Hammer falling

Start taking bets as to when Delay finally drowns under the tidal wave of mounting evidence that he's a greedy, lying jackass.

He pays his family a pretty hefty allowance.

According to press reports, DeLay's wife, Christine, and daughter, Dani DeLay Ferro, accepted over a half of a million dollars from Americans for a Republican Majority (ARM), a political action committee (PAC) directly controlled by DeLay for "long-term strategic guidance" and "personnel decisions."

The cash was paid out since 2001, meaning that DeLay's family added an average of $100,000 dollars to its combined income from funds raised specifically for getting Republicans elected to office.

Campaign finance reformers have criticized the payment of this large sum of money as beyond the normal standards for members of Congress who employ family members.

But padding family income with campaign contributions is only a scratch on the surface.

Separately, DeLay's daughter received an additional $30,000 from Texans for a Republican Majority (TRM), a DeLay controlled PAC modeled after ARM. DeLay Ferro's records related to payments from TRM were subpoenaed by a grand jury in Austin that indicted three officials of that organization on 32 counts in 2004.

Two of those indicted also worked closely with DeLay at ARM.

But, wait! There's more!

Evidence for this role at TRM indicates that DeLay lied about his work in that organization and that his involvement with illegal activities deserves further investigation.

DeLay's position as House Majority Leader and his reputation as an iron-fisted party loyalist who has openly threatened GOP House members who didn't toe the party line on various issues make the political action committees he controls very influential.

But, wait! There's more! Delay has also aided foreign countries!

DeLay is also being scrutinized for accepting privately funded trips to Russia, Britain, and South Korea in 1997, 2000 and 2001 respectively. The trips were paid for by corporations in those countries through Jack Abramoff, a lobbyist connected to DeLay through Ed Buckham, founder of Alexander Strategy Group. Buckham's firm has numerous large international and national corporate clients.

There's lots and lots more. In a CNN interview, the porky money grubber blamed these accusations of ethics violations on "seedy" attempts by the "liberal media" to embarrass him. Oh, Tom. Poor, poor Tom. Liberals don't need to attempt to embarrass you - you're doing a fine job of that yourself.