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AUSTIN — Former Texas House Speaker "Gib" Lewis, once one of the most powerful people in state politics, faces charges of driving while intoxicated. Lewis, who currently works as a lobbyist for Business Partners Ltd., was arrested Thursday night in downtown Austin. He has since been released from jail.

Ronnie Earle is the most corrupt politician in Texas (I don't know about other states, but District Attorneys are politicians here) and is well-known for using his political agenda to prosecute people. Not only did he indict Kay Bailey Hutchison within days after she won her Senate seat (the first such seat occupied by a Republican since 1875), but he also "investigated" or indicted Democrats who managed to get on his wrong side, like Gib Lewis, who once ran against Earle for office, and Bob Bullock, the Democrat political mentor of President Bush. In the Hutchison case, she demanded a jury...