DeLay forced to step down as leader

Here is a headline I’ve been waiting for: A Texas grand jury charged Republican Rep. Tom DeLay and two political associates with conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme, an indictment that forced him to step down as House majority leader.

This does indeed prove the adage: You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. Once again, one of the extreme right-wing neocons who has been spreading vile rumors aplenty about anyone who opposes his nut-case ideas and behavior is now being called to account. What a great day for our experiment in democracy.

GERRY MERRITT

Eugene, Ore.