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Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, is trying to manipulate the court that will hear his corruption case, as if he were illegally gerrymandering congressional districts. Yesterday, he bumped judge Bob Perkins off his case because he is a partisan Democrat who has given small amounts of money to groups such as MoveOn.org.
I can see where DeLay is coming from, as I would not want to stand trial in front of a judge who had given money to The Family Research Council. The problem is, in Texas all judges are elected and therefore can be accused of some degree of partisanship. I am highly troubled that Perkins was replaced by Republican Judge B.B. Schraub. A Democrat who had not given to MoveOn.org should have been appointed to DeLay's scumbaggery case.
It is clear that Team DeLay is judge shopping and tampering with the judicial process. His lead lawyer, Dick DeGuerin, said as much when he claimed that Perkins was, "not the right judge for this case." Presumably, the "right judge" would be one who would let the oleaginous DeLay off the hook.
Most disturbing is that DeLay's defense team launched a smear campaign against Judge Perkins. They falsely claimed that he was connected to a MoveOn.org T-shirt with a mugshot of DeLay. This was a lie and after the damage was done, DeGuerin glibly said, "I found out I was wrong." How typical of politics in DeLay's slippery and underhanded world.
3 Comments:
As a Texan, I know what a greaseball DeLay is. He has no respect for the rule of law, and thinks he is above the law. His behavior is no surprise to me. We've been victimized by this jerk for years.
Its so disgusting, nothing but subversion of the system, just like his master, Bush. No question about it, we have corrupt government flagrantly violating democratic principles and getting away with it. We're fast becoming a banana republic.
