Delay: I was Tried in "Most Liberal County" in U.S.

[Still a Democrat]

Source: CBS News

Former Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said today that he's headed to jail not because he is guilty of any wrongdoing, but because of the politicization of his trial.


"I was tried in the most liberal county in the state of Texas; indeed, in the United States," DeLay said on NBC's "Today" Show. "This is a political campaign."

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Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20028396-503544.html

[Solly Mack]

1. LMAO

The Bugman Comedy Second.

[harun]

2. As delusional as ever.

[Kingofalldems]

12. IMO he is not delusional, he's lying.

[SpiralHawk]

37. He's trying to drive a wedge into America and weaken the nation

While people of honor are trying to unite America,
Delay and the RepubliCronies are trying to fracture America
so they can continue to exploit the people...

Ptoooey.

[Jefferson23]

3. ROFL....he defines desperate on a whole new level. n/t

[Skittles]

4. LOLOLOL

:rofl:

[OHdem10]

5. Is he saying Only a Right Wing County would acquit him.

[cynzke]

62. Yup!

You know liberal jurists just can't view the facts of the case and make a judgement on those facts. Didn't Delay's attorney question potential jurists and accept those who actually served before hand? And by the way, most counties in CA are far more liberal than the one in Texas where Delay for tried.

[nxylas]

6. Ah, the party of personal responsibility

I love this quote: "I was tried in the most liberal county in the state of Texas; indeed, in the United States,"

So, the most liberal county in the United States is in...Texas! Who knew?

[SammyWinstonJack]

75. heheh

:spray:

[WhiteTara]

7. by a REPUBLICAN DA

Delay is just a bug man who tried to steal our country and off he goes to prison. Yeah!

[AnneD]

48. A Rebublican DA....

and from what I hear-a heavily GOP jury. He broke the law plain and simple. It is not like Texas has a lot of campaign laws and he clearly broke even those two.

Believe me, he got all kinds of breaks, more so than most and he STILL was found guilty. Just put a fork in it Tom.

[WhiteTara]

56. finally some justice. n/t

[niyad]

8. gee, and he isn't even the tiniest bit grateful that the events in tucson overshadowed his

sentencing? I mean, it practically went unnoticed by the major media.

[Enrique]

9. go back to Texas, pinko!

:rofl:

[FSogol]

10. LOL. n/t

[jillan]

11. Typical republican that finds it impossible to say "I was wrong".

sick sick sick

[pauldp]

13. Sociopath. nt

[northoftheborder]

14. He CHOSE his sentencing judge, from San Antonio.

[gratuitous]

15. Why did the Toady Show have this convict on?

Will they have a daily segment to allow convicts to come on and whine about how innocent they are, and how it was sooo unfair for them to be convicted of their special crime?

[GoCubsGo]

28. And,....

Why did The Toady Show give more time to that crooked scumbag than they did to the President's memorial speech? I turned it off when the interview started, and couldn't believe it when they were still at it several minutes later when I turned it back on for the local news. They should not have had him on PERIOD.

[bulloney]

29. Lauer & Co. were too happy to give the convicted Bugman a sounding board to spew his BS unchallenged

I thought the same thing when I saw that segment, gratuitous.

[rurallib]

16. Always someone else's fault ain't it Tommy?

[SammyWinstonJack]

76. Typical repug behavior.

[flakey_foont]

17. poor baby

want some cheese with that whine?

[iamthebandfanman]

18. wait, there are liberal counties in texas? n/t

[XemaSab]

59. There are counties in Texas that are bluer than San Francisco

n/t

[bulloney]

19. The most liberal county in Texas? Is that like being the tallest midget?

[catabryna]

20. Having lived and worked in Austin...

I agree that Travis County in general is quite liberal... however, it far from being the most liberal county in the United States. Having lived in numerous locales, I can affirmatively state that it's hardly the "most liberal", but I do love that Austin lifestyle.

[xchrom]

21. Oh that BugMan - he's a funny guy alright. Nt

[tularetom]

22. WTF is the Today show doing giving air time to a convicted felon?

Are they going to have Charles Manson on next to whine about how he was convicted unfairly?

[mike_c]

23. LOL-- Delay would not even recognize the county where I live as being...

...part of the U.S., I'll bet. Humboldt County, California probably IS one of the most liberal counties in America.

[CRH]

50. Whole different world for sure, ...

but he probably would have fared better in the Humboldt County legal environment. He probably would have been sentenced to home detention if he promise to medicate with local herb and mellow out some.

[jwirr]

24. LOL In Texas!!!!

[Roy Rolling]

25. Which is why

he shouldn't have villified and slammed his opponents with smears and untruths for his entire career. They are less likely to give you the benefit of the doubt in close cases. However, this wasn't even close and he would have been convicted in Orange County California or my state for his behavior.

Poor guy, another victim of the vast left-wing conspiracy and deserving of pity. :sarcasm:

[HeroTwins]

26. Headline should read: I was CONVICTED in the Most Liberal County in the US

enjoy the Shitcan, Tommy!

[Roy Rolling]

27. John Boehner's comments:

:cry::cry::cry:

Why can't every county and court be dominated by right-wing not-jobs like the Supreme Court? I want my country back!

[IScreamSundays]

30. Bite me Bugman

You should have received 20 years. That is the sentence someone not politically connected, and with dirt on everyone in Tejas, would have gotten. You are lucky you are not a black man, they would have given you the dose down there in the country that is Texas.

[alcibiades_mystery]

31. Dude's apparently never been to Kings County, New York

:rofl:

[Kadie]

32. ROFL!

Yeh, that's the ticket.

:rofl:

[boycottfaux]

33. SHUDDUP

DO YOUR TIME AND SHUDDUP . .

Hey Termite, BE A MAN!!!!

[whattheidonot]

34. crook.

I live in Texas. This guy is a crook without conscience. Went to no ends in and out of Congress to promote far right wing. loved lobbyists who went along. One big reason things are bad now.

[SpiralHawk]

35. Whine, whine, whine - that's all Republicons do

You did the crime, Tommy D.

Now do the time.

You and your Republicon cronies need to try a little less whine, and little bit of honor once in a while.

[felinetta]

36. There should have been a laugh track after he said that.

[populistdriven]

38. Here is video of Tom Delay getting fingerprinted in 2005

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qwougwRLOw

[bikebloke]

39. Is that what he's going to write on the walls of his cell?

Over and over and over...

[TheCowsCameHome]

40. He should thank his lucky stars. He could have gotten the death penalty elsewhere.

:rofl:

[onehandle]

41. It's not a 'political campaign.' Even the GOP doesn't want him. nt

[era veteran]

42. Tough shit bugboy

Delay you are a complete felonious bastard. Do your time.

[Maine-i-acs]

43. Maybe it needs to be "redistricted", Tom? (eom)

[teabaghater]

44. Too bad there isn't

some way to reverse the districts changed by Delay illegally.

[prolesunited]

45. What happened to the respect

for the rule of law?

[Vinca]

46. Now that's funny. More liberal than Windham County, Vermont?

I think not. Bernie calls it the most liberal county in the most liberal state.

[Enthusiast]

47. I'm sure, Tom.

I'm sure there was a terrible injustice, lol.:rofl:

[KamaAina]

49. He does realize San Francisco is a county as well as a city, right?

:dunce: :dunce: :dunce:

[Iliyah]

53. The right

NEVER take responsibility - blame game, point fingers, b/c they are so righteous that they can't befall any fault nor wrongdoing.

[Gormy Cuss]

60. Yeah, but it's in CA, therefore not in the real U. S. of A.

:dunce:

[nbcouch]

51. Delay is full of crap - what else is new?

There are several counties in Texas where Bill White and Barack Obama both got more than SEVENTY percent of the vote. Delay's lawyers couldn't pick an impartial jury in Travis County? Bullshit.

[CRH]

52. Jail for three years!!! Oh the delicious delight of my day. N/T

[BigAnth]

54. We would be glad to try him here in Dane County (Madison) WI if he wants a more conservative venue.

[The Second Stone]

55. I'm thinking he should start serving his time

just like a regular criminal. He thinks he has political friends on the appeals court, yet he has now attacked the prosecutor, the jury and the system.

[Zephie]

57. There's a liberal part of Texas?

[ButterflyBlood]

68. Austin actually is a very liberal city

But the most liberal in the country...lol

[Terry in Austin]

58. It's not really IN Texas, y'know...

Austin (Travis County) just happens to be surrounded by Texas.

[devilgrrl]

61. It amazes me how over-the-top Republican lies are.

Unbelievable! :crazy:

[Raine]

63. Alameda County here in CA must be horrified to

realize they have lost that distinction. :wow: :cry:

[CBHagman]

64. I wish they'd tried him in Manhattan.

Or perhaps San Francisco.

But hey, let's be grateful for small mercies.

And thank you, Tom DeLay. Thank you for freeing me of any lingering sense of sorrow that the former majority leader of our House of Representatives should be convicted of money laundering. I hope they subject you to a strip search AND delousing.

[progressivebydesign]

65. How did DeLay end up in Santa Cruz? n/t

[fishwax]

66. lol

:rofl:

Sure, Tom. Sure.

[ProudDad]

67. Dumb shit -- he would have gotten life without Parole in the S.F. Bay Area! (n/t)

[denbot]

69. Maybe the dumbass thinks he would have been aquitted in Santa Cruz?

Surf's up Bugman!!!

[Behind the Aegis]

70. The "Most Liberal County" in U.S. is in Texas?!?!

Really?! Holy shit! I never knew.

What a dumbass!

[warram]

71. Caught With His Pants Down

The only thing Delay regrets is being caught, just like the rest of his buddies from the Bush years. Texas might have some democrats amongst the crowd, but to say the most liberal county in the US can be found there...it's definitely overreaching.

Justice has been served!

[lunatica]

72. Typical. Go on tv and whine with self-pity about being victimized

[Javaman]

73. Maybe in Texas...

but certainly not in the US.

hyperbole is bugmans middle name.

he won't see prison. On appeal he will get time served and probation.

remember the rich are allowed a different set of rules.

[dkofos]

74. He's guilty of a lot more than what they convicted him on.

He should just STFU and do his time.

[SOS]

77. Delay:

"I hired a lawyer unfamiliar with voir dire".