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To: A Citizen Reporter

"Well, just like a Ronnie Earle indictment, this seems to be all charge and no substance. IOW, there is NO evidence."

In which case the Earle is guilty of bringing up frivilous charges on everyone, from what you have said. Is there any evidence he has done this more often with republicans than democrats? That is what you need to prove partisanship...


784 posted on 09/28/2005 11:57:50 AM PDT by eraser2005
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To: eraser2005
Here's a bit more about the DA....

June 20, 2005, 9:10 a.m.
“Dollars for Dismissals”
The prosecutor in the DeLay case dropped charges in exchange for cash to pet cause.

Ronnie Earle, the Texas prosecutor who has indicted associates of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay in an ongoing campaign-finance investigation, dropped felony charges against several corporations indicted in the probe in return for the corporations' agreement to make five- and six-figure contributions to one of Earle's pet causes.

A grand jury in Travis County, Texas, last September indicted eight corporations in connection with the DeLay investigation. All were charged with making illegal contributions (Texas law forbids corporate giving to political campaigns). Since then, however, Earle has agreed to dismiss charges against four of the companies — retail giant Sears, the restaurant chain Cracker Barrel, the Internet company Questerra, and the collection company Diversified Collection Services — after the companies pledged to contribute to a program designed to publicize Earle's belief that corporate involvement in politics is harmful to American democracy...

Continued at National Review Online
869 posted on 09/28/2005 12:35:07 PM PDT by jonathanmo
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