Delay Can Legally Use His Million Dollar Campaign Fund For His Defense!

[leftchick]

I think we now know why he resigned.


http://tray.com/cgi-win/x_candpg.exe?DoFn=H4TX22023*2006

DELAY, THOMAS DALE
REP
View Latest Data
Activity Through 1/1/2005 - 02/15/2006
Total Receipts $3,227,775
Contributions From Individuals $1,935,224
Contribs from PACs

PAC Contributions Totaled by Interest Heading
1. Single-Issue Groups $194,410
2. Finance, Insurance $192,050
3. Energy, Natural Resources $119,500
4. Health Care $116,350
5. Transportation $107,000
6. Business - Retail, Services $91,000
7. Communication, Technology $89,500
8. Real Estate/Construction $64,000
9. Agriculture $53,000
10. Law $45,500
11. Manufacturing $26,000
12. Defense $24,500
13. Organized Labor $10,000
14. Undetermined $2,000
15. Miscellaneous $1,000
$1,154,057
Contribs/loans from the Candidate $100,000
Contribs from Party
$0
Coordinated Expenditures $0
Independent Expenditures For:
$110
Details
Contribs from Politicians PACs $143,500
Contribs from Other Candidates/Incumbents $36,000
Total Disbursements $2,000,701
Contribs To Others By This Candidate $0
Outstanding Debts $109,557
Cash Available as of 02/15/2006 $1,295,350

[xray s]

1. or he can go the same route that Illinois Govenor Ryan did

get a powerful insider law firm to take your case pro bono.

then he can keep all that campaign cash and spend it on the golf course.

[Trevelyan]

2. WTF??

:wtf:

[leftchick]

5. wtf indeed

I heard it first on NPR's Diane Reim show today and she was shocked! As I was. I then heard it again on both CBS and ABC news tonight. That roach killer is a sneaky one isn't he? If I were a repuke who contributed I would be pissed. But then it would require having a functioning brain to be pissed. :crazy:

[BrklynLiberal]

3. The slimeball knew all along he was not going to run. He was just

building a defense fund, but was not going to ask for donations to that!!!
:puke: :puke:

[fooj]

9. And that Dickhead Cheney helped him to do it...

remember the fundraiser he attended?

[Jim Warren]

4. and he's announced he'll be moving to Virginia.

Prolly just to keep his future lobbying job commute time down after he's acquitted.

[Skink]

6. I thought he was building a laser>>

[leftchick]

7. yes he will be a lobbyist

and continue sucking US tax dollars into his personal portfolio. Same shit different day.

:eyes:

[Jim Warren]

12. SSDD

I know.

You can bet this psychotic will devote himself to "dismantling" Ronnie Earle, he said as much today in so many words.

[ChristianLibrul]

8. Forward-thinking

Yes, it's legal. They write laws for themselves so they can use campaign money for lawyers when they get caught.

[johnnie]

10. Lol

He laid the smackdown on all those idiots who gave to his campaign. I love watching repukes screwing each other over.

[rpannier]

11. Now you know why he's not running for re-election.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

13. What a shame that all those donations wont go to electing a republican

It seems appropriate somehow, at least to me, that any fool stupid enough to donate to DeLay should end up getting the shaft.

[leftchick]

14. it seems to me the same thing

:rofl:

[johnnydrama]

15. yah

I was wondering why he wouldn't just drop out before the primary in order to give the Repub challenger an easier go of it in the fall election.

Now I know why, he needed that money.

And the GOP talking point spin is that he dropped out for the good of the party.

Yah, right.