DeLay Lied

Now I know "DeLay Lied" is definitely not a newsflash to anyone, but take a look at this article published by The Houston Chronicle The day after U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay's grand jury indictment, his lawyer and the jury foreman on Thursday appeared to contradict the Texas politician's assertions that he was not given a chance to speak before the jury. The foreman, William M. Gibson Jr., a retired state insurance investigator, said the Travis County grand jury waited until Wednesday, the final day of its term, to indict him because it was hoping he would accept jurors' invitation to testify. DeLay said in interviews that the grand jury never asked him to testify. [snip] In a Wednesday night appearance on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, he said Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle never talked to him or asked him to testify. "Never asking me to testify, never doing anything for two years," DeLay said in the interview. "And then, on the last day of his fourth or sixth grand jury, he indicts me. Why? Because his goal was to make me step down as majority leader." Now that is an outright lie. I am listening to the interview with Chris Matthews on iPod as I post this. He even went so far as to accuse Nancy Pelosi and others in the Democratic Party as having a meeting or meetings and conspiring to tell Ronnie Earle to get him. You can read directly from the transcript of the "Hardball" program HERE. MATTHEWS: Right. But, in this case, forced you to relinquish your leadership. DELAY: Never talking to me. Never talking to me. Never asking me to testify, never doing anything for two years. And then, on the last day of his fourth or sixth grand jury, he indicts me. Why? Because his goal was to make me step down as majority leader. and he continues further on MATTHEWS: Do you think there were meetings involving Nancy Pelosi or anyone else in the House leadership or these guys you mentioned who lost their seats and put together this charge against you; they cooked it up? DELAY: Yes, I think so, but I... MATTHEWS: It wasn't just his eager beaver prosecutors helping Ronnie Earle? It was people from outside who involved themselves in this? DELAY: I think so. yes. It's always someone else's fault or a conspiracy with these guys. None of them have ever owned up to wrongdoing or a mistake in their self-centered lives. Well his lies are going to catch up with him big time. As you and I both know, persistent liars always trip themselves up eventually because they can't remember what they said and contradict themselves. See you in the "perp walk" soon Tommy. MORE....