Re: Could Flair run for Governor?


hmph! wrote:
> <jslater@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1133882848.828444.53500@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > You could guess this thread was heading this way. All I'll say is
> that
> > > > > with the current indictments (Delay, Libby, and more to come) and
> > > > > investigations (Frist), the resignation of Repub. rep. "Duke," the
> Ohio
> > > > > scandals that permeate the whole state Repub. party, and the
> Abramoff
> > > > > thing about to break hard almost exclusively against Repubs., this
> > > > > arguably ain't the time for Repubs to throw decades-old stones at
> Teddy
> > > > > Kennedy or whoever LG is imagining above.
> > > > >
> > > > > But Flair does seem to have the Repub. position on taxes down.--Joe
> > > > > (n.j.) [mWo]
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > The Delay thing in Texas will be tossed out of court
> >
> > As of yesterday's court decision on DeLay's motion to get the charges
> > tossed out of court, there are two felony counts against DeLay still
> > standing (of the original three) and heading to a jury.--
>
> The decision on wether or not the two remaining counts will go before a jury
> hasn't been made yet. The judge has yet to decide on a motion of
> prosecutorial misconduct which is directly related to the two remaining
> charges. The two remaining charges are the ones that the first two grand
> juries refused to indicte DeLay on.

Wow, where are you getting all that spin from? DeLay was clearly
hoping to (i) get these two charges dropped, or (ii) get a quick trial
so he could (ideally) get back to work. He got neither. Here's the AP
squib on it, courtesy Yahoo:

--
Judge Pat Priest dismissed a conspiracy charge against DeLay in his
ruling Monday, but with the more serious charges still intact, the case
heads closer to trial - although other defense objections remain to
be heard.

DeLay's hopes of reclaiming his powerful position as House majority
leader were dealt a blow by the ruling. He had hoped to have the
charges resolved by the time Congress reconvened in late January, so he
could step back into his role as majority leader. Although Monday's
ruling was a partial victory, DeLay cannot reclaim the post because he
is still under indictment.
--

But let me understand you. You're still asserting that you are sure
that all these charges will be thrown out of court before trial?
Sure, there are other defense motions, but do you have a theory as to
which are now likely to succeed, and why? Or are you sure that the
prosecutorial misconduct charges are valid? As a legal scholar, I'm
curious as to how you are so certain of the result. --Joe (n.j.) [mWo]

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