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Tom DeLay is a perfect example of the corruption of the Republican party... He might be getting indicted on felony charges so what do the Republicans do?  They try to change the party rules to allow convicted felons to hold office... This *after* the

PostPosted:Sat Nov 20, 2004 10:42 am
by ManaMan
<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 931.DTL</a>

Tom DeLay is a perfect example of the corruption of the Republican party... He might be getting indicted on felony charges so what do the Republicans do? They try to change the party rules to allow convicted felons to hold office... This *after* the Texas redistricting...</div>

Actually, the rule is that a person under *indictment* can't hold office, and the Repub's only made the rule to show their "moral superiority" to Dems who continued to hold leadership offices while under indictment.

PostPosted:Sat Nov 20, 2004 11:34 am
by Gentz
<div style='font: 11pt arial; text-align: left; '>Are party rules really that big a deal anyway? They seem more like a self-adopted set of guidelines than anything. All this really is is some minor hypocrisy on the part of the Repub's.</div>