Amidst the recent tragedy...

...a brighter note...

AUSTIN, Texas — Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, once considered among the nation's most powerful and feared lawmakers, was sentenced to three years in prison Monday for a scheme to influence elections that already cost him his job, leadership post and millions of dollars in legal fees.

Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!

AUSTIN — Eight years after former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay helped engineer a Republican takeover of the Texas House and state congressional delegation, a Travis County jury Wednesday convicted him of felony money laundering in the 2002 elections.

Oh frabjous day!

Dear Megan Chuchmach and Matthew Mosk…

If your lede includes the words "Tom DeLay" and doesn't include the words "was convicted," you're writing the wrong story.

Love,

Upper Left

(P.S. - Mr. DeLay is a disgraced former Majority Leader. He earned the title. When reporting his conviction, please get it right.)

(Corrected per Carl's comment. Duh.)

Well, if you put it that way…

dday...

Put it this way: if I told you in the middle of 2006 that Democrats would control Tom DeLay AND Dennis Hastert's seats in Congress within two years, would you believe me?

…I suppose not.

And I'm usually an unusually optimistic sort.

Who would Jesus...

...bitch-slap?