Tom DeLay should not be re-elected due to lack of ethics (Battalion / TX)

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<snip> The three violations released from the House Ethics Committee range from violating fund raising procedures to taking money illegally from lobbyists. One such breach was a golf trip to London. The House prohibits lobbyists from paying for vacations of representatives. This cost-free holiday was funded by a lobbyist. DeLay repudiated these claims by arguing that he had no idea that lobby money funded the trip. That's odd because his friend, the lobbyist, accompanied him on the trip. <snip>

Regardless of what he has done for the party, if the allegations against him are true, the Republicans should not support his candidacy. The accusations have come from diverse sources. They have regarded varying parts of DeLay's actions. Even if certain individual claims were only weak strands, they can be wound together to form a strong rope. This rope would be strong enough to form a noose for the political career of DeLay.

The American public said in exit polls that ethics played a large role in the electoral process. Unethical leaders should certainly lose elections. Oddly enough, the information about DeLay came out long before the election. The public had plenty of time to consider what it thought. Either it did not believe that the allegations are true, it never heard of the allegations or it simply did not care. <snip>

http://www.thebatt.com/news/2005/03/29/Opinion/Tom-Delay.Should.Not.Be.ReElected.Due.To.Lack.Of.Ethics-904977.shtml