Now, wouldn’t some Fitz indictments just cap off the month?

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I am not saying that anyone should turn off their critical faculty. Just the opposite. If DeLay has any proof Earle is a hack, let’s hear it. The fact that he went after DeLay in itself is not enough to qualify Earle as a hack. If there is no other evidence, then there is no reason to be questioning his motives every time his name comes up.

THAT is more than bias–that’s outright propaganda. And CNN wonders why its ratings are not just in the toilet, but halfway to the septic field.

I’m completely agnostic as to the substance of these charges. But it’s pretty dang blinkered of you to assume that Ronnie Earle is necessarily free of political motivation just as its for Republicans to write off everything he alleges as politically motivated.

Ultimately this is a criminal case and De Lay’s fate will be decided in a trial. No matter what happens in that trial, no court will ever consider Ronnie Earle’s motivations — that’s up for the public and the voters of Travis County to ascertain for themselves. And it says something about Earle’s reputation that in an increasingly Republican state he keeps being re-elected.

Your eagerness for Earle’s prosection is understandable considering your political persuasion. But to call for everyone to turn off their critical facilities when it comes to considering the actions of anyone — Earle, Patrick Fitzgerald and every Republican you can name — is foolhearty. If Earle is the man you say he is, he can withstand the scrutiny.

I don’t give a shit what happens to Tom De Lay. But I do give a very big shit as to the direction of our political culture. And if Earle’s prosecutions are politically motivated — and I don’t know that they are or have any substantive reason to believe they are — I imagine an ugly future where political conflicts are comingled with prosecutions from both sides.

And, damn it Jane, I resent being accused of flinging dirt in any direction or doing it on behalf of anyone.

No I am most serious about that comment. If you don’t have proof he’s not honest and hard working, stop flinging dirt on behalf of Hot Tub Tom.

I don’t have the slightest idea whether the charges against De Lay have any substance or what Mr. Earle’s agenda is. And I don’t regularly watch CNN (or Fox). But the assumption that this is beyond partisan politics is foolish. Just as the assumption that this is purely politically motivated would be. Journalists should be questioning the assertions of both sides, not cheerleading for Ronnie Earle or backstopping for Tom De Lay.

Ultimate my hope is that the charges against De Lay have some real heft. Because the last thing this country needs is for it’s political culture to degenerated into a fever swamp of trumped indictments against Republicans by Democratic prosecutors followed by vengeance prosecutions of Democrats by Republican prosecutors.