Unless you have been living under a rock, you have heard that Texas Republican Congress Majority leader, Tom DeLay, was indicted by a grand jury today on the felony charge of conspiring to violate political fundraising laws.

DeLay’s Texas committee would solicit donations from big corporate donors. Since it is illegal in Texas to take large donations from corporations, DeLay and his buddies gave the money to the Republican Party in Washington where it was legal to accept such donations. The Republican Party in Washington, under TRMPAC, then gave the money back to DeLay’s campaign, hence laundering the money.

A lot of other Republicans received the dirty money as well. JD Hayworth of Arizona, to name one deserving gas bag, received thousands from the illegal PAC..

Even after being caught with his greedy hand in the cookie jar, DeLay insists he has done nothing wrong and accuses the Democratic prosecutor of being a “partisan fanatic”. DeLay whined, “This is one of the weakest, most baseless indictments in American history. It’s a sham.”

After the way the Republicans have hog-tied the Democrats in the government, DeLay must be an idiot to think anyone would believe the Democrats were somehow this strong arm keeping him down. Prison would be good for DeLay. A good two years would give him time to lift weights and convert to Islam.