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A Texas grand jury on Wednesday charged Rep. Tom DeLay and two political associates with conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme, forcing the House majority leader to temporarily relinquish his post.
DeLay, 58, was accused of a criminal conspiracy along with two associates, John Colyandro, former executive director of a Texas political action committee formed by DeLay, and Jim Ellis, who heads DeLay's national political committee.
DeLay is the first House leader to be indicted while in office in at least a century, according to congressional historians.
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the bell finally tolls for the GOP's posterboy for political corruption. god bless america.
so, do we get to see Delay do the full perp walk, in handcuffs?
ok, the GOP meme on the Delay indictment is gonna sound like this:
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Kevin Madden, DeLay's spokesman, dismissed the charge as politically motivated.
"This indictment is nothing more than prosecutorial retribution by a partisan Democrat," Madden said, citing prosecutor Ronnie Earle, a Democrat.
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let's put that one to bed right now: Democratic Texas prosecutor Ronnie Earle has a history of high-profile political corruption cases - mostly against fellow Democrats. among his highest profile prosecutions are cases against a Democratic state supreme court justice, a Democratic attorney general, a Democratic state treasurer, and a Democratic speaker of the Texas House. not such a good Democrat is our Mr. Earl - apparently he just goes after anyone he thinks committed a crime. like Delay, f'rinstance.