BREAKING: Don Siegelman to be released pending appeal
By SilentPatriot Wednesday Mar 26, 2008 6:38pm
(h/t Bradblog)
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has granted former Gov. Don Siegelman's request to be released from prison pending the outcome of his appeal.
Siegelman is currently serving a 7-year sentence in the Oakdale Federal Correctional Complex in Louisiana following his 2006 public corruption conviction.
Acting U.S. Attorney Louis Franklin confirms the 11th Circuit granted Siegelman's release in a four- page order which states Siegelman had raised a "significant question" about his conviction.
For those of you who don't know Don Siegelman's tragic and infuriating story, you can brush up here. The Politico is calling it a "victory for the blogosphere." Check out the article for the full press release.
Siegelman is going to testify before Congress on the matter soon. Hopefully they can get to the bottom of exactly what this man was put through.
And remember, "all roads lead to Rove."
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The fact that he got out is probably enough to ruin Rove's day....
Wonderful news! This has been an absolutely unbelievable state of affairs. Anything that ruins Rove's day can only be a good thing. I wonder if he's already bought himself a hacienda in Paraguay.
Well, at least one political prisoner is free, for now.
Wow! I hope so. Long overdue.
A cold beer for Siegelman...then justice!!!
Hope the ex-Gov can afford really good security. It's obvious there are no depths Rove, et al won't stoop to get what they want. I'd really like to see those bastards get what they deserve but I'm not optimistic that will happen. They will probably live long comfortable lives and never pay. If you have any doubts about that...just how old is Henry (Dr. Evil) Kissinger?
bobbie @ 6:
Note to Siegelman:
No rides in small planes.
Don't accept any drinks that you didn't personally watch poured for you.
(Formerly ticktock, hope you guys don't mind the handle change)
Well, well, well...
I wonder what will be on the menu when Siegelman has his party at Congress?...
Hmmm?...
Boston Butt Rovian Roast?...
any one with any interest in politics will have to listen with baited breath when former Governor Siegelman testifies before Congress. nay, any right thinking American should want to know the truth, as what happened to this man is a staggering miscarriage of justice. and the one question i've always been curious about that should be asked: why him? what did he ever do to anyone who is anyone in Alabama that would warrant what was done to him? he may not be able to answer it but hopefully to some degree he can.
Good work.
Continue to push...
Give Mr. Siegelman a platform to tell the truth about the inner workings of the Rove fascism machine that puts political opponents in danger.
Let him speak all day - every day.
Reveal the ENTIRE TRUTH about Karl Rove.
Start here, and read the entire thing:
http://plungerspeaks.blogspot.com
I hope that fat ass rove chokes on his double chins
I'm sick over the Justice Department's eagerness to keep this
quiet.
As for Der Rove. He's going to get pinched. He's used a lot of
people to carry out his dirty tricks. They won't be silent forever.
Woo hoo!
Pinch me I must be fucking dreaming. Something is going right in this ass backwards country. Indict that piece of shit Rove and soon , make it a wonderful year for America. Down with the cancer that is HOT KARL ROVE .
A heartfelt congratulations to Mr. Sigelman and his family. I just hope he doesn't end up having a "heart attack" on the eve of testifying before Congress.
Bonkers Hussein @ 7:
Use the train like Scooter did.
nony @ 11:
I agree totally because I have met so many americans who have been indoctrinated by the propaganda coming out of washington. I have met them in
Canada and in my travels and asked questions that are very negative towards president busch and his regime. They are offended when I ask these questions because they have been so throughly indoctrinated. I have watched president busch interviewed by your MSM and no one dares ask the tough question. GET A SPINE PEOPLE or you will become what george orwell wrote about
BIGBONEDED @ 15:
I hope Rove comes to his senses and goes to Congress and testifies and gets some Federal protection,
before the Rethugs do to him what they did to Gonzales and Abrami in Florida.
He should know that Republican 'hired help' is usable and then disposable, and never fully trusted loose by the 'masters'
Thank God, thank God. One little ray of is all that is keeping my hope alive. One little ray of hope just may start the sun shining up Rove and BushCo.s asses.
Capt. Bat Hussein Guano @ 20:
Bad visual!!!my eyes! AAAAArgh! My Eyes!
Nobody's going to get anything on rove. We want him to be in jail too much. He is so crooked so devious, I bet he has completely destroyed any thing that leads to him. Look at the fact that they tried to kill the woman who was the whistle blower. She isn't out of the woods yet. He still might get someone to do her in.
Congress will get to it. First they have to wrap up the baseball hearings, then on to the professional twiddly wink crisis.
Rove has done this before:
Don't forget the current governor Bob Riley. WHO HAD TO BE IN ON THIS TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE TO GET THE JOB SIGLEMAN REALLY WON.
Mr. Siegleman, at last you can have a chance to tell your story and sounds like you have been a political prisoner. Good luck!!!!!! What a horrible 8 years of fascism.I can't believe our United States got in this shape.
ZD
Hopefully this is the beginning of Roves journey to the local Penitentiary for a life term.
What's the story behind the picture of Rove and the Free Don banner? Is it photo shopped?
Here's who Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, George HW Bush, Henry Kissinger and ALL the rest of the globalist criminals work for:
http://www.awakeandarise.org/article/Rockefeller.htm
The Treacherous David Rockefeller Admits "conspiring" in his 2002 Book entitled Memoirs:
cover of book of David Rockefeller's Memoirs"For more than a century ideological
extremists at either end of the political spectrum have seized upon well-publicized
incidents such as my encounter with Castro to attack the Rockefeller family for the
inordinate influence they claim we wield over American political and economic
institutions. Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best
interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as 'internationalists'
and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global
political and economic structure -- one world, if you will. If that's the charge, I
stand guilty, and I am proud of it."
Rove works for Rockefeller
BeeSting @ 27:
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/26/rove-confronted-with-free-don-siegel...
That's good news. Karl Rove should be forced to serve the remainder of the 7 year sentence.
Stranded @ 30:
It's not photoshopped. An American Patriot ambushed Rove with it and made him hold it to pose for pictures.
This is a great day for America.
BeeSting @ 27:
Not photo shopped. The hypocrite actually posed for it as if he agreed! For some reason I think this comes from The Bradblog.
This is great! I am so happy for Mr Siegelman and his family.
Americans are finally starting to wake-up and see what's happening in this country. The criminal activities of Rove are catching up to him. How long did he think he could get away with this?
Thanks for the link. Alan Breslauer is my Hero Of The Day.
I'm really glad to see my emails worked.
On another note, a couple weeks ago, right after the 60 minutes report, I copy and pasted and printed a bunch of stories and more importantly, the comments (hundreds of comments), and mailed them to Gov. Don Siegelman at the prison he was boxed up in. I wonder if he ever got them. I'm serious about this. I thought he would like to see that people really cared.
Yay! Don, I hope justice is served and the people that railroaded you are sent away for 7 years.
Some day, somehow, one of these things will unravel and lead back to Rove and the White House. That will be a glorious day.
Perhaps when this is all over for Siegelman, if his appeal works out, he can get chumps like Rove into civil court. Now that would be entertainment! Of course Rove should be in prison for exposing a covert CIA agent, but to see that bastard under oath for any reason would be great.
Great News!!!
Maybe the MSM will begin to cover this story now.
Freeing political prisoners?
How... very... Democratic!
They hate us for our freedoms.
Hearing something positive in the news today made my day. I am happy for him and his family. I hope to hell Rove is called on the rug for this one. It is time Rove paid and paid in a big way. The creepy SOB.
I would like to add my expression of happiness for Don Siegelman and his family. I feel very good for him to have his chance to clear himself. An outrage against justice may yet be undone.
And after having expressed my christian compassion, let's get a half-inch manila rope, a nice oak tree, and lynch that fucking rove.
I think his release is mostly due to the 60 Minutes story and also to Dan Abrams and his Bush League Justice series.
This is great news! One little victory against these lawless bastard republicans.
Well the Bush Family taught Karl Rove everything about truth, honesty, reasoning, and accountability. Karl just weeks ago making that statement, I think everyone here believes Little Man Karl Rove on that one ! George HW Bush and family are pathetic and they have hijacked the world since WW2 starting with Grandpa Prescott.
I will not be a happy camper until I see Rove, Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld behind bars.
I will not feel that this country believes in justice until that happens.
If you think of the people languishing in our prisons because they were caught using some pot, and then you think of those four uncouth, ignorant bastards living their criminal life without having to fear punishment, you have to wonder WTF is going on.
That's "life behind bars", by the way.
How does someone like Rove, unless he's a psychopath, live with himself after putting someone in prison for seven years for political reasons?
Otay @ 52:
That pretty much nails it.
Just minutes before this news broke, I emailed some colleagues saying that I smelled a politically-motivated selective prosecution rat in the latest legal actions against Puerto Rico's Democratic governor, coming so closely on the heels of the case against Detroit's Democratic mayor, Democratic Governor Spitzer (which reportedly resulted from a tip from GOP operative Roger Stone), and the Rove-induced case against Democratic Governor Don Siegelman.
Rove is no psychopath. He is a sociopath and a narcissist. I knew one--totally convinced of his perfection. Just as Bush is not stupid (he's gotten everything he and Kristol and Feith and Perle and Cheney wanted in their dreams), Rove is not crazy. Just very evil.
I am predicting a nuke attack on Iran any minute. Maybe Congress should rethink the wait-until-Bush-bombs-Iran before-they-impeach plan.
Unfortunately, aside from Olbemann and Abrams on MSNBC for a couple days, it is unlikely that any of the cable news will give it any play to speak of, no background or explaination, as always. And will likely pay little attention to House hearings either, or the actual appeal. Thus the electorate shall remain uninformed.
*not reading entire thread*
It's about fucking time!
Testify your ass off, Don. Fuck Doughy Pantload and the rest of the Justice Dept.
why the fuck is the politico even mentioned?
didn't we just have a thread on people and venues with no credibility?
wtf is wrong here at C&L when they don't even try to keep the credibility they built up?
someone help me out with this one!
why the fuck is the politico even mentioned?
they are as affiliated with drudge as shit and toilet paper!
enough @ 55:
Funny (or not) that you should say that. I was thinking about the 2 "accidents "that happened in the last year. Flying nukes across the country by "accident" and the delivery to Taiwan by "accident". Do you wonder if another "accident" will start a new war?
Glad to see that Karl Rove's freedom fight finally paid off for his good buddy, Don Siegelman.
We're all rooting for you, Karl, because we know you're down there somewhere!
This IS good news!! Hang in there, Governor Siegelman.
Once again we have an instance which demonstrates the separate standard of justice in the United States for the rich and the poor. A poor man convicted of a felony must continue to serve his sentence pending his appeal. A rich and powerful convicted felon like Don Siegelman gets to go home, eat dinner at five star restaurants, enjoy vacations in the Bahamas, attend symphony concerts and gala parties, ride around in limousines, hobnob with the rich & famous, and live a life of luxury, freedom and privilege despite his current conviction. Siegelman is a convicted felon. His conviction should remain in full effect, and he should be serving his sentence unless and until it is overturned on appeal.
Verdillac @ 1:
GOOD! I hope it ruins the rest of his life.
the turd blossom is wilting.
abob @ 62:
How's things going under the bridge?
The sad thing is no one will pay for this , Rove and the Bush / Cheney mafia don't have a damned thing to worry about .
We are on your side Don. Send Rove to the Bastille for his innumerable crimes against humanity.
and don't forget that brown-fuck Alberto Gonzales! And don't forget he's "hispanic" and I am Xicano. Karma, don't you love it!
Vic @ 41:
If he won't appear before Congress, what makes you think that he'd show up for any other court?
what's that, Karl Rove to face conspiracy charges?!
Bradblog.com has a much more extensive coverage of this story, and I think RawStory covered it too.
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5848
and
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Siegelman_sought_for_Hill_testimony_0327.html
here is the whole kitten-kabootle
http://www.bradblog.com/?cat=361
Great news! Congratulations to the legal team. Congratulations to the family on their upcoming reunion.
Captain Kangaroo @ 38:
What a very thoughtful thing to do. I sure hope he got the envelope. Thank you for your kindness.
Karol Rove is still free and working for the CORPORATE CONTROLED MEDIA, just like Kissinger the CORPORATE COUNTROLED MEDIA and FRIENDS will protect Rove just as it has protected Kissinger all these YEARS.
Mr. Siegelman had better be very, very careful. He could suddenly become depressed and commit suicide--right before he is due to testify.
Hate Freedom Fries @ 43:
I first heard about this last night on Dan Abram's show. So after that I switched over to CNN to see if they were covering it. I kid you not, they had the big red "breaking news!" banner splashed across the bottom of the screen. But, rather than the Siegelman story, the breaking news was more alleged recorded sermons of Reverend Wright! Un-friggin believable!! They have official sunk to a new low.
Although I don't beleive in God, I do beleive in Karma.At 62 years of age, I have seen it work many, many times.Though it works in it's own time frame, the fact is,it does work every time.I bet pig-face Rove is shittin' his knickers today.The mear fact that Mr. Siegelman is being released from prison should have all those responsible for this gross miscarrige of justice frightened to death because the people who did this dispicable thing will be facing some very serious criminal charges.I hope that pig boy Rove goes to jail, along with the rest of these peices of shit!
I'd like to believe that justice will be served and heads will roll for this... but that just doesn't happen anymore, especially to people in high places. We'll see more stonewalling by Rove and the White House, which they'll get away with - plus, it's an election year and nobody wants to ruffle any feathers and pursue anything "controversial" or "partisan." It'll make us all sick before it's over. Siegelman might walk free but so will everyone else involved.
SteveinSC @ 47:
Better make that 3/4" braided nylon. I doubt 1/2" Manila would support Fatfuck's lard ass...
Litabell @ 78:
CNN is the new Faux. Can't watch it anymore, except for Cafferty.
I can't wait to see Karl Rove's nuts dangling from the rear view mirror of some Judge while Karl serves a few lifetimes in prison.
This is far more sinister than you all realize. In 2002 Siegelman faced Repub Bob Riley and it was a close race. Riley won after a late-night "computer glitch that moved a number of votes to his side, despite no other lines moving votes. A study by James Gundlach of Auburn Univ. found that there was systematic electronic manipulation (vote hacking)in favor of Riley. Combined with the republican hacking of the justice department, including the firing of those not in lock-step, it was the perfect crime. Now, the last thing the Repubs want is the dems to get control over the Justice Department in January. McCain will win the election through voting fraud to preserve this.
Great news - thanks for posting it. Bush/Rove/Satan have gotten away with so much, and there are so few right outcomes. If only the MSM would open their eyes and start caring about the public they're meant to serve. The First Amendment wasn't aimed at the press's going through Paris Hilton's garbage, but toward keeping the powers that be honest and exposed to public scrutiny. Thank goodness for C&L etc.
fastfeat @ 82:
Remember they black out the 60 Minutes segment in Alabama.
So they made the Wright lynching the headline news to get these dumb fools to not vote for Obama. And the bastard Rove is now on FOX News as a hero. Its depressing. Now they have the Wall Street Journal.
I don't find him very appealing.
While everyone is looking at Rove, take a good look at Riley....Alabama is just at the beginning of some interesting political times! This goes back to Guy Hunt....this is business as usual down here! :(
I'm glad to see Don Sigelman out on bond and he wil tell the truth to congress about how the GOP railroaded him and how Mr. I WANT TAXES Bob Riley Rigged the election that cost don his job in 2002. The Guilty party was not Don Siegelman, It was Karl Rove, George "Duh" Bush, Bob "I'm a tax raising hypocrite and i rigged elections" Riley, and everyone in the Alabama GOP.
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