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Charles has the latest on the money-laundering officials from Texans for a Republican Majority.

State District Judge Bob Perkins today said he believes two officials with Texans for a Republican Majority should stand trial on felony charges of money laundering.

The judge ruled that the state election code is constitutional and said he disagreed with arguments that the money-laundering charges had to refer to "cash" instead of a $190,000 check that the pair is accused laundering during the 2002 legislative elections.

Perkins, a Democrat who must run for office, referred to his own fundraisers: "All the funds I ever received were checks. In my opinion, funds would include checks."

To which Charles remarks...

Yes, these jokers actually tried to claim that only cash donations (delivered, one presumes, in a brown paper bag) are forbidden by the law. This is on a par with the I didn't say 'Valerie Plame', I said 'Joe Wilson's wife'" defense in terms of insult-the-intelligence capacity.

As far as the right is concerned, Kuff, we're all riding on the short bus.