Gracing the Washington Post front page this morning is an article by Sylvia Moreno with the headline, Lawyer for DeLay Urges Ruling Soon. Delay's attorney Dick DeGuerin is asking the court to rule quickly on the felony charge of conspiracy to violate the state election code. The charge had previously been dismissed because the supposed crime occurred a year before the law against it went into effect. Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle is trying to the charge get reinstated.
We can tell that Delay is the evil villain of the story by this helpful clue from reporter Moreno.
In a thinly veiled reference to DeLay's bid for reelection this year while under indictment on state money-laundering and conspiracy charges, the congressman's attorney asked the three-judge panel to rule quickly.
What an imaginative use of the old "thinly veiled threat" cliche! Farther down we find the veil.
"He's going to have an extremely well-funded opponent in November," DeGuerin said, predicting a large infusion of money into the campaign of DeLay's Democratic opponent, former representative Nick Lampson.
"I think we're going to see the outside money come into this race. It will make 2002 and 2003 pale by comparison," DeGuerin said. "The November elections are coming up. That's very important."
How fortunate Ms. Moreno is on hand to unveil such well disguised references.
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