This is all over the media in the U.S. this afternoon (an example). Congressman Tom DeLay, from a Houston suburb, is, quite possibly, the most heinous man on the public stage in America right now. In a civilized nation, he would be some fringe figure of the far right, heading up a party with a fascist pedigree. (One of my colleagues, a longtime observer of Texas politics and not someone given to my rhetorical flourishes, describes DeLay as a "fascist thug.") That he has been one of the most powerful and influential Republicans in the last decade or so is a clear indication of the depths to which the United States has sunk. I am delighted that it was an Austin-based prosecutor who successfully brought this indictment. Here's hoping for conviction...on all the crimes against decency and humanity of which this venal man is guilty.
UPDATE: I got the following odd missive from someone who is, perhaps, not a very good reader: "He has been indicted. Not convicted." Curiously, this individual seems to think he was stating a dispute with my posting. Reading is an important skill.
ANOTHER: I didn't know this: 12 of the 15 politicians prosecuted by Ronnie Earle (who has just secured the indictment of Tom DeLay and who is being accused of "partisan zealotry," a subject on which, admittedly, DeLay is expert) were also Democrats, like Earle.
AND ONE MORE: One imagines that the accused did not bother to ask his attorney whether this was a good idea.
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