NEWSFLASH: Tom DeLay–Guilty as Charged!

If it was up to the Court of Feminist Outrage, we would have convicted Tom DeLay long ago on a number of counts, most conspicuously his longtime support, while in the U.S. Senate, of the garment industry sweatshops in the Northern Mariana Islands–a place he called “a perfect petri dish of capitalism … It’s like my Galapagos Island.”

Now DeLay is facing the petri dish of the U.S. penal system: He’s been found guilty by a Texas jury of money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering for a 2002 scheme to circumvent Texas campaign-finance laws and channel funds to GOP candidates. He could be sentenced to as much as life in prison on the first charge (although he probably won’t be given nearly that much time).

Ain’t schadenfreude sweet?

Maybe ex-Sen. DeLay can practice some of his dance moves when he’s in the clink:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUqL3_uCD4Q

Tom DeLay’s booking mugshot, 2005, from Flickr user artindeepkoma, under license from Creative Commons 2.0

About

The late Michele Kort—a dedicated feminist—was the senior editor of Ms. magazine for 13 years. She died June 26, 2015, after a long battle with ovarian cancer. She worked for decades in field of journalism, covering sports, music, culture, art and feminist issues for publications like LA Weekly, The Advocate, Shape, Redbook, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Songwriter, InStyle, Living Fit, Fit Pregnancy, Vegetarian Times, Fitness, UCLA Magazine, Women's Sports and Fitness and more. She is the author of four books, including a biography of singer/songwriter Laura Nyro, Soul Picnic: The Music and Passion of Laura Nyro. Rest in power, Michele.