Texas governor says DeLay should keep House majority post

[Rose Siding]

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Gov. Rick Perry defended U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay on Monday, saying his recent indictments on conspiracy and money laundering charges stem from work by an "overzealous prosecutor."

"I'm for Tom DeLay. I don't get confused about what's going on here," Perry, a fellow Republican, said after speaking about economic development at a Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce lunch. "The fact of the matter is _ I happen to think that this is an overzealous prosecutor who is working very hard to take a Texan off of the national stage who's been doing some great and good things for the state of Texas."
....
When Perry said he believed DeLay should remain the House majority leader, the crowd of about 450 people erupted in applause. The felony charges forced DeLay to give up his House leadership post, but he wants his job back.

http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4021409&nav=Bsmh

[karlrschneider]

1. Rick the Prick

Dear Gov. Goodhair: go fuck yourself

[texpatriot2004]

2. Let's let him know he is WRONG! Perry's website. nm

http://www.governor.state.tx.us/

[bigluckyfeet]

11. Thanks for the Address of perry

I just sent him a nice letter:)

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. Texas Governor walks around holding Delay's outturned pocket

Of course he wants his top to remain a heavy...

;-)

[Judi Lynn]

18. Their celebrated union's no secret, is it?

[alcibiades_mystery]

30. LOL

Zactly

[Cha]

33. Is that a real picture?

If so..love that cowboy!

[Judi Lynn]

36. I'm pretty sure it's real. A DU'er posted it here over a year ago.

Now Buzzflash has it, too. I love it, too. Whatta guy!

On edit:

I put the words on his sign into google and found this on a message board:

I remember back when Gov. Rick Perry was going along with all the redistricting plans, and some guy stood outside the governor's mansion holding a sign that said "Tom DeLay's bitch lives here."

http://www.pandagon.net/archives/2005/10/chaos_at_the_co.html

Looks like a near proof!

[Judi Lynn]

38. This one's more detailed.....

Haw haw haw!

A Texan, angry at the way the state legislature is trying to force through a mid-session redistricting plan, took the day off to stand outside the governor's mansion with a sign which says "Tom Delay's bitch lives here."

He says that at the end of the day, Perry actually drove by and saw the sign. Heh. I love America, I swear I do. You think an Iraqi could stand in front of Saddam's palace with a sign like that? What about in Canada? It would probably have to be in French.
(snip/)

http://mike.reed.org/archives/journal/Aug03/080103.html

[Cha]

45. Thanks, Judi Lynn!

I was pretty sure it was but it seems to good to be true!

[texpatriot2004]

34. That is fantastic picture. DeLay's bitch does live there. n.t

[NV Whino]

4. Screw the Texas Governor!

[yellowcanine]

5. Keep it up Ricky.It's time we had a D behind the Texas Governor's name

again.

[chelsea0011]

6. Hell, give him the key to the city and a Nobel Prize

[Debi]

7. Do the laws just not exist to Texas republicans?

Perjury = a technicality
Felony = overzealous prosecutor


Edited, can't spell :blush:

[Sadie5]

8. I'm sick of the damn Repigs

Every time they get caught in another of their underhanded stunts they think they deserve to be pardoned for the offenses they commit. Just let a Democrat get caught and they start proceedings right away to remove the offender from sight. They deserve to go to jail just like anyone else would.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

9. Chris Bell (the Democratic candidate for Gov) filed the ethics complaint

... against Tom DeLay.

Chris Bell is DeLay's enemy and Perry's opposition. Of course Perry is going to try and refute the charges that have been brought against DeLay in an attempt to discredit Bell.

pdf file of complaint here.
http://www.citizensforethics.org/filelibrary/summary_delay2.pdf


On June 8, 2004, Congressman Chris Bell (D-TX) submitted a complaint to the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct regarding the conduct of House Majority Tom DeLay. The complaint alleges that Mr. DeLay violated the rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Federal bribery statute, Texas campaign finance laws to advance his political interests in the state of Texas.


edit to correct error

[Arkana]

10. Well, the Constitution says he shouldn't

and I'm more inclined to go with the words of the Founding Fathers than I am with Rick Perry.

[texpatriot2004]

12. Absolutely. The Constitution is right and Perry is wrong. nm

[DFWJock]

13. Rick Perry

is a fucking idiot - and please, quote me on that.

[rmgarrette64]

19. Where does the Constitution say that?

As I understood it, it was Republican party rules that require an indicted Congressman to step aside from leadership positions. Which part of the Constitution addresses this?

Thanks,

R. Garrett

[DiverDave]

27. Not "republican party" rules

But House Rules...brought in by the repukes.

Bitten them in the ass.
Gotta get those changed, pronto.

Yeah, nice try though, like the "republican party" is the "rule of law" party.

[rmgarrette64]

39. Thanks for the correction

I'll accept that one - House Rules, then. Still not from the Constitution, though. Thanks for the help,

R. Garrett

[Lone_Star_Dem]

I think I'll write Perry tonight and ask him if he thinks the Republicans

... are above the constitution, or if they just like to pretend as if they are.

How I hope he loses to Strayhorn. Not that I want her for Governor, but I would love an early defeat for Perry.

[texpatriot2004]

35. I intend to write that stupid good-for-nothing Gov. and tell him the

same thing.

[OKthatsIT]

14. Oh boo hoo

give me a break

[m0nkeyneck]

15. A criminal record is a must have to be an effective neo'con'

[Eurobabe]

16. Convicted felons running the govt?

I don't think so. Screw you Gov. Goodhair!

[DebinTx]

17. Wish we could get rid of Perry too.

The whole lot of wingnuts too, while we're at it.

[Ilsa]

20. Headline S/B "Tom DeLay's Bitch in TX governor's office says

DeLay should keep House majority post."

Hey Rick Perry: go cheney yourself.

[fleabert]

21. fucking perry...invoking the name of Texas like that...

take a Texan off of the national stage who's been doing some great and good things for the state of Texas

that is a very direct call to arms from one Texan to another, we know that when we hear it. We are supposed to rally anytime we hear that shit. Not this time asshole. both Perry and DeLay should have their Texas passports revoked. :puke:

[coffeenap]

22. Under Texas law, can he pardon DeLay? Bush can't because it

isn't a federal case. Anyone know?

[0007]

23. God, Texas has a bunch of nitwits, halfwits and screwballs

running the state of Texas. Ya got John Cornyn that thinks Harriet Miers is more than qualified for the Supreme Court, but he does business with Jack Abramoff and the boys. Then ya got Kay Bailey Hutchinson saying that perjury isn't all that bad, but yet wanted to hang Clinton. Now Captain Goodhair sez Tom DeLay is a swell guy.

[texpatriot2004]

24. Criminals, crooks, liars, cheats, thieves...that's what they are. nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

29. And they keep polluting the rest of the US with them.

[Bridget Burke]

41. The Houston Chronicle called out KBH's hypocrisy today!

BACK in 1999 when the U.S. Senate tried and ultimately acquitted President Bill Clinton after he was impeached by the House, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas had no doubt about the seriousness of the alleged crime. Clinton stood accused of lying under oath and obstructing the investigation of his relationship with intern Monica Lewinsky.

"What would we be telling Americans," Hutchison asked, "if the Senate of the United States were to conclude: The president lied under oath as an element of a scheme to obstruct the due process of law, but we chose to look the other way. I cannot make that choice. I cannot look away."

As news accounts indicate special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald might be preparing to bring perjury and obstruction of justice charges against Bush administration officials involved in the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame, Hutchison is taking a different view. Appearing on Meet the Press Sunday, she seemed quite willing to look away from such violations this time around.

The senator decried the tendency of prosecutors and district attorneys to "go for technicalities, sort of a gotcha mentality in this country." If Fitzgerald does return indictments, she hoped that they would involve a crime and not some "perjury technicality where they couldn't indict on a crime."

www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/editorial/3413193

From the Editorial Page. Texas has a bunch of EVERYBODY--not just nitwits, etc. We're a big state.

[wordpix]

42. Kay Bee-itch thinks it's an impeachable crime

to lie about screwing an intern but being a traitor by outing a CIA operative is jsut a "technicality?" She is a nutcase and a disgrace to women everywhere. Another Bush apologist in the pockets of corporate lobbyists, what else can we expect from her?

[0007]

44. Thanks for the undate. n/t/

[WI_DEM]

25. So the Governor of Texas is pre-judging this case

without it going to trial or knowing the evidence. If Delay is convicted--this prick will probably pardon him.

[tammywammy]

26. Just another reason to vote him out in 06.

He just keeps adding up the reasons to vote against him (not that I was ever going to vote for him, mind you, but it helps with convincing others to vote against him).

Maybe Perry's just resigned to the fact that he's not going to be re-elected...well, one can always hope.

[TheCowsCameHome]

28. Screw him. He should be under House arrest.

Perry is a moran.

[rainbow4321]

31. Two MoFo's in a pod...

No surprise that they'll defend each other...so how much of bugman's laundered money HAS Gov Mofo gotten over the years? The last thing Gov mofo wants is TX dirty politics and criminal activity coming to the surface as he is trying to get re-elected in Nov 2006. Hand in the Delay cookie jar, ya know....

[kurth]

32. Perry is an incompetent moron (just like his former boss The Chimp)

People in Texas know he's utterly worthless - the only thing he's accomplished so far is that congressional redistricting scheme, and that was because DeLay had to spoonfeed him on a daily basis.

Remember this is the idiot who put himself in charge of the 3-mph Houston hurricane evacuation, and congratulated himself on television for it.

[opiate69]

37. opiate69 says Tex Gov should shut the fuck up.

[Tight_rope]

40. Fuck Rick...He's just as useless as the Chimporer....

Second worst govern we have had in Texas in the past 20 years.

[zara]

43. I'm glad that decided. Now we can get back to bidness!