Texas Court Issues (arrest) Warrant for Tom DeLay

[Purveyor]

(10-19) 11:27 PDT Austin, Texas (AP) --


A Texas court on Wednesday issued a warrant for former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's arrest, and set an initial $10,000 bail as a routine step before his first court appearance on conspiracy and state money laundering charges.

Travis County court officials said DeLay was ordered to appear at the Fort Bend County, Texas, jail for booking, where he'd likely be fingerprinted and photographed. DeLay's lawyers had hoped to avoid such a spectacle.

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http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/10/19...

[wtmusic]

1. perp walk a'comin'...

[AuntiBush]

208. And, Waitin' For Those Frog Marches...

The sweet smell of Lady Justice. Now, waiting for the BIG Frogmarch!

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. Oh goody, Delay finally gets his perp walk

I hope Wilma doesn't knock out my electric when it happens.

[Tight_rope]

40. Yes...We can finally and officially call him a "CRIMINAL".

[trogdor]

80. Uh, no.

You get to call him a "defendant." You don't get to call him a CRIMINAL until after he's been convicted. I'm sure you'd want the same consideration.

[ClintonTyree]

131. Not in "Red" America.......

In "Red" America just the hint of committing a crime is considered a guilty sentence. They're very holy in "Red" America and are willing to pass judgment on someone immediately. Bill Clinton was automatically guilty, everyone KNEW he "did something" and had to be impeached no matter what the cost. Yes, "Red" Americans can tell a guilty person a mile away, there's no need for judge or jury.

Innocent until proven guilty is soooooo "Blue" State!

Maybe.......no, they wouldn't do that. I was going to say that since it's a "Red American" in question that the same rules wouldn't apply. But "Red Americans" would NEVER be guilty of hypocrisy, would they? Nope, never. Not in a million years. So Tom DeLay is already guilty to "Red" Americans, right?

[IntravenousDemilo]

198. "Red" Man Walking? n/m

[rfranklin]

175. You could call him a "criminal defendant" without being unfair...

because he is a defendant in a criminal case as opposed to a civil case.

[quiet.american]

3. Pinch me, am I dreaming.

Finally, an accountability moment.

[AuntiBush]

209. Really!

Know "exactly" how you feel.

Edited: So excited seeing Justice come true, I can't even type tonight!

[mike_c]

4. thousands of bloggers now eagerly awaiting the first appearance...

...of Delay's mug shots! I feel a new sig photo in the offing.

[PegDAC]

115. Delay's mug shot

I'm monitoring The Smoking Gun for its appearance

[ClintonTyree]

132. I foresee a top selling poster in the wind......

a beautifully colored and prepared poster of Mr. DeLay's mugshot along with his booking number and his alleged crimes. Someone is going to make a fortune. I'll have to keep my eyes open on Ebay and the "funny" web sites, I'll have to get one, frame it and display it proudly on my living room wall.

[Richard Steele]

194. Something like this?

[Debi]

5. Photos...need photos...lots of photos.....n/t

[confludemocrat]

69. Yeah, suitable for framing n/t

[confludemocrat]

72. self-delete

[alcibiades_mystery]

6. Cuff that motherfucker

Cuff him, book him, print him, and click him.

And please release mugshots to the press tout suite (how soon will The Smoking Gun have all the booking docs?

[0007]

41. Beautiful fucking beautiful. Strip him and give Tom the flea bath

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

45. Might I suggest the use of tazers?

I mean...you know. Just in case?

[mamalone]

76. Yah..definitely..

Better safe than sorry, right?

[mamalone]

78. oops- doop!

nt

[eppur_se_muova]

200. You certainly might!

Aw, and you even provided a *justification*, too...isn't that sweet?

[Beetwasher]

7. Oh, Sweet Sweet Music!

The sweet smell of comeuppance!

[displacedtexan]

8. Cue that Law & Order pizzicato!

http://65.24.76.65/sounds/televis/law_order/logavel.mp3

[Theres-a]

201. ROFLMAO!

[Straight Shooter]

9. Sugar Land is going to go sour on DeLay.

Maybe now they'll have the common sense to elect a Dem representative.

[Tight_rope]

50. Many of us in Sugarland have always been sour over DeLay!

It's a nice community with hard working American's. We didn't need scum like that trying to represent us or steal from us!

[Straight Shooter]

116. I have a friend who lives in Sugar Land

When I lived (for a while) in Houston, I drove by Sugar Land and thought it was a nice community. Sure didn't look like the type of place that would go for a hypocritcal fatcat like DeLay.

[hraka]

133. Fear gets lots of idiots elected to office

and many more ballots passed. I only hope America will soon wake up from her collective daydream of "better times" to the harsh light of reality. Arresting DeLay is a step in the right direction. (I have a list if they're looking for more.)

Self edited for typos

[yowzayowzayowza]

124. He wuz certainly runnin

skeerd last election... the Delay ads smearing Morrison with Michael Moore were EVERYWHERE... and he still only won by 10,000. We'll get 'em next time!!!

[confludemocrat]

Maybe they'll have the sense to elect a human n/t

[democrank]

10. See ya

Bugman!

[Michigander4Dean]

11. 5 votes! Welcome to the Greatest Page! | nt

[Lisa0825]

12. oh boy oh boy oh boy!!!

[longship]

13. Book 'im, Dano!

nt

[Caoimhe]

14. WOOOHOOOO!!!

It's about time!

[dubyaD40web]

15. I want to see purple ink on his fingers

when they book him!

[Metta]

16. Looking from the down side of up.

So begins the downward slide of Tom DeLay's image. What cost the man?

[snooper2]

17. And all you Texas bashing DU'ers eat mud,

I don't see any other states putting ARREST WARRANTS out for high profile repuke POS's.

Maybe we will just decide to fry him

[Burried News]

23. Gladly and without sugar.

Too bad bail wasn't set at 30 pieces of silver.

[derby378]

82. Tell 'em, snoop

The Hammer is getting nailed. I love it.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

86. Took the words right out of my (mouth?) (picture?)

[AnneD]

140. Don't we hold the record for frying the most

death row inmates. While he might not have committed a frying offense, we don't have club fed's here.

[Talismom]

165. You go snooper2! Go Texas--fry that nasty little s.o.b! We're all rootin'

fer ya! Weee-haaa! (pardon the NY accent--it was the best I could do, LOL!)

[KansDem]

172. OK, OK, I must admit I had my doubts about Texas...

So can I get up now? I think I've eaten enough...!

[Burried News]

18. Payback is a bastard but Justice is one beautiful lady.

[DinahMoeHum]

24. I notice that in that statue, Justice is NOT wearing a blindfold. . .

She looks more like Nemesis, the goddess of RETRIBUTIVE justice.

[Burried News]

52. Note the sword is unsheathed.

Maybe she's looking to get a head.

[EST]

108. No more blind justice for us.

Those days are over.

[Up2Late]

141. Yeah, and what's with the sword and her holding the "Scales of Justice"...

...like a husband holding his wife's purse at the shopping mall.

To be fair, I found dozens of different version at this website, some "blind," some not. That one is in Dublin, Ireland I think (see below)

<http://members.tripod.com/mdean/justice.html >



<http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/longlib/view.htm >

The Dublin Statue below:
<http://www.painetworks.com/pages/ew/ew0016.html >

[VegasWolf]

19. I see a new screen saver coming!!! nt

[mod mom]

20. Part 1: Bugman's Extermination!!!!

[unblock]

21. $10,000 bail is just plain bizarre.

either release him on his own recognisance or set the bail at $1MM or more. i mean, $10,000 doesn't accomplish anything. if he's going to flee the country (highly unlikely, imho), he won't mind leaving the $10,000 behind.

[bunkerbuster1]

34. It's like selling a property for a buck, I guess.

I'm trying to rationalize that.

Ok, maybe I can't. Yeah, it's a weird amount.

[TroglodyteScholar]

130. $10,000

Seriously...DeLay can launder that much before lunchtime.

[Mikimouse]

22. Is there any chance that perhaps the state of Texas could...

hire those fine policemen from New Orleans to do the booking?

[Tight_rope]

25. Double Hot Damn!....it's about time

[PearliePoo2]

26. Gawd!

I keep hitting refresh and I see these electric headlines.
Am I dreaming???
I can't get away to do ANYTHING on my "to do" list.
I sit here on the edge of my seat, my feet tapping.
I'm afraid if I go out and get going on a project I"M GONNA MISS SOMETHING!
I can't stand it, it's like each day is the one you ask yourself,is this the day the turds get flushed down the toilet and we're witnessing history in the making.
I love my country so much and I want justice done to those that are destroying it. And I want it today. I want it now.
I'm getting goosebumps.

[calimary]

58. I know what you mean. Ridiculous, isn't it? I can't get a thing done today

Welcome to DU, btw.

The only thing I'm able to do with any certainty is to jump up from my computer and run into the other room where my husband's working - to share the latest updates.

Glad you're here - especially when we have a few things to celebrate! Looks like next week will be a doozy in the Plamegate department, what I think is now being referred to, with great excitement and anticipation, as "Fitzmas."

We have been wandering in the wilderness, struggling, anguished, desolate, parched, dry, thirsting and starving, for SO DAMNED LONG. What a DELICIOUS change in the political climate. It's just BEYOND GREAT to feel some hope again.

I've had that oldie running through my head - "na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na, HEY-hey-hey, GOOO-OOOOD-BYE!!!!!!"

Good to have you here to share it!

CHEERS, CHEERS, CHEERS!

Now, let's get back to work.

Visualize IMPEACHMENT!!!!!!!!!!!

And then go DO something about it.

[PearliePoo2]

101. Glad to know

there are others feeling the way I am.
Got it figured out though! Got a plan, Stan.
Heading down to the garage and turn on XM satellite radio on my boom box.
Perfect (rainy Washington State) day to put another coat of varnish on the cedar picnic table I'm re-finishing and listen to AAR.
Bummer though, Randi and Big Eddy are on at the same time.
Yes, I can visualize impeachment.
I even thought about heading to town on a break and picking up a bottle of bubbly. But.... the last time I prematurely did that,
(exit polls showing Kerry elected)we all know how that turned out. I was literally sick for months and in tears.
So, I'll hold off on buying the champagne for a bit, but DAMN my throat is dry.
Thanks for the welcome Calimary!

PS. And no cheap stuff this time either, I want the sweet taste of the "finest" sliding down my throat like velvet.
Dig under the cushions and in coat pockets for the $$ to buy a bottle of Dom for the occasion. A toast with my close friends, all of us with tears of joy in our eyes. I can visualize that alright!

[Why Syzygy]

218. He wants it over quickly.

As do we all. LOCKDOWN! Judy and Martha can go to jail, but this aho can't? HA! Get used to orange, Tom.

[hraka]

138. I attended my first WashCo Dems meeting...

(Washington County, Oregon, Democrats) the day he was indicted. Wonder what's gonna happen today?

[calimary]

144. Hey, welcome to you, too, hraka!

I myself plan on drowning in Mallomars... And maybe some really nice spiced tea or something. Or, oh hell, make it champagne perhaps. Oh hell, I'd take water with a Fizzie in it at this point!


Glad you're here, too! It's a GOOD day to be a Democrat! Perhaps there will be a few more of those good days to come...

[hraka]

184. Been a Dem all my life

much to my mother's chagrine. My 1st election was 1980, and we all know what happened that year.

[Coexist]

27. music to my ears!!

[lilymidnite]

28. Sucks to be a progressive in general right now ...

... but stuff like this is *so* delicious.

[sakabatou]

29. Woo-hoo!

[myrna minx]

30. Ooooooo happy day!

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy!

[rodeodance]

39. happy days are hear again.....the sky is blue

[11 Bravo]

31. The Bugman looks like the kind of guy who might try to smuggle

a file (or a gerbil) into prison. Just to be safe, a full-body cavity search is probably in order. (But the poor bastard who has to conduct the search certainly deserves a raise!)

[rodeodance]

35. LBN on msnbc---arrest warrent for Tom DeLay. yahooooooo!!

[rodeodance]

37. wonder if Fox is announcing it???

[hraka]

187. I don't know about TV, but it's on their website

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,172768,00.html

Oooh, and not that I condone reading Fox News, but here's a good one:

WASHINGTON — A former Democratic congressman on Tuesday launched a national fund-raiser aimed at unseating Rep. Tom DeLay (search) next year as the former House majority leader battles an indictment and ethics charges.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,172639,00.html

[babylonsister]

42. (or a gerbil) I don't know whether to laugh or hurl! nt

[Arugula Latte]

43. I hear a little Tabasco sauce added to exam gloves is always a good thing

[brentspeak]

32. Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!

[CountAllVotes]

33. the house of cards has just toppled!

Welcome back America! Welcome back America!

[progressoid]

36. HA HA HA HA HA HA - My headache just went away!

[rodeodance]

38. good news does the body good.-

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

44. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Happy Hannukah!!
Joyous Kwanzaa!!

...and whatever else you want to throw in there! How did you know it was exactly what I wanted?

[underpants]

48. *teaser here*

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

54. Oh, but he was innocent, you know...

Got off on one of those pesky techincalities that are "an outrageous miscarriage of justice" when applied to people other than themselves.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

204. He got off 'cause opportunistic Democrats made him testify in hearings 1st

[KittyWampus]

46. that's what he gets trying to taint the jury & running ads sliming Earle

[warrens]

47. I hope he gets lippy with them

Four men, three truncheons, one jail cell.

[Beaverhausen]

49. and it isn't even my birthday!!!

sweet!!!

[SammyWinstonJack]

51. Tom "I AM the Federal Government" Delay.

[amitten]

104. Looks like the government...

Has been, uh, arrested. So to speak.

[SammyWinstonJack]

149. LOL! How the mighty have fallen! I love it! nt

[klook]

146. Wonder if they'll let him have cigars in jail?

And what prison detail will he be assigned to? The LAUNDRY?? Or just the BUG DETAIL!!

[SammyWinstonJack]

148. LOL!

Laundry and cockroach detail! Excellent!

[President Kerry]

174. yeah they'll let him have cigars in jail..

Just not the kind he likes, and not how he likes it. American-made, delivered by inmates themselves.

[Why Syzygy]

219. LOL - bug detail

He can start with himself.

[Tight_rope]

53. NOMINATED!

[peterh]

55. and today’s special is….

[Fly by night]

56. Delay is proof we're not all descended from apes. Some humans ...

..., like him, are descendents of weasals. Go, Delay, Go!!

Time for some John Phillip Sousa frog-marching music.

[A Simple Game]

142. Twern't no intelligent design when he was made. n/t

[arwalden]

57. Perp Walk! Photos On Smokinggun!! Whoo hoo!

[Initech]

59. He should've set the bail higher!

$10,000 is pocket change for Delay... Come on, judge! Get creative here - how about $10,000,000 bail?

[MaineDem]

60. It's a bad month to be a Republican. I love it!!!

This is wonderful. Long overdue.

I'm fighting the urge to gloat. A little.

[calimary]

74. Let's hope it's a bad SEVERAL YEARS to be a republi-CON.

They deserve an OCEAN of comeuppance. There are MULTITUDES of karmic debts to pay. And it looks like at least a few of the bills are finally coming due.

BTW, whether or not he can slither out of this one on a technicality, he will be forced to live, for the rest of his life, with the images of this event, images that thousands of bloggers and political enemies (many of whom are still smarting from their unsuccessful battles with him) will not lose track of. This will follow him around to the end of his days. Images of this, photoshops of this, leaflets of this, reprints of this, will haunt him forever. They'll be passed out at every public appearance he makes, they'll be popping up on the internet every time his name comes up, they'll be on the tip of the tongue of anyone who heckles him or any press person who does any sort of interview with him - from now until the end of time. The internet has a long memory. So do one's political enemies. Which is why, if you're in politics, you should try not to make too many. You'll ALWAYS have people lurking nearby, looking for payback if you've screwed them.

[shanti]

61. OMG!!!

how are the freepers taking this?

[Mabus]

73. freeper reaction in smilies

[smb]

143. Golden Quotes

From the main FReeper thread:

"DeLay needs to sue this guys ass off."

"If the Texas Constitution allows it, Governor Perry should issue a full pardon for Delay now. He should then have Earle arrested for abusing his office."

"It's this kind of attitude that has gotten us NOTHING!! SCREW THAT, I'm sick of playing nice, THIS IS WAR for the SOUL of our country and I AIN'T gonna give the rats another inch!! WE need a fighting spirit, a complacent one DOESN'T cut it anymore! I want to see the rats begging us for mercy!! I'd rather blow a vein, than end up living in a RAT blue communist country!"

My favorite:

"Sometimes a figure (person, character) goes through a personal trial but in the end they become more powerful. Figures such as Azlan (Narnia), Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars) come to mind."

[President Kerry]

177. Dear Mr. Fuckhead, you wanna blow a vein you go right ahead.

Just don't forget the medical bills that entails. This country is tired of your bullshit, and you and DeLay are in a pathetic minority. And congrats for being behind your criminal buddy all the way. That's, eh, honorable.

[smb]

213. Well, It Could Have Been Worse

The more I look at that last quote, the more I shake my head. I suppose it showed commendable restraint to equate DeLay with metaphorical Christ figures rather than directly equating DeLay with Christ Himself.

[big johnson]

62. West Of The Pecos!

Don't move on Delay until he's in Roy Bean's jurisdiction. It's out of fashion to hang Mexicans now, but an unhungry thief is (And should be) fair game.

[Tight_rope]

91. Welcome to DU big johnson

Glad you came to join us DUer's in the joyous occasion!

[calimary]

147. Welcome to DU!

Nothing but the best for our dear hammer boy.

Get bent, tom! Eat it. ALL of it. With my fondest regards.

[Nia Zuri]

63. But...but...I'm above the law!!!! Don't you know that?(nt)

[calimary]

150. Yeah, he's the federal government. Welcome to DU!

We're in a celebratory mood just now. And I'm LOVING it!!!

I loved that freeper quote a few posts up that said it's time to stop playing nice ?!?!?!?!??!?!?!??!?! WTF do they mean "stop playing nice"??!?!??!?!?!?! They have NEVER played nice. From the GET-GO they've NEVER played nice. They don't even know what playing nice is. Except if they'd spent any time observing our friends in their nice, pink tutus, that is.

Glad you're here.

Let's not get complacent, though. There's still an IMPEACHMENT (or maybe more than one) to undertake. This isn't over. Not by a LONG shot.

[smb]

64. Er, One Slight Problem

"The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the United States. They shall in all cases, except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other place."

Bugman's lawyers are probably working on some way to claim that he is "returning from" Congress up to and including the halfway point of any visit home,a nd "going to" it from that point onward.

[trogdor]

87. Money laundering is a felony, dude.

so cuff 'im and stuff 'im.

[smb]

136. Never Mind...

I missed that part.

[Selteri]

65. One has to wonder if this is in part due to him souring the pool

of jurors with his statewide advertisements about how he's a 'victim'.

[ps1074]

66. Feels like Christmas

I want every single one of these assholes in jail. Bush, Cheney, DeLay, Bolton... everyone.

Nominated!!!

[melissinha]

118. how about Fitzmas and Earlemas?????

Some guess on Majority Report was talking about Fitzmas.... what will the Fitz bring us... we want to open our presents now, but have to wait til Fitzmas Day.......

So I guess this is Earlemas....

[yowzayowzayowza]

126. Naw, Earl is an...

elf. I hope there are many MANY more!!!! ... like in the Abramoff investigation!

[melissinha]

127. ok

I was thinking that too.... Maybe i'll whip up a little Fitz and Earle pic.

[Talismom]

170. Me too ps1074, or hanging like Mussolini as posted in a previous

thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... (scroll down to #3)

[Deep13]

67. Shouldn't we presume him innocent?

Hell no!

'Scuse me while I laugh my ass off!!

[SammyBlue]

71. Well, normally yes. . .but knowing the history of Republicans and white

collar crime. . .guilty as sin.

Roast him like a suckling pig, Ronnie Earle.

[Deep13]

106. Guilty, guilty, guilt!

Send the Hammer to the slammer.

[SammyBlue]

68. "DeLay's lawyers had hoped to avoid such a spectacle."

Look, scumbag. . .if a poor theif or some college student from Austin with a dimebag must be booked and fingerprinted, then a shitbag like you under indictment must do the same thing.

Fuck off, Tommy! I hope you'll love getting a smoked beef log injection by some big guy named Molly soon. Couldn't happen to a nicer fuck.

[goclark]

70. But I thought he was going to sue Earle?

What happened to that one?

[confludemocrat]

75. Doesn't Texas have a routine body cavity search as part of booking?

just asking

[Taverner]

81. "Bend over and Cough, Tom!"

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Couldn't happen to a more worthless muthafucker than the Bug man himself!

[EST]

With an asshole that big, a body cavity search takes but a glance.

[calimary]

152. LOL!

VERY good! And so true!

[FSogol]

77. The First of Many! n/t

[norml]

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[klook]

125. I saw the CNN web headline and thought I was hallucinating!

Arrest warrant issued for DeLay
A routine step before court appearance

This is way better than even those happy days during the Clenis era when Larry Flynt was forcing Repunks to resign by revealing juicy details of their extramarital affairs.


But, hey, DeLay's arrest is just a routine step before his court appearance, so really no worries for the Rethugs.

[LiberalinNC]

83. $10,000 bail WTF!!!

[TechBear_Seattle]

107. Bail is set by severity of the crime and likelihood of flight

He is almost no flight risk, and the charges are pure white collar crime. And let's be honest: would it really make any difference if bail were a million dollars? He would find that just as easy to get as ten thousand.

[leesa]

121. White collar crimes usually involves much more theft and damage, but...

you're right, where would the cockroach go? Hide with OBL and Cheney?

[hogwyld]

182. But the Judge

Has the power to deny bail as well. I wish he would have denied him bail so that he could "make some friends" down at pokey.

[TechBear_Seattle]

211. That would have rightly (pardon the pun) been seen as partisan

One of my co-workers pointed out that a low bail can actually be seen as a subtle insult, a way of saying, "You are small fish and not worth bothering about, except as a technicality." She brought up a classic Bugs Bunny cartoon where Bugs goes in to quite a tizzy, very insulted when he finds out the government is offering a bounty for rabbits... of only 2 cents.

I think it is too subtle for Texas politics, but I live in Seattle, so what do I know?

[Broken_Hero]

84. Its about time...

I hope he goes down, he is a self-richeous hypocrite...

[kurth]

85. Keep him in pretrial detention

... for some loving by fellow inmates.

[katty]

88. DeLay + "Arrest Warrant" a perfect headline

[butterfly77]

89. One down and...

hundreds to go!

[calimary]

154. Welcome kurth and butterfly77!

You're weighing in on a good day. Perhaps we'll have a few more...

[kurth]

178. Thanks

I am proud that this board exists. This board now represents the majority of Americans.

[deadparrot]

90. OMG THIS IS HUGH!!!!1111

Are you series?

[Ganja Ninja]

92. PLEASE PLEASE!

Someone make an avatar out of his mugshot as soon as possible.

[norml]

93. No surprise, Fweepers delusional on Delay warrant too: Blame Judge?

To: xzins
Why would it be expidited? The prosecutor is a democrat political hack and the judge is a supporter of moveon.org.



22 posted on 10/19/2005 12:15:14 PM PDT by doc30 (Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
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To: CedarDave; Southack; Dog Gone
They're tryin ta turn Delay into Fortworthless Jim Wright and Tony Cohelo but they really don't have as much of a case as we did against those two righteous CROOKS!!!



23 posted on 10/19/2005 12:15:22 PM PDT by SierraWasp (The only thing that can save CA is making eastern CA the 51st state called Sierra Republic!!!)
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To: CedarDave
See post #17 for the Judges name and pic:
(Judge Bob Perkins)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1504044/posts



24 posted on 10/19/2005 12:15:57 PM PDT by No Blue States



http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1505387/posts



http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[Barrett808]

120. Is Judge Perkins actually a MoveOn supporter?

Color me skeptical.

[tridim]

153. Who cares if he is..

Is there some law that says Republicans can't be tried by Liberal judges? That's what the Freepers are implying.

[President Kerry]

179. except, of course, he's not a liberal judge..

Tried 13 Dems and 2 Repugs before. So their argument, as always , is weak.

[indigo32]

94. Beautiful

just beautiful

[bunny planet]

95. Hot dayam. This is good news.

[Politicub]

96. Sweet!

[alfredo]

97. I get a chubby just thinking about it.

Will his travel be restricted to Texas? I hope so. He does have the money and off shore connections that make flight a real possibility.

[neuvocat]

98. Dupe

[Michigander4Dean]

99. 36 Greatest Page votes in a hour!

[norml]

100. At 2:36pm CST this news finally hits the Fox News crawl, no on air mention

yet.

[imouttahere]

102. Rip Torn said it best in "Dodgeball"

"My sweet dick, it's magic!!!"

Even if nothing else ever comes of this, we get the perp walk

[calimary]

155. Welcome! Man - LOTS of new weigher-inn'ers here.

Don't want to say new arrivals. Some are longtime lurkers. At any rate, good to see our numbers expand. We need all the help we can get. Especially since we now have a whole bunch of cornered snakes to wrangle. They're the most dangerous ones.

[imouttahere]

216. "Cornered snakes to wrangle"....hee hee....

aint that the truth! Thanks for the welcome.

[TechBear_Seattle]

103. Rate it high, email it to friends

That will put it on the "Most Popular" list at Yahoo. Don't let the Freepers bury this!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051019/ap_on_go_co/delay_i...

[Independent_Liberal]

105. I'm on the dance floor!

[Pacifist Patriot]

109. "....with justice for all..." Yippee!

Well it's a start.

[Flint-oid]

110. Texas Court Issues Warrant for DeLay

SFGate Texas court on Wednesday issued a warrant for former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's arrest, and set an initial $10,000 bail as a routine step before his first court appearance on conspiracy and state money laundering charges.


Travis County court officials said DeLay was ordered to appear at the Fort Bend County, Texas, jail for booking, where he'd likely be fingerprinted and photographed. DeLay's lawyers had hoped to avoid such a spectacle.

[Love Bug]

111. mmmmm.....

[myrna minx]

112. Welcome to DU!

I can't wait to see DeLay do the perp walk!

[Festivito]

113. DUPE link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

Same article:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/10/19...
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/10/19...

[satireV]

114. I hope Smoking Gun has his mugshot! (eof)

[calimary]

160. Smoking Gun is liable to have SOMETHING. Cheers! Welcome!

Yay! Even MORE reasons to celebrate - some great news and some new DU's...

BTW - wanna celebrate some more?

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/357109p-304302c.... - and then, also...

Bush whacked Rove on CIA leak (You are not gonna believe this one)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...


This delay stuff, the bush-rove stuff, and the raw story item about wurmser being a SECOND administration higher-up who's flipped and singing to the Plamegate prosecutor - by Jove, I think we've hit the trifecta!!!

[calimary]

157. Glad you're here - welcome!

Ain't it great? More to come, I hope.

Visualize IMPEACHMENT!!!!

Then go DO something about it.

[baldguy]

117. I hope he runs.

He's a coward to begin with, I want to see him go into hiding in some corrupt foreign country.

[frylock]

119. can't wait for smoking gun to post the mug shots..

I needs some new desktop wallpaper!!

[Stockholm]

122. Sweet!

A well deserved appetizer for a DU audience starved for justice.

How does 22 indictments sounds as main course?

And more importantly what would you like for dessert? Miller thrown out head first from NYT?

[JPZenger]

123. Latest in a Long Line of Delay Scandals

I can't wait to see his mugshot on www.smokinggun.com

This is only the latest among a long line of scandals involving Delay, who really was an exterminator before he went into politics.

The ONLY reason that the GOP picked up House seats in 2004 was because of Delay's unprecedented re-re-districting of the Texas Congressional districts after they had already been redistricted from the 2000 Census. This arrest warrant involves illegal campaign contributions that were used to fund that re-re-districting.

Anyone remember the Dems. in the Texas legislature having to hide across the border in Oklahoma to try to delay the re-re-districting? Delay tried to get Texas Rangers to arrest the Democrats, but they wouldn't cross the border. Then Delay called up the Dept. of Homeland Security and told them to find the Democrats' plane. Homeland Security wasn't told the reason - they thought it had something to do with tracking down terrorists.

Delay also used a phony children's charity that he set up to fund parties and cruises with big fundraisers and Republican leaders during the GOP convention in NYC. He killed the idea after it became public.

Here's a good list of all of Delay's scandals:

http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/37...
(scroll down half a page, that includes links for details)

Excerpts:

"DeLay has admitted offering to endorse Sen. Nick Smith's son Brad, who was running for Congress at the time, in exchange for Smith's "yea" vote on the Medicare bill.

The House ethics panel rebuked DeLay for using government resources to help locate a private plane he thought was carrying Texas Democratic legislators. DeLay was trying to force the legislators back to the capitol so he could push through his congressional redistricting."

DeLay used a children's charity, Celebrations for Children Inc., as cover for collecting soft money from anonymous interest groups, some of which was used for "dinners, a golf tournament, a rock concert, Broadway tickets and other fundraising events" at the Republican convention in New York. Because the money was supposedly for charity, companies wishing to curry favor with DeLay were able to do so without revealing themselves as campaign donors.

The House Ethics Committee cited the belief on the part of executives at an energy company, Westar Energy Inc., that a $56,500 contribution to a political action committee associated with DeLay would get them a "seat at the table" where key energy legislation was being drafted.

DeLay "took a $100,000 check from a private prison company" - the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) - at a fundraiser for his children's charity, the DeLay Foundation for Kids. CCA - whose 20-year history has been "fraught with malfeasance, mismanagement, and abuse" - was part of an ongoing lobby for a bill that would privatize up to half of Texas's jails.

In 1999, DeLay received a "private rebuke" for threatening retaliation against the Electronic Industries Association when the trade group named a Democrat to head its Washington operation.

DeLay enjoyed a luxurious vacation at the Four Seasons Hotel in London in mid-2000, paid for by an Indian tribe and a gambling services company, both of which opposed gambling legislation DeLay voted against two months later. The payment was funneled through lobbyist Jack Abramoff, best known for teaming up with right-wing religious fundamentalist Ralph Reed to close down a Texas casino operated by the Tigua Indians in 2002, then persuading the tribe to pay the two of them $4.2 million to lobby Washington lawmakers, including DeLay, to reopen it.

DeLay accepted an expense-paid trip to South Korea which, in direct violation of House rules, was paid for by a South Korean lobbying group.

DeLay and his allies in the House have sought to cripple the House Ethics Committee. The committee, which rebuked DeLay three times last year, was purged of its most "responsible" members last month and is currently "paralyzed" by a proposed rules change.

DeLay was the driving force behind the decision by House leaders to abandon an 11-year-old party rule that "required leaders to step aside temporarily if indicted."

[natrat]

128. grease him up

[kurth]

173. Why grease?

He might enjoy it. Let 'em have some bug spray for the occasion.

[Up2Late]

129. WooHoo! LOCK 'EM UP!

LOCK 'EM UP! LOCK 'EM UP!

[dennis00]

137. Next Week

A week from today, 26th, is my birfday. Screw the candles. (63 of 'em) I want INDICTMENTS. Lots of 'em.

[Up2Late]

156. Too bad this country is so spread out, I wish we could all...

...take to the streets of a major city to have a big street part, like they do in Europe when such a despot is arrested.
LOCK HIM UP!

[calimary]

161. Hey, welcome, and happy birthday in advance!

I think next week is very likely when we'll see Plamegate indictments. Great birthday present, 'eh?

Glad you're here! And happy birthday, one week early!

[goforit]

134. Hasta la vista, baby!!!!

[Sufi Marmot]

135. Christmas came EARLE-y this year... n/t

[AnneD]

139. Hot damn

the trial might be in my neck of the woods....wonder if I can get in....I knew they wouldn't have it in Austin but this is TGTBT.

[chervilant]

145. Let's a bunch of us show up and stand in support of this Indictment!!

I'm in the process of finding out when DeLay will be booked. 
The fine folks in Ft Bend County have been most helpful. 
Both the County officials and the City officials have assured
me that we can peacefully congregate in front of the jail to
show our support of Ronnie Earle's indictment, as long as we
do not block a roadway, a sidewalk or a driveway.

I will be posting here confirmation of the date/time DeLay
will be booked--if I can get that information--and I urge as
many of you as can possibly make it to show up to peacefully
and respectfully support Ronnie Earle's indictment of this
disgusting, poor excuse for a politician.

Regards,

Cheryl Ann

[calimary]

163. I'm stuck here in California, but I'm with ya in spirit, chervilant!

Welcome to DU!

Great day to jump in - and the water's lovely!!!

And the bugs are fried. Make that FREEDOM fried.

That's karma, and a whole lotta chickens, all coming home to roost. I wish him only more. And MORE.

[annabanana]

188. Welcome, welcome, welcome!

If you should be lucky enough to get a "front row seat".. bring a camera!
Let us know all the details..
What look did he have on his face?
Did he trip on the curb?
How many "peeps" did he need to have with him for an escort?

Tens of Thousands of us (just here at DU) can't wait!!

[annabanana]

189. You're too new to private message..

and I'm not sure how many posts you have to have to be able to start a new thread

But I think anyone here would be happy to let you HIJACK their thread with that kind of news.. (If you do it to a "new enough" thread.. the original poster will be able to edit their thread title so people will know)

[Lasher]

151. Call the Department of Homeland Security to hunt him down! (EOM)

[Zech Marquis]

158. let the prep walk show begin!!

damnit where's my popcorn?! bwahahahahaha

[emrenz]

159. Never thought I'd see a name of anyone from this administration...

...and the word "arrest" in the same sentence.

"Sniff" It's beautiful man.

[Tight_rope]

164. Welcome to DU emrenz!

[moondust]

162. Call the Huntsville Roach Motel.

Make a loooooong reservation for this one!

[undergroundpanther]

167. what will that

that rawhide whip he had displayed on his wall in his old office be used for..? in Prison.??


Delay, you lazy dog,move that mop!.. *snap* Yowowouch!

[Bob K]

166. It's a loverly day in the.........

.......neighborhood. They're lockin' Delay up for good!

[bufffbison]

168. Lets count how many repukes/bush admins go to prision before saddam does!!

1. Tom Delay
2. Dan Doyle

Are there others already in prison, or heading that way right now?

can we count on Rove, Cheney, and Bush all being next in line?

[youngturk kc]

169. Young Turks: Talking about this RIGHT NOW

The good news to Tom DeLay's arrest: http://www.radiopower.org/talkradio/

[NewWaveChick1981]

171. I can't freaking wait!!!

I'm gonna print his mug shot and hang it up for all the idiot Freepers I know to see!!! No "miscarriage of justice" here... it's about freakin' time!!!

[sellitman]

176. When the walls come tumbling down......

[Greylyn58]

180. Hot Damn and pass the popcorn

This is definitely a Kodak moment!!!!

[Deja Q]

181. The bail is set at $10,000... seems a bit too large and unfair, really...

[acmavm]

183. How nice that so many newbies show up on this fantastic thread. It's

great that We're getting good news for a change.

So long overdue. If a dem had done 1/50th of the crap DeLay has pulled he'd have been arrested and tried a long time ago. The children's charity scam is particularly disgusting.

[Cult]

185. Oh, what fantastic news to wake up to!

Next thing you know, Tommie's going to be in a ward, celled up with a huge white-power guy who makes jailhouse meth, and a playground of DeLay's ass. wOOOO!

[GlenM]

196. Bend over Tom and.........

NO.......... No vaseline for you pal!

[Roland99]

186. Can't wait to see the mugshot on Smoking Gun!!

[Robb]

190. FROGMARCH! Say it with me!

[hraka]

191. He should have to prove the bond money is clean.

self edited

[UrbScotty]

192. My birthday present is coming a litle early, huh? (nt)

[eppur_se_muova]

193. ...set an initial $10,000 bail...

No problem, yeronner! Got it right here! Now let's see, which pocket did I put it in...here ya go! And a little extra for the missus? No?

Pssst, Mr. DeLay, that's ten thousand...<pause>...that's *four* zeroes...

WHOA NELLIE! Gimme that big one back! This here little one's your'n!

[Norwood]

195. bwahahaha!

Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey GOODBYE!

Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey GOODBYE!

Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey GOODBYE!

Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey GOODBYE!

[IntravenousDemilo]

197. Oh-hoh-hoh-hoooohhhh...

Fu-u-u-u-ucken......

[AnnieBW]

199. If Delay Fails to appear

Will someone use the TSA to determine his whereabouts, then send the Texas Rangers (not the baseball team) after him?

[Miss Chybil]

202. Maybe, we should have a pool.

How many Republicans will be indicted within the next 12 months?

[Rex]

203. Tic toc motherfucker!

Countdown...

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

205. Lovin' it

The harder they come the harder they fall.

[PatriotGames]

206. I can NOT wait for the mugshot! BWAHAHA!

[AussieDave]

207. "Mug" shot

[TechBear_Seattle]

212. (Insert rimshot here)

You know that in less than 30 minutes of DeLay's mugshots being taken, they will be posted world wide. I can hardly wait!

[nonconformist]

210. I have the giggles!

WHOOOOOHOOOOOO!

[lovuian]

214. Take the back door to the station Tom cause the front door is

going to have lots of news media!!!

[Rainscents]

215. My Delay Birthday prsent!!!

You are BUSTED and TOAST!!!

[Why Syzygy]

217. Lol - "spectacle" .....

He is one, ya know? I laughed my a** off when I read this.

Hint to DL... can't do the time, don't do the crime.