The theatrically outraged GOP spin is already out there wanly suggesting that the House Ethics Committee deal with the misbehaving Mr. DeLay -- who has already changed the rules so that a tie on the 5-5 panel means the investigation dies.
Problem? Most of the party is already beholden to Mr. DeLay's sagging moneybag -- or sac a man as it's known in Franglais -- and two of the GOP members of House Ethics (Lamar Smith, 21st Texas and Tom Cole, 4th Oklahoma) even gave to DeLay's defense fund which the GOP's Bag Man set up himself.
Smith & Cole should recuse themselves from ruling on any DeLay-related ethics abuses, as should any committee member paid out of DeLay's big dirty man purse. If they're doing business with DeLay, they have no business hearing his cases.
This outrageous bit of theater, performed by party shills for a docile, golf-clapping media, rivals Bush's Bamboozlepalooza sets before hand-picked applausebots for sheer hooey. This travesty of justice and insult to democratic principles should stop immediately.
Attributions and contact information for DeLay's personal Ethics Committee follows.
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