Tom DeLay Was Sentenced in prison

Tom DeLay was convicted of conspiring to direct laundered money to Republican candidates for the Texas legislature in 2002. The attorneys for Tom DeLay are appealing the conviction. Tom DeLay, once the most powerful man in the House of Representatives, was sentenced to three years in prison Monday. But it could have been much worse



Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert said character witness on behalf of DeLay, without apparent success. DeLay plans to appeal, but it is a remarkable thing. In most countries there is corruption among senior political leaders. But the U.S. system has again distinguished itself by believing that a responsible leadership, at least part time. DeLay joins a long list of congressmen, like Dan Rostenkowski and Bob Ney, who have been deprived of their liberty for their misdeeds.

In recent days, a major Democratic fundraiser and lobbyist, Paul Magliocchetti, was sentenced to 27 months in prison for evading the campaign finance laws that he showered defense appropriators, including the late John Murtha of Pennsylvania and Jim Moran of Virginia, with the money to the campaign as members of Congress spent the money that customers benefited from Magliocchetti.

These are reasons to be proud of our democratic system is often imperfect.