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Originally posted by sgtclub
I confess to knowing little about the case, but I thought it was just alleged violations of campaign finance laws - or in my view, an exercise of the first amendment. Do you really want him to go to jail for THAT?
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I didn't say I wanted him to go to jail. I want him out of office.
The case does involve alleged violations of campaign finance laws. Mr. Delay is a part of the leadership of the U.S. Congress (i.e. the body that passes such laws) and one of the many politicians, candidates, and regular citizens who must abide by them. Surely you would agree that he is not above the law.
Or, do you view laundering money for political donations to be a heroic act of civil disobedience, with Tom Delay as a modern-day Martin Luther King leading the poor, disenfranchised wealthy individuals, corporate contributors, and Congressmen to the promised land? He had a dream? Maybe so, but it ain't exactly the same dream that MLK had.
S_A_M
