More trouble for DeLay.
By on Oct 5th, 2005 at 6:32 pm
More trouble for DeLay.
“Tom DeLay deliberately raised more money than he needed to throw parties at the 2000 presidential convention, then diverted some of the excess to longtime ally Roy Blunt through a series of donations…When the financial carousel stopped, DeLay’s private charity, the consulting firm that employed DeLay’s wife and the Missouri campaign of Blunt’s son all ended up with money,” the AP reports.
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Corrupt to the core.
October 5th, 2005 at 6:33 pmLord Acton was right.
Corruption within corruption.
October 5th, 2005 at 6:36 pmIt is a way of life.
new day, new indictment. also just as surprising, the sun rose in the east and set in the west.
and this chucklehead thought he was going to have the charges dropped and walk out a free man…arrogance is a bitch.
October 5th, 2005 at 6:38 pmSounds like Blunt should take a proactive hike as well…
October 5th, 2005 at 6:46 pmIsn’t this FUN?
I’ll keep this simple so the righties can comprehend it: Corrupt, Criminal Scum. That’s all these people are. All they care about is money, power and more money.
October 5th, 2005 at 6:53 pmMr Evil,
Won’t the righties think that is all good?
October 5th, 2005 at 6:56 pmMr. Evil, I think the Righties’ motto is
October 5th, 2005 at 6:58 pm“I got mine – go get your own, sucker!”
In addition to this DeLay has deposited into his personal bank account hundreds of thousands of dollars that he was supposedly gathering for campaign purposes.
In other words he was personally skimming from his own campaign.
Dont believe it, have someone check out his bank accounts for the past 10 years.
October 5th, 2005 at 7:29 pmCoverage of the Delay-Blunt deal and a host of other key articles, documents and timelines can be found in the Tom Delay Scandal Resource Center.
October 5th, 2005 at 7:31 pmThe very idea that DeLay and Blunt are supportive of sweat shops deserves a life sentence.
October 5th, 2005 at 8:10 pmhey…..has anyone taken a real close look at harriet meirs? she sorta looks like a cadaver? I mean, seriously folks, this is a very sick woman. Not long for this world. It certainly does look terminal.
October 5th, 2005 at 8:15 pmWow! All these news stories are going to cost Think Progress. I mean with all these stories to report, you’re going to have to buy a lot more space on the web to save it all!
And now will B.O. doing reports on blogs, you’ll have to pay for the increased amount of visitors coming to the site and using up the bandwidth.
But I’m sure you don’t mind.
October 5th, 2005 at 8:51 pmMy GOD! Who could have imagined how far and wide the GOP corruption extends.
It goes on and on.
October 5th, 2005 at 9:33 pmIn a bad sort of way I feel really good about all of these indictments and charges, but on the other hand I feel really bad for all of the people that have been screwed by these bastards.
Keep the indictments coming.
October 5th, 2005 at 9:37 pmNeocons are alot of things. But they’ll never be smarter than liberals. Whether these antics are illegal or not it shows how out of touch these guys are when they throw around money like this. It’s very short-sighted.
October 5th, 2005 at 9:43 pmEven a mid to upper class working man is offended by this behavior.
I hope it snags karl rover
October 5th, 2005 at 9:44 pmThere seem to be Plame indictment rumors flyin’….a bunch of ‘em….indictments that is…
October 5th, 2005 at 9:47 pm#18 Patriot,
October 5th, 2005 at 10:29 pmI read about those rumors too. Twenty-two if the rumors are to be believed. Coming down very soon.
Off topic:
A spy was found to have operated within the White House for three years. He worked for Gore, sometime in 2000 and worked for Cheney and Rice for a couple of years. He left the White House and was arrested by the FBI.
If you have ever driven through Missouri you’ve seen billboard after billboard of anti-choice and anti-pornography propaganda. They’re everywhere. And when you couple it with the Branson “home-style” caucasion entertainment scene and the pro-tobacco lobby headed by Blunt’s kin you truly get a sense that this state is F*CKED UP.
October 5th, 2005 at 11:22 pmI’ve pulled into fast food joints in lilly white towns in Missouri and been served by teenagers with cigarette burns up and down their arms. Missouri is an armpit of paradox and filth. THAT’S where the money is going. And that’s the backup in the House???????
I’m from Missouri and Baby Blunt is the most corrupt Governor we have ever had. If you want some pork, you hire his brother Andy as your lobbyist. Matt Blunt does whatever big business and K Street directs. Like father, like son.
October 6th, 2005 at 6:03 amLet’s see how long it will take the trolls to post a talking point. They are scrambling furiously I’m sure. It all comes rushing out at once. This is utterly insane that we have this level of corruption spread so far and wide through our country.
THIS is as unpatriotic as one could ever imagine. And the trolls say we hate America. I don’t steal from others.
October 6th, 2005 at 9:12 amWho are the Republican putting in as majority leader?
October 6th, 2005 at 9:37 amBlunt muscled is nasty way in. But there is squabbling amongst them and they are imploding. Ain’t it great to see them exposed? Because the dems have been sitting back and not giving them any fodder, they are cannibalizing each other.
Lot’s of pork for all!!
October 6th, 2005 at 10:04 amIsn’t Blunt Governor of Missouri?
October 6th, 2005 at 10:16 amTom DeLay deliberately raised more money than he needed to throw parties at the 2000 presidential convention, then diverted some of the excess to longtime ally Roy Blunt through a series of donations that benefited both men’s causes.
Blunt last week temporarily replaced DeLay as House majority leader, and Blunt’s son, Matt, has now risen to Missouri’s governor.
This was from AP.
October 6th, 2005 at 10:51 am[...] (via thinkprogress.org) “Tom DeLay deliberately raised more money than he needed to throw parties at the 2000 presidential convention, then diverted some of the excess to longtime ally Roy Blunt through a series of donations…When the financial carousel stopped, DeLay’s private charity, the consulting firm that employed DeLay’s wife and the Missouri campaign of Blunt’s son all ended up with money,” the AP reports. [...]
October 7th, 2005 at 2:43 pm