What is DeLay's crime?

Had a Democrat done this, nobody would have thought about indicting him. The Democrats can do no wrong, the Republicans are guilty until proven innocent. </font>[/QUOTE]Nonsense! If I am not mistaken there was a guy named Clinton that was impeached. There is right now, a Dem from Lousianna that is under investigation (perhaps indictment). I believe his name is Jefferson. In fact he was one of only two Dems that attended the former FEMA director, Michael Brown's hearing. You've probably not heard of him cause he is nowhere near the level of influence within the Dem party that DeLay is in the Rep party.

 

Technically, Clinton was impeached. But, since the Republicans did not have the votes (and CHRISTIANS DID NOT stand up and scream) to punish Clinton.

Remember the all the Democracts standing behind him in 'unanimous' support?

 

More on Earle

"Ronnie Earle, the Texas prosecutor who indicted Tom DeLay, denies any political motivation for his investigation into the Republican leader. But Earle was the featured speaker at a Democratic fundraiser earlier this year, where the Houston Chronicle reports Earle compared DeLay to a bully, and talked about political corruption and the DeLay investigation.

And this summer, Earle dropped felony charges against four corporations indicted for making illegal contributions to Delay's political action committee, in exchange for contributing as much as $1 million to one of his pet causes. The National Review reports that after at least one company balked at the sum, Earle settled for pledges of up to $100,000 to a University of Texas program on how corporations influence American democracy."

Fox News

 

Sounds a little like legal extortion. But, on the other hand, maybe it's not legal at all. Hmmmmmm

Doesn't sound like it's even ethical.

 

Why on earth would anyone want to punish a sitting president for a matter involving his own sex life? This ridiculous impeachment distracted the government from lots of important matters. What if the money and time spent on digging up a blue dress had been spent on anti-terrorist activities? Sept. 11 may have been just another day on the calendar.

 

Perjury is a felony regardless of the nature of the case.

 

Yes, perjury was his crime. But he probably should never have been in court in the first place to be able to commit perjury.

 

He wasn't in court. It was at a sworn deposition.

As a matter of fact, the case wasn't even related to Monica Lewinski. It was in the lawsuit brought against him by Paula Jones for sexual harrassment in his capacity as Governor of Arkansas.

Executives are sued for sexual harrassment all the time. But most of them evidently don't commit perjury when giving their depositions.

 

That's semantics. The point was he was under oath and therefore, yes, it was perjury. Since thou hast proven so gleefully that I'm an idiot I guess I will refrain from participating in discussions with fellow Baptists. What was I thinking?

 

Promise ?

 

And dishonest too...all writing me the other day making me think that we could get along...then you start insulting me left and right all over again.

 

A personal attack in response to your multiple personal attacks on me...which were not even asked for.

So...why do you keep following me around the boards and insulting me and expecting me to allow you to?

 

I was praying the other night...won't share what because certain people like to insult me when I share anything personal...but I should have expected for the devil to use someone to get at me. I kick the dust off my shoes....

 

Oh no, that isn't the American way at all KJ. The American way is to demonize the "other side" for their policies while working very hard to promote most of the same policies or worse for "our side". Government accountability is thrown by the wayside in the process.

I reckon the politicians find it very entertaining and amusing to watch us claw each others eyes out while they are turning our countries into third world nation states under the control of a dictatorial globalist regime.

 

The only thing Delay is charged with is knowing and consenting to what the others did. He not charged with taking part in the actual act.

 

Ironically, it was the Texas Republicans who instituted this law as a slap in the face to the Democrats.

It is not ordinarily illegal in Texas for the national party to give money to the local candidates - but if they are merely a money-laundering front, there is a problem. Technically, it isn't illegal for the RNC to have distributed the money, but it is illegal for the corporations to have made ear-marked donations to the candidates (if they did), for the candidates to have accepted the money (if they did) and for Delay to have facillitated the deal (if he did).