Posted on 10/01/2005 9:19:40 AM PDT by KJC1
He would not identify other grand jurors or say whether the 12-person grand jury was made up of more Democrats than Republicans. His name was made public because as foreman, he had to sign the indictment.
My goodnes---he is sure the chatty one, isn't he? "We had Republicans and Democrats and independents on that grand jury," Gibson said. "They were all professional people. I won't say where they work, but there were state employees and federal employees."
He added: "Mr. Earle has stacks and stacks of papers — evidence of telephone calls from Mr. DeLay and everybody."
Well, isn't that special! That is a stupid statement! I wonder if the stacks and stacks of papers are from a late night Kinkos run!
Are these calls recorded?
Also, who is everybody? All the people in TX?
Sounds like ex-sheriff Gibson might be a good ol'boy,(F.O.E.) friend of Earle's!
I think Gibson and Earle need to be "(Bill)Burketed".
If Freeper's can take down Rather, I am sure we can easily get the goods on Gibson! :)
The statesman may have it wrong--the Chronicle says he's a retired insurance investigator. I've linked to it above...
IMHO, it appears Earle has little solid evidence of a crime. If he did, Mr. DeLay's name would be more prominent in the indictment.Looks like they have decided to try Mr. DeLay in the court of public opinion, seeking to inflict maximum damage with minimal evidence.
I trust Mr. DeLay and his lawyers will stand up to these specious attacks.
Mr. Gibson, you are breaking the oath you took. Sit down and STFU!
To me, "retired deputy sheriff" suggests that he may have been a political operative. Some LEOs are honest; others are part of the political machine, as Ronnie Earle clearly is. I see it as, at the least, two people with connections to law enforcement scratching each other's backs. To me, it's a warning flag.
You don't have to be a western fan to understand that some sheriffs and their deputies are heroes but others are crooks. This guy is either senile or a crook, or maybe both.
Gibson said he worked for 20 years as a Travis County deputy sheriff and 21 years as an investigator for the state insurance commissioner.
Good article.
From the Houston link.
Six previous grand juries didn't find enough evidence, yet this bozo thinks they have enough to convict DeLay. Wonder how many "See BS" type documents are included?
This is Travis county, the one blue cancer on the 2004 election map in Central Texas. It is also home to the likes of Dan Blather's daughter, Willie Nelson, Cactus Pryor, and hundreds other Yellow Dog DUmbocRATs stuck in the 1960s. I think ronnie the pos pig earle had some of these hippies on the GJ.
The thought just struck me that the Dems have really chosen a lousy target. Tom Delay has a backbone and isn't going to roll over on this and play nice. He's already come out swinging and flat out said there is no basis in truth for these allegations.
By the time this is over with, I expect the indictment to be tossed out of court, and Tom Delay to really let loose the dogs of political war. It should make for great political theater, and I trust the average American will see this for exactly what it is, a vendetta.
If I were running the DNC, I'd be horrified at this, because all this will eventually do is further undermine whatever credibility the DNC has with the average American.
Got that right. It was a load of horsehockey that required creative methods to find one thing that could be twisted to include and 'indict' DeLay.
Little evil prosecutor man, Captain Ahab on a DNC mission, knew that getting this harpoon in would force DeLay to follow the procedure of stepping aside. Next come the media sharks who've smelled some blood and are ready to assist in the final 'kill'. All they have to do is paint a formulaic word picture: DeLay=Corrupt As Nixon and take it from there.
They won't succeed in the silly endeavor, however; the only thing they've achieved is once again putting their own putrid political corruption in the spotlight.
This guy could be indicted for squeeling.
So not a sherrif, but a sherrif's deputy. And he got an appointment, or was hired, 21 years ago as an investigator for the insurance commisioner. Well, 21 years ago, Texas was solid democrat. So that tells me that he's had democrat connections for quite a while.
I've posted this several times, but I think it's worth repeating. This case is like a one-way street. It's illegal to go the wrong way on a one-way street, but it's not illegal to go around the block to get where you want to go. They probably do have "stacks and stacks" of evidence that DeLay went around the block to get where he wanted to go. Guess what? IT'S LEGAL!
In Texas, corporations can't donate to individuals.
However, corporations can donate to PACs.
PACs can donate to the national committee.
The National Commitee can donate to individuals.
No corporation donated directly to the individuals (ie, drove the wrong way up the one way street.) The corporations donated to the PAC. The PAC donated to the RNC. The RNC donated to the individual races.
Earle doesn't have a case, only smoke and mirrors.
He's voted RAT since at least 1990 and TX was RAT territory back in his day. Seems he's had high aspirations, so why hasn't he run for Sheriff or has he? I'd like to know more about Mr. Chatty.
LOL Stacks of it huh then why did it take 6 grand juries and why did u indict on a charge a first year law student can beat
The stacks of evidence are probably New York Times articles, or Ronnie Earl screwed up on a Google search and instead of typing "delay" he typed "deny" and got a boatload of Clinton documents.
So, a word of advice. Next time somebody says they hate you, take them at their word, and prepare your defense. Mainly, get those people out of your life, pronto.
Right to indictment: In Texas, the law dictates that before a defendant can be forced to face trial in a felony case, a grand jury must return an indictment for the specific offense charged. A grand jury consists of 12 citizens who sit for a period of three months and listen to allegations of criminal wrongdoing. Nine members must determine that probable cause exists to believe the defendant has committed the offense and vote a true bill before the indictment will issue. The defendant has no right to appear before the grand jury or offer evidence before that body, but the grand jury can allow such evidence if it desires.
Grand Jury proceedings are not open to the public, and grand jurors, witnesses and prosecutors who appear are required by law to respect grand jury secrecy.
http://www.co.travis.tx.us/district_courts/criminal_courts/167court/rights.asp
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