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BREAKING: Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher (R) indicted
WHAS 11 ^ | May 11, 2006 | Mark Hebert

Posted on 05/11/2006 1:43:19 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat

Edited on 05/11/2006 1:58:13 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Governor Fletcher indicted

04:43 PM EDT on Thursday, May 11, 2006
By K. ALISON BROTZGE / WHAS11.com

Governor Ernie Fletcher has been indicted by the Merit Hiring Grand Jury on charges of conspicacy to commit politcal discrimination. This is culmination of months of investigation by the Attorney General, Greg Stumbo and a blanket pardon from Governor Fletcher. It should be noted that the pardon does not include the governor.

Will we continue to bring you more information as it becomes available.

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From The Associated Press:

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -- Gov. Ernie Fletcher was indicted on misdemeanor charges Thursday by a special grand jury investigating state hiring practices.

Fletcher was charged with criminal conspiracy, official misconduct, and violating the prohibition against political discrimination.

The grand jury also handed down 14 sealed indictments.

(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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TOPICS: Breaking News; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: erniefletcher; fakehatecrimes; fletcher; govwatch; innocent; kentucky; kentuckystumbo; martyr; stumbo; witchhunt
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To: Republican Wildcat; All

Frankfort, KY (AP) - Governor Ernie Fletcher has been indicted on misdemeanor charges today by a special grand jury investigating state hiring practices.

Fletcher is charged with criminal conspiracy, official misconduct, and violating the prohibition against political discrimination.

The grand jury also handed down 14 sealed indictments.

A Fletcher spokesman says the governor's office would release a statement later.

So far, 13 current and former administration officials and associates have been indicted on various misdemeanor charges stemming from the probe.

Fletcher was scheduled to appear at King's Daughters Heart and Vascular Center in Ashland for an event at 5 p.m. EDT today.


81 posted on 05/11/2006 3:06:52 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK ("Please run your Biochip across the scanner " Warning ! Warning ! Happiness detected Detain at Once)
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To: Republican Wildcat

We know a grand jury will indict anything with very little proof, but the nature of the charge itself seems a peculiar law.


82 posted on 05/11/2006 3:09:20 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Republican Wildcat
Wait until they start indicting for so called "hate" crimes!
83 posted on 05/11/2006 3:09:33 PM PDT by jan in Colorado (Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum (If you wish for peace, prepare for war.))
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To: MPJackal
The habit we are getting into of criminalizing political activity (this, 'hate crimes', 'campaign finance reform,' voter fraud, etc.) will culminate in civil war.

What if the Dems won a national election, and the red states refused to obey?

84 posted on 05/11/2006 3:09:36 PM PDT by pierrem15
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To: Republican Wildcat

And Hillary still walks free.


85 posted on 05/11/2006 3:10:01 PM PDT by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: Republican Wildcat

I guess when you fail to get elected you go to your former court appointed judges to get approval for a "formal arrest"....

Time to tell the judge that he/she is not above the law and arrest the judge for abuse of power, throw the person in jail with Bubba or Mary and go on about business.


86 posted on 05/11/2006 3:10:23 PM PDT by Prost1 (Sandy Berger can steal, Clinton can cheat, but Bush can't listen!)
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To: Republican Wildcat

People with discriminating tastes vote Republican.


87 posted on 05/11/2006 3:13:06 PM PDT by ohioWfan (PROUD Mom of an Iraqi LIBERATION Vet! THANKS, son!!.)
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To: Millicent_Hornswaggle
Politics in Ky is ugly. It's almost like being a king, my daddy used to say.

Your daddy was right. In eastern KY during the depression era the politicians and coal company officials were almost the only people there who managed to get by alright. For instance, if a man or woman could win a race for the local school board many of his or her family members could get jobs doing something at or around the school. The same thing applied to some degree to other political offices and government facilities, but the school positions were particularly useful for that purpose. With so many of the mines closed and no other industry in the region it was a matter of survival of the cleverest and most ruthless.

My wife's family was involved in politics in eastern KY during that time. One of her uncles served a short sentence for killing a rival politician on election day at the polling place. He happened to be a member of the "right" party faction at the time, so he got off with practically a slap on the wrist. The family had managed to get a sister elected to the school board at the last election, and the other candidate was of course a threat to their meal ticket. The killing was in self defense according to the family, but I think there was more to it than that since the other man wasn't armed.

I haven't visited down there since the last family funeral in the 1980s, but I understand that the old ways are fading away fast in those mountains now and prosperity has arrived at last. That's kinda sad in a way I guess, that was a unique part of America at one time and according to my wife not a bad place to grow up in spite of all it's many problems. But as "they" say, you can't stop progress. At least you can't if you count Walmart Super Centers, quarter-mile long strip malls, and fast food joints on every corner as progress.

88 posted on 05/11/2006 3:13:30 PM PDT by epow
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To: kjo
The symbol of the Congressional Republicans should be that crybaby from Ohio, the one that cried during John Bolton's hearings.


Him and that useless Specter.

The Dems are like that bully in A Christmas Story, they see Republican tears and go...cry, baby, cry, cry.
89 posted on 05/11/2006 3:25:47 PM PDT by Patriot from Philly
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To: Republican Wildcat

Do we have another display of prosecutorial malfeasance on display by a Rat?


90 posted on 05/11/2006 3:36:55 PM PDT by demlosers
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To: Izzy Dunne

I think it's a "Weakest Link" type question.


91 posted on 05/11/2006 3:49:00 PM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: Republican Wildcat
"charges of conspicacy to commit politcal discrimination"

What in God's name is that supposed to mean?!?

92 posted on 05/11/2006 3:52:16 PM PDT by KoRn
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To: Republican Wildcat
Fletcher was charged with criminal conspiracy, official misconduct, and violating the prohibition against political discrimination.

What the.....?

Republicans HAVE to hire democrat spys now? Who is this judge, anyway?

Do democrats really have to dig this hard to find a "guilty" Republican? They actually have to charge them for not hiring democrats because that's all they can find? How gay is that? I suppose Kennedy, Hillary, and Kerry hire hard core Republican Conservatives to work for them all the time (NOT!)

OK Kentucky FReepers. Start checking to MAKE SURE democrats are hiring Conservative Republicans. I'll bet you won't find even one democrat doing it!

93 posted on 05/11/2006 3:55:57 PM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal.")
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To: Republican Wildcat

Gregory D. Stumbo is Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (2003 – present). He previously served in the Kentucky House of Representatives for twelve terms. Stumbo was Kentucky's longest-serving House Majority Floor Leade(1980 – 2003) and as Majority Leader in the House (1985 – 2003). Stumbo is a member of the Democratic party.


94 posted on 05/11/2006 3:58:16 PM PDT by saganite (Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
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To: Republican Wildcat

One minute you are putting a flower blanket on a racehorse, next minute you are putting a blanket on your jail cell bunk. Maybe too much bourbon.


95 posted on 05/11/2006 4:02:21 PM PDT by Tulsa Ramjet ("If not now, when?")
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To: saganite
Stumbo is a member of the Democratic party.

There. Now we have the whole story.
The governor would not cave to the democrat party, so the dictators in black were sent out to do him in.

96 posted on 05/11/2006 4:06:20 PM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal.")
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To: KoRn
What in God's name is that supposed to mean?!?

A Republican governor did not hire democrat spies.
The democrat judge indicted him for political discrimination.
I kid you not.

97 posted on 05/11/2006 4:10:51 PM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal.")
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To: concerned about politics

Wow!


98 posted on 05/11/2006 4:11:38 PM PDT by KoRn
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To: AaronThompson; aCDNinUSA; AFMobster; alicewonders; all_american1; Amn. Seaman; anoldafvet; ...
BLUEGRASS PING
99 posted on 05/11/2006 4:17:21 PM PDT by RonPaulLives (Never trust anything ending in "u." For example, "DU," "EU," "I love you")
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To: concerned about politics
"The democrat judge indicted him for political discrimination."

As usual, the fanatics on the Left can't abide by the will of the people of Kentucky.

Impeach the bastard. Now.

100 posted on 05/11/2006 4:20:29 PM PDT by Reactionary (The Barking of the Native Moonbat is the Sound of Moral Nitwittery)
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