Fri, 31 Mar 2006

Ex-DeLay aide pleads guilty to fraud

You know what makes me really ill about all this? It's the shameless way these people are using Christians to push their agenda.

The Dallas Morning News has an editorial up about this morass, in which they quote one of this buffoons co-conspirators:

In an e-mail released by a Senate committee, Mr. Scanlon discusses how his clients can use the gullibility of Christians to their own advantage: "The wackos get their information through the Christian right, Christian radio, mail, the Internet and telephone trees. ... Simply put, we want to bring out the wackos to vote against something and make sure the rest of the public lets the whole thing slip past them."

I hate to see anyone lied to like this, even if I don't agree with the "wacko agenda". It does a terrible disservice to civic discourse, and the the republic itself, to have people such as this with the reins of power in their slimy little hands.

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich...told Time that his party has so bungled the job of governing that the best campaign slogan for Democrats today could be boiled down to just two words: "Had enough?"

Yep - we have.

A former senior aide to Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to fraud conspiracy, saying he joined a scheme with lobbyist Jack Abramoff and others to enrich themselves and illegally influence members of Congress.

(link) [CNN.com]

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