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There’s going to be a bi-partisan party in Texas, tonight! The secret around here in the Hill Country of Texas (mostly Republican) is that DeLay had become an embarassment who needed to go.

Onward to Gov. Perry.

Perry’s most recent decline in the polls shows him at 39% approval among Texans.

Using Iowa’s model for Congressional districting, hand off the data on voters and precincts to a team of a few autistic individuals from outside of Texas who have aptitude for that sort of thing, and let them set the Districts without any attention to the political fallout.

While I like that idea, and the idea of non-partisan districtmaking in general, it isn’t always practical. This model works well in homogeneous Iowa.

Consider the Deep South states, where gerrymandering has created several majority Black districts, who, by the nature of voting patterns (and whatever other reasons you wish to insert here), are about the only way Blacks can get elected in the U.S. House of Rep. in the South, despite being significantly large fractions of the population in a number of states. I hope a non-partisan redistricting plan can preserve those seats.

Now, perhaps you can argue that, if those seats were abolished, the resulting candidates would have to appeal more to the Black voters, but I don’t believe historically that happened before those seats were created.

Delay Indicted…

Isn’t it amazing that the “Republicans & Conservatives” on the other side of this Blog are ignoring the embarassing reality of Delay Brown and Frist? Very telling. It’s all falling apart, these creeps are being shown for the inept, self-serving crooks they are amd the mighty rightys have squat to say. Figures.

I hope this portends that the Bush “Reign of Errors” is over. We need an end to governmental “Errorists” and “Errorism”.

Mike, this corruption is a very bipartisan thing. Two stories ran this week on Democratic political crooks as well being investigated, indicted or found guilty.

Actually, for once I’m impressed by a Democratic political maneuver—this one may have a temporary effect before it comes back around and bites them.

I wonder if there are some Republican District Attorneys in Blue States that will try this now. I’d hate to think that they would sink as low as their Democratic counterparts, but let’s wait and see. Here’s all they need to do.

Pick a prominent Democratic politician, come up with some charges (any will do, since it doesn’t matter if they’re true or not) and file them in the most conservative city of that Blue State. Behold: instant scandal.

I wonder what the statute of limitations is for wrongful death and negligent homicide in Chappaquiddick.

sanger, how do you explain the majority of his constitutuents polling against him, the very same Republican constituents who elected him time and again. Sorry, your argument has no foundation in public opinion or fact of law. The man put himself above the law and played on the edge of ethical conduct for years. He finally got caught and even those who voted for him are relieved to see the door closing behind him.

The majority of Texans were conservatives even decades ago when it was a Democratic state which made the switch easy enough back in the Reagan years. But, between former gov. Bush, DeLay, Perry and Lt. Gov. Dewhurst, Texans have just about had their fill of Republicans who talk the talk but don’t walk the walk.

If you want to be constructive, tell your party’s leadership to actually nominate leadership quality candidates, not partisan hacks with a gift for spin and empty promises. Texas has been going downhill in so many ways since Republicans took over, I am proud to see Texans finally realizing the hoodwink that has been played on them.

David, you keep referencing the “opinions of Texans,” even Republican Texans who you repeatedly enlist without evidence as agreeing unabashedly with your own views.

I’m skeptical, considering Bush’s vast margin of victory in 04 and the GOP dominance of Texas, that you—an obvious liberal—are actually in a position to take the pulse of Texas conservatives.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but so far your claims are just not passing the smell test.

Sanger,
Although I will keep from convicting Tom Delay for now, the Republican Party might want to listen to the tone of Tom Delay’s voice as his cry that he is innocent. Given the civil conviction already in play and his actions over the last month of letting his buddies hang in the wind, I would like to hear what was siad in the Grand Jury room.

Nevertheless, the Republican Party is facing a serious problem as now another brick in the wall takes a fall. Senator Fist is the next one and if the truth comes out about how Mr. Brown attempted to use his position in FEMA to exploit Louisiana during Katrina, well, lets just say 2006 is going to look real good for a thrd party candidate thats willing to help American Businesses employee real Americans.

sanger, take a gander at the polls for DeLay and the link I provided in my first comment in this thread on Perry. My neighbor is a Republican and she confirms the embarassment, as do stories in the SA Express News. Those are some of my sources.

That poll on DeLay was in May before the indictment. That poll is from his own district.

sanger, here’s another one, April this year.

The politics is this, his constituents don’t approve of DeLay, but, they hate to see the loss of a representative who has brought more pork to their district than a hog farmer on auction day. Pork is why DeLay defended the budget as pared down pretty good. He is not about to criticize a pork laden budget that has so much of it headed his way.

I wonder if there are some Republican District Attorneys in Blue States that will try this now. I’d hate to think that they would sink as low as their Democratic counterparts, but let’s wait and see. Here’s all they need to do.

Hmmm…the only snag in your unsubstantiated theory there is that this prosecutor has indicted far more DEMOCRATIC public officials than Republican ones during his tenure in Texas.

Nearly every prosecutor is affiliated with a political party…so dismissing such charges out-of-hand simply because they’re being prosecuted by a democrat is pretty weak, in my opinion.

We need an end to governmental “Errorists” and “Errorism”.

Hey, Mike, maybe you just point at Bush’s team main issue: they’re confusing “errorism” and “heroism”!
I’m not blaming them: after all “nuclear” can’t be the only word hard to spell right.

From EuroLand,

Hooray! I am going to sacrifice a calf right now! :)

But I think you “re-re-RE-districting”…

Sanger calls it a political maneuver.

The living embodiment of corruption. The one so full of evil it is visible behind those black eyes. The bug man who got addicted to power will scream bloody murder when accused.

If his ouster is political it gives politics a good name.

The skunk smell around Central Texas is finally beginning to succomb to the sweet smell of Blue-Bonnets! Saddle up and watch out for Kinky! haha. Is that smell blue-bonnets or cannibus?
What a wild rodeo. The horses are bukin’.

Why is it a happy day in America? Nothing has been proven yet. Is it now guilty until proven innocent?
Weak charges based solely on political partisanship are no reason to start dancing. Remember the Hutchinson fiasco?

David:

Corruption seems a virulent and idescriminant plague where our politicos are concerned, yes, no arguement. My barely contained joy in the last post however stemmed from this latest round of creeps—and my least favorite in this lifetime—getting theirs. Maybe, just maybe, blind assumptions, religio-egoism and empty sloaganeering won’t drive 2008 quite so hard. Yeah, I know, and the Easter Bunny might show up at my door any time now.

Well, I can dream, can’t I?

That reminds me:

Hey, what happened to the Karl Rove investigation? And while I’m at it: Ken Lay?

Just Checking…

After all this time they only come back with, just one count.

And an unsubstantiated count at that!

Damn that Tom Delay is a smart Bastard!

Delay will take this one for the team
and never even see a trial date because of lack of evidence. What exactly is he taking for the team oh that’s right the Democrats attempts to strike blows at conservatism.

Chris, his trial date is set for October 21. Wonder what else you will be wrong about?