Thursday, June 12, 2003
Who do you call if you are Tom Delay; you don't have a quorum and you need to railroad some legislation through the House that will effectively shuffle districts to unseat Democrats?
Do you just sit idly by, when the Democrats decide not to show up for the vote?
Are you going to take that? Hell no! You call out the Texas Rangers and track those bastards down! Oh, you also call the FBI, the Federal Aviation Administration and get the Department of Homeland Defense to help you track them down. Tommy, Tommy, Tommy, tsk tsk tsk. You can't do that!
You can't use federal resources for political purposes!
The 51 House Democrats were located outside of the reach of the Texas Rangers, so they could not haul their asses back into the State Capital. They went over the border to Ardmore, Oklahoma, just outside the jurisdiction of state police sent to take them back to Austin for the vote.
Guess who else is involved? None other than Georgie Boy himself!
Details of communication by President Bush and his senior adviser, Karl Rove, with House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) about the partisan Texas dispute are in question.
Request for information on Bush Involvement is made.
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (Conn.), ranking Democrat on the Governmental Affairs Committee had requested information about White House involvement. Lieberman's letter asked for a written description of White House involvement, including "any contacts and action.
The Democratic leader asked yesterday for details of communication
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (Conn.), ranking Democrat on the Governmental Affairs Committee and a presidential candidate, said White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. told him by telephone Tuesday that DeLay spoke with Bush and Rove about the matter.
White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. said that he did not intend to respond in writing to a request. I wonder why?
Homeland Security Involvement is noted.
The issue is politically sensitive because the Department of Homeland Security has acknowledged assisting law enforcement officers who were asked by Republicans to round up Democrats who had fled the state to avoid voting on a redistricting plan championed by DeLay. The plan died when a deadline passed without a quorum.
Texas Department Of Public Safety Department shreds records.
State Rep. Kevin Bailey, D-Houston previously identified Roberta Bilsky as his source for allegations that Texas Department of Public Safety, (DPS) was destroying documents about the incident, Boyd said. Bilsky testified about information she said she received about document destruction from a DPS official.
Federal Aviation Administration Investigation is initiated!
Investigations are ongoing on the role of Federal Aviation Administration in the search. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta has ordered a review of the Federal Aviation Administration's role in helping U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay track the plane of a Democrat who joined a walkout from the Texas Legislature.
The FBI is also Involved.
State Rep. Kevin Bailey, D-Houston, released cell phone records he said showed DeLays assistant made a call to the FBI in Ardmore, Okla..
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, and other Texas U.S. House members have sent letters to FBI Director Robert Mueller requesting phone logs, documents and other information on the FBI's role in the search. An FBI agent helped in the search, but the bureau said it did not act at the behest of politicians. No, he did it because he thought Al Queda terrorists had kidnapped all 51 Democrats, and, and they were forcing them to hear George Bush speeches against their wills.
Isn't it amazing how many Federal agencies Tom DeLay will use for pure political purposes when he wants to.
It sounds to me like he has taken a page out of Bush's play book.
DeLay used the local FAA, the FBI Department of Homeland Security, and the Texas Department of Public Safety for political purposes.
You think that's bad? Shit, that's NOTHING!
Bush has used several Federal Agencies plus a whole aircraft carrier group to advance his political goals.
Sources Cited:
Associated Press
Dave McNeely
Dana Bash
CNN Washington Bureau
Mike Allen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Do you just sit idly by, when the Democrats decide not to show up for the vote?
Are you going to take that? Hell no! You call out the Texas Rangers and track those bastards down! Oh, you also call the FBI, the Federal Aviation Administration and get the Department of Homeland Defense to help you track them down. Tommy, Tommy, Tommy, tsk tsk tsk. You can't do that!
You can't use federal resources for political purposes!
The 51 House Democrats were located outside of the reach of the Texas Rangers, so they could not haul their asses back into the State Capital. They went over the border to Ardmore, Oklahoma, just outside the jurisdiction of state police sent to take them back to Austin for the vote.
Guess who else is involved? None other than Georgie Boy himself!
Details of communication by President Bush and his senior adviser, Karl Rove, with House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) about the partisan Texas dispute are in question.
Request for information on Bush Involvement is made.
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (Conn.), ranking Democrat on the Governmental Affairs Committee had requested information about White House involvement. Lieberman's letter asked for a written description of White House involvement, including "any contacts and action.
The Democratic leader asked yesterday for details of communication
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (Conn.), ranking Democrat on the Governmental Affairs Committee and a presidential candidate, said White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. told him by telephone Tuesday that DeLay spoke with Bush and Rove about the matter.
White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. said that he did not intend to respond in writing to a request. I wonder why?
Homeland Security Involvement is noted.
The issue is politically sensitive because the Department of Homeland Security has acknowledged assisting law enforcement officers who were asked by Republicans to round up Democrats who had fled the state to avoid voting on a redistricting plan championed by DeLay. The plan died when a deadline passed without a quorum.
Texas Department Of Public Safety Department shreds records.
State Rep. Kevin Bailey, D-Houston previously identified Roberta Bilsky as his source for allegations that Texas Department of Public Safety, (DPS) was destroying documents about the incident, Boyd said. Bilsky testified about information she said she received about document destruction from a DPS official.
Federal Aviation Administration Investigation is initiated!
Investigations are ongoing on the role of Federal Aviation Administration in the search. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta has ordered a review of the Federal Aviation Administration's role in helping U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay track the plane of a Democrat who joined a walkout from the Texas Legislature.
The FBI is also Involved.
State Rep. Kevin Bailey, D-Houston, released cell phone records he said showed DeLays assistant made a call to the FBI in Ardmore, Okla..
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, and other Texas U.S. House members have sent letters to FBI Director Robert Mueller requesting phone logs, documents and other information on the FBI's role in the search. An FBI agent helped in the search, but the bureau said it did not act at the behest of politicians. No, he did it because he thought Al Queda terrorists had kidnapped all 51 Democrats, and, and they were forcing them to hear George Bush speeches against their wills.
Isn't it amazing how many Federal agencies Tom DeLay will use for pure political purposes when he wants to.
It sounds to me like he has taken a page out of Bush's play book.
DeLay used the local FAA, the FBI Department of Homeland Security, and the Texas Department of Public Safety for political purposes.
You think that's bad? Shit, that's NOTHING!
Bush has used several Federal Agencies plus a whole aircraft carrier group to advance his political goals.
Sources Cited:
Associated Press
Dave McNeely
Dana Bash
CNN Washington Bureau
Mike Allen
Washington Post Staff Writer
# posted by Thomas @ 11:58 PM 
