No way would Delay quit unless indictment were 100% certain!!

[FormerRepublican]

I'm looking forward to finding out if he gets nailed for his association with Abramoff, with Cunningham, or some other crooked deal. Maybe even all of them, all bundled together in one long, beautiful indictment! I wonder how many years he'll get - or if he'll try to burn someone else to cut a little time off his sentence. Lordy, those happy pics of these criminals in prison uniform may not be all that far off. First goes Libby, then goes Delay, oh HAPPY DAY!!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :popcorn:

OK, break out the prison uniform pics for another round, folks!

[MadMaddie]

1. I was thinking the same thing.....

:rofl:

[cantstandbush]

23. I bet he as struck a deal to keep from going to prison. We will never

know the entire story.

[havocmom]

2. Gotta figure not just indictments, but pretty airtight case

for the bug man to give up (or be forced to by his party of crooks) The GOP is REALLY worried about November. heh heh heh

[TomInTib]

15. Correcto on all points

He must be as good as convicted.

DeGuerin must have seen it coming because we haven't heard anything at all from him in some time.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

3. my local repug, capito, just did a 180 & dumped all her delay money

after clinging to it for a year. she suddenly changed her mind two days ago. did the bugman clue her in on something?

[jsamuel]

4. He was probably called by his underling that he was going to give info to

investigators in order to get a deal.

[Botany]

5. I was just in DC

And his chief of staff was just found guilty and joined in the Abramoff song bird choir.

[me b zola]

19. Found guilty?!

Woohoo! I just began a thread because I was remembering him indicted--but FOUND GUILTY is soooo much better! I'm off to find a link.

[LaPera]

6. Big Time...They have DeLay by the balls, the arrogant, slimy pig DeLay is

toast...just like Newt was!!!

[Mountainman]

7. Hey now I know why he wanted his hand gun back.

[Jack Rabbit]

8. I'm sure they've got him dead to right

He wouldn't quit the race if he thouhgt he had a chance of beating the rap.

[mishanti]

9. I wouldn't believe it at first !

I am hoping that this is one of a long string of crooks that go down for their dealings with Abramoff and all that money. It seems that Harris is going to have to get out of the race soon also but there will not be any charges made regarding her. It is so surprising that Delay decided to get out of the race and there must be something up in the air for him to throw in the towel like this..he is too much of a fighter for this.

[ScreamingMeemie]

16. Welcome to DU shanti2...

:toast:

I think I will wait and see what happens. I'm taking this optimistic viewpoint. I fear he may have "cut a deal", but I'm still glad to see him gone.

[tsuki]

22. Once upon a time, there was this freshman that was taken in

by this elder politician and shown all the ropes. He was mentored and was the favored among all others. Then he became ambitious and sought to overthrow his mentor. He organized a revolt against his mentor. He failed and was named.

Later, his mentor was forced to resign because of crooked deals.

Then, time passed, wives came and went, and the mentor tried to rehabilitate his image. But, he knew that he had to rid himself of his number one, former youthful accolade.

So, crash goes Tom DeLay.

[newyawker99]

29. Hi shanti2!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[stop the bleeding]

10. Listen up y'all gonna need a whole lotta

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[marmar]

11. Exactly...his ass is going to jail....

awaiting a pardon from Bush.

[proud patriot]

12. How sweet it is

:-)

[Gold Metal Flake]

13. Why announce today? Why not dump on Friday?

I wonder...

On the other hand, this signals a significant shift in power. This is the real start of the 2006 election cycle.

[Ilsa]

21. Maybe an indictment or plea deal is coming sooner. ??? eom

[Berserker]

14. But wait

CNN just said the Democrats lost their whipping boy we are so screwed without him now what do we do CNN?

[Faygo Kid]

17. Yes, thank you thank you. He will walk. But thank you for a Great post.

[Catherine Vincent]

18. That exterminating job he had back in the day looks good about now!

[Ilsa]

20. ITA. The people of Sugarland would easily vote him in again.

There must be a plea deal coming along, and I bet it includes a lot of money and maybe worse. I think he'd win eaily, but he knows it isn't worth it anymore.

I live next door over in Ron Paul's district.

[DesEtoiles]

24. Let us pray.

[DesEtoiles]

25. He already is indicted! Now on to conviction.

[spuddonna]

26. I just said the same thing to my hubby!

Hard to serve from inside a jail cell! :7

[Richard Steele]

27. He's going to DISNEYLAND!!!!

[caledesi]

28. Tom Delay...um. er, don't know him. never met him - G. W. Bush*

[Swamp Rat]

30. Nah nah naaah naaah, nah nah naaah naaah! Hey hey hey! Goodbye Tom!