And here’s Evan Derkacz at Alternet with an outstanding piece on the resignation of Congressman Tom DeLay, in the wake of formal criminal charges of money laundering, and the extent to which it is also a symptom of a corruption gene throughout the Republican party.

An Excerpt:

DeLay will undoubtedly maintain that his four letters of admonition, his criminal indictments, the numerous anecdotes of threats and coercion, are merely partisan contrivances, as he has done in the past.

But the point here isn't simply that a man who consciously took it upon himself to undermine the American system of Democracy is facing charges for his strong-arming opponents and ethics breaches of breathtaking proportions. The point is that nearly every powerful player in the conservative movement and the Republican Party "fed from his trough."

It’s a great read and you can see the rest here.

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