It's About Liberty: A Conservative Forum
Topics => Politics/Legislation/Elections => Topic started by: IronDioPriest on September 19, 2013, 08:52:29 PM
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The man's life and career were ruined. He lived for years with the threat of imprisonment. But now a higher court has overturned his conviction.
I'd like to see some people pay for what they did to Tom DeLay. Starting with a name I remember from the witch-hunt that I was reminded of today: Ronnie Earle.
Ex-US House leader DeLay says conviction overturn means liberals failed (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/09/19/appeals-court-overturns-conviction-ex-us-house-leader-delay/)
Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said Thursday that the left and liberals "didn't accomplish their goal" after a Texas appeals court overturned his money laundering conviction, saying there was insufficient evidence.
The Texas 3rd Court of Appeals said in a 2-1 ruling that it decided to "reverse the judgments of the trial court and render judgments of acquittal." DeLay was found guilty in November 2010 of money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering for helping illegally funnel corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002.
He was sentenced to three years in prison, but his sentence was on hold while his case made its way through the appellate process.
Speaking to Fox News at the U.S. Capitol in Washington shortly after the decision was announced, the Texas Republican said. "It's times like these people like to say they have a burden removed from their shoulders. I can't say that. I didn't have a burden on my shoulders. Jesus had the burden. That got me through it."
He added, "the left and liberals may think they won the war. They didn't accomplish their goal. Bankrupt you. Destroy you. And then jump on your grave."
Calling the ruling "powerful," he said it "criticizes the prosecutors and the judge. They abused the system and the judiciary."
A jury in Austin had determined that DeLay conspired with two associates, John Colyandro and Jim Ellis, to use his Texas-based political action committee to send a check for $190,000 in corporate money to an arm of the Washington-based Republican National Committee. The RNC then sent the same amount to seven Texas House candidates. Under state law, corporate money cannot be given directly to political campaigns.
Prosecutors said the money helped the GOP take control of the Texas House, enabling them to push through a DeLay-engineered congressional redistricting plan that sent more Republicans to Congress in 2004, strengthening his political power.
But in a 22-page opinion, the appeals court said prosecutors "failed in its burden to prove that the funds that were delivered to the seven candidates were ever tainted."
Gregg Cox, the Travis County prosecutor whose office convicted DeLay, did not immediately return a phone message Thursday.
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Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said Thursday that the left and liberals "didn't accomplish their goal" after a Texas appeals court overturned his money laundering conviction, saying there was insufficient evidence.
No Tom. Their goal was to distract you, ruin your career and drag yet another innocent man's name through the mud. You lost three years of your life being persecuted by these people, and that WAS their goal. The succeeded in every way possible.
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As Mark Steyn says (himself being subjected to Canada's BS Human Rights Tribunals):
The process is the punishment.
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As Mark Steyn says (himself being subjected to Canada's BS Human Rights Tribunals):
The process is the punishment.
Thus, baseless accusation becomes a potent weapon.
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Ex-US House leader DeLay says conviction overturn means liberals failed
No they didn't. They ruined someone's life for no more reason then they didn't like his speech. In a low information America, leftist garbage remain quite successful.
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Does the name "Raymond Donovan" ring a bell ? ... Famous quote ... " Where do I go to get my reputation back ?"
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Revenge is a dish best served cold.
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Revenge is a Democrat served up to a lion with no appetizer
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That's just it though. As SH's quote indicates, there's nowhere you can go to undo a sullied reputation even when it is later proven to have been sullied due to lies and falsehoods. The Left knows this, and they use it as a deliberate tactic. People only remember accusations and dirt. Exonerations are back page news.
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The course of action I would recommend is the course of action I cannot recommend.
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As Mark Steyn says (himself being subjected to Canada's BS Human Rights Tribunals):
The process is the punishment.
Thus, baseless accusation becomes a potent weapon.
"The nature of the evidence is irrelevant; it's the seriousness of the charge that matters."