Tom Delay Indicted
On Wednesday the 28th, Republican House Majority leader Tom DeLay was indicted for conspiracy involving money laundering and he stepped down. I can already hear the Republican apologist brigade warming up to declare this a partisan witch hunt. For the record, the prosecutor responsible for the DeLay indictment has prosecuted 11 Democratic and 4 Republican officials over the course of his career before DeLay. Prosecutor Ronnie Earle is and always has been a straight shooter, smoking out government corruption no mater where it hides.
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Nor, is DeLay’s indictment likely to be the only one of a prominent Republican over the next few months. The Plame investigation over the outing of a CIA agent is ongoing with possible consequences for the President’s chief advisor, Karl Rove, the Vice President’s chief of staff, I. Lewis Libby, and the never-confirmed US ambassador to the UN, John Bolton. Further investigations of Republican corruption in high places involve a number of elected and appointed officials involved in the ever-expanding series of prosecutions surrounding indicted Republican super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff. And as of this week, Republican Senatorial leader Bill Frist is under investigation for insider trading.
That’s starting to look an awful lot like a pattern.
It does seem a little like a big pot of stew just simmering on the back burner all day…but instead of carrots and potatoes and onions you’ve got a little money laundering, stock fraud, greed, corruption etc.
Hopefully it’ll be ready to serve just before the 2006 elections.
Yeah, the hardest thing about writing this was keeping it focused on investigations of people that my neighbors have probably heard of. If I tried to cover everyone from Safavian to Pearle with explanations of who they all are I’d be writing a book.
Good letter! very clear. Let us know if it gets published!
I appreciate the compliment and the interest. The local paper has so far printed everything I’ve sent them. I’ll post a note at the Froggy Bottom Cafe when this one goes in, or if it doesn’t.