Posted on 09/29/2005 12:58:23 PM PDT by wagglebee
Travis County prosecutor Ronnie Earle's announcement yesterday that he was indicting House Majority Leader Tom DeLay came a little more than two weeks after Earle gave clear indications that the top Republican was off the hook.
"I have never said that DeLay is a target of the investigation," Earle told the Dallas Morning News on Sept. 10.
Sources familiar with Earle's investigation had agreed that, before yesterday, it didn't look like the top Republican would be indicted.
On Sept. 19, for instance, ace Newsweek sleuth Michael Isikoff reported that it looked like DeLay was in the clear:
"Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle's two-year campaign fund-raising probe is expected to wind down soon without bringing charges against the House majority leader, according to lawyers close to the case who declined to be identified because of legal sensitivities," Isikoff reported.
"Earle doesn't plan to refer evidence to the prosecutor in DeLay's home district either," an Earle spokesman told Newsweek.
So what changed?
DeLay says reports that he was off the hook prompted a firestorm of outrage from national Democrats, who pressured Earle to reverse course.
"Do you really believe that the national Democrat leaders that announced that they were going to take this strategy ... never picked up the phone and talked to Ronnie Earle?" he asked the Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes" Wednesday night.
You can add the Austin UNAmerican Statesmen to the enraged Dems who got their lapdog Earle to indict even though there was no evidence. Someone needs to investigate that newspaper. At the very least, anyone who subscribes or buys ads in that rag and claims to be a Republican is really too dumb to live in Texas.
I could not agree more. My disgust with the demoncraps has red lined. Just sent an email to ronnie's website, where he requests feedback, telling him that "the best part of ronnie earle ran down his old mans leg 5 minutes before conception". (didn't realize the my anger with dumbos could cause such 'base' behavior on my part) I'm praying that good citizens across this land will rise up and repudiate this trend before it's too late.
I must say, I think the godfather was right when he said on his show today, that this will backfire on the Rats.
Ok....WHO is going to interview Spikey Mikey Isikoff for his take on it!! Can he get ANY story straight??
But...it gets better:) Check THIS out...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1493826/posts?page=69#69
Why do I get the feeling that Michael Moore and his film crew will be on hand though.
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