HOLY PUKE INDUCING WRETCHEDNESS!!! Delay To Run Ads Smearing Earle!!!!

[Beetwasher]

Protecting their own. According to Roll Call (sub.req.): The Free Enterprise Fund is set to start running "saturation" anti-Ronnie Earle TV ads in Austin before taking the ads nationwide.

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http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/

[tk2kewl]

1. if this actually works in his favor, i will give up on americans

i'm that close already anyway.

[niceypoo]

53. Delay insists on doing himself in......

Crap like this makes him look very, very desperate.

[tk2kewl]

55. that was my first reaction, but then i began to wonder

there are still a lot of morans out there

[Davis_X_Machina]

2. To what end?

It isn't like he's trying to get re-elected.

It's an exercise in making it difficult to empanel a jury, if anything.

[frogmarch]

11. yep

It sounds as if he's trying to contaminate the jury pool. What a slimebag.

[leeroysphitz]

41. Yes, while it's still "technically" legal.... nt

[halobeam]

Desperate men will do desperate things.

Majority of the public are waking or have woken up. The corruption was "in your face" in the response to Katrina (crony hiring for head Fema, for example). He may be digging a bigger hole for himself with the people, putting out negative ads against the prosecutor. So transparent, really. People aren't really as blind as they were. Some (the base) will always be blind, but that's not who he's trying to manipulate, so IMO, I don't think it will work.

I'm with the other poster. If it DID work, I'd lost faith, too.

[bigbrother05]

35. That's the point ...

Austin is the most consistently democratic part of TX. Pretty much any other part will have a higher RW % (except maybe yellow dog east TX and that has slipped). If he can taint the jury pool he has a chance to get a hung jury at least.

Problem for Delay is that the overall picture could be turing against the Repugs in general, so his sure thing is fading fast. If a change of venue is sought, the delay could hurt Delay (love the irony). As the level of sleaze surrounding this misAdministration grows, not jury pool will be safe for any of them, especially the Bugman.

[cassiepriam]

40. Delay is using his typical coping strategies, will they work?

[Seansky]

3. I don't get it. What is the point of the public not liking Earle assuming

the public will buy into the smear? does a grand jury indictment gets overtrown by the public opinion?

What good would it bring Delay?

[FVZA_Colonel]

9. It seems like it could be an attempt to poison a potentual jury pool.

If these things run, and I were Earle, and this goes to trial, I would petition for the trial itself to be moved to some place like Amarillo or Corpus Christi, if it were to remain in Texas.

[electropop]

12. All DeLay is going to accomplish is moving the trial out of his home base.

That seems like a foolish strategy to me.

[Beetwasher]

14. Apparently The Ads Are Going NATIONAL!!!

He's trying to poison the well in the whole country!

[electropop]

26. We could try him in Guantanamo or Abu Ghraib then.

Would he prefer that? Gitmo's a lovely country club, so he ought to look forward to that prospect. :sarcasm:

[Seansky]

58. Lawyers outher: Couldn't the prosecutor argue that since Delay himself

poisoned the Jury, it shouldn't be moved? AND since the public will probably research some data 'cause the ads awakend their curiosity, wouldn't the facts just turn potential jurors agains Delay?

I must be dumb, but I still don't get what Delay's real goal is with this move!

[DebbieCDC]

60. Lawyers' argument

Exactly so. A defendant CANNOT profit from his own wrongdoing. For example, in the Manson trial, ol' Charlie held up a newspaper in court for the jury to see with the headline "Nixon says Manson Guilty" (paraphrasing, forgot actual headline). Of course the defense asks for a mistrial, and the wonderful Vince Bugliosi successfully argued that because Manson himself brought the headline to the jury's attention, he could not prosper from his own wrongdoing. The argument sure worked; you see where Charlie is to this day!

[Seansky]

62. then what the H**L are Delay's lawyers or Delay doing? I still don't get

it.

[NoPasaran]

28. Austin is not DeLay's home base

Bug Boy is from the Houston area.

[electropop]

34. Oh, OK. Thanks for that. nt

[SoCalDem]

39. Delay is trying to poison the well.

..Soon he will be forced to drink the water:)

I would think there is a nother charge or two awaiting him if he keeps this up.. Whose money is he using to run these ads??? Why are papers and stations even accepting these ads??

[Beetwasher]

44. "The Free Enterprise Fund"

Is actually running and funding the ads...Whoever they are.

[SoCalDem]

46. Those phony-ass "organizations" are all fronts .. Someone needs to dig

into all of them.. Paging Michael Moore....Our country is RUN by these stupid groups. They are a clever way to disguise money
"donated" to them.. The boards of directors for MOST of them are a tightly knit group of rightwing freaks who want THEIR vision of 'murka to prevail...at any cost.. They are as subversive as it gets..and dangerous to us all

[cassiepriam]

42. Get Earle fired?

[KittyWampus]

4. how is this legal? how is tainting jury pools legal?

[mcctatas]

20. Everything is legal for repukes...

I have concluded that until these despots are "de-throned", there is no such thing as personal accountability (that is unless you are poor, gay, non-white, or a Democrat). The irony would be amusing if it weren't so fucking disgustingly shameless!!!:puke:

[Lexingtonian]

24. We're talking Texas here.

You have bought into the propaganda that claims Texas is part of civilization.

[henslee]

5. If true, this reeks of desperation. This will backfire.

[Fridays Child]

10. That's what I'm hoping/thinking, too.

It is so desperate.

[ramapo]

6. They see this as war

and will counter with their version of shock and awe. Nothing like an all-out assault on the justice system.

[bunkerbuster1]

7. Jury tampering much?

Jeezus, does DeLay want to spend his golden years being someone's prison girlfriend?

Here's a direct link to that loathesome "Freeance Enterprise Fund" press release.

[Fleshdancer]

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?

[Raksha]

13. I think it's gonna backfire big time.

Even a freeper can figure out that it reeks of desperation.

[DancingBear]

17. Um, no they can't

Truth be told, they can't figure out anything.

[Kazak]

15. Haha!

It's kinda fun watching him squirm. :)

[mike_c]

16. this is what these pigs do....

It's dirty politics, all the time. It's the only response they know.

[cassiepriam]

43. Yes they seduce or ruin any opponent. Very successful strategy

[spuddonna]

18. Is this legal?!!

I mean, can criminals launch PR campaigns for themselves?! This is insane!

[FVZA_Colonel]

22. I agree, this is pretty damned strange.

I mean, do you think the D.C. snipers would have been able to try and turn the public against the prosecutorial team?

[spuddonna]

47. Yeah, I was thinking about all the Enron execs...

They had the $$, why didn't they do something like this?! weird...

[Divernan]

19. Tampering w/Texas jury pool? OK. Let's move his trial to Vermont!

Picture that good ole boy having to face a jury of Yankees! Maybe some newlywed gay persons on the jury?

I think the Texas judges/court system will be very offended by this. It's a terrible precedent to allow this - among other reasons it means that other criminal defendants w/ money for advertising (such as successful criminals/drug dealers/etc.) can pull the same stunt.

[Lexingtonian]

21. What an awesome opportunity!

God, the counterads could be so much fun. I'm sure people at the DCCC and MoveOn are high-fiving themselves today.

Talk about an opening to run some anti-DeLay ads that expose the pig for what he is, with some chance to use hyperbole and stereotypes.

DeLay just scored an awesome own goal. "Tom DeLay- THE corrupt Texas politician."

[Walt Starr]

23. Earle should get a restraining order against them,

and then charge the people who head up this phony baloney group with obstruction.

They're attempting to pollute the jury pool.

[katinmn]

32. Damn straight. Since when do the accused get to run ads running

down prosecutors?

[Halliburton]

25. scooter and karl must be taking notes

[bigbrother05]

27. In Austin that is a badge of Honor

Don't think Earle is probably to worried about it. DeLay don't have nothing, so go after somebody else, no defense. He'll shoot himself in the foot.

[mattclearing]

29. I wonder if they will be factual.

He should see if they meet the criteria for libel. Republicans have lied too many times...it's time someone called them out on it.

[truebrit71]

30. How is this not jury-tampering?

..this will get stopped...

And it will have the added bonus of being yet another knock against this criminal fuck...

[Shakespeare]

54. It IS jury tampering; and every TV station approached should refuse...

...to air those specious turds-of-a-commercial.

[derby378]

31. Are we really that surprised?

When "The Hammer" gets nailed, someone's gonna get screwed.

[truebrit71]

33. Self Delete..

Damn thing double posted...I hate when that happens...

[Catherine Vincent]

36. I would like to know who does Tom Delay think he is?

The President?

[NoPasaran]

37. Well, I live in Austin and I don't watch much TV

So I guess I'll be part of that tiny pool of people able to be objective about that rat bastard DeLay!

[leeroysphitz]

38. Is Delay RUNNING for something against Earl???

I thought he was supposed to be running FROM something this time.

Ye without shame vote republican.

[npincus]

45. what a JERK... the judicial process is not a popularity contest

he thinks he an take his big bucks and steamroll over anyone or anything. FUCK HIM. I hope he gets convicted, thrown in a cell and becomes someone's bitch.

[mourningdove92]

48. I just sent Mr. Earle an email asking him

what can be done about Delay cntaminating the jury pool. Will let ya'll know if he answers.

[stevietheman]

49. Could this be construed as obstruction of justice? n/t

n/t

[fooj]

50. WTF is this maniacs problem? It's too late to redeem himself, IMO.

Doesn't he get that? What an ass. Let him run his ads. He'll bury himself. Soon he'll be so far in a hole he won't know which way is out!

Peace.

[ourbluenation]

52. Stupid hugh moranic move on little tommy's part...

Good for him. This will bight him in the ass!!!

[ComerPerro]

51. Pathetic, but predictable.

[MADem]

56. Tone DEAF IDIOTS!!!

From the RC article:

FEF, a conservative, Washington, D.C.-based think tank, declined to disclose the cost of the buy, but said it would run for seven days in Texas’ state capital, where Earle is based, before branching out to other media markets around the country.

“It will run so much, the only way Ronnie Earle will not see it is if he watches PBS, because they don’t let you run ads there,” said FEF Vice President and Political Director Peter Roff.

The 30-second ad features a barking, salivating Rottweiler, with a voice-over that recounts Earle’s alleged prosecutorial misdeeds. It ends by flashing the district attorney’s phone number while encouraging people to call Earle and tell him he’s wrong.

“A prosecutor with a political agenda can be vicious. When liberal Democrat Ronnie Earle went after Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison, the judge threw out the case. But now Earle’s after another Republican, Tom DeLay,” the voice-over begins. “Earle’s even exploited the DeLay case to raise money for liberal politicians. That’s wrong. Bad, Ronnie, bad.”
...
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/1_1/breakingnews/10814-1.html (paid subscription required)

A lot of people happen to LIKE Earle. This is gonna blow up in their faces.

[Blasphemer]

57. Next stop: The Book Tour

An innocent man would leave his defense to his attorney in a court of law. Delay clearly knows he is screwed in that regard, so his next step is turning a failed political career into a career as a GOP martyr. There will be interviews from his prison cell, his family crying on TV asking us to pray for him, a book and corresponding book tour and proclamations that he will devote the rest of his life to proving his innocence and exposing the conspiracy to take him down. Not to mention a radio show courtesy of Clear Channel and/or a show on FAUX news. Fundies and other right ring freaks will eat it up and he will continue to live the good life, promoting the Republican agenda just like the rest of the criminals in the GOP.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

59. Gee I wonder what kind of money finances this ad buy? I'm sure it's

"grassroots" GOP support from rank and file Repub voters contributing small amounts online!

[shance]

61. WHICH COMPANIES ARE AIRING THESE ADS?

Why are networks allowing this to run?

Boycott these companies that are allowing this to run on our stations.