GOP Approves New Party Rules in Light of DeLay

aolnews ^ | 11 17 04 | LARRY MARGASAK

[MEG33]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1283501/posts?page=13#13

......The Travis County, Texas, prosecutor investigating Mr. DeLay has a history of using his office for partisan ends. The district attorney, Ronnie Earle, maintains that he has prosecuted more Democrats than Republicans in his career, but those who've been watching Mr. Earle work know better. In the past, Mr. Earle has been accused of collaborating with reporters to push his investigations of political figures. In 2003, Austin American-Statesman reporter Dave McNeely inappropriately allowed Mr. Earle to review a story about the corporate-donations case before it went to press. Another widely known example involves a 1994 case Mr. Earle brought against newly elected Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. Mr. Earle charged that Mrs. Hutchison, then Texas state treasurer and a rising star in the Republican Party, was using state employees for political purposes. When the judge refused to admit certain documents, Mr. Earle withdrew his case. Later, he invited reporters to view the inadmissible documents. For that, the Dallas Morning News wrote: "the impression of partisan unfairness has certainly been reinforced by the leaks and public comment about Hutchison's case from the District Attorney's office ...



13 posted on 11/19/2004 2:27:29 AM CST by MEG33

http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20041118-093816-6828r.htm

[MEG33]

I am sure he appreciates your vote.

[Indie]

That might have been unrecognized sarcasm..but..what vote? I can still sleep at night, though.