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Fri Mar-18-05 04:39 PM
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Conn. Ex-Gov. Rowland Gets Year in Prison |
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Former Gov. John G. Rowland was sentenced to a year in prison and four months of house arrest Friday for selling his office in a corruption scandal that destroyed his career as one of the Republican Party's brightest and fastest-rising stars.
The judge imposed the sentence after Rowland pleaded for leniency and confessed he had lost his way morally and developed "a sense of entitlement and even arrogance."
"I let my pride get in my way," he told U.S. District Judge Peter C. Dorsey.
Rowland, 47, pleaded guilty in December to a corruption charge, admitting that he sold his influence for more than $100,000 in chartered trips to Las Vegas, vacations in Vermont and Florida, and improvements at his lakeside cottage. He resigned last summer amid a gathering drive to impeach him. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=2&u=/ap/20050318/ap_on_re_us/rowland_sentencing&sid=84439559
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Fri Mar-18-05 04:42 PM
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1. House arrest? But, but, the ankle bracelet chafes! |
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It's cruel and unusual punishment, I tell you! </sarcasm>
Bye-bye, Gov. #3385916. See you next summer. (heavy metal door clangs shut and echoes down dank hallway)
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Fri Mar-18-05 04:45 PM
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2. He'll be out in three months for being rich and white. |
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Fri Mar-18-05 04:47 PM
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3. Sounds like someone I know. |
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snip<The judge imposed the sentence after Rowland pleaded for leniency and confessed he had lost his way morally and developed "a sense of entitlement and even arrogance." >
Gee....why does this sound like that squid in Washington? Must be a coincidence.
End Of Sarcasm
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Fri Mar-18-05 05:32 PM
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6. "Bush appointed him to White House advisory committees..." |
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"...and affectionately called him "Johnny." :D
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Fri Mar-18-05 04:50 PM
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4. One year for selling his office, not bad! |
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They give pot smokers 5 years!
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Fri Mar-18-05 05:46 PM
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8. Betraying the citizens trust isn't as bad |
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as smoking pot, that's for sure!
He should have to repay all the money he took as salary while in office as well as donate the money he took in payola to a charitable cause.
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Fri Mar-18-05 04:58 PM
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5. Less time than the plea bargin........ |
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The plea bargin called for 15 to 21 months. It really sucks.
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Fri Mar-18-05 05:45 PM
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7. Only because he's a repuke-a dem would get 5 years |
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Fri Mar-18-05 06:00 PM
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9. And you can bet he'll be livin' the life |
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while he's in the slam. No breaking rocks for Johnny!
His pals will set him up with whatever he wants.
And hey, one of the "gifts" he got was Cuban cigars! Why didn't he get prosecuted for posession of an illegal substance?
Redstone
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Fri Mar-18-05 06:16 PM
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10. Is he a Repub or Dem? nt |
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Fri Mar-18-05 06:25 PM
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13. Read the first line of that article again... |
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Fri Mar-18-05 06:22 PM
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11. Rowland is a smug piece-of-shit Repuke...good riddance. Careful showering |
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No doubt Rowland will get placed in a country-club prison. Now, if CT can only vote out that DINO fucker Lieberman...
JB
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Fri Mar-18-05 06:22 PM
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12. At least he's getting prison time |
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It's a rare occasion that an official that highly placed would get so much as a day in the hoosegow, let alone a Republican.
This trend needs to continue -- as long as politicians break laws. After all, we'll have to use our penitentiaries for something after the coming Die-Off.
--p!
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Sat Mar-19-05 12:26 PM
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14. His lawyer used to work for the judge in the US Atty.'s Office. |
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This man should be doing 30 months.
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