We regret the people of Texas will once again have their taxpayer dollars wasted on Ronnie Earle’s pursuit of headlines and political paybacks. Ronnie Earle began this investigation in 2002, after the Democrat Party lost the Texas state legislature to Republicans. For three years and through numerous grand juries, Ronnie Earle has tried to manufacture charges against Republicans involved in winning those elections using arcane statutes never before utilized in a case in the state. This indictment is nothing more than prosecutorial retribution by a partisan Democrat.–Statement from Tom Delay’s office after his indictment by a Travis County (Austin) grand jury on charges of campaign finance violations.

Yes, Tom DeLay represents my district in the US House of Representatives, and I proudly voted for him. I doubt these charges will hold up in court, but I do wish he’d been a little more careful about crossing his t’s and dotting his i’s. We need all conservative voices at full strength these days, not weakened by the Democratic Earle virus. (How do you like the mixed metaphor? Yeah, I was rather fond of it myself–which probably means it should be excised immediately.)