America's Worst Legislator is trying a new tack, since his smears of DA Ronnie Earle have been largely unsuccessful. He's trying to smear the judge. Who'd a thinked it?
The judge in the case, Bob Perkins, said he was holding the case up temporarily in light of a defense motion demanding he recuse himself because he was a Democrat who had made recent donations to the Democratic Party and to Democratic candidates.
I was going to make a snarky remark, but Earle did far better in his conversation with the bought-n-paid-for media whores.
Mr. Earle, who has prosecuted a variety of politicians, most of them Democrats, during more than a quarter-century as Travis County district attorney, said after the court hearing that it was "absurd" to think of Judge Perkins removing himself from the case.
"What this means is that if a judge had contributed to Crime Stoppers, that judge could not hear a burglary case," Mr. Earle said. "Carried to its extreme, this is what I think this motion means."
Unfortunately, for Delay, if he was truly able to beat these charges by say, being innocent, he would not be trying to smear the crap out of everyone involved in the process. It's probably only a matter of time before we find out the political affiliations of the court clerk, reporter and bailiffs. Watch for the Delays lawyers to move for a mistrial based on one or all of them being Democrats.
