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DeLay Uses Campaign Money to Attack Earle

By TChris, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Sat Oct 15, 2005 at 02:02:12 PM EST
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by TChris

It's good to have a large campaign war chest, particularly when you need cash to finance your effort to taint a jury pool.

Tom DeLay is using his congressional campaign to distribute to voters derogatory information about the Texas prosecutor who has indicted him - and to raise more money for a re-election bid that has been affected by the criminal case.

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Contributors, voters and others who sign up can get regular e-mails and an electronic "toolkit" from DeLay's campaign with the latest disparaging information his legal team has prepared on Texas prosecutor Ronnie Earle.

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    DeLay Uses Campaign Money to Attack Earle | 16 comments (16 topical)
    Re: DeLay Uses Campaign Money to Attack Earle (none / 0) (#1)
    by Lww on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:02 PM EST
    TChris, you must be one sorry person to spend your days dredging up tidbits on political opponents. What a life? Working in the footprints of the tricksters of old.......

    Re: DeLay Uses Campaign Money to Attack Earle (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:02 PM EST
    Gee, I guess all the press conferences that famous defendents hold are out of bounds too, huh? In TChris' world, it's guilty until proved innocent, at least if you're a Republican.

    Re: DeLay Uses Campaign Money to Attack Earle (none / 0) (#3)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:02 PM EST
    A true Christian would not attempt to subvert the judicial process in this manner.

    Re: DeLay Uses Campaign Money to Attack Earle (none / 0) (#4)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:02 PM EST
    So I guess Earle's various grandstanding events and grand jury shopping expeditions are ok, but defending yourself against a charge you don't believe to be true is out of bounds? I can see TChris' advice to an accused defendent now: "Looks like the prosecutor is a Democrat, and we know they are never wrong. You should just throw yourself on the mercy of the court now"

    Re: DeLay Uses Campaign Money to Attack Earle (none / 0) (#5)
    by Edger on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:02 PM EST
    A true Christian, [or any honest man with even a glimmer of self respect or respect for others, or any degree of humanity], would not attempt to subvert the judicial process in this manner. And wouldn't be in DeLays situation...

    Re: DeLay Uses Campaign Money to Attack Earle (none / 0) (#6)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:02 PM EST
    Edger, thank you for the bracketed edits, in the interest of inclusiveness. They were phenomenologically present to consciousness, as I wrote my comment, so your edits count as an explicit example of Husserlian bracketing; however, in the interest of rhetorical concision I omitted them.

    Re: DeLay Uses Campaign Money to Attack Earle (none / 0) (#7)
    by desertswine on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:02 PM EST
    Stupid humans...

    Re: DeLay Uses Campaign Money to Attack Earle (none / 0) (#8)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:02 PM EST
    I think he's desperate and in denial! The Delay defense is to be as offensive as possible. And once a crook always a crook.

    Re: DeLay Uses Campaign Money to Attack Earle (none / 0) (#9)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:02 PM EST
    "Defending yourself against a charge you don't believe is true"? You must be joking. If Delay wanted to defend himself he'd hold his cards close to his chest and win in court. What better victory could he want? Instead, he attacks a public DA on using smear tactics. The only reason he must resort to this is, if he said those same things in court it would be perjury or slander.

    Re: DeLay Uses Campaign Money to Attack Earle (none / 0) (#10)
    by Sailor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:02 PM EST
    You can always tell how strong the 'lib' side is from the concerted, and personal, attacks from the wrongwingers.

    Re: DeLay Uses Campaign Money to Attack Earle (none / 0) (#11)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:02 PM EST
    Delay is responsible for carving Austin's Congressional district into 3 pieces with the express intent to deprive our fair city of any Congressional representation. These districts extend 80 to 200 milles away from here. Hopefully, these ads will help negate any request for a change of venue.

    Re: DeLay Uses Campaign Money to Attack Earle (none / 0) (#12)
    by Johnny on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:02 PM EST
    Wrong-wingers... I think it is the fact he is using campaign funds that has Tchris' ire... THAT is so wrong as to warrant Delay's automatic ostracism. Just one more reason why I feel that all politicians should be entitled to "X" dollars for campaigning... No more, no less.

    Re: DeLay Uses Campaign Money to Attack Earle (none / 0) (#13)
    by roger on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:02 PM EST
    I am suprised that mis-using campaign funds in this way is not a crime. Can he also buy a new house with campaign funds? Hookers and pizza?

    Re: DeLay Uses Campaign Money to Attack Earle (none / 0) (#14)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:03 PM EST
    And all of this fuss about lying about sex...Billy should'a just paid'er off with his DNC slush fund...good for the 'Cons...

    Re: DeLay Uses Campaign Money to Attack Earle (none / 0) (#15)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:04 PM EST
    TChris makes a very interesting observation. DeLay is publishing "deragatory" information. Notice that TChris doesn't accuse DeLay of publishing "false" information, just information that is negative. Hmmm. That's an odd accusation. As if somehow, DeLay has no right to defend himself. Interestingly, the indictment itself is simply an accusation, but many on the Left find that sufficient to judge DeLay guilty until proven innocent.

    Re: DeLay Uses Campaign Money to Attack Earle (none / 0) (#16)
    by Ernesto Del Mundo on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:04 PM EST
    Hmmm. That's an odd accusation. As if somehow, DeLay has no right to defend himself.
    Well I guess the question remains, why can't he do it court without spending a ton of campaign money?

    DeLay Uses Campaign Money to Attack Earle | 16 comments (16 topical)