Of course, he doesn't have to go until his appeal is over.

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I hate when AP puts out a story on a politician and doesn't include their party affiliation.

That's why AP stands for Absolutely Pathetic.

Three years is nothing close to what it should have been. Didn't read the article but I'm guessing he'll do a third of that. Nice system we have.

So he won't be sharing a golf course with Paul Magliocchetti any time soon.

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I hate when AP puts out a story on a politician and doesn't include their party affiliation.

That's why AP stands for Absolutely Pathetic.

He's no longer an elected official nor an official spokesperson for his party, why would they list that he's a Republican?

Who wouldn't know Tom Delay's party affiliation in the first place????? He's not some obscure first-term Congressperson for pete's sake.

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I hate when AP puts out a story on a politician and doesn't include their party affiliation.

That's why AP stands for Absolutely Pathetic.

I think you mean you hate it when FOX doesn't list the party of the scandalized criminal Republican, as is their habit. (Though they sometimes label the person as a Democrat, hoping no one will notice.)
It's a wire story, but it was edited and published by Fox. Other AP versions of this story out today include Mr. Delay's party and the fact that he's the FORMER speaker of the house, and lots of other info. Here's one version.
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The sentence comes after a jury in November convicted DeLay on charges of money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

The Republican who represented the Houston area was once one of the most powerful people in U.S. politics, ascending to the No. 2 job in the House of Representatives. During a several-minute statement to the judge prior to sentencing, DeLay repeated his longstanding claims that the prosecution was politically motivated and that he never intended to break the law.

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The sentence comes after a jury in November convicted DeLay on charges of money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

The Republican who represented the Houston area was once one of the most powerful people in U.S. politics, ascending to the No. 2 job in the House of Representatives. During a several-minute statement to the judge prior to sentencing, DeLay repeated his longstanding claims that the prosecution was politically motivated and that he never intended to break the law.

Now come on, you're making it much too easy to read and comprehend.
Where's the fun in repeating myths and urban legends when you do that ?

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Black Tea
I hate when AP puts out a story on a politician and doesn't include their party affiliation.

That's why AP stands for Absolutely Pathetic.

He's no longer an elected official nor an official spokesperson for his party, why would they list that he's a Republican?

Yeah, why refer to ex-Presidents as Mr. President, either?!?!? What else can we add to the list?

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The sentence comes after a jury in November convicted DeLay on charges of money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

The Republican who represented the Houston area was once one of the most powerful people in U.S. politics, ascending to the No. 2 job in the House of Representatives. During a several-minute statement to the judge prior to sentencing, DeLay repeated his longstanding claims that the prosecution was politically motivated and that he never intended to break the law.

Calm down. When this OP first went up, the linked article was very short and did not include any reference to Delay's party. I read it myself and was also surprised, especially since other versions of the AP story were much longer. Fox has since gone back and edited the story again, making it much longer than the original version and adding the party affiliation in.
This is actually not that unusual for an online journalism practice, to put out a very short version, collect more information, then put out a lengthier version a little later.