"For the one-zillionth time" (Molly Ivins)

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"AUSTIN, Texas -- Jeez, that was quite a hissy fit Tom DeLay had, calling Ronnie Earle a rogue prosecutor, a partisan fanatic and an unabashed partisan zealot out for personal revenge.
Ronnie Earle? Our very own mild-mannered -- well, let's be honest, bland as toast, eternally unexciting, Mr. Understatement, Old Vanilla -- Ronnie Earle? If the rest of Tom DeLay's defense is as accurate as his description of Ronnie Earle, DeLay might as well have himself measured for a white jumpsuit right now.

For the one-zillionth time, of the 15 cases Ronnie Earle has brought against politicians over the years, 12 were against Democrats. Earle was so aggressive in going after corrupt Democrats, the Republicans never even put up a candidate against him all during the '80s. Partisan is not a word anyone can honestly use about Ronnie Earle, but that sure doesn't stop the TV blabbermouths. So many of them have bought the Republican spin that Earle is on a partisan witch-hunt, the watchdogs like Media Matters can hardly keep up...

Sometimes, but not that many, it is hard to tell the difference between playing political hardball and operating with no moral compass whatever. But in DeLay's case, we have a very long record, and what it is shows is that this is a man who has repeatedly crossed ethical and legal lines, and then claimed he was just playing hardball politics -- and that anyone who complained about it was just a partisan whiner. Whenever he is really threatened, DeLay plays the Jesus card and claims he is standing up "for a biblical worldview in everything I do and everywhere I am."

http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=19686

http://mediamatters.org/topics/tomdelay.html

[intheflow]

1. With friends like Delay,

Jesus don't need no enemies. :P

Nominated. I just love Molly Ivins.

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2. 6 votes - yea!

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[me b zola]

3. I've just recently discovered Molly Ivins---AND I LOVE HER!

She strikes me as coming from the same vein as Ann Richards, and I love me some Ann Richards:)

We need to keep hearing from Dems who are going to laugh in the face of the talking heads telling us what we are supposed to believe.

GO GET 'UM, MOLLY!!!!!!! :applause:

[grannylib]

4. Molly is a national treasure. She has more brains in her toejam than

Chimpy and all the reThugs put together could ever hope to have between their ears.
They must have all queued up twice for oatmeal instead.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

8. In my militant conservative neck of the woods,

the local newspaper prints Molly Ivins several times a week. It's a god send, but you should see the letters to the editor written complaining about MI's columns. LOL! It's easy to imagine these morans frothing at the mouth and snarling while writing their letters to the "evil librul" newspaper.

I LOVE MOLLY IVINS! :loveya:

[BikeWriter]

9. Miss Molly is a gem!

[chalky]

5. For the one-"brazilianth" time, you mean.

n/t

[UrbScotty]

6. LOL!!!!!

:D

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11. God I love Molly

[Kurovski]

12. Affirmative.

*kick*

[Straight Shooter]

13. A biblical worldview only if DeLay plays the snake in that scenario. n/t

[me b zola]

14. kick for Ms Molly

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[gratuitous]

15. Can we set the bar for "partisanship" in prosecutors?

We'll see your Ronnie Earle, Republicans, and raise you a Kenneth Starr.

[dogday]

16. DeLay's rule, tear down the messenger, not the message. nt

[SalmonChantedEvening]

17. Dearest, dearest Molly...

I love you :loveya:

Great writing as always.

[indigo32]

18. Gawd I love Molly Ivans