Tom DeLay, called the "meanest man in Congress," and one who has been working on reducing the role of democracy and Democrats in America, apparently has been unable to completely install a one party (Soviet styled?) system of government in Washington.
According to the Washington Post, Rep. Chris Bell (D-Tex.) said he will send a complaint to the House ethics committee accusing the House's second-ranking Republican of soliciting campaign contributions in return for legislative favors; laundering illegal campaign contributions through a Texas political action committee; and improperly involving a federal agency in a Texas partisan matter.
To many people, it couldn't happen to a more deserving person.
Bell, a first-term lawmaker from Houston, lost his reelection bid in the March Democratic primary after his district was substantially redrawn in a contentious 2003 redistricting process backed by DeLay, according the Post.
Earlier this year the U.S. Supreme Court, on a 5-4 vote, decided that the shenanigans that DeLay and his ilk are pulling in several states are OK. In effect the Supreme Court ruled that democracy is messy and that fair elections are not necessary.
By sidestepping this case and deciding the Presidency in 2000, the court in effect said courts should only get involved when Republicans are harmed.
The Court may have been able to throw the 2000 Presidential election to the GOP and approved the dilution of voting rights for members of certain political parties, but until it is able to rig the entire system the GOP, and Supreme Court majority, must understand they are subject to the rule of the people.
While the day of rule by the people may be coming to an end, some rules remain. As a result, DeLay, also known as the "Hammer," may find a judicial hammer coming down on him.
But then again, just as George W. Bush escaped punishment for going AWOL and his questionable stock sale, there is always a good chance the system will give DeLay a pass.
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