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DeLay : Pot Calls Kettle Black

By Last Night in Little Rock, Section Tom DeLay
Posted on Thu Sep 29, 2005 at 07:53:15 AM EST
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by Last Night in Little Rock

Indicted Congressman Tom DeLay (R-TX,22) called the prosecutor who obtained his indictment yesterday a "partisan fanatic."

Also as reported here:

Being vilified as a "rogue district attorney," a "fanatic" and "an unabashed partisan zealot," among other epithets, was not the worst part of his day, said Ronnie Earle, hours after announcing the indictment of Representative Tom DeLay and two associates.

Tom DeLay calling anybody a "'rogue [],' a 'fanatic' and 'an unabashed partisan zealot,'" is, without a doubt, a supreme irony. Hypocrisy? No. He knows it when he sees it.

Except, by all press accounts, Earle is a professional prosecutor with no agenda. But, the bottom line is that Earle's a Democrat, and that makes him a sworn enemy in DeLay's eyes.

All Democrats take heed. Will the "Swift Boating" of Earle begin? Or will the Republicans get as far away as they can?

Remember the Watergate era? There were references then to people "left twisting slowly in the wind." That might just be Delay's future.

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    DeLay : Pot Calls Kettle Black | 25 comments (25 topical)
    Re: DeLay : Pot Calls Kettle Black (none / 0) (#1)
    by swingvote on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:28 PM EST
    Well surely no one thought DeLay would come out and say that Earle is an upstanding prosecutor with a sterling record of bias-free prosecutions. The man is fighting for his career and possibly his freedom; of course he's going to lambaste the prosecutor if there's grounds to do so, and it's not like Earle hasn't provided such grounds with his ill-advised speechifying. Don't they teach this tactic in the first year of law school?

    Re: DeLay : Pot Calls Kettle Black (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:28 PM EST
    He actually called him a lot more than that, he totally lost it. I was wondering, do people in official positions (like state prosecuters, police, etc.) have some sort of protection from verbal abuse like that? I mean, if you walked up to a NYC cop and said similar things to him, challenging his integrity as a policeman, you would be cuffed and jailed. And somehow I can hear Tom DeLay defend him doing that.

    Re: DeLay : Pot Calls Kettle Black (none / 0) (#3)
    by squeaky on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:28 PM EST
    “Over Earle’s 27-year tenure, his Public Integrity Unit has prosecuted 15 elected officials, including 12 Democrats.” [Los Angeles Times, 5/15/05] Think Progress has more via Cheers and Jeers daily kos

    Re: DeLay : Pot Calls Kettle Black (none / 0) (#4)
    by kdog on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:28 PM EST
    mean, if you walked up to a NYC cop and said similar things to him, challenging his integrity as a policeman, you would be cuffed and jailed.
    You probably would be jailed, but the arrest wouldn't be legal.

    Re: DeLay : Pot Calls Kettle Black (none / 0) (#5)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:28 PM EST
    The WaPo Editorial Page has a few questions about the indictment as well.

    Re: DeLay : Pot Calls Kettle Black (none / 0) (#6)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:28 PM EST
    Toon O' The Day: GO TO JAIL

    Re: DeLay : Pot Calls Kettle Black (none / 0) (#7)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:28 PM EST
    uh, Delay is a politician/he is supposed to be partisan.
    Very revealing, that statement. It shows just how skewed the thinking is for today’s modern conservatives. In reality, no one is “supposed to be partisan,” but rather, as a supposed public servant, any politician should be willing to cross party lines to support what is right for the people, not just what is right for their particular party. What a maroon.

    Re: DeLay : Pot Calls Kettle Black (none / 0) (#8)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:28 PM EST
    Adrazar-do you remember Kennedy's diatribe on Bork?
    Nope, it is a bit hard following all this stuff from abroad : ) Anyhow, being a politician, the guy should watch his words even better when talking about public officials. You can not expect people in law enforcement to be able to do their job properly if they have to be afraid getting bashed if they step in the wrong guys poo. Unless you live in a facist state where the rulers are above the law.

    Re: DeLay : Pot Calls Kettle Black (none / 0) (#9)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:28 PM EST
    From the Merriam-Webster dictionary: partisan: 1 : a firm adherent to a party , faction, cause, or person; especially : one exhibiting blind, prejudiced, and unreasoning allegiance You are still a maroon.

    Re: DeLay : Pot Calls Kettle Black (none / 0) (#10)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:28 PM EST
    There is a difference between bashing and bashing. You and I can say whatever we like about the prosecutor or the congressman, we are ordinary people and our words dont bear the weight of any office or position with them. On the other hand, if a congressman says these things about a state prosicutor, it bears the weight of his office behind it and is unarguably an obstruction of justice. You ask about Ken Starr, I did not follow that stuff day by day, but I seriously doubt Clinton said anything similar about him, not as bluntly at least. It would not have been decent for a president to do. I can imagine he had some other people do it for him though : ) A congressman bashing a congressman is a totally different matter as they have the same position and as some of you point out, are supposed to argue like cats and dogs :p

    Re: DeLay : Pot Calls Kettle Black (none / 0) (#11)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:28 PM EST
    I am pro-life and anti-death penalty and as such, would certainly not vote for someone who was. But I have voted for Repulican candidates who support other views that I agree with. You are not only a maroon, you are also a neo-maxi-zoom-dweebie.

    Re: DeLay : Pot Calls Kettle Black (none / 0) (#12)
    by Quaker in a Basement on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:28 PM EST
    how many anti-abortion/pro-death penalty/anti-welfare candidates have you backed?
    Just one for me, charley: Bill Clinton.

    Re: DeLay : Pot Calls Kettle Black (none / 0) (#13)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:28 PM EST
    I am pro-life and anti-death penalty and as such, would certainly not vote for someone who was.
    Should have read: I am pro-life and anti-death penalty and as such, would certainly not vote for someone who wasn't.

    Re: DeLay : Pot Calls Kettle Black (none / 0) (#14)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:28 PM EST
    The WOWPOO editorial is in the cya mode incase the bugman gets off - the edit writer had not seen the evidence or anything else they also support the liar Judith Miller and didn't have enough sense, work ethic or imagination to discover the WMD line was a myth. WOWPOO hasn't been a decent paper since Ms Graham died. It's full of crap hakf assed reporting and leaps to conclusions. The only decent writing is done by a few columnists and guest editorial writers who are there to represent the "other side" WOWPOO steps in almost every time

    Re: DeLay : Pot Calls Kettle Black (none / 0) (#15)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:28 PM EST
    Your hero, Ronnie Earle, has a curious way of dealing with corporations he's indicted - he solicits payoffs from them. Yeah, he's one upstanding citizen

    Re: DeLay : Pot Calls Kettle Black (none / 0) (#16)
    by swingvote on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:28 PM EST
    Whatever happens in the criminal case, perhaps this latest controversy will cause his colleagues to rethink whether he is, in fact, the person they really want as their leader. God I hope so. But I won't be holding my breath waiting for divine revelation to fall on them.

    Re: DeLay : Pot Calls Kettle Black (none / 0) (#17)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:29 PM EST
    I hope they televise the trial ... can't wait to see the bugman's mug shot. Frist -I suppose the SEC is full of partisan hacks too --oh right Republican partisan hacks

    Re: DeLay : Pot Calls Kettle Black (none / 0) (#18)
    by scarshapedstar on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:29 PM EST
    Give me one blind, prejudiced, and unreasoning allegiance, or give me death! (Sez charley.)

    Re: DeLay : Pot Calls Kettle Black (none / 0) (#19)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:29 PM EST
    one thing this website doesn't lack: troll aplogist's for the criminal party..why not go where you belong trolls? powerline or lgf's would appreciate your bull..why do you think it's called Talk LEFT? morons is closer to it...

    Re: DeLay : Pot Calls Kettle Black (none / 0) (#20)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:29 PM EST
    From JR's link: "he solicits payoffs from them." "retail giant Sears, the restaurant chain Cracker Barrel, the Internet company Questerra, and the collection company Diversified Collection Services — after the companies pledged to contribute to a program designed to publicize Earle's belief that corporate involvement in politics is harmful to American democracy." That sure doesn't sound like a "payoff" to me. Interesting article, and, if anything, gives me an even more favorable impression of Earle as a passionate and creative public servent.

    Re: DeLay : Pot Calls Kettle Black (none / 0) (#21)
    by Patrick on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:29 PM EST
    So when they speak of bi-partisan support for something are they referring to
    a firm adherent to a party , faction, cause, or person; especially
    : or
    one exhibiting blind, prejudiced, and unreasoning allegiance
    I should think it's the former. As for the old saying that the pot is calling the kettle black, does that infer that the author agrees that Earle is partisan? Is there something wrong with being partisan?

    Re: DeLay : Pot Calls Kettle Black (none / 0) (#22)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:29 PM EST
    TL NEWS: Charley the troll posts below his 25% of thread average! Only reaches 20%! What's the matter, Charley? Catalepsy got your tongue? Or is it the dreaded Racist Brain-freeze? No matter. Tom DeLay is not a politician -- he is a CRIMINAL. There is a difference in a democracy.

    Re: DeLay : Pot Calls Kettle Black (none / 0) (#23)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:29 PM EST
    From the Merriam-Webster Dictionary: bipartisan: : of, relating to, or involving members of two parties; example: a bipartisan commission Sounds like people crossing party lines to work together for a common goal. What a concept, that one. (Progressive, even).

    Re: DeLay : Pot Calls Kettle Black (none / 0) (#24)
    by Patrick on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:30 PM EST
    Lab, As soon as I see a progessive program worth supporting, I'll be there. Until then, I'm OK with the left disliking me.

    Re: DeLay : Pot Calls Kettle Black (none / 0) (#25)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:31 PM EST
    Posted by Patrick: "As soon as I see a progessive program worth supporting, I'll be there." There? As soon as you see a program you can personally profit from THE SUCKING SOUNDS OF YOUR MOUTHPARTS WILL BE HEARD THREE STATES AWAY. 'Like' has NOTHING to do with the law.

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