Legal Schnauzer (friend of Gov. Don Siegelman) FINALLY gets noticed by The New York Times

[ljm2002]

35. He RE-appointed Scrushy to that board...

...the same one he'd been appointed to before by other pols including Republicans.

There was never shown to be any quid pro quo here. Nothing he did, NOTHING, was other than standard practice among not only Alabama politicians, but politicians all over the country. Basically if what Siegelman did was illegal, then every single politician in the country should be in jail because they ALL ask for donations to various causes and they ALL appoint people to various boards -- and sometimes the appointees are the same people who have made donations. Think about, for example, ambassadorships at the federal level. Everyone knows those are patronage jobs: they go to people who have made political donations. So which of our last, say, 20 Presidents should have gone to prison over that?

So no, Siegelman did not take a bribe. He did not "take the money". There is no way in hell he should be in prison and no way in hell that Rove should be out of prison.

BTW you should look into the case in more detail before spouting off. It reminds me of that lady who got scalded with McDonald's coffee -- everyone and their brother suddenly "knew" what happened and how stupid she was for driving while spilling coffee on herself and then trying to blame someone else. Except that what everyone "knew" was wrong, based on a carefully crafted campaign by McDonald's public relations people. Similarly, people like you spout nonsense about the Siegelman case, based on sound bites you've read in the MSM, as put out there by Rove and his minions, but without any understanding of the case. Really I urge you to read more on this case, including the letter from 200 attorneys including many state AGs, before you continue spreading a version of the story that is basically wrong.