Records Show Ties Of DeLay, Craddick To PAC - Houston Chron

[WillyT]

Evidence suggests that both had larger roles than they claim

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AUSTIN - U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and Texas Speaker Tom Craddick quickly distanced themselves from a GOP political action committee this week after a state grand jury indicted three of the group's consultants.

But a Houston Chronicle review of documents from civil lawsuits and government databases involving Texans for a Republican Majority show DeLay and Craddick were kept abreast of the PAC's operations and were personally involved in the committee's fund-raising activities.

DeLay's daughter and personal political consultants ran TRMPAC. DeLay was on the board of advisers and was the featured guest at fund-raisers. Craddick consulted frequently with TRMPAC staff. He accepted donations for the PAC and passed along contributions from TRMPAC to Republican House candidates during the 2002 elections.

In the wake of the felony indictments returned Tuesday, though, DeLay and Craddick describe a hands-off relationship with TRMPAC. "I had no idea what they were doing," Craddick said. DeLay said, "I was not involved in the day-to-day operations of TRMPAC ... I raised money for them and made appearances for them when they had fund-raisers."

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Link: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/politics/2811949

Time to hammer 'The Hammer', no???

:evilgrin:

[WillyT]

1. TOM DELAY, YA KNOW... THAT GUY ?!?!?!?

LOL!

:shrug:

[shraby]

2. Mighta shook hands in a rope-line.

[kwolf68]

3. How much longer

Before this corrupt piece of shit (DeLay) is hammering out license plates in jail?

He is one of the vilest politicians America has ever known. His place in Hell is very secure.

[MsMagnificent]

5. Hellish Roommates

While it is my sincere hope and desire that Fubya's future and eternal roommate is none other than Adolf Hitler, along with Stalin for Cheney's; for Delays's I find myself torn between Attila the Hun, Pol Pot or Mussolini.

Anyone?

[quaoar]

4. Tom DeLay is a corrupt piece of excrement

The sooner he is behind bars the better for America.

[sonias]

6. I'm hoping that with the constant drip of slime

That DeLay goes down in his Congressional House Race in Dist 22. This is more evidence against his corruption and Richard Morrison should get a few more percentage points in his fight to unseat DeLay.

Sonia

[ozymandius]

7. "I raised money for them and made appearances for them"

If he did these things, did he not know who his target audience was? Did he not know whose hands he shook?

[LiberalFighter]

9. How could he not know what was happening?

DeLay's daughter and personal political consultants ran TRMPAC. DeLay was on the board of advisers and was the featured guest at fund-raisers.

[amber dog democrat]

8. What comes around

went around. Even if it stretched out for years, its sweet to contmeplate how a little known, obscure Texas campaing finance law will be the hammers undoing.

sweet indeed

[mbperrin]

10. "DeLay's daughter and personal political consultants ran TRMPAC."

Yeah, I guess those would qualify as "ties"? Wonder what it takes to be "connected"? Actual physical intercourse live on national TV?

Stupid frickin' headline writers! Meanwhile, everyone forgets Craddick's daughter is a lobbyist herself! (Not that she ever got any favors from him, right? Well, except for that electric coop going private thingy that made her and daddy MILLIONS of dollars personally!) I mean, besides that.