DeLay jurors warned to focus on case

[douglas9]

AUSTIN — Jurors considering the political money laundering case against former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on Tuesday delved deep into the evidence, but asked so many legal questions that the judge warned them that they were getting off track.

DeLay only appeared in the courtroom at times when the jury came in to ask the judge questions.

DeLay had with him a copy of Empire of the Summer Moon, a recent nonfiction book about the Comanche people and their famed chief, Quanah Parker, and a TouchPoint Bible that allows readers to find Scripture relevant to their lives.

"No demons, nor angels nor DAs can keep you separated from the love of Jesus Christ," DeLay said, playing off of a verse from Romans 8.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7308872.html

[CBGLuthier]

1. Blasphemer.

[SpiralHawk]

2. "Hear me, O' Ye Wicked Spawn of RepubliCorp." - Gee Hovah

"The Lord has made everything for his own ends, even the wicked (R) for the evil day."

(Proverbs 16:4)

[zbdent]

3. I heard that they ran out of bibles ...

every time DeLay swore to "tell the truth", the bibles would burst into flames ...