DeLay must appear in Austin on charge (fingerprinted and mug shot)

[deminks]

AUSTIN, Texas - The next step in the criminal proceedings against Republican leader Tom DeLay is a trip to Austin to be fingerprinted and photographed.

"What we're trying to avoid is Ronnie Earle having him taken down in handcuffs, and fingerprinted and photographed. That's uncalled for and I don't think that's going to happen," said Dick DeGuerin, DeLay's attorney.

DeLay could go to trial in 90 days, which the defense said it favored. "We want a trial right away," DeGuerin said. "We want a trial by the end of the year."

"I can understand why Tom DeLay wants a quick trial, because politically (the indictment) paralyzes him," Wood said.

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I have have a hard time hiding my glee.

http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/news/politic...

[LifeDuringWartime]

1. where are the pictures??

oh man the pictures...

[Skip Intro]

2. that would be public record, right?

[TaleWgnDg]

45. . . . this just in . . .

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. . . this just in . . .




official police mugshot of Tom DeLay

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[stevedeshazer]

47. That's great!

But I gotta go with...

[Thor_MN]

66. Public Record in Texas...

Just like *'s TANG records and his FIRST driver's license record. I predict that there will be some localized flooding in Travis County...

[Mike_The_Computer]

11. Delay's attorney said he won't let Bugman suffer the indignities

of a mugshot, handcuff or fingerprints. Good luck with that.

[fortyfeetunder]

26. Nothing that Photoshoppers nationwide can't do themselves

We can come up with playing cards and posters...

Think of the Mug shot card, sporting an orange jumpsuit, sharing a cell with Bubba....yeah, the possibilities are endless...

[Blaq Dem]

56. He'll look ever so lovely in those bright orange jump suits

[tainowarrior]

61. you mean the indignities that every other American has to go through

Whatever happened to everyone EQUAL under the law.

[mom cat]

24. My first thought too! Perp walk time!

[MADem]

34. Smoking Gun will be hot on the case, worth checking them in the days ahead

[3days]

3. mugshots r us

hahahahaha

[Pirate Smile]

6. Isn't it SmokingGun.com?

[TroglodyteScholar]

7. THAT's what I'm talkin about.....

Can't wait to see it...if anyone gets the mug, it'll be the Smoking Gun..

[SIU_Blue]

18. I'm fairly sure that the website is

www.thesmokinggun.com, make sure to include the "the"

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Sounds like Dick De Gherkin (what a cruel name) thinks Tom will walk

Easy, Dick. We've got to enjoy this a little bit. At least thru '06.

[punpirate]

5. Let us hope this is the first of...

... many. There's still his dear friend and associate, Jack Abramoff, who figures prominently in many of DeLay's dealings.

I hope DeLay will soon be on a first-name basis with many US marshals.

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. And a cellmate nicknamed Igor the Terrible

[peekaloo]

9. DeGuerin's a damn good defense lawyer. He's been up against

Ronnie Earle before, defending Kaye Hutchison.

Gawd I want to see this stick and DeLay tossed aside.

[StuckinKS]

14. Quick trial, my ass!

DeLay wants all of this to go away quick because of Abramoff. If Abramoff's case moves forward before Delay's is resolved, Abramoff will feel tremendous pressure to roll on DeLay to save his own sorry ass.

At least that is what would happen on "Law and Order."

[deadparrot]

10. bwahahahah....

I so want that mugshot.

[Lubernaut]

12. Mugshots

usually make people look worse normal. I'm not sure I want to see a "bad" photo of someone who is already so dang ugly.

[NYC Liberal]

13. Tom DeLay, YOU are the WEAKEST LINK. GoodBYE!!

[Lasher]

15. Uncalled for?

When people are arraigned, they go in wearing handcuffs and leg shackles, whether they are dangerous or not. I can assure you that every one of them feels it is uncalled for. DeLay should have to hobble in wearing chains, just like everyone else.

[quiet.american]

42. Amen. The "rule of law" Republicans love to invoke demands it.n/t

[Thor_MN]

63. Hell, I say it's time for "Extraordnary Rendition"

Ship him off to another country so he can be questioned with no access to lawyers so we can find out what this internal terrorist knows. He is at least as dangerous as some of the people that have been hidden at Gitmo or Abu Grahib.

That's what I'd like to do, but that would bring me down to their level... Sometimes it sucks playing by the rules of what is right.

[Selteri]

16. Having been fingerprinted and mugshots taken of me IRL

I don't envy him, though I suspect they will treat him with kit gloves in comparison to the harsh way I, a person who was arrested by the local PD when they decided to up their numbers by arresting a medical Marijuana person in Denver, was treated as though I was the lowest of criminals.

Personally, I hope they treat him the way I was treated, with the cops acting in a fashion designed to demean and humiliate, being accused of crimes that are lower than anything ever conceived of. Being associated not only with the crime he's done, but with both violent and dangerous crimes that have nothing to do with what he's done.

I know it won't happen, but it would be justice if they treat those who have done such high crimes as what he has done in the same way they treat a person who was physically ill and using marijuana to try to stay off the loss of 10-20 pounds of weight a month.

On edit: As a note though - We know he's been indited where with myself the charges were dropped by the DA.

[VegasWolf]

17. Ahh, the Hammer got hammered.

[Mabus]

38. No, Bush got hammered & the Hammer got nailed

[VegasWolf]

43. I thought Bush got plastered and the Hammer got locked. nt

[mahatmakanejeeves]

19. DNA sample

Will he be required to give one?

Can they use a cattle prod to provide "stimulation?"

[Roland99]

22. OH! Wouldn't *that* be rich?!?!

LMFAO!!

[TaleWgnDg]

46. hhhmmmmmmm, you may want this . . .

http://www.acme.com/licensemaker/licensemaker.cgi . . . maybe.

.

[Roland99]

54. heh heh

[TaleWgnDg]

55. Is this it?

I won't be keeping this photo in my photobucket file for long . . .

[Roland99]

58. LOL

[dflprincess]

20. Noooo!

Take him down in handcuffs. Please, please, please! It will just be icing on the cake for me.

I wonder if CBS has started working on the made for TV movie "DeLay Behind Bars" yet.

[VegasWolf]

21. DeLay's indictment deLayed no more!!! nt

[Roland99]

23. Yahoo article:

Vote it up!!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050928/ap_on_go_co/delay_n...

[tom22]

25. Without Bond

he should be detained without bond. He is a threat to the safety of the community at large.

[fortyfeetunder]

27. This only has 7 votes.

Pump it up before the Freepers get to it....

[MelissaB]

31. Done!

[NYC]

33. 5 stars with 28 votes.

Not enough votes.

[understandinglife]

37. 5 stars with 30 votes....

Peace.

[fortyfeetunder]

29. This only has 7 votes.

Pump it up before the Freepers get to it....

[Rex]

28. PERP WALK PERP WALK PERP WALK

"Take the walk you fucking crook!"

[Mabus]

39. That's what I want to see

The perp walk. Those are the pictures worth sharing.

[Brooklyn Michael]

60. You read my mind....

[MidwestTransplant]

30. If that's what Earl want's to do Bugman's atty. can't say shit about it

If I were Earl, I would frog march his ass off the plane.

[cowboy hula girl]

32. Mugshots...... This is better than Christmas........

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.......

[KDLarsen]

35. While they haven't got Mugshots yet, TSG has something else

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0928051delay1.html

[StefanX]

36. Can't wait for the mugshot to show up on Smoking Gun

nt

[brentspeak]

40. Hey, if people charged with a misdemeanor are booked and photographed

why should someone charged with a felony not receive the same treatment?

Mr.DeLay, please hold this sign up under your chin. Now turn to the left...

[proud patriot]

41. Wow , That was fun to read

[goforit]

44. I wonder if DeLay is wanted on other more serious charges.

Hmmmm......all this investigating stuff
looks as though the guy was set up.

And by whom?

Did he leave his finger prints at a murder scene some where???

[young_at_heart]

48. Will he just "fade" away, like Trent Lott?

I am picturing the Spin Doctors madly fixing it so that he'll no longer be a topic of conversation in a couple of weeks. Will he gradually become old news and they will continue on with their "program"?

[zann725]

49. "Fingerprinted" and "mug shots"? Priceless...

n/t

[Child_Of_Isis]

50. I haven't seen DU this happy in quite awhile.

Is shit falling or what?

[Dem2theMax]

52. Happy?

You should have seen me when I heard about Delay. I literally ran around the house, arms waving in the air, yelling my head off with glee! LOL.

Gee, wonder what I'll do when they haul * in?

[antonialee839]

51. What's good for the rest of America should be good enough

for "I am the government" Tom Delay. Slap as set of cuffs on that thug!

[moondust]

53. "Best Picture of the Year"

Hereby nominated. Can't wait.

[fleabert]

57. uncalled for? isn't that what happens to most ordinary folks when they

get fucking arrested?

fucking asshole.

[Vinnie From Indy]

59. Frog March! I wanna see a Frog March!

n/t

[cyberpj]

62. Earle: "...it is up to the court to decide how DeLay w/be arraigned.

"Earle, the Travis County district attorney, said it is up to the court to decide how DeLay would be arraigned."

So why do they make it sound like it's Earle's choice?

[Thor_MN]

65. Because they want to paint him as the bad guy, the partisan hack who's

out for revenge at any cost.

I say it's time to stake out the places where one can be fingerprinted in Travis County - probably happen at 2AM Saturday morning to try to avoid the circus.

[RebelOne]

64. I have a gut feeling that he will never see the inside of a jail cell. n/t

[yellowcanine]

67. Then DeLay better get his ass to Austin asap. His lawyer should just shut

up and start talking to Ronnie Earle about how to expedite the arraignment and he should tell DeLay to shut up asd stop trashing Ronnie Earle to the press. The Grand Jury indicted DeLay. Yes, Earle presented the case. But a Grand Jury can't indict without probable cause. And apparently there was probable cause. So DeLay should just shut up and concentrate on his defense. If he really thinks this is a political case he should have no problem convincing a judge of that and getting the indictment dismissed. Until he does that though he should just shut up.

[demo dutch]

68. Man that's hysterical!!

[CitrusLib]

69. Oh, no! The injustice of it all!

Imagine being treated like all the other criminals. It's outrageous. Why, it's positively socialist! My heart is breaking for the guy. This must be putting some additional stress on him that he just doesn't need. Poor baby.

[Tempest]

70. thesmokinggun.com will have his arrest photos

They're public record and the web site will eventually have them posted.

[boot@9]

71. it's just too bad they did not indict

Tom Craddick too. he is the speaker of the house from midland that personally delivered the checks to the republican canditates running for house seats(and when six of the seven were elected voted for craddick to be speaker). one of craddick's main goals is the destruction of the Texas public school system so he can get his voucher program in place.