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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Alighieri who wrote (253328)10/1/2005 9:22:44 AM
From: paret  Read Replies (2) of 1579568
 
In 1993, Mr. Earle staged a high-profile raid on the offices of then-State Treasurer Kay Bailey Hutchison one week after she trounced her Democratic opponent in a special election to fill Lloyd Bentsen's U.S. Senate seat.

As in the DeLay investigation, Mr. Earle won an indictment from a grand jury. Moments before Mrs. Hutchison's trial was to begin, Mr. Earle decided to drop the case. The judge, nonetheless, seated the jury and instructed its members to render a verdict of innocent.

There are more than a few similarities between the Hutchison and DeLay cases: political retribution, months of leaks and innuendo, frivolous charges and a lack of material evidence.

The most surprising aspect of the indictment of Mr. DeLay for violating Texas campaign finance laws -- after three long years of pursuit and six grand juries-- is how devoid of substance it is. If Melville were to float down the Colorado today, he might recognize Captain Ahab in his cabin near the Travis County Courthouse.

And if Cervantes were to ride through Austin, he might wonder why its Don Quixote isn't also tilting at windmills erected by Democrats. Contemporaneous with the transfers between Texans for a Republican Majority and the Republican National Committee for which Mr. DeLay and his associates have been indicted are exchanges between the Texas Democratic Party and the Democratic National Committee that are no less curious.

Mr. Gurwitz is a columnist and member of the editorial board of the San Antonio Express-News.
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