Chris Bell Responds To Today's Indictment
By Damon McCullar
Chris Bell had this to say about today's indictment.
The need for ethics reform will not end with the criminal indictment of Tom DeLay or even his conviction. Insurance companies bought themselves a legislative majority to stifle long-overdue reforms, and big donors of all stripes have long since put the bit in Rick Perry’s mouth. Texas is the national case study for why reform is such a powerful issue right now.
The full post is available on his blog
For those who haven't had the chance to meet Chris or here him speak, he will be on Hardball at 4pm CDT on MSNBC, and then Hannity and Colmes later tonight on Fox News. Tune in and check him out, let us here at BOR know what ya think.
Now on the issue of disclosure. A friend of mine and fellow blogger was called out as being subcontractor on the Chris Bell campaign and, therefore impartial, for being paid $300 for some web set up work he did. I've never hid the fact that I work on the campaign as a volunteer. It was mentioned on this blog here and here that I do work for the Chris Bell campaign, so there ya have it. Am I impartial? I try to just report what's going on and try not to inject my personal slant into things. I will admit that I've done it from time to time. This is a blog though. You, the readers, are free to disagree with me, you have let know on several occasions that you don't agree with me and I respect your opinion. So there ya have it.
Posted by Damon McCullar at September 28, 2005 02:34 PM
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Chris Bell did slip up a little on the Hardball shown when Chris Matthews (who for some reason listed Jim Mattox as a Republican who was prosecuted by Ronnie Earle) asked him what other Republicans the Travis County DA has pursued.
Bell said he didn't know -- even though it was Bell's own damn general election opponent, who Earle actually convicted!
Nice show prep.
Apparently we're not supposed to talk about that little election. Where he lost to someone who according to one person who finally told me about it was already in prison when the election was held. I guess I wouldn't want to bring that up either. A case of a loser losing to a loser?
Adding to the day's fun, Dick DeGuerin apparently is handling Tom De Lay's defense on the "baseless charges." Interesting since he is also part of the Kinky Friedman for Governor campaign.
