The Texas Association of Business and Texans for a Republican Majority Political Action Committee have been indicted on charges of illegally using corporate money to help Republicans win control of the Texas Legislature in 2002.
The indictments, released publicly this morning, include 128 counts against the business group and two against the political action committee, which was created by U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Sugar Land.
Drive Democracy has a nice overview of the situation.
Make no mistake: the committee DeLay founded and controlled, day by day and minute by minute, has been formally accused of violating the law in service to DeLay’s pursuit of power. He is culpable.
If New Orleans levees had been necessary to DeLay’s power grab they would have been the strongest in the world. The sad truth is that corruption at the heart of Bush/DeLay Republicans has rendered them incapable of using the power they seek for anything but its own reinforcement.
Another sick consequence of these criminal acts is that despite some of the perps being caught, the crime itself continues to reward. It’s like catching a bank robber in the act, but letting him keep the money and requiring the bank to allow the robber to make withdrawals on demand.
And the republican culture of corruption marches on.
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