I don’t remember Austin/Travis County being involved in the Rathergate stuff, but maybe.
Austin is the state capitol and also the home of the University of Texas. It is liberal politically, and long-time DA Ronnie Earle is notorious for dogged witchhunting of those who don’t agree with him politically. He even prosecuted himself once.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Earle
Earle is no longer in office, but he’s the one who got the indictment against DeLay, and it was likely more in retaliation for DeLay’s role in redistricting than for any lawbreaking. We’ll see.
On the other hand, DeLay never ran from a fight and left lots of hurt in his wake. What goes round comes round.
Just a big sordid mess. Hope the courts see that justice is done — whatever that is.
and it was likely more in retaliation for DeLay’s role in redistricting than for any lawbreaking.
I’ll have to wait for another TX freeper’s analysis on why the RATS thought this was a good idea, with all the hurt we’re fixing to bring down on them.
In LA, you can stash ill-gotten $90,000 in your freezer, make the Army drive you through Katrina floodwaters to retrieve PCs from your NOLA house while residents are drowning in their attics, and what happened to him? Nothing?