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freshwest

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29. Meanwhile, Tom Delay is free and could be Dancing With The Stars. What a country.
Tue Jun 12, 2012, 04:15 PM
Jun 2012
Tom DeLay Sentenced To Three Years In Prison With Himself by Jack Stuef

Texas judge Pat Priest sentenced DeLay to three years on a conspiracy charge and also sentenced him to five years in prison for money laundering. Priest, however, allowed DeLay to accept 10 years probation on the money laundering charge, assuming he meets certain conditions set by the court.

DeLay could have received up to life in prison on the money laundering and conspiracy charges...


http://wonkette.com/434783/tom-delay-sentenced-to-three-years-in-prison-with-himself

The story left the media soon after then, with no date for being remanded into custody at that time. He was free to do as he pleased. AFAIK he never served a day. When you seek a picture link of him as he smiled for his mug shot, a click will take you to a series of anti-liberal pages.

His conviction has been scrubbed from his Wikipedia page, if it was ever there in the first place:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_DeLay

And the famous DWTS video:



Note the canned (perhaps) applause to tell all the viewers that this man is just so popular and an all around great guy. It's a standard propaganda technique.

Just imagine people who know nothing about this vicious man, who sent his congressional aides to provide media cover for the coup of 2000, seeing this on youtube and television, like Sarah's adventures in Alaska. See, everyone just loves him! He couldn't have done anything wrong, could he?

M$M.

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kick and rec think Jun 2012 #1
KICK! Has DOJ been "captured"? patrice Jun 2012 #2
DU Tries Octafish Jun 2012 #3
What could possibly be the justification for the DoJ not to rhett o rick Jun 2012 #4
k&r n/t lordsummerisle Jun 2012 #5
Gov. Don Siegelman, the Roughly $3.6 Billion, ExxonMobil, and Pissing Off BIG OIL. L. Coyote Jun 2012 #6
So, the DOJ went after Siegelman to protect Jack Abramoff? Freddie Stubbs Jun 2012 #7
Jack Abramoff wrote a so-called confessional autobiography JDPriestly Jun 2012 #24
The charges were enough to convince a jury to vote unanimously to convict him Freddie Stubbs Jun 2012 #28
A witness lied. JDPriestly Jun 2012 #39
The charges convinced them? Hissyspit Jun 2012 #41
Yet people STILL have faith in the electoral system........... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #8
We DO call it that. The questions are about how to create critical mass to overturn corruption. patrice Jun 2012 #15
Eric Holder will get right on it... 99Forever Jun 2012 #9
I honestly thought Holder's first action as AG would be to rectify Siegelman's injustices Canuckistanian Jun 2012 #14
Holder is a spineless wimp. 99Forever Jun 2012 #18
yup--that was the beginning of my realization that Obama librechik Jun 2012 #22
President Obama should pardon Siegelman samsingh Jun 2012 #10
I agree completely..nt Stuart G Jun 2012 #11
A pardon implies Siegelman actually did something wrong. phleshdef Jun 2012 #20
A pardons doesn't imply you did anything wrong. n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2012 #36
Yes. It does. I'd advise you to look up what pardon means. phleshdef Jun 2012 #37
I know what the words 'pardon' and 'imply' mean and I stand by my statement. n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2012 #38
i just want him to be able to get on with his life samsingh Jun 2012 #46
K&R. nt OnyxCollie Jun 2012 #12
There will be no justice The Wizard Jun 2012 #13
K&R Blue Owl Jun 2012 #16
Thank you libodem Jun 2012 #17
k&r . . . .n/t annabanana Jun 2012 #19
Is Siegelman incarcerated right now? roody Jun 2012 #21
Siegelman is to be resentenced. No hearing date yet, apparently. JDPriestly Jun 2012 #25
Meanwhile, Tom Delay is free and could be Dancing With The Stars. What a country. freshwest Jun 2012 #29
Just So You Know...tom delay is not in the system yet & may never be. solarman350 Jun 2012 #44
Thanks for taking the time to email; I suspected as much. There were a few stories in the papers, freshwest Jun 2012 #45
HR I Agree with you except, I believe that Riley via Rove stole Siegelman's win..... midnight Jun 2012 #23
Spam deleted by NRaleighLiberal (MIR Team) Pauline89 Jun 2012 #26
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jun 2012 #27
I think getting justice for Don Siegelman is going to require a movement. I remember him sabrina 1 Jun 2012 #30
Why did Siegelman not get the same treatment as Stevens? FiveGoodMen Jun 2012 #31
Stevens was corrupt as hell. It wouldn't be suprising to find out at some point EFerrari Jun 2012 #32
Good question, yet to be answered. sabrina 1 Jun 2012 #33
HUGE K & R !!! WillyT Jun 2012 #34
K&R! pacalo Jun 2012 #35
Tweeted this OP for more exposure. I wonder if Avaaz or one of the activist sites with a large sabrina 1 Jun 2012 #40
Thank you... midnight Jun 2012 #42
K&R Iwillnevergiveup Jun 2012 #43
K&R woo me with science Jun 2012 #47
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