"frivolous ethics charges against me...all dismissed"
Medved didn't correct him and I'm sure most of the listeners don't recall the facts but The Bugman lied again:
From CNN (1/4/05):
The ethics panel said DeLay's attendance at a June 2002 golf fund-raiser for his leadership political action committee created an "improper appearance." The event was attended by energy company officials and held as House and Senate conferees were about to hash out energy legislation.
The committee also found that DeLay's office improperly contacted the Federal Aviation Administration in May 2003 to track a plane carrying Texas Democratic legislators, who had fled the state in an attempt to thwart a Republican plan to redraw the state's congressional district map. The committee said the contacts amounted to an improper use of governmental resources for a political undertaking.
From CNN (10/7/04):
DeLay was also admonished by the committee on another complaint, related to a promise DeLay made to a fellow GOP House member to endorse his son's bid for Congress in return for the lawmaker's vote for the Medicare prescription drug bill.
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My my steve you sure know your house procedures. An admonishment by the house ethics committee is not an official sanction nor censure. In fact admonishments are not to be made public and are used to help guide members. Therefore Mr. DeLay was in fact correct when he stated that all charges were dismissed and he has never been found guilty of anything. In the future you might want to base your allegations on fact and not by using cnn. But alas folks as educated as you don't like dealing with facts only personal attacks.
My impression is that "dismissal" meant he was cleared of any wrongdoing whatsoever. That is clearly NOT the case.
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