On Ronnie Earle Raising Money For Democrats.Ronnie Earle is at it again. The partisan Democrat District Attorney from Travis County (Austin), Texas, has, because of a quirk in the Texas law, the peculiar jurisdiction over statewide political issues, and he has persistently abused that authority over the past decade. Earle became ignominious in Texas when he launched the politically motivated investigation of three of Tom DeLay's associates working for Texans For a Republican Majority (TRMPAC). This investigation has not produced any credible or compelling evidence of corruption, but it is widely cited by the left as evidence that DeLay is dirty. In the ongoing controversy over whether he is an objective voice for justice or merely an arm of the DeLay-hating mob, Earle has "hammered" the final nail in that coffin. According to The Houston Chronicle, Earle has now crossed the line into raising money for far-left interest groups:
A newly formed Democratic political action committee, Texas Values in Action Coalition, hosted the May 12 event in Dallas to raise campaign money to take control of the state Legislature from the GOP, organizers said. Earle, an elected Democrat, helped generate $102,000 for the organization. In his remarks, Earle likened DeLay to a bully and spoke about political corruption and the investigation involving DeLay, the House majority leader from Sugar Land, according to a transcript supplied by Earle.... "It may help Tom DeLay establish his case that Ronnie Earle's investigation is a partisan witch hunt," said Richard Murray, a political scientist with the University of Houston. "It clearly fuels the perception that his investigation is politically motivated. It was probably not a wise move," said Larry Noble, a former Federal Election Commission lawyer who heads the watchdog group Center for Responsive Politics.
Earle has a history of vicious partisan hackery:
EARLE'S LAST FORAY INTO politicized prosecution in 1993 turned into a huge embarrassment when he went after Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), who was then Texas Treasurer. Earle made a series of trumped-up charges, including that the demure Hutchison had physically assaulted an employee. Earle dropped the case during the trial.
Defenders of Earle like to point to the red herring that Earle has prosecuted Democrats, as well as Republicans, over the years. What they don't mention is that those Democrats were clearly guilty of serious violations (the cases were open and shut), and those prosecutions happened decades ago, when Texas was essentially a one-party state (controlled almost entirely by Democrats).
The real issue here is a failure on the part of Democrats to cope with the loss of political power they held in Texas (and elsewhere) for so many generations. Because Democrats have been so ineffective at the ballot box, and because DeLay is, in part, responsible for that failure, he must be destroyed. Ronnie Earle, by invoking DeLay's name in the raising of money for far-left Democrat interest groups, has shown his true colors; he is indeed a partisan prosecutor out to get DeLay, and those who claim otherwise are deluding themselves.
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You know something is rotten in Denmark when you have Chris Mathews defending Delay and the Bush Administration against a liberal political hack. Last night on Hardball, Mathews had Mark Green, tired NY lib, on his show to discuss the indictment. Green sounded like all of the other libs this week, Pelosi, Kennedy, Reid, etc. By the way, Kennedy taking the moral high-ground is really amusing. Give credit to Mathews for taking Green to task. As liberal Mark Green went off on how corrupt the Bush administration is and started ticking off indictments, Mathews countered:
MATTHEWS: Can you name a conviction, Mark?
GREEN: Hold it, hold it. What I said was —
MATTHEWS: Can you name a conviction?
GREEN: One second. What I said was that six people — three people have been indicted — by the way Chris, if you and I have been indicted, it doesn't mean we're guilty, but we wouldn't trade places —
MATTHEWS: No no no. I just want to know, when you call an administration has a, has a culture of corruption, I think you need one case of proven guilt, don't you? At least one case of proven guilt.
Green tried to bring up Jack Abramoff, but Matthews pointed out that Abramoff was not part of the administration. If you watch the video, stick around for Ben Ginsberg's point that all the Democrats can do is attack, because they have no positive agenda. http://media.nationalreview.com/050930_02.wmv
Side note: If you put a shiny silver suit on Mark Green, he could be FUTUREMAN!!!!
More to follow soon.......
2 comments:
The way you describe it, when Earle brings in an indictment against a Republican it's "vicious partisan hackery", but if he decides to prosecute a Democrat (as he has in 11 out of 15 of his cases) it's business as usual. In any case, he doesn't finally decide this sort of concern.It appears the grand jury seemed to think it was worth their scrutiny.Also, part of the reason why Democrats have been less effective in Texas is that Delay forced through his redistricting plan only two years after it had been done under traditional Texas practices.
I see you got your talking points from the DU. It helps if you read the whole article.
"Defenders of Earle like to point to the red herring that Earle has prosecuted Democrats, as well as Republicans, over the years. What they don't mention is that those Democrats were clearly guilty of serious violations (the cases were open and shut), and those prosecutions happened decades ago, when Texas was essentially a one-party state (controlled almost entirely by Democrats).
The real issue here is a failure on the part of Democrats to cope with the loss of political power they held in Texas (and elsewhere) for so many generations. Because Democrats have been so ineffective at the ballot box, and because DeLay is, in part, responsible for that failure, he must be destroyed. Ronnie Earle, by invoking DeLay's name in the raising of money for far-left Democrat interest groups, has shown his true colors; he is indeed a partisan prosecutor out to get DeLay, and those who claim otherwise are deluding themselves."
One other tidbit, this was the sixth grand jury that Ronnie took his "evidence" to. This case will be dropped or tossed just like Ronnie's "case" against Hutchinson.
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