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To: Sully- who wrote (14751)	10/22/2005 5:16:23 AM
From: Sully-	of 35834

Earle's Telling Analogy Media Blog Stephen Spruiell Reporting Travis County DA Ronnie Earle, who likes to keep silent about his prosecution of Tom DeLay, spoke up today to oppose DeLay's motion to recuse Judge Bob Perkins, who donated money to Democrats and Democratic PACs in 2002 and 2004. The resulting soundbite is a good example of the quality of Earle's reasoning, and the fact that he spoke up at all an indicator of his desperate desire not to lose this judge: <<< “What this means is if a judge had contributed to Crime Stoppers that judge could not hear a burglary case,” Earle said. “Carried to its extreme, that is what I think this motion means and I think that’s absurd.” >>> Earle is making the following analogy: Crime Stoppers is to Burglars as Democrats are to Republicans. I don't think he could have improved upon such an analogy if his goal was to illustrate Tom DeLay's argument about the partisan nature of this prosecution. The judge in question donated money to the Texas Partnership PAC in 2002, an organization whose goal — in direct opposition to that of DeLay's Texans for a Republican Majority PAC — was to elect more Democrats to the Texas state legislature. Then in 2004 he donated to MoveOn.org, which at the time was orchestrating an anti-DeLay TV advertising campaign in Texas. DeLay attorney Dick DeGuerin told the court today that MoveOn.org was selling T-shirts featuring DeLay's mug shot. MoveOn denied it, although similar groups, such as the Public Campaign Action Fund, are selling the shirts, as CNN reported yesterday. Fox News reported that DeGuerin later clarified his statement, saying that groups to which MoveOn.org had donated were selling the shirts. It doesn't make any difference regarding whether Judge Perkins should be recused. As I reported earlier, MoveOn.org has campaigned against Tom DeLay for a long time and was running an anti-DeLay ad campaign in Texas during 2004 when Judge Perkins made his donation. MoveOn has continued to campaign against DeLay and to use his indictment as a fundraising cause. MoveOn also has a Fire Tom DeLay petition. Without question, Judge Perkins should recuse himself or be recused by the administrative judge who will consider DeLay's motion to recuse. media.nationalreview.com chron.com media.nationalreview.com cdn.moveonpac.org pcactionfund.org media.nationalreview.com media.nationalreview.com political.moveon.org political.moveon.org political.moveon.org media.nationalreview.com

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