After some DeLay, sentencing handed down

[the_rukh]

Well, in name at least. DeLay has been sentenced to serve 3 years for his money laundering which allowed Republicans to take over the Texas house. Actually, he was charged 3 years for conspiracy. He would have 5 years for his money laundering but the judge switched it for 10 years probation. Oh and he may not have to serve those 3 years any

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[underlankers]

Hell, I'm all for Texas throwing its Blago and EWE-types in jail and throwing away the key. When *my* state has a better record with our corrupt sonsobitches that doesn't say anything good about Texas.

[devil_ad_vocate]

DeLay was, is, and always will be an arrogant asshole.

The Republican Party in Texas had as its goal to create an essentially one-party state in Texas. With DeLay's actions, they succeeded.

[nevermind6794]

To be fair, that is the goal of most political parties.

[devil_ad_vocate]

And that leaves a lot of us without representation. To be fair, my goal was to see the sonofabitch in prison.

[the_rukh]

*sigh* which law is that? Something bad happening to someone on your side of the isle?

[the_rukh]

Do you believe that if someone breaks the law, knowing what they are doing is illegal, they should be excused if they believe the law to be wrong?

If we think he is guilty, that is

[reality_hammer]

Democrats want people to think a mere $190K was the reason Republicans took over in Texas but the state had been (and continues to be) trending Republican for years.

There is still an appeal process to go through as well. I wouldn't be surprised to see the case overturned for a variety of reasons, including "grand jury shopping" by the original prosecutor who simply kept seating grand juries until he found one that would issue an indictment.

Re: If we think he is guilty, that is

[mikeyxw]

I'm certainly not going to defend DeLay, but the idea that the Republicans gained their majority in Texas through corruption is laughable.

Texas is about as red as states get. No democrat had won a state wide office since the early 90's and have supported Republicans in every presidential election since the mid 70's, yet the districts were drawn in a way that was so favorable to democrats that they were a majority of their congressional delegation until they were redrawn. The process that was used to redraw the districts may be odd, but it held up in court. It also seems to have created a congressional delegation that is more representative of Texas.

Re: If we think he is guilty, that is

[politikitty]

Wait, what

Re: If we think he is guilty, that is

[mikeyxw]

Um, none of this seems relevant to what I wrote. I get your point and some of it may be true, but I'm not quite sure why you're posting this as a response.

Bottom line:

[mybodymycoffin]

Being a rich white dude is awesome.

Re: Bottom line:

[paedraggaidin]

Yeah, must be nice...*wistful sigh*

Re: Bottom line:

[mybodymycoffin]

Practical immunity from the law is a pretty sweet deal.

Re: Bottom line:

[reality_hammer]

OJ Simpson agrees.