Juanita scorches DeLay's hide good and proper....

From www.brazosriver.com :

June 8 - The TRO was granted, and the Chairman of the Texas Republican Party is enjoined from calling a meeting of the District Executive Committee. A full hearing will be held on June 22nd. In granting the order, Judge Darlene Byrne wrote,
"Plaintiffs are entitled to a Temporary Restraining Order because it is probable they will prevail against Defendant and obtain a permanent injunction . If the Temporary Restraining Order is not granted, irreparable harm is imminent, as the meeting (the local District Executive Committee) is expected to be called at any moment.

Here's the court documents filed by the Texas Democratic party.

By the way, by granting this, the judge is probably keeping DeLay from going to hell for taking people's money under false pretenses. I think he owes her a big thanks!


June 8 - Whoa, Howdy.

Bob Dunn at fortbendnow.com has some great big giant breaking news.

Since the Republicans are so willing and able to defend DeLay's scams - past and present - it looks like somebody is finally standing up to him and his swindles. The Texas Democratic party says you cannot take the voter's time and money, then run like a bank robber and keep it to yourself. They will stop DeLay from taking his name off the ballot. He's the Republican nominee. He's the overwhelming choice of the Republican party. He has to face the music. Hallelujah, it's about time that somebody held him responsible for his actions.

One of my personal favorite lines from the lawsuit ---

DeLay has finally let voters in on his true intent: he wants to have his name removed from the ballot in November and replaced with another candidate while keeping the money contributed to his primary campaign in clear violation of the Texas Election Code.

The Texas Election Code permits a candidate to withdraw. However, the Legislature attached a cost to withdraw after a primary. If a candidate withdraws after his party’s primary, the party cannot substitute another candidate for the withdrawing candidate. The reason for this rule is simple – the Legislature did not want the candidates duping voters into contributing money and energy to the candidate in the primary, only to watch the candidate take the money and run, not in the general election, but to the bank. So the law places the burden on the party in whose primary the candidate ran – in this instance the Republican party – to make sure that candidates in the party’s primary intend to and will run in the general election. If the Party fails to impose this discipline, the penalty is that the Party cannot insert another candidate into the race for District 22.

Let the Republican whining and gnashing of teeth begin!

Hey GOPper boys, Tom's your man. Where's the love now? Huh?

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