Hastings says ethics panel won't investigate DeLay

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/PrintStory.pl?document_id=2002542677&zsection_id=2002111777&slug=hastings06&date=20051006

Hastings says ethics panel won't investigate DeLay

WASHINGTON — Rep. Doc Hastings, the Washington state Republican who chairs the House ethics committee, touched off a political controversy this week with statements supporting embattled Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas.

Hastings told the Yakima Herald-Republic that his committee would not investigate a 15-month-old complaint about DeLay's role in alleged illegal campaign contributions in Texas.

Such an investigation would duplicate the work of the Texas district attorney who obtained indictments against DeLay over the fund-raising issue, Hastings said. "We don't have the resources," he added.

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In the Yakima interview, Hastings also suggested that the case brought by Travis County prosecutor Ronnie Earle in Austin, Texas, is a Democratic partisan move.

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1. Hastings.......Reichert....all WA State Repukes....

an embarrassment to us Ecotopians!

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2. Once the Hammer is in the Slammer, we need to hit Hastings over the head.

Figuratively at least.

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3. Gee whizzz

Well doesn't that just make you say "What the hell?" These guys are so loyal to the very people who will help bring them down that it amazes me. Delay is a crook, liar, thief and thug. Yet the Repukes will line up behind him and praise his efforts.

I hope the Republicans split over this whole thing.