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Whoopsie Daisy

Lauren

A Texas grand jury on Wednesday indicted Rep. Tom DeLay and two political associates on charges of conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme, forcing the House majority leader to temporarily relinquish his post. A defiant DeLay insisted he was innocent and called the prosecutor a “partisan fanatic.”

DeLay responds to the accusations and steps down as floor leader. Alas.

More: A chronology of key events and controversies in DeLay’s career.

And even more: Can you say schadenfreude? I certainly can.

5 thoughts on Whoopsie Daisy

  1. Yeah, that partisan fanatic used mind control on the grand jury members. You know DeLay’s ordinary fellow-Texans.

    Oh, Oh they are partisan fanatics too – yeah that’s the ticket.

  2. What’s that plaintive squeaking sound I hear? Could it be the smallest, saddest violin in the world?

    This could be the first time in my life that I’ve well-nigh wet my pants with schaudenfreude.

  3. No, no no no no! Nothing to see here, everyone. The AP has already reported DeLay said he didn’t do it.

    He didn’t do it! You see? Let’s move along to more gay-hatin tax-abatin poor-disenfranchisin country-invadin redistrictin fun!

  4. “Conspiracy” is what you charge when you know you can’t prove any actual wrongdoing on any underlying charge. I don’t know whether Delay’s hands are entirely clean here, but if what’s alleged in the indictment is the best Ronnie Earle can come up with, it looks like this whole thing is going to be, at most, a major annoyance and nothing more.

  5. I told myself when I first read about this I wasn’t going to gloat. That resolution lasted all of 5 seconds. DeLay richly deserves the worst, but, alas, somehow I imagine that he’ll wriggle out of it.

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