One can only hope that Karl Rove will take his place, what was an is going on in Alabama should concern every American that trys to believe that the Justice system is not to be used for Political infighting.

The White House an Karl Rove with the assistance of the Republician Party of Alabama, have been caught with there hands in the cookie jar an one can only hope that JUSTICE will really be served!!!

One only needs to see whats going on in this case to realize why the minority community has little faith in this so called Justice system. If you have money and Power it is clear that you can manilupate the system, what a fucking disgrace!!!!

The House Judiciary Committee has said it wants Siegelman to testify when it probes claims of selective prosecution by the Justice Department.



Read:

DoJ the Political arm of the GOP, Rove's Attorney General Debacle.

Donald Eugene Siegelman (born February 24, 1946) is an American Democratic politician. He was the governor of Alabama from 1999 to 2003. Don Siegelman is the only person in the history of Alabama to be elected to serve in all four of the top statewide elected offices: Secretary of State, Attorney General, Lieutenant Governor and Governor. He served in Alabama politics for 26 years, winning his first election for the governorship with 57% of the vote, including over 90% of the African-American electorate.

There is no difference between Shrub Justice and Dictatorships around the world. No one in Western Democracies is more like Saddam Hussein than Shrub.

That's right. There is NO corruption in our Democratic Party!!!

Rove is behind this arrest and also behind the conviction. It doesn't matter that Siegelman appointed Scrushy to a hospital regulatory board in exchange for Scrushy arranging $500,000 in contributions to Siegelman's campaign for a statewide lottery. That is just how politics work.

Republicans are crooks and regardless of the facts they should all be behind bars.

Republicans are crooks and regardless of the facts they should all be behind bars.

Posted by KBM

The death penalty would be better but I'll accept prison for all republicans

Horrible! Gee, being from NJ, I'm not used to seeing corruption and criminal activity in politicians.

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday ordered Siegelman released while his conviction is being appealed.



???? What are the odds that the average person would get this favorable judgment?

We lock up people caught smoking crack for 5-10 years and this clown gets out after 9 months?? In my opinion, his crime has many victims that the crack users doesn't.....but we treat him like a prince.

Commonsense, are you aware of anything to do with this case? Usually you make more sense than that.

"Alabama, you've got the weight on your shoulders, that's breaking your back...your Cadillac has got a wheel in the ditch and a wheel on the tracks..."

- Neil Young

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RVZ

Commonsense, are you aware of anything to do with this case? Usually you make more sense than that.

Posted by YAV at 2008-03-29 07:36 PM | Reply | Flag

I read the article. I'm simply pointing out the discrepancy between the connected and the average people. Most don't get released while awaiting an appeal.

I read the article. I'm simply pointing out the discrepancy between the connected and the average people. Most don't get released while awaiting an appeal.

Fair enough, though for this type of crime, most don't get thrown in jail right immediately, nor have the sentence that was handed down. Remember Scooter?

That was par for the course, not extraordinary. Up to the commutation anyway.

This entire situation has been bizarre from start to finish. Enough where 52 USA's, republican and democrat wrote to the DOJ to complain about the unevenness of the sentencing, the way it was administered, and the way the prosecution was pursued. Worse yet, the Court took 18 months to release the transcript, deliberately holding up the appeals process.

celisary, I was just agreeing with you. Now if I started cussing and calling you names I would sound like you too. I am not for any politician. They ALL have their hands in the cookie jar.

And this is the 693th day since Keith Olbermann declared that "Karl Rove will in fact be indicted". And Waxman will find something any day now, somewhere in the 700 plus investigations that have been going on.

drudge retort blog in 2033

"Former President George W. Bush Leaves Prison"
(1811 comments) ...

one can dream.


all the best

Spud believes that BushCo stacked the DOJ with loyal Bushies and proceeded to indulge in some selective prosecutions including Gov. Siegelman here in order to try and ensure a perpetual Rethuglican majority.

Carl Rove belongs in jail fer this and so does Chimpy and Cheney and Gonzales.

More people should be incensed here.

Be Well.

"and if there is some way for me to report this to whatever authorities that could do something, I would."

What kind of pussy are you that you don't know any way to report it to the "authorities"?

so I read this story and in no part did it ID this guy as to what party he belonged to only that he said some republicans had set him up or something like that. so does he have a d or an r after his name. since it wasnt in the headline or the first paragraph I assume he is a democrat....am I right or wrong?

google it and find out, douchebag.

"...he said some republicans had set him up or something like that."

So which Republican monkey are you: See No Evil, or Hear No Evil?

so both of you are at least tacitly approving of his comments

upon further review, I hereby rescind this comment even though alex is usually mean and nasty in any comment he/she/it ever makes my way. I must have had my finger on the hair trigger and it just went off. but I am quite certain that there will be multiple posts coming soon that my comment will be spot on and in use.

And this is the 693th day since Keith Olbermann declared that "Karl Rove will in fact be indicted".

No, Olbermann didn't.

KMB...No we don't agree, everytime some Republician Politico gets in trouble the RIGHT WING"S only retort is well everybody does it. What claptrap bullshit!!!!

"These are examples of statements that I would be crucified if left to stay on the thread but yet jomama seems to be getting a pass."

Nonsense. Going generic threatens entire blocks of people. And a knock to the noggin is mild, compared to what Rove did to the country. One is venting. The other is hate speech.