under Texas law, corporations cannot make donations to individual candidates ... what DeLay is charged with is having corporattions make donations to the national party, then talking the party into making donations to the local candidates ... sort of a quid pro quo ...

that strikes me as pretty tame stuff to consider putting a guy away for life, irrespective of political persuasion ...

Meh, if the conviction sticks, all politicians better watch out. 😳

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From what I've read, DeLay is guilty of what other politicians are doing both in and out of Texas. And I'm apt to believe that it'll be overturned on appeal.

I hope it does get overturned. I always liked the Hammer.

That said the only real fact here is he is convicted at this time.

That and you are horribly, terribly gay.

Don't you ever get tired of talking about yourself in the third person?

You are obviously mistaken. Jpotts does not talk about himself in the third person.

JEEZ-US!

Please tell me you have some scoreboard at home for this.

Even though your "team" is down by hundreds you cheer for every "point" scored...way to go Rudy...the coach will put you in too!

Dr. Maddvibbe- I understand the corruption in the Parties, both sides. I agree there is corruption in the Democratic Party. What you don't understand is that is corruption just as great in your Party, or in the Republican Party. And with time, the stronger the Tea Party grows, the more corrution will be also. Only way I can help you, and others understand is to give you some famous quotes to dwell on."Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely, "Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it"," An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought","If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him."
If any of you on here don't think this is true, and doesn't hold for your party, whatever it may be, than you don't think. I didn't support Charlie Rangel, nor do I support Tom Delay. Nor do I support anyone convicted from any party, too bad more here can't say that. As far as there may be more guilty Dems than Repubs, is that really the way to look at it? I don't think you sould support the guilty ones, just because of their affiliations, but should hold up the ones that try not to fall into the clutches of guilt or corruption or greed.

Drywalldog, my dog chases his tail. Why I don't know, but I guess it's just something to keep him occupied when he's bored. You'll never get some people to stop drooling over certain things. it's all they have. Really. All they have. 😞

This guy is a "D" smoker. he he he....

gringococolo- As opposed to a hemp smoker?

Hemp - world premier food source.

I heard he's smoking dicks

Typical Democrat stooge. They scream about corruption in both parties, claim that they already "know this," and act like Republican supporters are all holier than thou by not seeing it in their midsts.

Here's a newsflash for you: DeLay ain't in office anymore. In fact, after he stepped down from his leadership position, the electorate gave him the frickin' boot.

And Charlie Rangel? Not only was this guy a flat-out tax cheat, he gets a slap on the wrist AND gets re-elected to boot. Barney Frank had a frickin' brothel bering run out of his house, and he was playing Hide The Sausage with a fatcat executive with either Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae during the whole mortgage meltdown mess. Is he gone? No.

So, until Democrat-boot-licking morons like you, drywalldog, start bleeding out your eyeballs concerning the massive amounts of corruption that goes on in the Democrat party on a daily basis, I suggest you stop lecturing the rest of us about "corruption." You frankly have no room to talk or lecture anyone about not seeing the corruption "in the ranks." The frickin' Republican party is a bunch of rank amatures when compared to that festering sh*thole that is the DNC.

Please, spare us your inane, holier than thou crap. It's tired and old.