From: "Robert G Lewis" 

Delay was invited to appear.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/politics/3376104



"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
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> In Texas grand juries are appointed by some county official.  They aren't
> drawn from a pool of voters at random.  In the county in question, it is a
> far left wing Democrat county (the only one in Texas).  The people who
> appointed the grand jurors are all liberal democrats stung by what they
> can
> no longer win state wide at the ballot box.   So the far left liberal
> democrat politician appoints a nice group of far left liberal DEMOCRATS to
> be the grand jurors.  Then the grand jury only hears and sees what Ronnie
> tells them and only the way Ronnie tells them.  Among those they never
> hear
> from are Tom Delay himself who wasn't allowed to testify before the grand
> jury, and any other exculpatory matters or witnesses.  Further, Ronnie has
> had to use several grand juries over a two year period before he finally
> gets one partisan and stupid enough to make this ridiculous indictment.
>
> And given all that the grand jury couldn't come up with a single
> allegation
> of fact that Tom Delay did or said anything in the indictment.
>
> Dream on.  This case will never go to a completed trial, and there will
> never be a plea agreement.  The statement you quote from the grand juror
> is
> HIGHLY inappropriate btw and may violate the law.  A grand jury does not
> weigh if there is enough evidence to prove somebody guilty as this guy
> stated.  They are just looking for enough to state their is probable cause
> to believe its possible somebody did something.  The statement by this guy
> is just a continuation of the unethical practices of Democrats all over
> the
> country.
>
> Gary
>
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:433d89e2{at}w3.nls.net...
>>
>> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
>> news:433d849d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> > Wrong again.  You just aren't paying attention to the posts.  The
>> > democrats
>> > he's prosecuted were his political opponents.  They were conservative
>> > democrats and at a time long ago when Republicans didn't hold the
> offices.
>> > His record is that of making "political"
prosecutions of those opposed
> to
>> > his liberal end of the Texas Democratic party.  That includes
> conservative
>> > democrats in power and the republicans who replaced those conservative
>> > democrats.
>> >
>> > Your stat is meaningless.
>> >
>> > Gary
>> >
>>
>>
>> Gotta go after former deputy sherrifs now. I can see it now - FoxNews
>> reports on the 'Conspiracy of the 12'  right after their brilliant report
> on
>> why Opensource is bad for Massachusetts
>>
>> http://billmon.org/archives/002204.html
>>
>> Foreman William Gibson [says] he did his duty and that bound him to look
> at
>> Tom Delay as just another Texan accused of criminal conspiracy . . . "I
> like
>> his aggressiveness and everything, and I had nothing against the House
>> majority man, but I felt that we had enough evidence, not only me, but
>> the
>> other grand jury members," Gibson said . . .
>>
>> The evidence is there to prove Delay was involved in wrongdoing and also
>> prove that he and his fellow grand jurors acted independent of political
>> influence, Gibson said.
>>
>> "It wasn't Mr. Earle that indicted the man. It was the 12
members of the
>> grand jury," Gibson said.
>>
>> Gibson is a former sheriff's deputy and a former investigator for what is
>> now the Texas Department of Insurance.
>>
>> DeLay: Goddamn commie hippie sheriff's deputies!
>>
>>
>
>

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