Recently, in this country, people guilty of tax evasion can either go to jail, get a slap on the wrist, or a position in Obama’s Cabinet. It is an unfortunate reality that equal justice under the law doesn’t really exist anymore… perhaps it never did. It is rather disturbing that a point in history where technology allows us, as the public masses, be more informed than ever, that such injustices continue to occur without public outcry.
Just recently, we’ve seen Rep. Charlie Rangel, who has deliberately evaded paying thousands and thousands in taxes, year after year, not only stay in Congress, but get a mere slap on the wrist. Rangel was just reelected in November by an overwhelming majority in his district. Despite his crimes, he will serve out congressional term after congressional term, not a jail sentence.
And then there’s former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, an innocent man whose legal activities on behalf of Republicans made his the target of a politically motivated persecution. The editors at National Review call DeLay’s guilty verdict and sentence Travesty in Texas, and that sums it up perfectly.
As Tom DeLay fights for justice and his freedom, there is something we can do to help. I encourage all of you to contribute to the Tom DeLay Legal Defense Fund to help him in what will be a long and expensive appeals process.
This isn’t about one man, this is about the integrity of our legal system. We cannot continue to sit idly by and let criminals go free as innocent people lose their freedom. All of us, Republicans and Democrats, should want equal and fair treatment under the law.
Let’s help Tom DeLay. Politics is not a crime.
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