Public gets view of election-spending investigation (Texas)

[DenverDem]

By Laylan Copelin

AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

Thursday, February 26, 2004

Prosecutors have been questioning a Capitol Who's Who about allegations that an alliance of Republican officials and business groups illegally used corporate donations to influence the 2002 legislative elections, according to subpoenas made public Wednesday.

Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle's office publicly filed subpoenas that have been issued for testimony or records over the past several months. The demands for information stretch from Austin lobbyists to the Republican National Committee to officials with Texans for a Republican Majority, including the daughter of U.S. Majority Leader Tom DeLay.
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Maybe this will wake up some of the dixiecrats in Texas to the realities of rethuglicanism and bring them back toward the light.

[Vogon_Glory]

1. Dixiecrat Wakeup: Doubtful

I rather doubt that Texas Dixiecrats would wake up to the realities of Rethuglicanism because of this scandal. At least some of the principals involved in this latest GOP fund-raising scandals were involved in the Sharpstown bank scandal about twenty years ago, which was associated with the conservative Texas Democratic Party faction.

I fear the only successful reality check is going to be when many more Texas Anglos find themselves living in shanty towns after a couple of decades of Republican rule, when it finally dawns on them that maybe that the reason that they're there despite their piety and hard work isn't because of Bill Clinton after all.