Tom DeLay Broke?

[Botany]

:nopity:

Looks like the money river is drying up for Tom DeLay. What a shame.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3626670.html

By MICHAEL HEDGES
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON - Embattled U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay raised more money for his legal defense in 2005 than ever before but still owes hundreds of thousands of dollars to lawyers, according to documents released Tuesday.

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But during 2005, DeLay's legal expenses topped $1 million, said Brent Perry, a Houston attorney who administers the fund.

"We paid out well over $500,000 in legal fees (in 2005)," he said. The payments would leave DeLay owing lawyers at least $500,000, a figure Perry said was probably low.

DeLay, of Sugar Land, raised $318,000 in the third quarter of 2005, during which he was indicted in Travis County. Perry said the falloff in the final three months should not be interpreted as a lack of enthusiasm among donors.






God Bless those internets.

Maybe a DU fundraiser? Anybody got change for a penny?

[redwitch]

1. Delay and his pals have made it so hard for most of us

we do not have change for a penny. So sorry Tommy. :nopity:

[babylonsister]

2. So sad, too bad.

:evilgrin: :rofl:

[redacted]

3. For that he gets the a tune from The No Pity Quartet

:nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity:

[napi21]

4. Okay...and jsut what does he think this means????

Perry said the falloff in the final three months should not be interpreted as a lack of enthusiasm among donors.

BYE BYE Tom!

[Kierkegaard]

9. Let's see...

you're going to jail, broke, ugly, lost your job as house majority leader, and the only person that will touch your 'happy place' is Tweety Matthews. I'd say the falloff in the final three months should be interpreted as a rather enthusiastic vote of no confidence.

[Vickers]

5. Get a public defender, fatboy.

Look at that *ONE* check...$190,000.

Holy shit.

[Botany]

10. that one check is the thing Ronnie Earl has him by the balls w/

That is the exact amount that they sent the RNC in D.C. and the same amount the R.N.C. sent
back to his Texans for a republican majority. Can you say money laundering?

BTW on 1/6/05 ..... House Floor after Conyers' report held up the vote on make * President
again ..... Tom DeLay, "What do those people think? That Karl Rove had 2 computers in the
White House basement and was flipping votes?"

Thanx for telling us what happened Tom.

God, i want to see that shit go down .... he would squeal like a pig.

[verse18]

14. Damn....

Do you know what my family and I could do with one hundred ninety-thousand dollars? (I had to write it out. Dat's a latta money)

[Mr_Spock]

6. He's a degenerate!

What is wrong with him?

[spindrifter]

7. There are pity parties all over the place.

Maybe Tommie will find some spare change to get to one.

[Double T]

8. Will a wooden nickel or a one way...............

bus token help?

[autorank]

11. Richard III: "My kindom, my kingdom for some cash!"

I'm soooo surprised. He's out of power and that means out of money. Maybe he can get one of those Texas public defenders who sleep through murder trials. Serves him right. When you knock the crap out of people, year in and year out, when you strong arm money from anyone with enough to give year in and year out, you'r enot going to get much sympathy and certainly no cash when you really need it.

:rofl:

[MrMonk]

12. His attorneys are screwing him.

Birds of a feather, and all that.

[tsuki]

22. Isn't part of the Republican mantra that attorneys are all so

greedy, grasping and what is wrong with America? And that the working man should have limited access to an attorney?

[benddem]

13. boo hoo

even his crooked buds are staying away. :nopity: :nopity: :nopity:

[sandnsea]

15. He lives a "modest life" doncha know

That's what Tweety said when during Delay's interview. Walking down a row of very nice homes. The arrogance of these people is just getting to be beyond the pale. The wealthiest in the country are now considered living "modest lives" if they don't have 5 multi-million dollar homes. I love how they raise more money for their defense funds than most of us could raise if we needed a life saving surgery.

[Laelth]

16. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

I don't believe in karma, but things like this ...

-Laelth

[Contrary1]

17. Poor Tom....

Have they checked his off-shore accounts for funds? Probably being held in the same bank as
Abramoff's, Rove's, Cheney's, Rumsfeld's, Libby's, Scanlon's, etc, etc, etc...

[No Exit]

18. "Brother, can you spare a dime?"

"Once I built a racket, made it run,
Made it race against time,
Once I built a racket, now it's done,
Brother, can you spare a dime?"

:nopity: :cry:

[Mz Pip]

19. Oh bummer

Don't the good citizens of Sugar Land want to send him their hard earned cash anymore? Too sad. :cry:

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

20. Awwww, what a shame.

:nopity:

Look at all his resources, sources of funds.

What gets me when they claim they've provided protection by allowing citizens to sue or take a case to court. You know most non rich * supporters can not afford the legal costs.

[tsuki]

21. The first thing out of their mouths after getting caught is "I'm

broke."

[spooky3]

23. I hear there are still plenty of bugs to be killed in Sugar Land.

I'm sure he'll want to pull himself up by his bootstraps.