Tom Delay Should Hang for This

Look, corruption is bad. Corrupt politicians deserve to go to prison. But I would reserve a special place in hell for this.

Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay tried to pressure the Bush administration into shutting down an Indian-owned casino that lobbyist Jack Abramoff wanted closed — shortly after a tribal client of Abramoff's donated to a DeLay political action committee, The Associated Press has learned.

The Texas Republican demanded closure of the casino, owned by the Alabama-Coushatta tribe of Texas, in a Dec. 11, 2001 letter to then-Attorney General John Ashcroft.

Two months to the day after Sept. 11, and Tom Delay, the second highest official in the REPUBLICAN controlled house, is plotting and planning how to work his bribery scheme called TRMPAC.

Tom Delay wasn't worried about Anthrax through the mail, he wasn't worried about follow on attacks, Tom Delay was worried about shutting down an Indian casino because a client of Abramoff asked him to look into it.

Screw national security, screw the safety of Americans, who cares how many more might die, Tom Delay has more important things to focus on than stopping suitcase nukes. After all, they paid him $1,000.

Oh, and just to add to my disgust, my congressmen John Culberson (R - TX 7) was a signee to the same letter, along with Sessions and Brady, both from Texas. If you know anyone in those districts, be sure to tell them about it.

I'm gonna go hunting for any related contributions Culberson might have received. If you've got any good sites for campaign finance info, PLEASE leave them in the comments for this post.