The company he keeps

September 14, 2005

If he were so inclined, Tom DeLay could very easily give up this career as a politician and open shop as a bail-bondsman. After all, it seems everyone the guy knows is currently under indictment.

A Texas grand jury added new indictments yesterday to criminal charges against U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s top political fundraiser and the executive director of a Texas political action committee that DeLay organized to orchestrate a Republican takeover of the Texas House in 2002.

The grand jury alleged that James W. Ellis, who has raised money for DeLay’s Americans for a Republican Majority political action committee (ARMPAC) as well as for an offshoot known as Texans for a Republican Majority (TRMPAC), illegally contributed $190,000 in corporate funds to the Republican National Committee within 60 days of the 2002 state election.

It also alleged that Ellis and John Colyandro, TRMPAC’s director at the time, conspired to deliver the funds to Terry Nelson, the Republican National Committee’s deputy chief of staff, and that they supplied Nelson with the names of Texas Republican House candidates who eventually received the funds.

This news comes just a week after another DeLay-related indictment.

The Texas political action committee set up by U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay was charged by a state grand jury in Austin with accepting an illegal campaign contribution during legislative elections in 2002.

The indictment charges DeLay’s PAC, Texans for a Republican Majority, with accepting $100,000 from the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care, an organization of nursing home providers. The grand jury also charged the Texas Association of Business, an Austin-based group, with making illegal contributions.

Which came about a year after the initial round of DeLay-related indictments.

Three consultants to a political action committee formed by U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay were indicted Tuesday by a Texas grand jury and charged with making illegal campaign contributions.

It’s quite the criminal enterprise the Majority Leader is overseeing, isn’t it?

The man is a pig.

  • Now Fred, would that be sus scrofa, the feral pig or sus domestica, the more familiar pink barnyard swine?

    Delay has a gamey, primitive quality to him which would make me lean toward scrofa, (with it’s attendant ticks and fleas). But there is also a porcine fatness in his face and a lazy-ass indolence to his wallowing that reminds me of domestica.

    It’s a shame though to be libeling pigs like this. We’d be better off with a real hog in congress instead of Delay.

  • Fred, I left for a weeklong road trip after writing the above. In case you revisit this sometime, I just wanted to express gratitude for your considerate reluctance to disrespect a humble beast of burden.

    Donkey’s can appreciate that sort of thing as they get little respect from any but those who benefit directly by their work. And kid’s who think the little one’s are cute.

    Upon more thought, I’ll go with domestica. Scrofa can take care of itself in the wild whereas Delay needs constant attention. Fresh muck and regular feedings build up that tasty layer of lard.

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