Republican Bad Deeds for 11-1-06

Republican Ft. Bend County Commissioner Paid for Hateful Signs; Republicans Cut Down Bob Smithers Sign and Put Hate Message on Smithers Sign Poles

Tom DeLay Says “I Haven’t Had No Ethical Problems”

Former Republican congressman Tom DeLay, currently under indictment, last night told a sympathetic Fox News interviewer, “I haven’t had no ethical problems”. Strictly speaking, as a double-negative, that’s true; he hasn’t had no ethical problems, he’s had at least thirteen according to Think Progress tally.

DELAY KILLED INVESTIGATION INTO LABOR ABUSE IN MARIANAS ISLANDS
DELAY RAISED CORPORATE CASH FOR TRMPAC
DELAY BRIBED CONGRESSMAN TO VOTE FOR MEDICARE
DELAY USED TAXPAYER MONEY FOR PARTISAN STUNT
DELAY PAID FOR GOLF TOURNAMENTS WITH CASH MEANT FOR KIDS
DELAY PROMISED ‘SEAT AT TABLE’ FOR DONOR
DELAY TOOK MONEY FROM TEXAS PRISON COMPANY WITH LEGISLATION PENDING
DELAY BLOCKED LEGISLATION FOR PARTISAN VENDETTA
DELAY TOOK SHADY DONATIONS FOR LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
DELAY LEFT ETHICS BEHIND ON EUROPEAN VACATION
DELAY LEFT HOUSE RULES BEHIND ON ASIAN VACATION
DELAY KICKED ETHICS OUT OF HOUSE
DELAY TRIED TO CHANGE RULES TO PROTECT POWER
He may not be in Congress, but his legacy is still there, and will remain until his buddies are gone.

Republican Blogger Criticizes Nick Lampson for Saying “God Be With You” in Arabic at a meeting hosted by two South Asian political action committees

Republican sees Nick’s courtesy to Muslim community leaders as a threat and a reason to vote Republican. Yeah, Republicans wouldn’t want to elect anyone who is courteous. They prefer rant and rave hate mongers.

The wife of U.S. Rep. John Sweeney called police last December to complain her husband was “knocking her around”

Houston Homebuilder Bob “Swiftboat” Perry’s Group May Not Be So Honest
Americans For Honesty on Issues, an organization that registered as a Section 527 with the I.R.S. on August 28, has no third quarter disclosure report (through 9/30) or pre-election disclosure report (10/1 to 10/18) available to the public on the I.R.S. website as of noon today. The organization is believed to have received at least $3 million in receipts, with the sole known donor being Texan Bob Perry.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s misuse of state resources
Video of everything from Abbott’s news conferences to the latest bust of suspected child predators can be found on his campaign and official state Web sites — all shot by his $70,000-a-year state-paid videographer. Bill Burns, a retired state employee who was a videographer for four attorneys general, including Abbott, said the job changed when Abbott took over four years ago. It became more about promoting Abbott, he said, as opposed to doing the legal, internal work. “There is nothing more important to the Abbott administration than his name identification,” Burns said. “It’s all about him.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s Vote Suppression Scheme
US District Court Judge T. John Ward granted a preliminary injunction stopping Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and Texas Secretary of State Roger Williams from enforcing a Texas Law that makes it a crime to simply mail or posses a sealed ballot. This year, Abbott has aggressively prosecuted at least 13 individuals, most of whom had done nothing more then help senior citizens vote by mail. Virtually all of those prosecuted are minority senior citizens and all are Democrats.

Cocktail waitress accuses Rep. Jim Gibbons of trying to sexually assault her in a parking garage

Air Force Requests Emergency Funding To Help Transport Killed And Wounded Soldiers

White House-Tied Company Floods Competitive Districts With Phone Calls Meant To Suppress Voter Turnout

The following is a good thing:
“Straight Talk From The Candidates” will air on Nov. 5 at 11 a.m. on KPRC Channel 2. Candidates from selected congressional, statewide and regional offices will discuss their platform in an unedited pre-taped message. Each candidate was given 2½ minutes to speak and asked to respond to the following question, “Why should the voters cast their vote for you?”

Regards,

Jim