Karl Rove Destroyed My Life

The Daily Beast ^ | December 17, 2008 | Paul Alexander

[kennedy]

Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman blames Republican dirty tricks for the nine months he spent in prison. He talks to the Daily Beast’s Paul Alexander about clearing his name, anger at Rove—and mopping prison floors.

Last week, Al Gore sent an email message urging supporters to give money to Don Siegelman’s legal defense fund. Gore is the latest in a string of high profile supporters to suggest Siegelman, the former Governor of Alabama, was the victim of a Republican plot when he was found guilty of bribery, conspiracy and fraud in 2006, and sentenced to seven years in prison.

Now, in the waning days of the Bush administration, Siegelman is trying to win back his freedom—not to mention his good name—in a courtroom in Atlanta. Earlier this year, an appeals court granted his release after he had served nine months, saying the Governor’s appeal had raised “substantial questions” about the case against him. Siegelman’s cause was helped by a bipartisan group of 54 former state attorneys general from across the country who filed a federal appeals brief supporting his bid to overturn the conviction. Republican insiders have also come forward to say Siegelman was unfairly targeted by Rove and his circle.

[southland]

You are not the only Alabamian who knows Siegelman is guilty.
I know the idiot lawyer is tied this stupid trick. She will do anything for money!!

[mrmargaritaville]

PUT SOME ICE ON IT!

[fieldmarshaldj]

"Siegelman’s cause was helped by a bipartisan group of 54 former state attorneys"

"Bipartisan usually means that a larger-than-usual deception is being carried out." -- George Carlin

[shield]

Oh poor baby...

[maine-iac7]

sentenced to 7 years - out after 9 months -

hmmmm

[OCC]

How did a former governor—and a rising star in the Democratic Party—end up in a situation like this?

Ummm... he broke the law? This jerk shows up on Air America at least once a week pleading for money.

[FormerACLUmember]

Democrat Alabama Governor Don Siegelman had a long history of Blogojevich style pay or play bribery.

Not to mention blatant theft of the 2002 election.

[huldah1776]

Nah, toilets, that’s the ticket.

[montomike]

Republicans just aren’t that smart?

[I see my hands]

"THIS WHOLE THING IS RIDICULOUS"

And is soon to become Leftist gospel and popular lore.

[Rembrandt]

Scooter Siegelman would be walking free except for this injustice perpetrated by Valerie Plame and Joe Wilson.

Oh, did I confuse two stories? Sorry.

[freekitty]

Yep, it’s always a Republican plot of some kind.

[Yaakob]

This crumb is a blubber clinton clone. His graft goes back to the 70’s. I do not think he has ever done an honest thing in his putrid career. Too bad for Alabama is that he and Fleeceum Scrushy were not sentenced to life without parole.

[blam]

"Me suspect there’s another side to this story."

Siegelman (D) is a corrupt POS and peolpe in Alabama know it.

He is trying to connect Karl Rove to himself in any way possible because he knows it will cause sympathy from Democrats.

[pepsionice]

The thing is...half of the folks in Bama actually believe Siegelman was taken down because of Rove now. Even when you explain the money aspects to them...that Don actually took money for a bribe...they won’t accept that as a “bad” thing. I think at this point....because the Bama court system is trying hard to keep Don out of jail using this Rove episode....is for Bush to pardon Siegelman on Christmas Day. Later, Bush can claim in his memoirs that Don bribed him for the pardon.

[papasmurf]

"Siegelman was unfairly targeted"

Now, that's a contradiction in terms if i ever saw one.

[freespirited]

A person has to fancy himself mighty important to believe that Karl Rove was spending time conspiring to ruin his life.

I have to wonder if such persons have all their marbles.

[Joe Boucher]

And Rove beat the dems like a freaking drum.

[kcvl]

June 28, 2007

Siegelman, 61, and Scrushy, 54, were convicted last year of bribery, conspiracy and mail fraud. The government accused Siegelman of naming Scrushy to a hospital regulatory board in exchange for $500,000 in donations to Siegelman’s 1999 campaign for a state lottery for education. The defense contended there was no quid-pro-quo or personal benefit.

Siegelman also was convicted of obstruction of justice for trying to hide money given by a lobbyist for a motorcycle. The defense contends it was a legitimate transaction and not as depicted by prosecutors.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,287275,00.html

[kcvl]

This is the kind of crap we are going to get for the next several years while JOHN CONYERS tries to free all of his corrupt fellow Democrats by claiming it was all a conspiracy by the Bush administration.

Conyers is investigating whether the 2006 prosecution on corruption charges of Siegelman, a Democrat, was politically motivated.

In looking into the issue, questioned the thoroughness of that probe, noting that investigators had not contacted the jurors themselves, or the federal marshals who allegedly passed notes between the jurors and the prosecution team.

DOJ investigation, then added in a footnote:

Out of an abundance of caution, the Department of Justice recently reopened the investigation into this matter in response to concerns raised about the completeness of the investigation ... It remains the case that we are not aware of any improper contacts.