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More trouble for DeLay.

By Judd Legum on Oct 2nd, 2005 at 6:54 pm

More trouble for DeLay.

TIME reports, “[A] federal investigation into the spreading scandal around disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, accused with Michael Scanlon (a former press secretary of DeLay’s) of bilking their Indian-tribe clients out of $66 million, has begun lapping at the edges of the former majority leader’s operation.”



19 Responses to “More trouble for DeLay.”

  1. Jonathan says:

    Come on in, Tom. I’m sure the water’s warm :)


  2. wisedup says:

    Squirm you snake….squirm


  3. profmarcus says:

    chris shays thinks delay isn’t such a good idea to have around… he laid this one out with wolfman (via bloomberg) on cnn…

    “Tom’s problem isn’t just this,” Shays said. “It’s continual acts that border and go sometimes beyond the ethical edge. They may not be illegal, but he’s always pushing that ethical edge to the limit.”

    http://takeitpersonally.blogspot.com/2005/10/chris-shays-stands-against-delays.html


  4. afterthought says:

    It did seem pretty clear DeLay would
    be investigated from this angle as
    well as TRMPAC. They were running very loose
    with the law in many directions.


  5. Marie says:

    Close, but no cigar — yet!


  6. Clyde the Ripper says:

    It won’t be long before we need a PERT chart to tell which indictment, trial, and sentencing is next. And then a new telephone book of the Federal Prisons to know where to send the cookies or pies (cow).


  7. Marie says:

    Frankly, Clyde, I’d like to throw the cow pies at them all, while they are locked in stocks in the public square.


  8. mimalee says:

    Personally I find Mr.Delay to be a perfect politician. He is very arrogant, very haughty, very self-righteous, any does a wonderful job of lying about his innocence.
    When I was a young boy my father told me, son most politicians our liars and thiefs. Time any experience has proven “the old man ” right!


  9. Sharon Cox says:

    “It’s begening to look a lot like Christmas”, every where you go. Dare to hope.?…Blessings


  10. AvengingAngel says:

    The cavalcade of Republican corruption continues unabated. Only days after the indictment of Tom Delay and the commencement of an SEC investigation into insider trading by Bill Frist, the PlameGate investigation is heating up once again.

    For a graphic of the guilty, see:

    “America’s Most Wanted: The Banana Republican Gang.”


  11. Innocent Bystander says:

    Shays is way too polite…”It’s continual acts that border and go sometimes beyond the ethical edge.”

    DeLay ran the House like a his own shakedown enterprise. The Republican Syndicate with Don Tom at the top. Really, organized crime has morphed into the 21st Century Republican Party.

    “A walking stinkpot” – Bill Press


  12. Jennty says:

    This is all well and good, but unless the Democrats can pull their heads out of their asses and actually come up with a coherent message, it’s just another 3 ring circus with a side show. The left has a sparkeling opportunity, I just hope they are smart enough, bold enough, and good enough to take it. Otherwise, it’s just going to be forgotten by the time of the 06 campaign. One thing you can count on, the short attention span of the American population. Just as with the Rove scandal, a new supreme court nominee takes the spotlight off the scandal.


  13. Pablo in Mexico says:

    You can bet your sweet ass that Abramoff is going to roll over on DeLay.

    Why? Because a lot of the trouble he is in now is a spin off from his association with DeLay.

    What a pair to draw to.


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