Bloggers React to DeLay Indictment
There has been a veritable blogswarm over the DeLay indictment.
From the Left:
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Chris Bowers: “The Repulican Noise Machine is going to push the ‘partisan politics’ line on this one hard. I am already seeing people on CNN and MSNBC repeating this “partisan” crap.” Also several jibes about David Dreier being homosexual.
Kevin Drum: ” If Democrats still can’t win in 2006, then we’ve got serious problems.”
Sysiphus Shrugged titles his post “justice DeLayed.” The remainder of the post is less clever.
Mustang Bobby: “Mr. DeLay claims he’s the victim of a political witchhunt. Oh, the irony.” Also some Dreier/gay stuff.
Norbizness: “…David Dreier from California (an odious douchebag himself, but nowhere near DeLay’s concentrated evil) is taking over as Majority Leader. I guess we should get ready for the media circus and the elevation of Ronnie Earle*, Travis County District Attorney, to right-thinking America’s Public Enemy #1. Plus, Earle is easier to pronounce than Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.”
Garance Franke-Ruta: “[I]t’s worth recalling that in the political world, being charged with criminal activity is about as devastating as being convicted of it, regardless of what the eventual outcome of these cases is.”
Jo Fish: “Seems that sooner or later the blatant corruption and malfeasance of the GOoPers will catch up to them. Even Hammer-Boy is not immune to the criminal justice system. ”
TChris: “In my experience, grand juries indict on what the prosecutors ask them to indict on. . . . My take: Don’t get your hopes up.”
Julian Sanchez: “One Down, 434 to Go”
From the Right:
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Michelle Malkin: “[I]t ain’t good.”
Ian Schwartz: “I’ve never been a huge fan of DeLay. He has been accused several times of abusing his power and misuse of federal agencies. However we shouldn’t pre-judge Rep. DeLay, this is just an indictment not a conviction.”
Ankle Biting Pundits: “In politics, perception is reality, and even if DeLay is cleared eventually the media and the Democrats are going to have a field day. . . .Of course, if DeLay did break the law he should pay the price. ”
Sean Hackbarth: “I wouldn’t mind DeLay riding into the sunset permanently. The GOP doesn’t need a stained leader who’s been admonished by the ethics committee.”
Michael Demmons: “It’s about time.”
Michael Demmons: ” House Gets Its First Gay Majority Leader”
Steven Taylor: “Delay has seemed a bit overly in love with his own power and position and so I am not surprised that something happened that would allow for a indictment.”
Most of the above via Memeorandum. More as I come across them via the Blogroll.
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About James Joyner
Does anyone remember Newt Gingrich?
He was eventually found innocent… two years, and a fine and a resignation later. The bastards never even apologized, nor did he get the fine money back.
You don’t need facts to destroy soemone, and to upset the balance of political power. You just need to run plays like this.
The Democrats are doing it yet again… and the sad part is a lot of Republcians are willing to help them.
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Actually, Gingrich’s resignation was largely unrelated to the ethics issue. The House GOP barely retained its majority in the 1998 off-year elections despite all of Clinton’s problems. Gingrich was viewed as the primary catalyst.
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DeLay Indicted
AP is reporting,
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.
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See this BBC account.
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Tom DeLay Indicated …
…. but not yet convicted.
Until that time — no judgment should be passed by anyone but the Courts.
Yeah Right — tell that to the Kook Liberals who have all just peed themselves in glee over this.
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Today is a good day to indict
Tom DeLay just got his ass indicted, and while that?s a far cry from him getting convicted (the old phrase about most prosecutors being able to get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich springs to mind), it?s still not promising for his future politica…
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Maybe the problems associated with the off-year elections had to do with the bogus attacks on Newt.
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Oh Happy Day
Tom DeLay’s been indicted!!!! Oh baby, this feels good.
So what, exactly, is the scoop? Well, via Orin Kerr we find the indictment itself. It’s in legalese, but as far as I can gather its an indictment for conspiracy–the only way that DeLay is in…
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you forgot skippy the bush kangaroo: it’s our partisan we’ll cry if we want to!
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There’s No ‘There’ There
In going through the DeLay indictment, I can’t find anything that ties Majority Leader Tom DeLay directly to any charge. DeLay’s name is not linked to a single act. There’s no specificity whatsoever. The document menti…
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Gingrich essentially took the fall for the GOP’s poor showing in the 1998 midterm elections. He’d allowed the elections to become a referendum on Clinton’s impeachment and it backfired.
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And that missed opportunity, I would argue, was due largely to the attacks on Newt over supposed ethics violations, which cost enough votes to make the difference.
Like I said, they’ve done this before.
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09/28/2005 Miscellanous
Fellow Louisville Blogger ConservaChick makes a good point in a post from yesterday. Liberals say the rest of the world hates us? How about what all they raised for Katrina relief? Governor Pataki has nixed the International Freedom Center idea
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DeLay Blames ‘Fanatic’ DA for Indictment
Just as a cooling front finally reaches the Lone Star State, a firestorm has erupted in Texas politics, a conflagration with dramatic national ramifications.
A Travis County grand jury today indicted U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Sugar Land…
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if Tom Delay broke any laws regarding illegal corporate donations, and that is a big if, the Democrats do it all the time. Except that they are given a free pass by the MSM. We have a lot of serious issues to deal with such as Hurricane Damage, high energy prices, and the ongoing war against Terror, and the democrats are willing to cause political chaos and uncertainty by bringing unsubstantiated but damaging charges against perhaps the most powerful and effective Republican leader in Washington. It is time for the Republican leadership to hit back hard , no holds barred. If the Dems are willing to play hardball, demonic, partisan politics, then Republicans should parry and give back blow for blow.
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Tom DeLay Indicted
Just saw on the news that Tom DeLay (R-Texas) has been indicted by a grand jury in Texas.
GOP rules are that he must step down as Majority Leader. I haven’t been following the entire scandal, but from what I do know, I think that he should resign …
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More on Tom DeLay and Ronnie Earle
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The character of the the conservative party, by nature is to be the Bully-bait for the Dems.
They won’t hit back, they’ll just whine about it.
Sorry, but my party of choice doesn’t have what it takes to survive this war without morals or ethics.
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Ronnie Earle’s legacy
It was on May 26, 1996 at about 8:30 in the morning when Judy Belton’s boyfriend, Derrick Shaw, surprised the…
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The Real Ronnie Earle
HT: JackLewis I don’t usually re-post other’s posts in their entirety but I thought this one was worth doing so. I think the country needs to know what kind of person we are dealing with in this case. For those…
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DeLay’s Woes
This doesn’t make any sense to me.
Rep. Tom DeLay went on the attack after his indictment on a conspiracy charge, blasting a Texas prosecutor and rejecting the allegation that forced him to give up the House leadership as “blatant politic…
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DeLay Steps Down As Majority Leader, David Dreier To Take Reins
Tom DeLay has stepped down as majority leader after being indicted for conspiracy regarding campaign finance by a Texas grand jury. David Dreier of California is said to be taking charge for awhile. We here at Diggers Realm have both…
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Bloggers React to DeLay Indictment
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If you actually read the indictment papers, you don’t really even know what delay is being charged with. Look at this prosecutors past and he’s done this before. It’s just another partisan hack job by the left. same as the forged memos, same as the sheehan circus, same as the charges of racism after katrina. It’s just another event for the left to screech about, and in a few months no one will even remember it since the dems will have something else entirely new to latch onto in an effort to destroy Bush.
and by the way, there are already mentions of something to do with senator reid and some priests or something?? i didn’t read the whole story, but it’s just the same as when they tried to nail him with the travel issue, and it was revealed the dems do it all the time, and many many many specific cases were cited, they backed right off. Wait for the cases to be cited here and they will back right off.
I’m just glad DeLay has been giving a barrage of media interviews to set the record straight. He’d have to be pretty stupid to come out this adamantly and say he has done nothing wrong if he actually has something to hide, and i don’t even think a democrat is that stupid. well, wait…. er…. clinton did it…. oops. i take that back, a democrat WAS stupid enough. but you get the point.
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Christine and Tom DeLay, with the Hammer Cake I ran into Tom DeLay and his wife Christine at an event earlier this year in your Nation’s Capital. Before he was indicted for “criminal conspiracy,” allegedly moving money from corporate…
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