Posted on 12/16/2005 6:35:51 PM PST by Brilliant
Yeah, obvious. Earle knows he doesn't have a case.
There's a really simple solution to this...
It's a House Republican rule, yes? Well then, change the damn rule and reinstate him.
Surely, we can get a majority within our own party. Can't we?
The Sun will rise in the East
Yeah, and he doesn't need one and he knows that too. By keeping the case out of court and not resolved, he continues to smear Delay and keeps him from his leadership position. Who knows, by next November, he may have gotten enough mud thrown on Delay to get an adequate amount to endanger his re-election. The Democrats play for blood; the Republicans (other than a few like Delay) cower in the corner and beg for mercy.
Maybe Earle will try sky diving and forget his chute. Splat!!
This will be another blow to the liberal agenda. When all said and done, Delay will be quite loud about what has happened. It will not be a black eye for liberals, it will be completely purple.
Can't DeLay request an immediate trial?
In civil court in California it is impossible to get to the court of appeals prior to the trial being completed if one cause of action is thrown out, absent a writ of mandamus being granted, which the appellate court has the discretion to refuse. They certainly would, if they deemed the cause of action lacked merit. Such writs if denied are usually disposed of within two weeks, or a month at the most.
We tried that. The Dems, the media and half of the "conservatives" on this board were against it.
Delay/Earle ping!
I think Earle may be miscalculating, though. If DeLay is ultimately exonerated, he's going to file ethics charges against Earle.
Earle has no ethics.
So was the UN, but we all must have patience.
As long as this case sits around without going to trial, the RATS and their MSM stooges will use it to bash all Pubs. When it finally goes to court, it will either be thrown out or DeLay will be found not guilty, at which time the RATS will have to shut up. Naturally, all earle can do is stall, stall, stall.
Ashcroft / Delay 08!!!!
I like DeLay's tactics - he's being very aggressive about this case, and that's keeping Earle off center. When you're The Hammer, everything looks like a nail.
Delay has the balls to stand up to the Rats which is why they had to disable him through some means other than threats. You are correct that if he is exonerated, he will go after Earle with a vengenance, but unfortunately, that might be a long, long, long way off. Earle will drag his feet at every opportunity because once this is heard in court - Game Over!
The Democrats play for blood; the Republicans (other than a few like Delay) cower in the corner and beg for mercy.
Your post summed it up nicely. Earle's priority is forcing Delay to lose his seat, rather than prosecuting him. If Delay falls, other republicans will be hurting, too.
If Delay falls, there are gobs of other Republicans who deserve what they are going to get. They could have stopped this from happening if they had not repealed their rule about not having to step down for an indictment. If they had stood firm, there would not have been an indictment because it would not have accomplished what the Rats are after - Delay's scalp.
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