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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 02:16 PM
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8. He actually thinks he can take Earle down with him
now THAT is funny. Could you imagine the response if Clinton took out ads to bash Kenneth Starr?
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  -HOLY PUKE INDUCING WRETCHEDNESS!!! Delay To Run Ads Smearing Earle!!!! Beetwasher  Oct-12-05 02:11 PM   #0 
  - if this actually works in his favor, i will give up on americans  tk2kewl   Oct-12-05 02:13 PM   #1 
  - Delay insists on doing himself in......  niceypoo   Oct-12-05 03:20 PM   #53 
     - that was my first reaction, but then i began to wonder  tk2kewl   Oct-12-05 03:24 PM   #55 
  - To what end?  Davis_X_Machina   Oct-12-05 02:13 PM   #2 
  - yep  frogmarch   Oct-12-05 02:16 PM   #11 
  - Yes, while it's still "technically" legal.... nt  leeroysphits   Oct-12-05 02:42 PM   #41 
  - Desperate men will do desperate things.  halobeam   Oct-12-05 02:18 PM   # 
  - That's the point ...  bigbrother05   Oct-12-05 02:34 PM   #35 
  - Delay is using his typical coping strategies, will they work?  cassiepriam   Oct-12-05 02:42 PM   #40 
  - I don't get it. What is the point of the public not liking Earle assuming  Seansky   Oct-12-05 02:14 PM   #3 
  - It seems like it could be an attempt to poison a potentual jury pool.  FVZA_Colonel   Oct-12-05 02:16 PM   #9 
  - All DeLay is going to accomplish is moving the trial out of his home base.  electropop   Oct-12-05 02:17 PM   #12 
  - Apparently The Ads Are Going NATIONAL!!!  Beetwasher   Oct-12-05 02:18 PM   #14 
  - We could try him in Guantanamo or Abu Ghraib then.  electropop   Oct-12-05 02:27 PM   #26 
  - Lawyers outher: Couldn't the prosecutor argue that since Delay himself  Seansky   Oct-12-05 03:36 PM   #58 
     - Lawyers' argument  DebbieCDC   Oct-12-05 03:47 PM   #60 
        - then what the H**L are Delay's lawyers or Delay doing? I still don't get  Seansky   Oct-12-05 04:24 PM   #62 
  - Austin is not DeLay's home base  NoPasaran   Oct-12-05 02:29 PM   #28 
     - Oh, OK. Thanks for that. nt  electropop   Oct-12-05 02:33 PM   #34 
  - Delay is trying to poison the well.  SoCalDem   Oct-12-05 02:42 PM   #39 
     - "The Free Enterprise Fund"  Beetwasher   Oct-12-05 02:46 PM   #44 
        - Those phony-ass "organizations" are all fronts .. Someone needs to dig  SoCalDem   Oct-12-05 02:49 PM   #46 
  - Get Earle fired?  cassiepriam   Oct-12-05 02:43 PM   #42 
  - how is this legal? how is tainting jury pools legal?  cryingshame   Oct-12-05 02:14 PM   #4 
  - Everything is legal for repukes...  mcctatas   Oct-12-05 02:23 PM   #20 
  - We're talking Texas here.  Lexingtonian   Oct-12-05 02:27 PM   #24 
  - If true, this reeks of desperation. This will backfire.  henslee   Oct-12-05 02:15 PM   #5 
  - That's what I'm hoping/thinking, too.  Fridays Child   Oct-12-05 02:16 PM   #10 
  - They see this as war  ramapo   Oct-12-05 02:15 PM   #6 
  - Jury tampering much?  bunkerbuster1   Oct-12-05 02:15 PM   #7 
  - He actually thinks he can take Earle down with him  GloriaSmith   Oct-12-05 02:16 PM   #8 
  - I think it's gonna backfire big time.  Raksha   Oct-12-05 02:17 PM   #13 
  - Um, no they can't  DancingBear   Oct-12-05 02:20 PM   #17 
  - Haha!  Kazak   Oct-12-05 02:19 PM   #15 
  - this is what these pigs do....  mike_c   Oct-12-05 02:19 PM   #16 
  - Yes they seduce or ruin any opponent. Very successful strategy  cassiepriam   Oct-12-05 02:45 PM   #43 
  - Is this legal?!!  spuddonna   Oct-12-05 02:22 PM   #18 
  - I agree, this is pretty damned strange.  FVZA_Colonel   Oct-12-05 02:24 PM   #22 
     - Yeah, I was thinking about all the Enron execs...  spuddonna   Oct-12-05 03:01 PM   #47 
  - Tampering w/Texas jury pool? OK. Let's move his trial to Vermont!  Divernan   Oct-12-05 02:23 PM   #19 
  - What an awesome opportunity!  Lexingtonian   Oct-12-05 02:24 PM   #21 
  - Earle should get a restraining order against them,  Walt Starr   Oct-12-05 02:25 PM   #23 
  - Damn straight. Since when do the accused get to run ads running  katinmn   Oct-12-05 02:32 PM   #32 
  - scooter and karl must be taking notes  Halliburton   Oct-12-05 02:27 PM   #25 
  - In Austin that is a badge of Honor  bigbrother05   Oct-12-05 02:28 PM   #27 
  - I wonder if they will be factual.  tasteblind   Oct-12-05 02:30 PM   #29 
  - How is this not jury-tampering?  truebrit71   Oct-12-05 02:31 PM   #30 
  - It IS jury tampering; and every TV station approached should refuse...  Shakespeare   Oct-12-05 03:22 PM   #54 
  - Are we really that surprised?  derby378   Oct-12-05 02:31 PM   #31 
  - Self Delete..  truebrit71   Oct-12-05 02:32 PM   #33 
  - I would like to know who does Tom Delay think he is?  cat_girl25   Oct-12-05 02:38 PM   #36 
  - Well, I live in Austin and I don't watch much TV  NoPasaran   Oct-12-05 02:39 PM   #37 
  - Is Delay RUNNING for something against Earl???  leeroysphits   Oct-12-05 02:41 PM   #38 
  - what a JERK... the judicial process is not a popularity contest  npincus   Oct-12-05 02:48 PM   #45 
  - I just sent Mr. Earle an email asking him  mourningdove92   Oct-12-05 03:01 PM   #48 
  - Could this be construed as obstruction of justice? n/t  stevietheman   Oct-12-05 03:10 PM   #49 
  - WTF is this maniacs problem? It's too late to redeem himself, IMO.  fooj   Oct-12-05 03:11 PM   #50 
  - Stupid hugh moranic move on little tommy's part...  ourbluenation   Oct-12-05 03:13 PM   #52 
  - Pathetic, but predictable.  ComerPerro   Oct-12-05 03:12 PM   #51 
  - Tone DEAF IDIOTS!!!  MADem   Oct-12-05 03:28 PM   #56 
  - Next stop: The Book Tour  Blasphemer   Oct-12-05 03:34 PM   #57 
  - Gee I wonder what kind of money finances this ad buy? I'm sure it's  Mayberry Machiavelli   Oct-12-05 03:39 PM   #59 
  - WHICH COMPANIES ARE AIRING THESE ADS?  shance   Oct-12-05 03:51 PM   #61 
 

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