[buffyt]

Tom is honest. He was not convicted of any crimes, just the victim of Ronnie Earle, who also went after Kay Bailey Hutchinson at one time. He only attacks Repubicans. He took the indictment against Tom to 6 grand juries, the first five turned him down. Evidentally the 6th one was full of liberals.

[SF Republican]

Why would an honest person resign from office?

[NorCalRepub]

hey....I'm ticked off at Delay.....if he is honest, why did he have 3 staffers plead guilty.....and ONE was on the take for God's sake.....if 3 Staffers of Harry Reid were indicted, you'd be calling for his head.....damn I hate hypocrisy.....Corruption was all over the place....hell, even Ralph Reed got caught up in it......I am one Repub who wont' put his head in the sand about the shenanigans surrounding MY party

[mware]

Tom is honest. He was not convicted of any crimes, just the victim of Ronnie Earle, who also went after Kay Bailey Hutchinson at one time. He only attacks Repubicans. He took the indictment against Tom to 6 grand juries, the first five turned him down. Evidentally the 6th one was full of liberals.

You forgot to mention that the 6th indictment occurred within 24 hours of him requesting it. That was not even enough time to read over all the evidence.

[org.whodat]

Tom is honest.

Now how much was it he paid to his wife and daughter to work in his election?? But then maybe that was just questionable ethics. Either way it was just wrong.

[CenTex]

Keep sipping the koolaid...

DeLay quite because it was time to get out of Dodge City...

Ron Earle has his problems but so did/does DeLay...

[Proud_texan]

"just the victim of Ronnie Earle, who also went after Kay Bailey Hutchinson"

I tried to get somebody in my golf group to bet me that the case wouldn't be thrown out ala Hutchinson and couldn't get a taken.

Earle is know here in Austin as a complete idiot, even with liberals (well, heck, he's their idiot) who wears loafers 'cause he can't tie shoelaces. He's a total hand puppet for his masters and coupled with his lack of any smarts whatsoever is ends up in a crack more often than not.

[COEXERJ145]

Earle also goes after Democrats.

Democrats who have tried to remove his powers to prosecute state officials.

[dgallo51]

Tom's problems were a result of his arrogance and political effectiveness. The mere appearance of impropriety must always be factored into every step taken, or you leave too much to be politicized against you.

[deport]

He was not convicted of any crimes, just the victim of Ronnie Earle,

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Well you are correct about not being convicted but then DeLay hasn't been tried on anything yet that I'm aware of. Wait till all the investigations are over and all indictiments are cleared then you maybe able to truthfully make your statement.