& the Swiftbotting of Ronnie EARLE Gathers Steam

[UTUSN]

This Suzanne GAMBOA person is getting on my nerves. Notice how the story line starts with "some interviews" then proceeds to full blown "film crew following him around for two years". Yeah, she's quoting stooge-DELAY's stooge, but she lets it go unchallenged.

Unfortunately, this swiftbotting will probably work. The wingnuts are FOCUSED, SINGLE-MINDED. It helps (them) that they can't keep more than one idea in their pea-brains.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051001/ap_on_go_co/delay_movie;_ylt=As5QzOfUjxbXr1KEFo_KRiiyFz4D;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

D.A. Charging DeLay Gave Film Crew Access

By SUZANNE GAMBOA, Associated Press Writer Fri Sep 30, 9:28 PM ET

AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas district attorney who brought the criminal case against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay gave a movie crew behind-the-scenes access during the investigation — proof, DeLay's defenders say, that the D.A. is trying to make headlines for himself.

.... Independent filmmakers Mark Birnbaum and Jim Schermbeck said the Travis County district attorney and his staff gave them some interviews but did not give them access to any of the secret grand jury proceedings or let them witness any of the staff's deliberations in the DeLay investigation. ....

"I told them the truth and they thought it was a movie. Go figure. I'm just doing my job," Earle said.

"Oh yeah, he's just doing his job. He's just doing his job. He's got a film crew that has been following him around for two years to document how he's going to get Tom DeLay," DeLay said on a Houston talk radio show Friday.

DeLay's supporters said the documentary, "The Big Buy," is part of a pattern of headline-grabbing by Earle. ....




http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051001/ap_on_go_co/delay_lawyer;_ylt=AoPwPcxsNGDe._EUua06is6yFz4D;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

DeLay Lawyer Has Beaten DA Before

By SUZANNE GAMBOA

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.... "I represented Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison 12 years ago, and to me this seems like what Yogi Berra said: `It's deja vu all over again,'" DeGuerin said. "That was a political prosecution. This is a political prosecution." ....

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[DoYouEverWonder]

1. I guess he's got nothing to hide

if he was willing to let other people document his actions so well.

[Ilsa]

2. DeGuerin looks like an idiot in that hat with the suit , especially

considering he's from Houston. I guess everyone wants to play dress-up in October (and Sept, and August, and July,...)

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. Wasn't there a loophole that Kay Bailey Hutchison slipped through?

[UTUSN]

7. Yeah, the Small Detail of a STOOGE JUDGE, I'll Fetch the Info n/t

[UTUSN]

8. Here's a DU Thread with All the Judge John ONION Details

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2121946

[UTUSN]

11. Here's Another Judge John ONION Intervention (helps wife-batterers)

So in the previous link http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2121946 we find Judge ONION refusing to rule on admitting incriminating tapes against Kay Bailey HUTCHINSON, thusly suspending the heart of EARLE's case. EARLE then chose not to proceed with the case, hoping to do so again in another venue. But Judge ONION convened the trial and DIRECTED the jury to find Miss Kay Not Guilty.

Here we find Judge ONION as a retired Appeals judge sending a Dem, female judge to jail for her being just TOO victim-oriented (battered women).

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http://www.now.org/nnt/11-95/reed.html

Texas Judge Resigns Citing Political Harassment

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by Guest Writers Jena Recer and Penny Anderson
NOW activists greeted Judge Bonnie Reed upon her release from jail.
.... During her 10 years on the bench, Judge Reed developed a reputation for being tough on batterers in domestic violence cases. She had a loyal group of supporters, primarily among women's groups, who understand the toll that domestic violence takes on women and their children. ....

Reed's legal problems began Feb. 17, when she denied a request by Texas Rep. John Longoria for a legislative continuance. Texas law mandates that an attorney legislator is entitled to a continuance of all cases set while the legislature is in session. ....

On Saturday, Feb. 18, the jury returned a guilty verdict and Longoria asked the appeals court to hold Judge Reed in contempt. The court appointed retired Court of Criminal Appeals Judge John Onion to hold a special fact-finding hearing Mar. 17. At the hearing Judge Reed testified that she continued with the trial because she believed the victim would be in danger if the trial were to be postponed.

On April 11, the appeals court found Judge Reed in criminal contempt of court and assessed a 30-day jail sentence. Judge Reed was taken out of the courtroom in handcuffs and escorted to the Bexar County Jail.

Judge Reed was released after serving 13 days of her sentence and immediately went back to work. However, her foes were not content to let the matter rest. Longoria -- who has been at odds with Reed for years over abortion rights because he often represents Operation Rescue members charged with trespassing at clinics -- filed a complaint against her with the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct. ....

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[The Backlash Cometh]

12. I see those same Judge crony connections here in my county.

It sickens me.

[UTUSN]

13. If Judge REED Was Handcuffed/Jailed, Why Wasn't DELAY Mug-shot? n/t

[napi21]

4. So, what diff. does it make if he really WAS out to get DeLay?

If the charges are ligit, and DeLay broke the law, that's life! Earl succeeded in his attempt to get old Tom.

I haven't heard anyone say these are tumped up charges, and time will tell if he can make his case, but I don't see why it matters if Earl was out to get Tom or not!

[MADem]

5. I'll see you your swiftboating, and raise you a headline and video

Grand jury foreman cites "stacks" of evidence against DeLay
AUSTIN, Texas — Grand jurors were presented a load of evidence, including testimony and phone records, that led them to believe Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, should be tried on a conspiracy charge, the leader of the Travis County grand jury that indicted the congressman said yesterday.

"It was not one of those sugar-coated deals that we handed to Ronnie Earle," William Gibson said.

He added: "Mr. Earle has stacks and stacks of papers — evidence of telephone calls from Mr. DeLay and everybody."

...But in the first public acknowledgments of what evidence against DeLay might exist, Gibson, 76, a former sheriff's deputy and state insurance investigator, said there were ample indications of the congressman's involvement.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002532529_jury01.html


The grand jury foreman speaks, here, on video:

The grand jury foreman also takes great exception to accusations that he and 11 other grand jury members followed the lead of Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle instead of following the evidence.
"It was not a rubber stamp deal. It was not an overnight deal. If we needed extra information, it was provided to us," Gibson said.

..."We would not have handed down an indictment. We would have no-billed the man, if we didn't feel there was sufficient evidence," said Gibson.

http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=146690

[UTUSN]

9. Hope So, But These Creeps Have Gotten Away Too Often

See the Kay Bailey episode, where she was as NIXONian as the Tricky Dick himself, but she had the Texas judge in her pocket.

[rndmprsn]

10. thanks for the vid link...

best comeback to RW talking points on delay...


ronnie earle didnt indict delay...a grand jury of 12 of delay's texas peers did.

are they all partisans?

[Chi-Town Exile]

6. They're probably terrified of the film and want to discredit it.

Looks like what they did to Michael Moore before Fahrenheit 911 hit the theaters.

I wouldn't worry too much about Earle. I think he's very tough and doesn't give a shit about the swiftboating crap.

And as mentioned on this thread already, if the charges are legit, doesn't matter how much they swiftboat Earle because the evidence (hopefully Earle has his ducks in a row) will do the talking. This isn't an election where every moran has a say.

The people of Texas know Earle better than we do I'm sure they have already made up their minds about him in spite of this swiftboat nonsense. They make up the jury pool so hopefully this crap won't have too much influence on them.