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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (41667)	8/8/2004 11:45:03 PM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 81568

Representative Tom DeLay of Texas needs to be stopped. He is at the center of machine that launders corporate influence in our political process. And now his machine is at the center of investigations by a grand jury in Texas and the House Ethics Committee in Washington into ethics violations and criminal activity. But the DeLay racket reaches even into the Ethics Committee itself. We must act now to make sure the job gets done right. The House Ethics Committee must appoint an outside counsel to lead the investigation. Add your name to the call for accountability: democracyforamerica.com Four of the five Republicans on the House Ethics Committee, which will review the charges against DeLay next month, have received over $35,000 from an arm of the DeLay operation. They are in no position to conduct an independent investigation. The examination of Tom DeLay's political money machine should be free from the influence of that machine. That can only happen with an independent, outside counsel leading the probe. We will deliver your petition to the House Ethics Committee. And we will take your messages to Texas to give DeLay's constituents your thoughts about the man they will have the chance to vote out of office in November. Sign the petition now: democracyforamerica.com The charges against DeLay filed in the Ethics Committee include trading favors for contributions, laundering illegal corporate contributions to influence Texas legislative races, and improperly directing the Department of Homeland Security to conduct a political witch hunt against Texas Democrats. Tom DeLay has done more than any other person to construct a system where our representatives sell the privilege of writing legislation to the highest bidder. His contempt for his opponents and win-at-all-costs approach pollute our political life -- and may have broken the law. Join the call for a proper investigation of Tom DeLay: democracyforamerica.com Please forward this message to your friends and spread the word -- we are tired of business as usual and we demand a real investigation into the man who has been called the "chief enforcer of company contributions to Republicans." Thank you. Governor Howard Dean, M.D.

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (41667)	8/8/2004 11:58:55 PM
From: Wayners	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

Until somebody comes forward with proof that Bush knew in advance of March 2003 that the intelligence was all wrong and didn't tell anybody, or there were direct orders to make up the intelligence, then I don't think there is a good case against him. The imminent threat idea came from rumblings of AlQuaida SH interactions. What worried us most is intell. said SH had WMD for certain and second we can't afford to take any chances of al Al Qaida collaberation. There was some evidence that something was going on and nobody wanted to take any chances. Once Al Quaida gets WMD, they are going to kill a lot of people with it. Al Qaida isn't going to just put it away in their arsenal as a deterrent.