Texas jury convicts ex-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay in money laundering trial.

[RandySF]

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[eppur_se_muova]

1. WOOHOO! nt

[LiberalEsto]

2. Yesssss!

:toast:

[Uben]

3. The HAmmer's goin to the Slammer!

He could get life! I just hope he does a reasonable amout of time!

[TroglodyteScholar]

4. They got it right!

Couldn't have happened to a sleazier creep.

[spanone]

5. FOOKIN' AAAAAAA

[Dappleganger]

6. THANK YOU, Texans.

You have restored a little bit of hope today.

[DFW]

24. Every now and then we get SOMETHING right. n/t

[WinkyDink]

7. He can dance, but he can't hide!

[bobbolink]

8. Well, I'll be,......

See, there Mr. Prez..... you could have TRIED, dammit!

[w8liftinglady]

9. Yessss!!!We AREN'T a bunch of mind-numbed sheep after all!

Have fun in the pokey,Tom....

[MrBig]

10. As a former "constituent" of his...

all I can say is thank goodness.

My mother called me right away and said it was a perfect Thanksgiving gift.

[SoCalNative]

The FReepers are convinced

he'll be "cleared" by the appeal

[MrBig]

13. I wouldn't be shocked

With Sharon "we close at 5" Keller sitting at the top of the Court of Criminal Appeals, I wouldn't be surprised if she and her cronies found a way to get Delay's conviction reversed.

Still, that possibility is no reason not to celebrate the job well done of the jury in this case.

[Hawkeye-X]

17. He'll appeal and lose EVERY turn.

And then he would have double down with 2 life sentence with $2 billion in restitution for wasting Texas' time.

[Gabi Hayes]

19. can you say SCOTUS 5, US 4?

[Hawkeye-X]

25. Well, considering the Citizen United decision

I wouldn't be surprised if it got reversed.

Republicans look out for each other, even the corrupt ones...

Hawkeye-X

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

20. The Goodhair Exemption?

[spanone]

11. he could get life...don't do the crime if you can't do the time, tommy boy

[Brother Buzz]

12. HUZZAH!

[Ichingcarpenter]

14. WOW... that was quick.... I never thought it would happen so fast

after the new trial...

My late Aunt lived in Sugarland and I know the coruption of the judicial system.

You know how he stayed out for so long?


Republican judges said that CHECKS CASHED WERE NOT MONEY.

TRUE STORY.

GREAT NEWS.

[Hawkeye-X]

15. I just hope the jury finds DeLay disgusting enough to merit life without parole

and restitution of $1 billion to the Democratic Party, drawn from the RNC and offshore accounts of DeLay and his ilk.

[B Calm]

16. Did they lock him up right after the trial? Hopefully

he'll get his assed kicked behind bars!

[ejpoeta]

18. i doubt it. seems some special folks get to get their affairs in order

and turn themselves in at the jail. i am going to bet if he gets any time at all it will be like that.

[Ichingcarpenter]

23. Well tomorrow on Faux news he will tell his story

and Sarah Palin will comment.

The guy destroyed my brother's political career and Anne Richards.

I want to see him in a TEXAS PRISON.......... THE PRIVATE KIND NEXT TO JUAN
OR LEROY in a cell.

I hate this guy he destroyed America and Texas.

[Hawkeye-X]

28. Life in prison in a certain prison in Amarillo, TX

might just work for him.

Future home: http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/bc.htm

[NoPasaran]

21. Yesssssss!!!!

[DemoTex]

22. Houston Chronicle piece on Toxic Tom's conviction

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7308000.html

[justabob]

26. cheers!!!

Great news. It still remains to be seen how much he will actually suffer for his crimes, but this is a great start!

[Flubadubya]

27. Tom "Twinkletoes" DeLay... dancing with the bars!!

Prison bars that is!!

[B Calm]

29. I bet his peers will want to see him dance.