Some DeLay-linked lobbyists 'want their money back'

YOUR STUPIDITY DUDES, HES ALWAYS BEEN A CRIMINAL, SO SUCK IT IN AND TAKE IT, HE JUST TOOK YOU FOR A RIDE,

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Published: Monday April 10, 2006

Some lobbyists who raised money for outgoing Congressman and former Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) are saying they want their money back, according to today's Roll Call.

The lobbyists are angered by the shifting of donor money from campaign to legal defense funds.

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DeLay, who is fighting an indictment in Texas, announced last week his intention to resign. He is also caught up in the Jack Abramoff scandal, in which some of his former aides have pleaded guilty.

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“If I wanted to give to a legal fund, I would’ve done it directly,” snarled one GOP lobbyist who refused to have his name attached to such callous-sounding sentiments, even if DeLay is leaving Congress.

Another lobbyist who gives to Members on both sides of the aisle said, “It’s nauseating to think about” his campaign contribution going to fund DeLay’s legal team. “I’m realistic about it. He wouldn’t resign for no reason,” this lobbyist said, noting that the timing of DeLay’s departure came awfully close to the announcement of a plea agreement by his former aide Tony Rudy. “That all this money will go to the legal defense fund, it sickens me,” he added. “I have to pay for that?”

Another Republican lobbyist and past participant in DeLay fundraisers also declined to speak ill of “the Hammer” on the record, but said, “It’s interesting that he’s been fundraising up a storm and now he’s not going [to run]. I didn’t know we were going to support a legal fund.” He added, sarcastically, “Glad we can help him out with it.”
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