I don’t understand why he’s on the front page of today’s Chronicle. He did show up a the CPAC Convention last month to talk bad about John McCain, but that just shows that he still picks up radio signals from the same planet as Rush and Hannity.

The article tells that he’s still awaiting trial on charges of money laundering and conspiracy over the 2002 statehouse elections, and that the US Justice Department won’t comment on whether he is still under investigation over his involvement with Jack Abramoff, convicted along with two other DeLay associates of conspiring to bribe members of congress.

The two “longtime allies” quoted in the piece were Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform, and Ralph Reed, formerly of Pat Robertson’s Christian Coalition, both of whom have been implicated in schemes to launder Indian casino money scammed from the Tribes by Abramoff and former DeLay staffer Mike Scanlon.

As Fox News tries to rebrand itself, (Slogan: “No Longer Rabid”) I’ll be happier when Delay, Reed, Norquist, Gingrich, and Ollie North are finally seen as such a disgrace that we don’t have to see them on television, except maybe wearing jumpsuits.

Roll out the tumbrels.