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?
No.
This has nothing to do with next year’s redistricting. DeLay isn’t even a congressman any more.
In case you are not familiar with what happened in the unorthodox but very successful mid-term redistricting in Texas in 2003, read here about DeLay’s role: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Texas_redistricting#2000.E2.80.932003_evolution_and_DeLay.27s_role
It was a spectacle, and he played a major part in it. I’ve always felt that Earle’s charges against DeLay were part payback for this effort.
Just telling you the truth, a little history. DeLay made some powerful people angry. I watched it unfold. You can disregard me if you want, but it won’t change the truth.