, brought down one of the brightest Republican stars in the House. For his efforts, Earle lost his job.
Fast forward to today. The inability to stop or even bring the Dems under control has led to a "judicial" system in America that is a caricature of itself. From the lowest courts in the land all the way up to the SCOTUS, justice is no longer meted out on the basis of guilt or innocence, but on the politics of the day.
We have truly allowed our country to become a third world craphole by not stopping this stuff when we could. And, the price we are paying is a dear one.
The socialists have been waging bloody, hot and lethal war for decades, and not once have they been met with the fire they should be met with.
There WILL be a backlash. It may take cities going up in mushroom clouds.
If this is used to drastically curtail the power of prosecutors since that power is abused ona daily basis, and start holding those people financially and criminally accountable to the people they wrongfully or maliciously prosecute, them I’m all for it. But if this is just going be a pitty party for some politician, I have more important things to worry about, like how many jalapeños I should put in the salsa tonight.
Earl should be put in jail and the state should restore Delay’s finances. There should also be a very public attempt to restore his reputation as well. That’s the only way you will stop thugs in power from destroying people for the fun of it.
... Tom DeLay is a free man though he is deeply in debt from the protracted litigation and his political career lies in ruins.
The words "political career" don't even belong in the same sentence. We may have liked his politics, but this guy was in public office for 27 freaking years (21+ in Congress) before he resigned in 2006.
You sleep with dogs, you're likely to end up with fleas. Cry me a river, Tom.
The insane Leftist press is already writing articles excoriating Republican congressmen who dare to vote against Obama in the budget battles. They wail that “elections have consequences” and no one should oppose The Won....which they certainly did not practice when Pres. Bush wone.
Just to “get even” and teach these dem. bastards a lesson, Delay should run for congress again, get elected, and make the dems. lives miserable as much as he possibly can.
I agree and everyone knows Ronny Earle is a POS and it wasn’t legal for him to charge DeLay.
Yet, nobody can give him those ten years back. (sigh)
I'm not seeing a whole lot to like. Under his "leadership" we got the largest expansion of medicare since LBJ, no child left behind and the patriot act. Like I said before, if he's useful in scaling back leviathan, great. Otherwise he could drop off the face of the earth tomorrow and the world we be just that much lighter without him.
Now, we need a “Night of the long Knives” to go after each and every one of his persecutors—AS WELL AS those who did not defend him.
It’s time for “Loser pays” in all cases.
Rule of law? What rule of law? That was back in the days of our constitutional republic.
Add Ted Stevens to the list too.
Yes there was a crime. Those men who worked for DeLay plead guilty to the crime. DeLay's defense was the had nothing to do with, didn't know what his employees were doing.
Also be aware that Newt led the charge against House Speaker Jim Wright over his "book deal". Then the dems went after Newt over his book deal.
As for Scooter Libby, evidently George Bush thought Libby was guilty because he refused to pardon Libby.
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