Prosecutor Takes Attacks in Stride, Mostly (Ron Earle)

[IChing]

HOUSTON, Sept. 28 - Being vilified as a "rogue district attorney," a "fanatic" and "an unabashed partisan zealot," among other epithets, was not the worst part of his day, said Ronnie Earle, hours after announcing the indictment of Representative Tom DeLay and two associates.


"Mostly, I haven't had any lunch," said Mr. Earle, the Travis County prosecutor, speaking from his office in Austin. "I ate an energy bar. It helped a little. That stopped me from gnawing on people's heads."

Mr. Earle, 63, an institution and endangered species - a Texas Democrat - now in his eighth elected four-year term, said he was ignoring the attacks by Mr. DeLay and his supporters after Mr. DeLay, the powerful Texas Republican and House majority leader, was charged with conspiring to violate Texas election law by contributing corporate money to candidates for the Texas Legislature in 2002.

But Mr. Earle would not let it pass, it turned out. "I find they often accuse others of doing what they themselves do," he said. "And what else are they going to say?"

"This is about protecting the integrity of our electoral system and I couldn't just ignore it," he said.>>>>snip

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/29/politics/29earle.html?ex=1285646400&en=7ad274c0a5bdc318&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

[LynnTheDem]

1. DA Earle has prosecuted MORE DEMS than he has rethugs.

And that's a fact.

Gee, what a PARTISAN ZEALOT he is. :sarcasm:

Rightwingnuts; STUPIDEST MFers on the planet. It's that simple.

[ladylibertee]

6. Is it me ? Or does anyone else see the TOTAL desparation in

the Republican party? They are so scared right now.So much stacked up against them.I'm loving it.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

2. Best Fuckin' Soundbyte From Earle!! LOL!!

Mr. Earle, a former state representative who won his first election for district attorney in 1976 and has run away with every race since, is famously unbridled, responding last year to an earlier attack by the majority leader by saying, "Being called vindictive and partisan by Tom DeLay is like being called ugly by a frog."

[merwin]

4. I agree! Definately the best line.

[wellst0nev0ter]

5. I Think I Heard That In A NOW Interview

Back when it was not buried by Tucker's pathetic little show.

[beltanefauve]

3. And what did

Ronnie Earle exactly DO to make DeLay and cronies so pissed off??? It's the grand jury that handed down the indictment! Y'know, DeLay's OWN TEXAS CONSTITUENTS! Hello???

I thought it wasn't time to play the "blame game" for these guys...