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It's OK If You're a Republican strikes again.

Justice Department lawyers concluded that the landmark Texas congressional redistricting plan spearheaded by Rep. Tom DeLay (R) violated the Voting Rights Act, according to a previously undisclosed memo obtained by The Washington Post.But senior officials overruled them and approved the plan.

To top it off,

the Texas legislature proceeded with the new map anyway because it would maximize the number of Republican federal lawmakers in the state, the memo said. The redistricting was approved in 2003, and Texas Republicans gained five seatsin the U.S. House in the 2004 elections, solidifying GOP control of Congress.

There's nothing like ignoring the law as it is specifically dictated to you by the judiciary, burying the decision for two years and illegally doing as you please. The Republican party is neither the party of morality nor the party of personal responsibility. It is the party of greed and acting out of personal, short sighted self interest. Lawmakers have a responsibility to the entirety of thhe country, not solely themselves and their own. Not only is it disgusting, but such people should also be kept as far away as possible from governing other people and thrown in jail.

It's time to spread the word: Democrats stand for economic and social responsibility. If there are some Democrats who don't, then they need to be kicked out of the party without DeLay. heh heh :P