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October 2, 2005
Tom DeLay — A Good Friend to Have
You can't say the recent indictment of Tom DeLay serves no purpose, even if it is utterly substanceless. Not only did it temporarily remove him from his post as House Majority Leader, it allows liberals to characterize DeLay as "under indictment," which of course is politically debilitating. The indictment also serves prosecutor Ronnie Earle's self-aggrandizement, and will help promote a hit job documentary.
But before all the noxious smoke being generated by this latest attempt to bring down DeLay gets any thicker, it might be good to give a little background on the man the stridently hypocritical Nancy Pelosi would have us believe personifies a "culture of corruption."
The Arizona Daily Star tells the story of seven children from Texas, aged 8–16 years old, who ended up in a "fetid, concrete-block orphanage" in Nigeria, a country known for child prostitution and slavery. Their adoptive mother had brought them to Nigeria and left them with a relative, who eventually abandoned them. They soon ended up in the orphanage, a hellhole reportedly housing juveniles convicted of violent crimes.
Here's the most awful part of the story: The bureaucratic weenies at the State Department knew they were there and did not so much as send someone out to visit them.
Fortunately, the story has a happy ending: Tom DeLay and another Texas Republican, Senator John Cornyn, found out about the children when they were tipped off by a missionary. They knocked a few heads together and got the kids home pronto.
It seems the State Department had been too concerned with "protocol" to lift a finger to save the American children. In contrast, "DeLay was more inclined to act first to protect the children and work out finer points of procedure later."
By the way, DeLay has also been a good friend to Israel, which is returning the favor by supporting the Majority Leader until Earle's nasty little stunt has blown over.
Who knows, maybe DeLay is actually guilty of something. But they'll have to prove it before I'll believe it.
Thanks to Byron for links.
Posted by Van Helsing at October 2, 2005 5:00 PM
Comments
What does he have to do, tap you on the forehead with his dick and tell you he's guilty? You have to be retarded if you don't think he is guilty.
Posted by: Rob B. at October 3, 2005 12:07 AM
And you have to be a sitting judge on the case if you've seen the evidence, Rob.
What- you're not? You're just some asshat troll who is falling over herself to judge someone before they're tried?
Oh. Never mind, then.
Posted by: LC TripleNeckSteel at October 3, 2005 1:26 AM
Yeah... I thought not, Knob.
Posted by: LC TripleNeckSteel at October 3, 2005 8:38 PM
When you see Texas Democrats indicted for money laundering and Nancy Pelosi indicted for violating campaign finance laws, Then I'll give a hoot about what Delay did or didn't do.
But since that's not likely to happen, I'm sticking by Delay.
Posted by: Mike's America at October 4, 2005 5:12 AM
Prosecutor Ronnie Earle has made a career out of indicting Texas Democrats. He's gotten indictments for 15 politicians -- 12 Democrats, 3 Republicans.
Even DeLay's friends in Washington are convinced he's guilty. They're avoiding him like the plague.
Posted by: Denny Hix at October 4, 2005 10:01 AM
The Democrats indicted actually committed crimes though.
Posted by: Rhett at October 4, 2005 9:34 PM
Hick...er, Hix,
Earle has prosecuted political enemies or those who have pissed him off.
Also, keep in mind that until the 90's, Texas was a Democratic (but NOT liberal) state! Earle is and has been a liberal Democrat, so he had no problems prosecuting conservative or moderate Democrats, or even liberal Democrats who pissed him off.
See if Howard Scream has any additional DNC talking points to send you, though. Try not to spill your latté on them, though.
Posted by: Jonathan at October 5, 2005 9:53 AM
