Unbelievable. How can you draw that conclusion? The Ethics Committee explicitly identified each and every rule that DeLay broke. I guess there are a lot of Republicans that will excuse unethical behavior.
There is a cult of personality out there. Democrats at one time would excuse all the behavior of Bill Clinton despite the evidence. Republicans will excuse all the behavior of DeLay despite the evidence. I don't understand the cult of personality. I wish it didn't exist. I had hoped that Republicans would stand for integrity in public office more than they do.
Well, you seem to be very confident that Delay was guilty of some ethic violations, but haven't actually listed any.
From what I remember it was the Democrat accuser (it might have been Lampson, but I cannot be sure) was himself rebuked for bringing trival charges against Delay.
And it was because the Democrat had been redistricted out of office.
As I said, whatever the ethics committee found against Delay (and it is bipartisan), it was on technical, not ethical issues.
Now, if you have a link that shows that Delay was guilty of some ethical issues, please link me to them.