Delay Indicted

but more importantly, what happened to the Caroline Bierbaum thread?

Does he run in flats or trainers

and what is his 5k time?

I know many of you want to see him with metal around his wrists and ankles, but lets wait and see.

It appears that the next member of the Republican leadership to be charged with a crime will be Sen. Bill Frist. In Frist's case, it's the Martha Stewart offense (insider trading), involving a significant amount of Hospital Corporation of America stock.

Abramoff!

Ab-ram-off!

ABRAMOFF!

likely not going to happen to Frist. MUCH too difficult to prosecute those things, compared to campaign finance checks and paper trails. Stewart was a fluke. Hardly any other inside trading prosecutions are attempted compared to how many are suspected. And if Frist does get indicted, it would be very obviously politically motivated.

Speed Kills wrote:

It appears that the next member of the Republican leadership to be charged with a crime will be Sen. Bill Frist. In Frist's case, it's the Martha Stewart offense (insider trading), involving a significant amount of Hospital Corporation of America stock.

The chances of Frist getting indicting are very slim. The chances of him being found guilty are nearly nil.

The hammer got nailed.

that is a very likely headline in many tabloid type daily papers tomorrow.

The Frist story has been in the financial press for a while now. Apparently, he sold a lot of stock right before HCA announced significantly lower earnings. Investigators gatherered some initial information, and then have gone back[u/] to the case and have requested or subpoenaed records directly from HCA (presumably including phone records), so there seems to be something there. Whether there's enough for an indictment--or whether there will be political pressure to NOT seek an indictment--is the issue.

Oh boy! :D

Will the house of cards start falling now?

I'm still waiting for Rove to lose his security clearance.

Please also note that VP Dick "I had other prorities" Cheney has served in the government during the curious period wherein in his past, and future, employers

(Halliburton) have seen the firms' stock rise from $29.90 per share to over $60 per share. [think there's a nice bonus waiting for him when he returns to 'private life'?]

Can you say no-bid contract?

American Politics. Gotta love it.

so are his chances of getting the GOP POTUS bid in '08

ever hear of a NOT SO BLIND trust? remember this is the same alleged MD who got his knickets twisted in that horrible Schiavo mess

i do run, i typed that in so the moderators cannot say my post is not running related

WASHINGTON - A Texas grand jury on Wednesday charged Rep. Tom DeLay and two political associates with conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme, forcing the House majority leader to temporarily relinquish his post.

The first of many dirty Republicans to have to pay for their crimes. I would like to see Delay run some laps of the prison yard, but with Republican judges I am sure this will all just go away like Bush's military records, Bush's arrest records, Iraq's WMDs, and on and on. Wejo, is your father next?

Connected wrote:Wejo, is your father next?

Ah, now you went go the thread deleted.

But as far as the Delay situation is going, I will say:

HA HA HA HA HA

Couldn't have happened to a bigger jackass!

And you're right Frist is also on the hotseat. Has that ever happened before? The Leader of of the House and Senate, from the same party, being forced to step down in the same year because of criminal investigations??? I wonder. And you are right, Rove going down would make the triple crown of polticcal ethics nightmares.

Yes, the Republican ship is going down.....it's about damn time too.

Oh yeah, I thought I would add this part in JUST for our dear friend locknload, with special spelling for him.

TOM DELAY IS A FELL-IN!!!!!!!!!!!! (or something like that). And I would say his crimes make him a big fat TRADER to the American people, right locknload??

(yes, he TRADES in political power and influence, using taxpayers $ to do so, and then stepped in and FELL IN his own s***. HA HA HA)

gobbler wrote:

And if Frist does get indicted, it would be very obviously politically motivated.

Don't you think politicians who commit felonies should be indicted even in the absence of "political motivation"? You're essentially saying that the a******s who represent us are held to a lower standard rather than a higher one. No wonder this country is morally bankrupt.

Wow. Is there a filth filter in here now? Probably not a bad move.

F***s***b****c***!

O.K. kiddies - catch your breath for a moment. It's only an indictment. Let the legal system play out. A jury will determine whether the law was broken or not. There are lots of Democrats who were indicted for stuff also and the charges were found to be rather baseless. In fact, one Southern gentleman recently got to stay in the White House for two full terms despite some indictments!