De Lay Indictment : politically motivated?

[ladylibertee]

Fmr.White House Majority Leader, Tom DeLay responded to being indicted on criminal campaign conspiracy charges by dismissing the severity of this accusation as a mere political vendetta being exercised against him by democrats.

Question: Do you feel the indictment is politically motivated?

[JohnnyRingo]

1. He should have known better....

People who live in glass houses....Should launder their money in the basement.

Too bad for him, he deserves it.

[ladylibertee]

2. Interesting

[expatriot]

3. I think DeLay's criminality motivates his politics. nt

[NightOwwl]

16. Off-topic....

Great American Nero is a fantastic website. Your cartoons, the timeline...all very, very impressive.

[expatriot]

21. thanks. at first i thought you were calling my post off-topic!

but thanks for the comments on my site. I am going to polish up the format a bit soon and then will ask if anyone on DU would be interested in contributing/generating ideas, etc.

[aquart]

4. This is not the right board for this poll.Why is it here?

Rightwing propaganda is better suited to other places on the internet.

[ladylibertee]

5. What do mean? Where should it be ?

Edited to add? EXCUSE ME? I think I am by FAR THE most Liberal person alive.Put us all in a line and I'm so far left,I'm the last one.I ask questions to see if others opinions are close to mine.I have also WORKED in polling and I know how to create an unbiased poll.Who knows, maybe we can weed out the real FREEPERS.So, anyway, chill out!:eyes: :kick: :kick: :kick:

[Lone_Wolf_Moderate]

6. Honestly, I'm not sure. Not that it matters.

The only evidence we have that it's "a political witchunt" is basically DeLay saying so. Sure, Ronnie Earle is a Dem, but so what? Did it bother Tom DeLay that Ken Starr was a Repub during the Impeachment mess? I don't have enough evidence to jusge Earle's intentions, so I'll vote no.

[ladylibertee]

9. I agree. I got a little upset when he pretty much put us into it by

saying things like " If you democrats thought you could divide us, you bla bla" I mean, last time I checked , it was a Texas prosecutor, not the entire party who indicted him.I think he is just playing the "accuse the accuser game"

[enid602]

7. charge

I think the charge (illegally funding money to TX state legislature candidates to facilitate shameless gerrymandering of House congressional districts, which enabled the repukes to take control) is so heinous and well-documented that the indictment should come as no surprise but to those who depend on MSM news. I understand that it is but one of many charges that will be tried in other venues.

[AntiCoup2K4]

8. He's a criminal, slimy piece of shit who finally got caught.

What the Hell does "politics" have to do with it?

[dorktv]

10. I think the reason he was indicted was because Satan got mad

that DeLay was...well I best not say but remember Bill Hicks and Suckers of You Know What?

[FrenchieCat]

12. And all of this time I thought....

That DeLay WAS Satan!

(Where's Swamp Rat when you need him?)

[dorktv]

14. Nah...Saddam was surplanted by DeLay after the South Park

movie.

[FrenchieCat]

23. Oh yeah.....I remember now!

LOL!

[burrowowl]

11. At least I hope

it is justice at work. I hope justice still survives in the US of A.

[ladylibertee]

33. We will find out soon

[John Q. Citizen]

13. Delay's crime was criminally motivated. The prosecutor has

indicted and convicted the democratic Speaker of the Texas State House, The Democratic State Treasurer, a Democratic State Supreme Court judge and other Democrats.

In fact he's prosecuted 9 Democratic office holders and 3 Republican office holders during his career.

I don't see the prosecutor as motivated by anything other than putting perps away.

[ladylibertee]

15. Thank You.I originally wanted to add these important facts, but I

also wanted to keep it as short as possible.Theres many facts that easily dispute De Lay's claim that he is being "attacked":nopity: by our party.The purpose of the poll is to basically show that we are not buying into it.:kick:

[Guaranteed]

17. He's a freaking criminal. LOL

POLITICAL motivation. Gimme a break.

The only political motivation I've seen is the fact that this guy wasn't indicted years ago.

[ladylibertee]

19. Thank You.

[sandnsea]

18. Do not even have this debate, for the love of god

That's how they always win. WE help them spread their talking points. How many times does this have to be gone over. Don't repeat their talking points, EVER.

[ladylibertee]

20. Sandnsea, put aside the paranoia for a moment.Why do you have

so little faith in our Democratic political strategist? There is NO "ammo" here for the retards.If anything,the best political strategy is INSTANT REBUTTAL.When we sit there unresponsive to allegations that are not true, no matter how idiotic and unfounded they are,by not offering a rebuttal, we are conceding to the allegation.When we CONFRONT it and REBUT it,then it shows we are resolved in where we stand.Our party keeping it's mouth shut is what has been the problem.If we sit here and let De Lay tell the nation we are out to get him without our challenge, the media will fly on just the allegation.Do you see my point?

Edited to add: Look at the results so far.They are in NO WAY help to the enemy.

[sandnsea]

22. Been there, FAILED with that

Get in their ring and fight their fight, and lose. How many times do we have to do this before people get it through their heads. You want to win on Delay, you talk about what he's been charged with, that Ellis is connected to Blunt, use Culture of Corruption, push OUR talking points. NOT theirs. I cannot begin to tell you how many times WE have lost focus on a Dem issue because WE have let them make the debate about THEIR talking points. And after it's all said and done, along come the lefties who wanted the fight in the first place, and blame the DLC Dems for not framing the debate. :banghead:

NO NO NO. If I could delete every single post about "partisan Earle", I'd do it in a nanosecond.

[ladylibertee]

24. Relax.... I cannot give you details, but I can tell you that I know for

a fact that we have something here and the more the Republicans try to fight it,they themselves will show how guilty they really are.We have to "bait" them.Certain so called "talking points" draws them out of the darkness like roaches scurrying about.You watch,this time, they will turn on each other like a bunch of high school cheerleaders trying to get nominated for Homecoming Queen.:evilgrin:

[AtomicKitten]

25. I woke my son up screaming in delight when I read it on-line.

There was a resounding "hooray" across the country today. How can anyone say political motivation had nothing to do with it? Nothing wrong with that. It's just an extra added bonus since the guy's GUILTY. Of course it's justice. A long overdue, righteous, reckoning kind of justice. But the collective political orgasm it produced cannot be denied. Or faked.

[ladylibertee]

26. That was very honest...and somewhat brave.Thank You

[ladylibertee]

27. .

[thebigidea]

28. all I can say is, we BETTER have a fucking political vendetta against him

you'd think they'd actually try and bring down this fucker. If not, lets get some people who will.

[_Winston_Smith_101]

35. De Lay has to go down!

The Republicans won't dare replace him with a harder right conservative.

The message has been sent!

[ladylibertee]

29. Keep up the good work.Every vote counts.see yall later

[OneTwentyoNine]

30. Yeah,its that HUGE left wing CONSPIRACY!!!

Funny how the Repukes fall back on that after chastising Clinton for a decade. How typical.....

[formernaderite]

31. All I can say , is this better pay off for us....

because at the moment I think it's both...politically motivated and justice. I hope I'm right on both fronts frankly.

[ladylibertee]

32. keep voting peoples

[GayCanuck]

34. Gee

money and politics; I'm shocked, shocked I tell you.

[ladylibertee]

36. News Week STOLE MY POLL !!!!!!

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Do you think Tom DeLay's indictment is politically motivated? * 17501 responses


Yes
20%

No
76%

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