sereneorange | Evil is as Evil does

Not that I think this will make one bit of difference in the long run, but:

Judge rules against DeLay group

A Texas judge has just ruled against Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay's group Texans for a Republican Majority, saying that it spent illegal corporate money in 2002.

State District Judge Joe Hart ruled Thursday that Texans for a Republican Majority violated state campaign law when it failed to disclose more than a half-million dollars in corporate contributions during the 2002 state legislative elections.

Hart, however, said the plaintiffs could only collect for damages in their campaigns. He awarded $196,660 to the five Democratic candidates who lost in 2002. Included in that total was an $87,332 award to former state Rep. Ann Kitchen of Austin.

Five Democratic candidates sued Bill Ceverha, treasurer for Texans for a Republican Majority. Hart's decision is the first judicial determination in the 2 1/2 year controversy about how the political action committee, created by Republican U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, spent corporate money during the 2002 legislative campaign.

Now, there are shifty politicians in every party, I have even been known to vote against a Democrat I find particualy smarmy. But Satan and his minions that are covering his ass are really starting to piss me off.