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In reply to the discussion: Do YOU Think Gov. Don Siegelman got a raw deal? [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)43. Siegelman frustrated Casino Jack Abramoff...
From Gov. Siegelman:
Dear Friend,
First: Jack Abromoff, is validating what I have been saying for more than a decade!!!! Straight from the horses mouth: Abramoff confessed that he laundered $20 million dollars of gambling money through fake organizations to defeat me and my Education Lottery proposal and to elect my opponent Bob Riley.
Then they came after me using the wife of my opponents campaign manager( Karl Roves best friend), the US Attorney to prosecute me. Everybody knows that ruining a political reputation is the cheapest and best campaign tool e8ver. Yes, taxpayers paid for that campaign tactic, too.
I have been saying this all along and now it is in print, straight from Jack Abramoff himself!
In his new book Jack Abramoff states that the number one problem he had to deal with in Alabama was me Don Siegelman. http://blog.al.com/sweethome/2011/11/jack_abramoffs_book_says_choct.html#incart_hbx
CONTINUED...
http://markcrispinmiller.com/2011/11/abramoffs-confession-moves-us-closer-to-the-truth-about-don-siegelman%E2%80%94who-badly-needs-your-help/
"What Abramoff says takes us along way down the road toward the truth." -- Gov. Don Siegelman
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Dana Jill Simpson thinks Karl Rove was the ringmaster. After all, he IS Bush's Brain™...
Octafish
Aug 2012
#16
They railroaded CIA officer Valerie Plame and Amb. Joe Wilson to keep the Big Lie intact...
Octafish
Aug 2012
#20
Rove n Gonzo canned 5 GOP US Attorneys who wouldn't ''play ball.'' Holder said, ''OK. No problem.''
Octafish
Aug 2012
#34
More Scalia-Rehnquist 2000 nonsense: Rove nominated Fuller and Ashcan signed off on his job.
Octafish
Aug 2012
#38
I cannot understand why Obama did not replace many or all AG's when he came into office.
northoftheborder
Aug 2012
#7
Wow, I was just looking for you. Stumbled on your reference to the BFEE on DU2. Awesome thread!
freshwest
Aug 2012
#24
This one? Lots o' DUers there. And they're what made it rock with their words...
Octafish
Aug 2012
#41
Yes, that's the one. And yes, other DUers did their part, too. Dangerous times.
freshwest
Aug 2012
#42
That's not the point. Obama left those Bush appointees in place, still spreading their poison. Why?
MotherPetrie
Aug 2012
#29
No offense...but who in the world would say no...he got a fair deal?
Laura PourMeADrink
Aug 2012
#10
well, that is just sickening. I knew Don and I would bet my life on the fact
Laura PourMeADrink
Aug 2012
#18
Only a few actually, some to be expected, while others seemed not to know much about the case.
sabrina 1
Aug 2012
#28
Just Us... for Ralph Reed and Jack Abramoff...big time beneficiaries of Indian Casinos
Octafish
Aug 2012
#40
ABSOLUTELY!!! I can't believe the Obama administration hasn't stop this injustice.
Justice wanted
Aug 2012
#19
Of course he did, and I hope President Obama pardons him his second day in office of his second term
lonestarnot
Aug 2012
#22