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Former AL Gov. Siegelman (D) and Richard Scrushy Convicted of Corruption
The Birmingham News ^
Posted on 06/29/2006 12:29:26 PM PDT by subaru
Siegelman guilty on 10 counts; Scrushy guilty on all counts; Hamrick and Roberts not guilty.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: clinton; corrupt; corruptdemocrats; cultureofcorruption; jail; scrushy; siegelman
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To: AzaleaCity5691
Note, this is not a defense of Siegelman of all, just saying, it's hard to get a jury to convict in cases such as this, and my personal preference when it relates to political corruption trials is to keep the federal government out of them.
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posted on
06/29/2006 2:17:40 PM PDT
by
AzaleaCity5691
(6-6-06 A victory for reason)
To: subaru
Siegelman guilty on 10 counts.....Somehow I am not surpised that this Democrapic Creep Siegelman has been found guilty of corruption charges.
A few years ago he was bound and determined to honor Muslim Turks in his state over the objection of survivors of the Armenian genocide. There was a letter writing campaign hoping to try to convince him not to sign the proclamation.
He stubbornly refused to listen to the Christian community and signed the proclamation anyway...he was good at taking bribes!
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posted on
06/29/2006 2:26:12 PM PDT
by
eleni121
('Thou hast conquered, O Galilean!' (Julian the Apostate))
To: jmranchman
"St. Louis?"
"No, Navin Johnson."
To: subaru
Nice!! Anytime genuine political corruption is brought to justice is a good thing regardless of party affiliation.
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posted on
06/29/2006 2:59:23 PM PDT
by
newzjunkey
(Support Arnold-McClintock or embrace higher taxes with Angelides.)
To: subaru
I thought I heard on the news last month that Seigleman was going to run for governor. I thought it was strange that he would consider it when he was facing all these charges. I guess he thought he would get off.
To: Crawdad
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posted on
06/29/2006 4:14:42 PM PDT
by
PistolPaknMama
(Al-Queda can recruit on college campuses but the US military can't! --FReeper airborne)
To: PistolPaknMama
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posted on
06/29/2006 4:19:47 PM PDT
by
Crawdad
(So the guy says to the doctor, "It hurts when I do this.")
To: Crawdad
LOL!! A transcript. Who'd a thunk?
"Navin It's him! Him?! What's him doing here?! Sh**head! Sh**head! Attack, attack, attack! (Sh**head attacks) Not me! Sh**head!
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posted on
06/29/2006 4:28:00 PM PDT
by
PistolPaknMama
(Al-Queda can recruit on college campuses but the US military can't! --FReeper airborne)
To: imskylark
He did run for Governor but was trounced in the Democratic primary. Siegelman and Scrushy both thought they would get off -- you could see it in their smirks as they walked out of the courthouse everyday. Nice to see those smirks wiped off their faces today.
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posted on
06/29/2006 5:49:56 PM PDT
by
subaru
To: imskylark
When he tried to challenge his opponent to a debate, her response was: "don't you think you should settle your indictment issues first, before we debate".
It was never brought up again after that classic response.
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posted on
06/29/2006 6:16:52 PM PDT
by
del4hope
To: subaru
More Republican "culture of corruption"?
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posted on
06/29/2006 10:31:52 PM PDT
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Liberalism's main product is Death.)
To: subaru
Isn't Siegelman the guy who got beat but refused to concede and then refused to leave the governor's mansion? Har! No wonder he didn't want to leave!
To: Quilla
I forgot to mention that moments after the Blackberry "verdict in" notification, the device alerted the attorney that "friends" were invited to Seigleman's campaign headquarters for a meet and greet. Go figure.Time to get out the checkbook and help with Seigelman's "legal defense fund". Maybe pay for Mrs. Seigelman's Mercedes.
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posted on
06/30/2006 4:37:39 PM PDT
by
WarEagle
(Karl Rove did it....)
To: subaru
That's the thing with these people in "The System"...they are convinced they are so well-protected, they are above the law. Great to see the rule of law triumph in this case.
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posted on
06/30/2006 6:04:36 PM PDT
by
pray4liberty
(School District horrors: http://totallyunjust.tripod.com)
To: Question Liberal Authority
What, corrupt Demos? I don't believe it!
To: subaru
The Dallas Snooze did not mention the part affiliation in about 20 paragraphs
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posted on
07/01/2006 12:32:22 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Bush lost his mojo??)
To: subaru
To: subaru
back page of the business section no party affiliation mentioned in the Dallas Morning Snooze.
Wouldn't bury that would they??
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posted on
07/01/2006 2:02:50 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Bush lost his mojo??)
To: subaru
I have to laugh about this. Half of the living former governors of Alabama are convicts.
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posted on
06/28/2007 7:27:17 PM PDT
by
magellan
To: batter
"which party was Siegelman with? ... Has Dan Rather confirmed this?"Courage.
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posted on
06/28/2007 7:30:05 PM PDT
by
magellan
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