Tom DeLay's PAC fined out of existence

Haha. Following an FEC complaint by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), Tom DeLay's ARMPAC - Americans for a Republican Majority - has closed its doors. The DeLay front group was fined $115,000 and pleaded guilty to the following:

The FEC found that:

--ARMPAC failed to report accurately nearly a quarter million dollars in contributions and expenditures during the 2001-2002 election cycle.

--ARMPAC failed to report nearly $325,000 in debts owed to 25 campaign vendors.

--ARMPAC improperly used over $200,000 in soft money to pay for federal election activity. In particular, ARMPAC improperly used over $120,000 in soft money to pay for GOTV activities in Texas immediately before the 2002 general election.

Thus ends another chapter in the long history of reactionary crime. One gets the feeling that a multitude of chickens are in the air, coming home at last to roost.