I’ll tell you what, Ronnie Earle has got to be the dumbest partisan hack on the planet. After six, count them – six, grand jury attempts to indict Delay he comes up with this weak, impossible to prove indictment. I have to say, the democrat br…

The DeLay witch hunt has moved to the indictment phase. DeLay has of course temporarily stepped down from his leadership position. (It’s the right thing to do)
Michelle Malkin is all over it and will probably have the best coverage on the net….

CNN reports: DeLay faces a single conspiracy count stemming from a long-running campaign finance investigation, the county clerk’s office in Austin told CNN. DeLay blasted the charge a “sham” and an act of “political retribution.” “I have done nothing …

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As a resident of Travis County, I convened my own Grand Jury (consisting of myself, two beagles, one blood hound, and a half-eaten ham sandwich). We have handed down our own indictment of our District Attorney, Ronnie Earle.

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The AP’s Larry Margasak has the story.

A Texas …

The AP’s Larry Margasak has the story.

A Texas …

Mark Levin has been looking through the indictment against Tom DeLay for conspiracy charges. He was looking for the crime commited by DeLay and apparantly can’t find one. Here’s what he posted on The Corner at National Review Online (hat…

…. but not yet convicted.

Until that time — no judgment should be passed by anyone but the Courts.

Yeah Right — tell that to the Kook Liberals who have all just peed themselves in glee over this.

Email from Tom Delay’s office:
Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) today released the following statement in response to the announcement out of the Travis County, Texas:
“I have notified the Speaker that I will temporarily step aside from my position…

AP is reporting,
A Texas grand jury on Wednesday charged Rep. Tom DeLay and two political associates with conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme, an indictment that could force him to step down as House majority leader.
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House Republican…

Ronnie Earl, the Democratic Travis County prossecutor, has just given congressional Republican’s the biggest GIFT on Earth! Conservatives have been getting very upset with their own. In fact the sounds of long knives being drawn were all over.

There has been a veritable blogswarm over the DeLay indictment.

From the Left:
Chris Bowers: “The Repulican Noise Machine is going to push the ‘partisan politics’ line on this one hard. I am already seeing people on CNN and MSNBC …

The AP is reporting:
WASHINGTON – A Texas grand jury on Wednesday charged Rep. Tom DeLay and two political associates with conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme, forcing the House majority leader to temporarily relinquish his post.
DeLay, 58, was…

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay was indicted by a Texas grand jury for campaign finance violations. James Joyner utters the…