The wheels of justice turn slowly, but they do turn.

Agreed, but then I read somewhere that he was released on bail pending appeal ?!? Since when is that the case ? I'm a botanist, not an attorney, but I was always under the impression that once you're convicted/sentenced, you may feel free to appeal to your heart's content - from JAIL. Is it different because it's Fed court ?

Well, let's see just what the current crop of Congressional crooks will receive for their efforts. Will the IRS step in to capture the property of some for back taxes? Will some be convicted for using Congressional influence to help a family-owned Credit Union secure government loans?

Always gotta turn it in another direction, doncha?

DBO, no attempt to turn the discussion in another direction.....just a question regarding the other crooks in congress that have been determined to have done wrong.

Hey, if DeLay did wrong and was convicted by his peers, so be it, just as the rest should be judged with time served.

If a person in trust violates laws they should be judged to a higher standard than the average citizen.

It appears to be special treatment for ALL of the Government Crooks. Censures instead of jail? Pensions despite Felony Convictions???

WTF?

We Average Joes couldn't dream of the kid glove treatment these @holes get.

I snickered.

Where he will be taught the old prison two step.

That made me smile, jackalope.

more time for Tom; what do you think Rangle should get?

Gosh knows Charlie received a wrist spanking by his fellow members of the Senate.

I think the Rangle story is a month or two back in the arcives....

Oh, the IRS hasn't as yet completed their investigation of Rangle. his peers in the Senate gave him the gentle bounce.

safecracker, This is all they could pin on the Velvet Hammer. He makes Rangel look like a Boy Scout. Get real.

Wakeup, are you stating that Rangle is a saint and doesn't deserve what may be coming to him for violating US laws? If you or I did the same thing, we would be in jail right now.

Happy to see DeLay get his, but Safecracker is right.

safecracker, don't you know the difference between the House and the Senate? Rangel is a member of the HOUSE, and he was censured by both sides of the aisle for his ethics violations.

Whoops, you are correct, I was wrong. Sorry 'bout that - certainly know better.......

drano, I must say, I love your sick twisted mind. Great thought.

I'll bet he regrets nicknaming himself the 'hammer' right about now...

He better stock up on some soap on a rope!

OK Feisty, you should send the "soap on a rope" comment to Delay diretly. Really original.

So what advise do you have for Charlie Rangel? Now there is another congressional crook........

Feisty- try to keep up. THis story is about Rangle, don't you know?

Feisty- try to keep up. THis story is about Rangle, don't you know?

DAMN! I better get the 'eyes' checked cause I could swear the Headline reads Tom Delay! ;o)

Just keeping an interest going forward. If Rangle should make a list of items to take to the country club with him Feisty would know what those articles should be......

Acutally Drive by, it is about DeLay, Rangle and others charged or soon to be. I really don't care the party, if a House or Senate member is found to be misusing his/her public trust for personal gain, then by gosh, convict them, to the point of losing their pension and benefits, while making certain they serve time.

safecracker we don't have time to go into all of the crap Delay pulled he and his "K' Street pals broke more laws than the Justice Department has agents. Again Charlie Rangel was small time compared to your pal the Velvet Hammer. Get over it he is finally going to jail.

Hey wakeup, I don't have an issue with DeLay going to jail......his peers judged him and found him wanting. And no, he isn't my "pal the Velvet Hammer"......don't know where you got that from.

As for Chargin' Charlie, is he small time or just another corrupt Congressman who was caught? If the IRS does find him guilty, shouldn't he also do his time? hey, these guys violated public trust.

The guy's a convicted criminal, but I suppose he's not a physical threat to society. A threat to civil discourse and our representative democracy, but there's no precedent for sending him to Devil's Island.

And a further prediction:

He will wind up writing a few books, and wind up with his own talk-radio show where he will be hailed as some sort of hero like that bun-wad, G Gordon Liddy.

Thanks. I had almost forgotten that dimwit.

Drive-by, thanks for the reminder of G. Gordon Liddy who now practices his crazy on the radio, preaching hate and disrespect and gets paid to do it. When I re-read John Dean's "Blind Ambition", much of those Nixon years had faded from my memory; it was interesting that Dean thought Liddy was deranged from his first meeting with him.

Jody:

Dean is just selling books. He is not exactly a model citizen himself. You may think so because he is smearing Republicans.

Oh heck Jody from Iowa, he's just making money for himself, just like many of our House and Senate member do while they pretend to serve the public.

Yeah too bad they don't make him work in one of those made in USA sweat shops he support over in Saipan.

Or toss him in one of Jan Brewer's CCA Prisons.

dbo - hate that that's so funny, but that's really funny...

LOL! Will he flee his cell to avoid passage?

A redistribution of assets?

Should happen to all public officials who are found guilty.

Well put.

DeLay should consider himself lucky, I was under the impression he could get a life sentence.

Jody:

A life sentence for money laundering $10,000.....lol....People don't get life sentences for murder in certain cases. DeLay does not even have to report to prison until his appeals are finished. He will have his case appealled probably in Houston where his real peers are and this will go away. Everyone and their momma knew he would get convicted in Travis county. That is the very reason they turned down his change of venue request.

Those of you not in the Houston area do not get the local news so you will only be privy to the bias that people not from Texas have for DeLay.

I bet you can't find anyone in Ft. Bend County that dislikes DeLay and have not benefitted from his congressional days and the county is saturated with minorities.

I think we're the ones paying.

He has yet to pay for anything....he's only been sentenced.

Would Bubba the Banger be an appropriate cellmate for Charlie Rangle then?

Get real dalyekijm, politicians, when found to be crooks, go to the minimum security prisons. The country club when both DeLay and Rangle finally get convicted.

He'll be on his way to a minimum security prison camp, where he'll receive special consideration because of his money and political connections - barely a prison in real terms.