Political Jackass

WASHINGTON (CNN) — A Texas grand jury brought a charge of money laundering Monday against Rep. Tom DeLay, the former House majority leader indicted last week on conspiracy charges stemming from a campaign finance probe.

DeLay and two associates are now also charged with conspiring to illegally steer $190,000 in corporate donations to state legislative candidates in 2002 and to disguise its source by sending it through national Republican campaign committees. Read more…

Corruption, lies, and more corruption, that is what the the Republican party stands for. The party of “family values” is a joke.

Representative Tom DeLay of Texas, the powerful House Republican majority leader, was accused by a Texas grand jury today of criminal conspiracy in a campaign fund-raising scheme.

Mr. DeLay was indicted on one count charging that he violated state election laws in September 2002. Two political associates, John D. Colyandro and James W. Ellis, were indicted with him. Read more…

Federal Inquiries Involving Republican Majority Leaders Frist And DeLay Adding To Party?s Ethical Problems?