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DeLay Prosecutor Says Case Isn't Personal
2005-10-02 12:54:35 (252 weeks ago)
Posted By: Intellpuke
(Read 2709 times || 2 comments)
Intellpuke: "Most people never heard of Ronnie Earle until he convinced a Texas grand jury to indict U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay on illegal fundraising charges, causing DeLay to abdicate his role as House Majority Leader. Delay has called Earle a "partisan zealot". The following profile by the Washington Post shows Earle to be anything but partisan, although the "zealot" label might stick. To find out what makes this stubborn, some would say onery, prosecutor tick, read the following Post article:


Ronnie Earle, the Texas prosecutor vilified by Rep. Tom DeLay as a "rogue district attorney" and an "unabashed partisan zealot," has heard worse.


There was the time, for instance, that a prominent Texas Democrat vowed to murder him.


"He would hold all these press conferences and say terrible things about me," Earle said, referring to Bob Bullock, the future lieutenant governor whom Earle investigated for allegedly misusing government resources in the 1970s.


"I know at least twice people took guns away from him when he said he was going to kill me."


Earle, a Democrat, was laughing as he recounted the story in the Travis County district attorney's office last week. And like many sagas in Earle's career, the Bullock episode comes with a footnote.

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Re: DeLay Prosecutor Says Case Isn't Personal
2005-10-02 15:50:51
Finally. a modern day hero in Mr. Earle.

There go but with the grace of G-d.

What is right needs a victory over what is wrong, and we all need that victory now.



"Corporatism". I love it.
Re: DeLay Prosecutor Says Case Isn't Personal
2005-10-02 17:43:04
Although a convictons is unlikely, the attention Mr. Earle brings to the Mr. Delays influence on american politics is a success story we will be discussing for years to come.



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