Click for largerAll roads lead to Rove. That was the message scrawled as an afterthought in the lower left-hand corner of the envelope I received in yesterday’s mail. It contained a letter from an old and dear friend of mine. His name is Don Siegelman. He is the former governor of Alabama and he is being held as a political prisoner of the Bush administration in a Federal prison in Louisiana.
They don’t allow Don the luxury of stationary so he must write his letters on whatever he can find. He wrote me on a xeroxed article he wanted me to see. [..]
When I first heard of Don being prosecuted for corruption my heart sank. I didn’t know what to think. It had been years since we’d spoken and the press made it sound awful for Don (what else?). Of course I had no idea what was really going on. Now that I do I am horrified…and furious.
Don is a formidable force in Alabama politics. His friends are loyal and his supporters enthusiastic. They re-elected him Governor in the midst of a bogus corruption trial engineered by the Bush Justice Department at the behest of Karl Rove who takes orders from you-know-who. Don campaigned for re-election throughout the early phases of the trial. On election night he was declared the winner, but Karl Rove’s minions stole the election overnight by manipulating the ballots in Baldwin County. It was classic Rovian/Republican election theft. They did it with computers and electronic voting machines. Don went to bed the re-elected Governor of Alabama, and woke up an unemployed defendant. [..]
Something that has not been reported is that they have been physically beating Don. I don’t know the extent of his injuries or exactly how many times it has happened – but it has been multiple times.
There are no words for the fury I feel. This is an outrage. And it is the most un-American thing I have ever heard. I cry bitter tears of frustration and rage.
Please everyone. We have to help Don, and we have to crush these thugs and put them out of the business of perverting our democracy. We must investigate and prosecute the responsible parties, not for political reasons, but to actually serve the interest of justice. The cause of justice calls upon us to hold these criminals accountable. We must bring them to justice and stop such travesties from ever again happening in our United States of America.
A new review of evidence suggests that an aligned group of Republican interests were pressing for — and seeking to profit financially from — the trial of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman on charges of bribery, according to Sam Stein of HuffPo.
Please contact Rep. John Conyers and Sen. Patrick Leahy, chairmen of their respective Judiciary committees and ask them to appoint an Independent Investigator. You can also donate to Siegelman’s Defense Fund.
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Hershey road too?
“If you can’t do the time; don’t do the crime” _ Barreta
The perverse nature of Chimpy and Co has reached their zenith …………….
Were this a BJ in the Oval Office, it would be impeachable, but politically motivated prosecution and false imprisonment is just Tixis (sic) good ole boy politics.
THIS
IS
NOT
AMERICA
and yet it is…
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abob @ 2:
“If you didn’t do the crime , you shouldn’t be doing any time” _MCMetal
“abob drinks his own piss “_abob
I’m sure the next thing I will read is that he is being waterboarded, You all need to come to your senses. I love the fact that Rove is able to screw with your minds and pull your strings whenever he wishes. Don is as innocent as Spitzer.
Karl Rove Claims Siegelman Got Off Easy
should be: stationery….not stationary
[Enough. You haven’t posted here in months and you swagger in, make 5-6 posts and 2 of them are extremely abusive to other posters. Stop it-Sitemonitor]
7 Troll
Sorry troll, I was addressing another troll
With postage due.
Wouldn’t it be nice to have an administration in Washington that was embarrassed when they were exposed taking political prisoners.
Troll @ 7:
This “judgement” rendered by one of the most moronic creatures ever crapped out on the planet ; part of the retarded Chimpy Adoration Brigade , which has a whopping 19% membership roster………
Thanks for your 2 wooden cents ………..
Who cares about this, we need to focus on Obama’s former minister and his middle name.
Yes, it’s an outrage.
The American penal/legal system is an outrage.
The War on Drugs is an outrage.
These Rethuglicans should be prosecuted under RICO statutes.
…
Do it…
John.Conyers@mail.house.gov
and
senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov
Troll,
Innocent of what? Do you even know what the charges are?
You are even more ignorant than you are stupid. By the way, your hero, Doughboy is going down. The ‘executive priviledge’ meme is not going to wash.
President Obama is going to see pudgy ass go to the slammer for at least five years.
Now there is a genuine criminal.
As a homosexual, Rove will enjoy his long visit. There should be lots of ‘tang available there.
Something tells me he wont get out of there alive =/
Troll @ 7:
I love the fact that Bill Clinton is able to screw with your minds and pull your strings whenever he wishes.
I emailed conyers office.
Whether he is guilty or not we may never know. One thing he’s guilty of of course is being a Democrat. Our good buddy TROLL probably never heard of the Permanent Republican Majority or the K street Project.
But even if he is, then why is he not allowed visitors?
What the fork?!? Isn’t this the kind of thing we would expect from Communist era Russia? Same thing I thought to myself when Powell went in front of the UN, and even I could tell his evidence was bogus from just a half hour on the Internet; at least in re the aluminum tubes. ISIS had an article up within a day. We’ve become our own worst nightmare.
This country IS at war - unfortunately it is being fought within our own borders and we ourselves (certainly those of us in the middle class) are the targets.
We can expect this type of thing as long as the current group of republican criminals are still in office. The republican party is run by a few pretty smart evil assholes that manipulate there ignorant supporters into doing very stupid things.
It’s the almost intelligent leading the idiot morons!
SKYLAB @ 21:
That’s the truth.
James Ratliff @ 22:
Dang, you’re reading my mind. Republicans consist of evil geniuses, and moonshine guzzlers with guns for penises. Even as we “speak,” the Bush administration is inflicting as much damage as they can before their demise. There should be laws… wait there are… wait there were.
I have said it before and I’ll say it again: if you support the Republican party you are UnAmerican. If you support a party that hates America and Americans in such a way that they would do everything in their power to destroy it and us how can you call yourself patriotic?
I am so sick of Republican knuckleheads saying “well, bush and cheney are bad but the Republican party is OK” - My answer is always the same “you must be so pig ignorant of what is happening in your country (not to mention your party) that you no longer deserve to call yourself an American.” - I never get a good response to that one…but I really don’t care.
So to your Republican lurkers out there, take a good look at yourself and try to look at your party and what they are doing…and ask yourself “if it were a Democrat that was committing these crimes against society how would I feel?
Now they are physically beating Don?
This sick bush cheney mob across the country………… All Americans have had it, republicans, democrats and independents
And now Rove is advising McCain?
Our Great and Good Nation will be Deceived No More
Bush + Cheney = 0 % CREDIBILITY
U.S. Media Propagandists + Cable + Fox News = 0% CREDIBILITY: ACCOMPLICES
Supporters of Bush and Cheney In Congress = VOTE THEM OUT: ACCOMPLICES
Bush Appointments and Endorsements = MORE OF THE SAME: CRIMINAL COVER-UP
…and we now see Carlyle Capital defaulting on $16 - 20 BILLION in mortgage-backed securities,
… im sure after profiting handsomely on the upside run.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/2358009.....source=RSS*tag*&par=RSS
…And Greg Palast ( a real reporter ) has an update on Spitzer
http://www.gregpalast.com/elli.....ts-nailed/
Watch out for the crooks and their next hit…….
Runaway inflation inevitably leads to political chaos.
Numerous countries throughout the 20th century know.
NOW: Reign in all the Corrupt Coporations, Big Oil Profiteers, CEO’s and Off Shore Corporate Criminals
Redo the 2001 Bush Tax Cuts ….
We now can all see the Effect - They WERE designed to Hurt Our Country
Troll @ 7:
Or as innocent at Craig and Vitter? I love the fact the American voter screwed with your minds by kicking your asses out of congress. Get ready to have your minds screwed with again this election year troll.
I wouldn’t bother to write to conyers, I haven’t seen ONE investigation he has started have any effect on anything. And none have come to a conclusion.
The republick party has rendered the word ‘patriot’ meaningless. Not even meaningless. They have made it an obscenity.
weldon @ 9:
Can I get that in writing?
History will show future generations how Karl Rove has systematically destroyed and defamed any of Geogre Bush’s opponents by innuendo and deceit. And how a gullible public bought it. I hope future generations will be much smarter, if not, we are all doomed.
The so called investigations they have never get anything done. Unless of course you’re a ballplayer taking steroids. Then they’ll take you down hard. Hundreds of criminal acts committed by the Bush gang? Pretend to hold an investigation, grill a few flunkies hard and then slip quietly into obscurity again.
Karl Rove’s political enemies blame him for every crime throughout American history. It’s only a matter of time before they make a cogent case for Rove’s culpability in the Lincoln assassination, the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, and murder conspiracy with Fatty Arbuckle.
We defeated the South then handed them power 100 years later?
That’s our bad.
33 abob
We don’t need all that, but he helped commit treason by outing Valerie Plame, but only because he betrayed his co-conspirators by cooperating with Fitzerald did he get off.
Not something I want to picture Rove getting off.
And apparently he had a hand in the firing of the United States Attorneys, when one of his proteges were put in a newly vacant spot.
Apparently from the US attorney’s statements they were fired because they weren’t bringing any charges up for voting fraud, because they weren’t finding any. What they were finding was evidence of illegal voting caging by the GOP.
abob @ 32:
Its always all-or-nothing and full of dramatic indignation with you republicans - all marketing and no substance. No, we blame Karl Rove for things that he is guilty of. No more.
Fitzgerald.
P.D. @ 30:
Smarter? You’re kidding right? The average person on the streets is totally unaware of most things in the world. They know who’s winning on American Idol though. Britneys latest moves are right on the radar for them. Some missing white girl is first and foremost in their prayers.
Ask them to find their own country on a map. Ask them anything about any other country in the world. Ask them anything that the TV doesn’t promote and you’ll find they don’t know squat. The average person is totally brainwashed by the media. Which by the way is owned and operated by a small cabal of rich, white republicans. They want the public stupid. They want to be able to create a stampede any time they like. That’s what keeps the good (republicans) people in power.
Marge @ 27:
Good Point. I just don’t know what else to do. We can write our local newspapers. We can blog about it. I can campaign for constitutional ethical candidates, but I don’t know what will work. What do you suggest??
Do any of the candidates have positions on Siegelman? What are the chances that Hillary, or Obama, or (yes, even) McCain would do the right thing and pardon him for this miscarriage of justice?
“They” are beating him? Who is they??
Clinton won’t release her earmark requests.
They certainly do lead to Rove! Thanks for following this. I’d also recommend checking on Scott Horton’s blog No Comment. He was interviewed for the 60 Minutes piece, and has been following this very closely:
http://www.harpers.org/subjects/NoComment
Shouldn’t a human rights organization, like Amnesty International, be involved in this? The HR record of the US has gone down the toilet with this Administration.
Dave, You are right. Sigh!
MCMetal @ 3:
The worst is yet to come. Trust me.
Karl Rove haters accused him of a long laundry list of crimes for many years. Unfortunately, we live under the US Constitution. In order to put Rove in prison you need enough credible evidence to bring a grand jury indictment, a prosecution in open court, and a guilty verdict by a jury. In the absence of any of that, Rove haters are relegated to endless meaningless accusations on the internet that have less value than an ounce of horsecrap.
Ya might as well distribute a video accusing Karl Rove of mass murder and drug trafficking in Mena, Arakansas; the murder of Vince Foster; and the rape of Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey and Juanita Broaddrick.
I AM SO GODDAMN ANGRY.
WE MUST NEVER LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THIS.
Though I don’t doubt it, I would like to know more about why the person who wrote the words originally thinks Siegelman has been beaten physically.
Those who would destroy the US Constitution now attempt to hide behind its protection. Hypocrite.
My guess is 98% of Americans could care less at this point. Watching the basketball game, the family barbecue, St. Patricks day party, goofing off, having fun, etc etc is what they are interest in.
This stuff wouldn’t be happening otherwise.
I thought that Dan Abrams was going to report on this story every day on his show until Siegelman is released on appeal. Is Abrams following through on this?