03-07-2006, 06:01 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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It's over for DeLay.
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Originally Posted by apotropoxy";p="
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ABC NEWS March 2, 2006 — The paper trail seems so obvious it makes you wonder whether anyone ever worried about getting caught. When Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, and his wife flew from Houston to a golf resort in Scotland in June 2000, the first-class airfare cost $14,001, a big-ticket item for a public servant. But someone else paid.
The American Express bills of lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who pleaded guilty to fraud charges in January, show he footed the bill for the tickets, in an apparent violation of House ethics rules. (…)
"The source of the travel expenses may not be … a registered lobbyist," according to the House rules. Abramoff was a registered lobbyist at the time.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=1679189&page=1
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Perhaps Tom "the Hummer" DeLay can claim that he didn't know how the trip was paid for. Then he can try to explain how this ignorance mitigates guilt.
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Even is he doesn't go to jail, which I hope he does, he's finished. He no longer has any power in the House. And to add insult to injury. he will have to fight for re-election. I guess they smell blood down in Texas since he will have several Republicans running against him.
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