The Bugman's Goin' Down

[filkertom]

Tom DeLay has stepped down as House Majority Leader after being indicted on one count of criminal conspiracy.

For more background, go here (thanks to The Daily Kos).

Possible replacements include David Dreier, an interesting piece of work his own self.

Comments

Ahem

[dragonscholar.livejournal.com]

FEAR THE PELVIC GYRATIONS OF MY VICTORY BOOGIE!

Re: Ahem

[trdsf.livejournal.com]

I'd say that's an image I didn't need, but I'm doing a little Elvis in celebration, too. :)

[shsilver.livejournal.com]

Roy Blount should be the replacement, or an election should be held among the caucus. I always do get Roy Blount and Roy Blount, Jr. mixed up. I don't think they are kin.

[shsilver.livejournal.com]

And to quote the famous philosopher Attorney General General Edwin Meese III: "But the thing is, you don't have many suspects who are innocent of a crime. That's contradictory. If a person is innocent of a crime, then he is not a suspect." (US News & World Report, 15 October 1985.

[trdsf.livejournal.com]

Well, see, there's the thing. He stands indicted for corruption by Texans, and you know the kind of politics they're used to. They wouldn't actually indict him unless they had enough to send him to the chair in any other state.

[tigertoy.livejournal.com]

Apparently you don't live in Illinois.

[trdsf.livejournal.com]

I didn't even think about Chicago until I got home. :)

Yes!

[gypsy1969.livejournal.com]

I'm doing such a happy dance...
I met him. He was my representative when I lived in Texas and I knew he was an a-hole then. I'm so glad he's out!

Re: Yes!

[shsilver.livejournal.com]

Not out. He has merely temporarily stepped down as House Majority leader until he is cleared. He retains his seat misrepresenting the people of Sugar Land.

Re: Yes!

[gypsy1969.livejournal.com]

Well, I liked Sugar Land except for two things, the heat and the political idiots. Actually we had a couple of people who were OK, but of course they didn't last long. I've been gone for 6 years though.

[cktraveler.livejournal.com]

It's only temporary unless they can make the charges stick ... but it's a huge warm fuzzy, and may be a crucial blow to Operation Offset.

[holzman.livejournal.com]

I'm pleased at the development, but saving my victory cries until his sentencing.

[partiallyclips.livejournal.com]

Reflexively investigate and indict the next three Republicans who step in to fill the post and you MIGHT get to one who isn't a crook. :)

[jrtom.livejournal.com]

Hopefully next election you'll be able to use the following post title: "Republican Majority Gets Hammered Without DeLay"

(Well, somebody ought to, anyway. ;) )

[unclelumpy.livejournal.com]

Big deal. One of three things will happen;

1. An ammendment is passed by the GOP-dominated house preventing him from being arrested.

2. He is be tried by a jury hand-selected by the GOP-dominated house, thusly reducing his trial to a farce.

3. Even if he is convicted, he recieves a Presidential Pardon. Probably a Congressional Medal, to boot.

Face it, Tom. They're on top, and they control the MEANS to get on top.
America, as we know it, is dead. It is now the world's wealthiest Banana Republic.

[jrtom.livejournal.com]

1. An ammendment is passed by the GOP-dominated house preventing him from being arrested.

An amendment to what? The Constitution? You can't be serious.

2. He is be tried by a jury hand-selected by the GOP-dominated house, thusly reducing his trial to a farce.

He's been indicted for a state felony. The US government doesn't have jurisdiction to appoint a jury.

3. Even if he is convicted, he recieves a Presidential Pardon. Probably a Congressional Medal, to boot.

Despite Bush's words (and he's equivocating even now), his support for DeLay will disappear if he's actually convicted. Look at what happened with his first choice for the head of the Department of Homeland Security.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

1. Agreed. And that could not be spun as anything but partisan. They might as well call it the Keep Tom DeLay Out Of Jail Bill.

2. True, but problematic. A presidential pardon could be made, but it would look really bad -- not that BushCo has ever cared about doing things that look bad, only about telling people that they're actually good.

3. Not if BushCo gets brought down as well. I know it's a pipe dream, but there is more than enough evidence to not only impeach the entire administration but to send them to the Hague for war crimes, if only Congress would pay attention to its duty to the nation rather than to petty partisan "victories".

Doin my Victory Boogie

[illusionmajik.livejournal.com]

But it's not a total victory
He still has to be convicted.
But for once there's a bit of Kharma