Bush prejudges DeLay case. Bush verdict: innocent. Bush = delusional

Democrats take Bush to task for saying DeLay is innocent
- Jonathan Weisman, Washington Post
Friday, December 16, 2005


Washington -- Democratic leaders sternly criticized President Bush Thursday for saying former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, is innocent of felonious campaign finance abuses, suggesting his comments virtually amounted to jury tampering before DeLay stands trial.

"The president of the United States said a jury does not need to assemble, that Tom DeLay is innocent," said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. "To have someone of his stature, the president of the United States, prejudge a case is something I've never seen before."

During an interview Wednesday on the Fox News Channel, Bush was asked whether he believed DeLay was innocent of the charges of money laundering and conspiracy that led to his indictment and resignation from the House Republican leadership in September. "Yes, I do," the president replied.

That response pushed the White House on the defensive Thursday. Administration officials have consistently deflected questions about other legal probes -- especially Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald's inquiry into the leaking of CIA operative Valerie Wilson's name -- by saying they could not comment on ongoing investigations.

White House spokesman Scott McClellan called the apparent inconsistency a "presidential prerogative."


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It's looking more nad more like we're losing that republic that Ben Franklin warned us about....

:wtf:

These people need a serious intervention. Or, we do, for letting them get away with this for FIVE YEARS.

their own?

:grr:

faux and the white house planned the event? faux and the white house knows delay and his band of pirates are guilty so this is bush's way of dispensing republican justice with a nice assist from britt hume, who had to get a job at faux because of his lack of scruples, morals and credibility. And bush's base cheers him on from the their klaverns.

:sarcasm:

then, have the PotUS declare him innocent