Your problem then. I served in the military for 12 years and never once ran from a foxhole (hard to do on the deck of an aircraft carrier, no?). And who said he was falsely accused? Do you have the grand jury transcript in front of you? Were you in the room when the case was made?
Neither was I. And so I never said he was actually GUILTY of anything, but that from where I sit, it looks bad. I want my party squeaky clean, pal, not full of people for whom I have to hold my nose and support because they simply manage to take my side on one political battle or another.
However, being a reasonable person, I can see trouble when it rears it's ugly head. If DeLay is a scarifical lamb, he's one I'm comfortable in sacrificing. My politics don't begin and end with one issue (like most "conservatives" these days).
Don't need it. The foreman of the grand jury that indicted him for money laundering said he decided there was a case against DeLay when he saw an ad against him from MoveOn.org.
That's a poor substitute for justice, if that is all the explanation that Republicans can offer. A man's reputation and possibly freedom are at stake here. Thus far we know he is guilty of hiring people of poor character. This is bad but not illegal, nor does it mean he should be abandoned by his friends.