DeLay Says He Expects Texas Charges Will Be Dismissed

[sabra]

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aYAZlO9qNsC4&refer=us

DeLay Says He Expects Texas Charges Will Be Dismissed

Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said that he expects money-laundering charges against him pending in Texas will be dismissed as early as this month and insisted he sees no sign House Republicans want to hold an election to replace him.

``There is no leadership election, and there is no scheduled leadership election, and there can't be a leadership election until a vote of the conference removing me from office,'' DeLay, a Republican, told reporters today at the U.S. Capitol. ``I'm still the elected majority leader.''

[merwin]

1. The (R) is pack of wolves waiting to devour DeLay. He's posturing in

a lame attempt to keep his job. And it's not working very well.

[Pirate Smile]

2. Maybe he will be greeted with flowers and as a liberator too.

As Jack Murtha says - Just because they say it, doesn't make it true.

[Rodger Dodger]

3. Tommy boy is soon to become a has been

If he doesn't realize that: he has a surprise coming.

He's over shot his objective, when he divided a portion of his district. Most ego driven individuals do that from time to time.

[GrumpyGreg]

4. What pisses me off is that when he becomes a "has been" he will

become a lobbyist and make millions of dollars a year.


These bastards always land on their feet.

[WhiteTara]

5. oh no. Two reasons

Ronnie Earle and Texas law of 5 to life. Don't hold any lobby seat open for him in this decade. Rejoice 'cause it's beginning to look a lot like Fitzmas, every where I go :tra la tra la:

[No Exit]

6. It's all about YOU, isn't it, Bugman?

And your little republican on-the-take friends will just put all their shady incomes on hold until you untangle your plump little self from all this mess.

And everyone will hate Ronnie Earle, a man who has always been perfectly dignified and professional every time we (who don't know him and haven't been running from him all these years) see him.

And the house will have a nice, cozy, republican majority cocoon waiting for you next winter, after all your constituents crawl over broken glass to eagerly vote you in for another term so you can keep your 6 or 7 figure annual income (and I ain't talkin' about your salary.)

Everyone will stand back and wait for the Bugman to go back to being "the hammer". Mr. Big. Mr. Don't-Fuck-With-Me.

No one even has an existence without you. The earth is in permanent winter until you return from the underworld.

[bliss_eternal]

7. On another board with many rw, neo cons members--

they were practically celebrating this news. Kind of cracked me up, that they are so desperate for any little shred of something to hold onto that shows that 'their side is still winning...'

How pathetic is that? Like this is some sort of race of life--dems vs. repukes straight down the line...

[MidwestTransplant]

8. I think the Abramoff thing is going to put Delay in jail.

Partially wishful thinking but I think there is good evidence that it may.

[wordpix]

25. I agree, Delay's going down with Abramoff and this will make the $190K

money laundering issue look minor.

[Technowitch]

9. And I expect a multitude of monkeys to fly out of my ass

*checks*

Hmm... still no monkeys. Maybe I should 'expect' a little harder.

Clap your hands, children, if you believe in flying monkeys!

[Up2Late]

10. He's Dreaming! Remember, this is the guy who smiled like a...

...Cheshire Cat for his mug shot. A Tom Cat no doubt.:evilgrin:

[oregonindy]

11. yeah and i expect pigs will fly....but they never do.

[libodem]

12. He got his little blue dress...

dry cleaned?

[hyphenate]

13. I'm afraid

it might happen. Things are so corrupt that Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling will get off, Tom Delay will be "exonerated" and we will soon see even more blatant and illegal behavior happening right under our noses.

I can't even pretend to be cocky anymore--we saw the result of cockiness in the 2004 election, and we know we've been down for the count. Even feeling optimistic about the 2006 election for me has been a failure, since I see the MSM spinning things as always. There hasn't been a change. Faux still controls the MSM to a high degree, people are still completely ignorant of the politicians, the politicians certainly have not altered their tune, and those who are more politically savvy are still considered the loonie lefts by most of the population of the country.

We are in the wrong country now--things have never been this bad, and it's not likely that they're going to get any better any time soon.

Sorry for the pessimism, but I'm too tired to have any kind of good feeling about the direction in which we are heading.

So Delay could return, banner blazing, that fucked up cocky smile on his face, and we will have suffered yet another setback. And Scooter Libby could get off, and Cheney's heart will sustain him through more years of criminality, and Karl Rove will continue to run GWB as always, and the neocons will eventually get their way.

It's like the movie, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit." Eddie Valiant managed to help save Toontown from the Judge's grasp, where the Judge was willing to let Toontown be paved over and freeways built. But the truth is, in real life, the freeways went through. So there was no happy ending, and I don't think there will be now, either. The right wing and the RRR will continue to make inroads, and the USA will end up being a horrible, horrible place to live. Many SF writers have always seen that as a future--perhaps there are more Blade Runner and Soylent Green days ahead than those of a more satisfying future.

We are too weak--or perceptably weak--than we give ourselves credit for. Our strong leaders are few and far between. Even those we perceive as having backbones are not very strong. Most of them toe the line 85% of the time, without any significant effect on the status quo. We don't have a maverick--a champion--to take up the cause and run with it. And if it weren't for a natural disaster like Katrina, the right wing would still be seen as invincible.

It's time to get serious, folks, and stop being cocky, bullheaded, and proud of ourselves, because in fact, we have NOTHING to be cocky about. If we can't quash the MSM, if we can't get get the true perceptions, the true facts to the general population, if we can't get our own heads out of our own asses, how can we hope to succeed in taking this country back from the right wing? They're better liars, better criminals, better spin artists than we are. And they've got a major network and more corporations behind them than we do, allowing them more ability to influence that general sector which needs so badly to be better informed.

[mbperrin]

16. Maybe this will help a little:

I live in Odessa, Texas, 20 miles from Midland (oh, yes, that close), and in the last week, I have heard 2 people bash the Repubs:
One is a 74 year old retired independent oil company owner who told me: These Bush bastards are killing our kids and hanging us (seniors) out to dry. He voted for GW twice.

The other is a 40 year old Mormon schoolteacher who also voted for GW twice, and he said, I will not let those bastards kill my kids. His oldest (17) has been worked on hot and heavy by recruiters at school.

Don't know if that's a light at the end of the tunnel, or just some sparks. But it's something.

[Barrett808]

21. Thanks for the report. A little encouraging... n/t

[truthisfreedom]

14. oh, tom, tom, tom. can't you just wait to see how things turn out, just

like everyone else? why embarrass yourself with these ridiculous predictions? you've been so wrong on this so far, tom... you thought you'd get everything dismissed.

[Vinca]

15. Gee, just in case I'm going to embroider a prison pillow cover

in jumpsuit orange with an outline of the Marianas Islands. Remember them, Tom? If the money laundering doesn't get you, Abramoff will.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

17. Delusional from inhaling too much pesticide.

[wordpix]

24. pesticides are carcinogenic-think Delay's got cancer of brain

[drm604]

18. Oh Tom, Tom, Tom...

Right now it's "The charges will be dismissed". Next it'll be "The jury will find me innocent". Then it'll be "I'll just get some community service". Then it'll be "The judge will suspend the sentence." Then it'll be "The foods not all that bad." and "My ass isn't all that sore".

[PurityOfEssence]

19. I hear St. Helena is lovely this time of year...

May his humiliation be drawn out and ugly. May he flail, threaten and bellyache in public for all to see. After being such an unprincipled thug and a bully, may he cower and snivel about how rough people are being with him.

Not believing in Hell, I want to see him disgraced and left as political road-kill. Maybe he and Newt can sit around on some park bench for the rest of their days, raging at their enemies and cheating each other at gin rummy.

[gratuitous]

20. Whistle a little louder, Tom, it's a long graveyard you're passing

Earle has 15 days to decide whether he's going to appeal the dismissal of the conspiracy charge, and he'll probably take every last day of that. The rest of the charges have already been allowed to stand, so DeLay is DeLusional if he thinks they're going away by the end of this month.

[Javaman]

22. "I'm Montgomery Burns!! Love me!!!"

Other than that, the only other thing that comes to mind is Frank Sinatra's, "and now, the end is near..."

delay desperately needs to get the fuck over himself. Hey hot tub bugman, you are so yesterday. suck it up, you fucked up, take your lumps like an adult and get the fuck out of the way, you worthless crook.

:)

[Norquist Nemesis]

23. Was that a recent "fundraising" campaign for the bribery bank? n/t

[wordpix]

26. love this part: repukes eating their own over House leadership, lol

<snip> "House Divided

House Republicans today were divided over how to proceed. To replace him, 50 House Republicans would need to sign a petition calling for leadership elections, and then a majority of the House's 230 Republicans would have to vote to proceed.

Representative Chris Shays, a Connecticut Republican, said he has little doubt that enough Republicans will want to replace DeLay by next January or February. The Justice Department is investigating Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff, whom DeLay once described as a close friend and accompanied on a golfing trip to the U.K. in 2000. Shays said members will need to distance themselves during an election year in which Democrats are making ethics a top issue.

``I think we need to move on,'' Shays said.

Representative Dan Burton, an Indiana Republican, said he expects many members won't talk about new leadership elections until early February, once DeLay -- a party leader since 1992 -- has had his day in court or the charges are dismissed.

``Part of his case was dropped, and we're going to have to see what happens by early next year,'' Burton said. "
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