Bug Man's Pity Party...Tom DeLay: 'I Can't Be Remorseful For Something I Don't Think I Did'

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Tom DeLay: 'I Can't Be Remorseful For Something I Don't Think I Did'



Tom DeLay Says He Committed No Crime, 'Can't Be Remorseful'

JUAN A. LOZANO | 01/11/11 06:28 AM | AP

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/tom-delay-says-he-committ_n_807306.html

AUSTIN, Texas — Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay remained defiant as he faced a judge's sentence to three years in prison for a scheme to illegally influence Texas elections, insisting he committed no crime and was the victim of selective prosecution by authorities targeting his politics.

"Everything I did was covered by accountants and lawyers telling me what I had to do to stay within the law," the Houston-area Republican said. "I can't be remorseful for something I don't think I did."

But Senior Judge Pat Priest disagreed with DeLay, saying those who write laws should be bound by them, and sentenced the man once considered one of the nation's most powerful and feared lawmakers to three years in prison.

The sentence came after a jury convicted DeLay in November on charges of money laundering and conspiracy to commit money launder for using a political action committee to illegally send corporate donations to Texas House candidates in 2002.

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. "I don't "think" I did?!?" oh boy....

:rofl:

[The_Commonist]

2. Those weasel words...

...are so that he doesn't also get charged with perjury!

[Botany]

3. Where is the smile now Tom?

http://www.lonestarproject.net/images/emails/check2.bmp

You sent the money to the R.N.C. and then they sent you back the exact same amount ....
it is called money laundering.

[XanaDUer]

4. I watch a LOT of true crime shows

and the murderer/rapist/molester ALWAYS says this to the judge at sentencing when asked if s/he has remorse. It's outta the serial-killer playbook.

[Umbral]

5. That should make parole difficult...

provided they ever actually get his guilty ass behind bars.

[MilesColtrane]

7. .

[Canuckistanian]

6. Prisons are full of people who "don't think" they're guilty

They've rationalized away their own culpability.

Unfortunately, people aren't put away because of mere opinions.