Republicans take steps to protect Tom DeLay if he's indicted

[Lefty48197]

You see, they don't think Tom DeLay should lose his job if he's indicted for one of the many ethical lapses he has had in the last couple of years.
If you think back to the Republicans' Contract On America back in 1994, you'll recall that they insisted that Congress was desperately in need of reform. "We need term limits", they said. "We need a balanced budget amendment", they also said. They soon forgot their promises and decided against instituting either of those promised reforms.
One reform they did put in place was to make a rule that any House Committee Chairperson who was indicted had to give up the Chairmanship. They've now changed their mind about that reform too, considering that Tom DeLay is probably going to be indicted:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-11-17-delay_x.htm

"House Republicans approved a party rules change Wednesday that could allow Majority leader Tom DeLay to retain his leadership post if he is indicted by a Texas grand jury on state political corruption charges. The grand jury is probing alleged irregularities in 2002 state legislative races. Republican victories in those contests enabled DeLay ultimately to win support for a congressional redistricting plan that resulted in the GOP's gain of five House seats in Texas in this month's elections"

"If they make this rules change, Republicans will confirm yet again that they simply do not care if their leaders are ethical. If Republicans believe that an indicted member should be allowed to hold a top leadership position in the House of Representatives, their arrogance is astonishing," Pelosi said.

"In September, the grand jury indicted three political operatives associated with DeLay and eight companies, alleging campaign finance violations related to corporate money spent in the 2002 legislative races. The corporate donations were made to Texans for a Republican Majority, a political action committee created with help from DeLay.
In October, the House ethics committee rebuked DeLay for appearing to link political donations to a legislative favor and improperly persuading U.S. aviation authorities to intervene in the Texas redistricting dispute."

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Simple physics states...

That for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

3 million is all they "won" by. If that. Things like this have a tendancy to cause erosion. If they are not forgotten and used deftly at the appropriate time.

It is time to stop being simply outraged and start thinking wit the same cold calculation they used to use. And that they seem to now have discarded. Appearences mean nothing to them now.

But they sure do to a lot of people in the US. Still.

[PoiBoy]

2. What are they going to do when he's convicted?

So they change the rules so he can remain leader even if he's indicted... it'll be fun watching them spin if and when Delay is convicted. We can only hope for justice... :hi: