Why is Delay on with Chris Matthews and not behind bars

[maxpower]

I thought he was indicted. Did he get acquitted?

[JuniperLea]

1. Why is anyone still listening to his smarmy ass?

ARRRRGH!!!

:banghead:

[maxpower]

2. I agree

I guess it only hurts dems when they get in trouble. The repubs get to be experts on tv. ARRRRRRGH!!!! is correct.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

3. I can't believe he's not yet gone to trial

Granted, I haven't been following his sordid legal trail, but what's going on? Pretty soon, his lawyer is gonna claim that his client's right to a speedy trial has been violated, and that will be that.

Not really, but it could happen...........

[TxBlue]

4. Yes I thought he was grey bar hotel bound

wtf??

[maxpower]

8. I thought we saw the end of the smarmy bastard

I swear republicans are like bad pennies they keep turning up

[Stinky The Clown]

5. He raises my bloodpressure

[yellowcanine]

6. Does he have his bug killer outfit on?

[maxpower]

13. I swear Dale Gribble

From King of the Hill was based on him.

[ceile]

7. Latest news on his trial

http://www.statesman.com/search/content/editorial/stories/09/24/0924delaycase_edit.html

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

"After a bizarre appeals court ruling last month, the long-running money-laundering charge against former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and two other Republican operatives now includes possible judicial misconduct.

A three-judge panel of the state's 3rd Court of Appeals in Austin last month upheld the constitutionality of the law under which DeLay and two others were indicted. However, the panel ventured into uncharted territory by volunteering that the money-laundering law did not apply to checks.

Of course, the $190,000 in corporate donations allegedly laundered through Republican committees to avoid a state ban on corporate donations to political campaigns involved checks. The unusual opinion effectively handed victory to DeLay and co-defendants Jim Ellis and John Colyandro.

Now we learn from an article by the American-Stateman's Laylan Copelin that the appeals judge who wrote that opinion, Justice Alan Waldrop, was the lawyer for a group helping the defendants. Waldrop represented Texans for Lawsuit Reform, which strategized with Colyandro and others about the 2002 elections, which led to both the civil suit and criminal charges."

[maxpower]

10. Thanks for the info

n/t

[Supersedeas]

9. Chrissy McTweety is still scraping the bottom of the barrel for guests

[maxpower]

11. Agreed

Tweety is a tool

[Richardo]

12. Even Tom Delay deserves a trial...

He was indicted. But not yet tried.

So: he was not acquitted. But, he was not convicted either.

[LeftishBrit]

14. True

However, people who are facing a criminal trial on serious charges usually have to surrender their passport for the duration.

I am still FUMING over that time the bastard came to MY town and breathed my air, about a year ago.

[Richardo]

15. I can't blame you for that - he is an odious pile of crap