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To: ThirdEye who wrote (704545)	9/28/2005 2:40:41 PM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The Republicans are in the minor leagues next to Democrats when it comes to corruption. I submit the Clinton administration as exhibit A.

To: ThirdEye who wrote (704545)	9/28/2005 2:41:21 PM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

And you work directly for Ronnie Earle?

To: ThirdEye who wrote (704545)	9/28/2005 2:55:44 PM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

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.

To: ThirdEye who wrote (704545)	9/28/2005 2:57:02 PM
From: paret	Respond to of 769670

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