DeLay's Corporate Fundraising Investigated

[fearnobush]

DeLay's Corporate Fundraising Investigated
Money Was Directed to Texas GOP to Help State Redistricting Effort
By R. Jeffrey Smith
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, July 12, 2004; Page A01


In May 2001, Enron's top lobbyists in Washington advised the company chairman that then-House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) was pressing for a $100,000 contribution to his political action committee, in addition to the $250,000 the company had already pledged to the Republican Party that year.

DeLay requested that the new donation come from "a combination of corporate and personal money from Enron's executives," with the understanding that it would be partly spent on "the redistricting effort in Texas," said the e-mail to Kenneth L. Lay from lobbyists Rick Shapiro and Linda Robertson.

The e-mail, which surfaced in a subsequent federal probe of Houston-based Enron, is one of at least a dozen documents obtained by The Washington Post that show DeLay and his associates directed money from corporations and Washington lobbyists to Republican campaign coffers in Texas in 2001 and 2002 as part of a plan to redraw the state's congressional districts.

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[Octafish]

1. ENRON, eh?

Bedwetting bastids! From the article:

DeLay's fundraising efforts helped produce a stunning political success. Republicans took control of the Texas House for the first time in 130 years, Texas congressional districts were redrawn to send more Republican lawmakers to Washington, and DeLay -- now the House majority leader -- is more likely to retain his powerful post after the November election, according to political experts.

[Warpy]

2. Delay's incredibly dirty

and he's made a lot of serious enemies on both sides of the aisle with his heavy handed tactics, not to mention corporate enemies who are sick to death of the shakedowns.

His time is just about up.

[PurityOfEssence]

3. Yep. I wanna see the Hammer in the Slammer

He's meaner'n a snake.

[shanti]

4. the lot of them

are mean in differing ways, but mean nonetheless. these bastards need to be canned so bad!

[neverforget]

5. Go to Jail, Bugman! You certainly deserve it!

[gulliver]

6. The fact that Republicans can survive hits like this shows ...

... one thing: The Republican party is not based on a foundation of principal, respect for law, or public service. Their claims to statesmanship are completely gone, yet there they float in mid-air. What keeps them from crashing?

[struggle4progress]

7. kick for dirty little cockroaches everywhere.

:kick:

[Manix]

8. ..it's going to be hard to nail this weasel...repukes control too much.