Canned fish swings TV vote in favor (Siegelman)

[trof]

Source: Huntsville (AL) Times

Tuesday, February 26, 2008
By PATRICIA C. McCARTER
Times Staff Writer [e-mail]

Ex-governor uses food to convince cellmates to watch

With canned mackerel from the prison commissary, ex-Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman bribed his cellmates to let him watch the "60 Minutes" broadcast chronicling what he sees as his unfair prosecution for bribery and corruption.

Siegelman's brother, Birmingham businessman Les Siegelman, said the former governor told him the initial vote on what to watch Sunday evening in his Louisiana prison cell didn't go in his favor. With the promise of canned fish, the majority of the 70 inmates bunking together voted to watch the CBS news show.

"Don said they had the mackerel and salmon as hors d'oeuvres as they watched it," Les said. "Don enjoyed the program, and the people who watched it with him enjoyed it."

Read more: http://www.al.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news/1204020962283080.xml&coll=1

---

Oh, and he got a promotion from cleaning baseboards to mopping floors.
A little easier on the back for a 62 year old man I guess.
:-(

[WillParkinson]

1. Barf...

And I mean that from the bottom of my...stomach.

[SpiralHawk]

2. "Smirk. Pull yourself up by your own mackerel. Smirk." - Karl Rove

"That's the republicon homelander way. Smirk."

- Karl Rove, Deferment Wing of the Republicon Homelander Chickenhawk Brigade
Operating Under the Occult Orders of Commander AWOL Bush

[Dhalgren]

3. This is just obscene...

[Stuckinthebush]

4. That 62 year old man

Is in better shape than many 42 year old men I know.

He's a black belt in karate and works out constantly.

[Javaman]

5. And your point is? nt

[alfredo]

6. nobody there is going to make him their B****

[Javaman]

8. LOL okay :) nt

[RamboLiberal]

16. Too bad it isn't pasty-assed Rove in Siegelman's situation

You know he'd be somebody's b****.

[Stuckinthebush]

9. From the OP

Oh, and he got a promotion from cleaning baseboards to mopping floors.
A little easier on the back for a 62 year old man I guess

My point is that he is the kind of guy who is just fine with any grunt work they give him. He's strong. He's also the kind of guy who will do it with a smile on his face.

I think Don will come out of this thing with his head held high and ready to fight.

on edit -

...and what alredo said! He'll hold his own in the slammer!

[damntexdem]

11. And once his conviction is overturned ...

maybe he can run and regain the governorship.

Then, imagine if he had some ideas about reforming prisons.

[Stuckinthebush]

13. Absolutely

It's almost mythic. Here is a man who was sent to the depths of hell by an evil regime. He is vindicated over time and comes out of it a hero.

I think Don will be fine in the end and regain the governorship.

:D

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

7. He IS guilty of bribery!

:sarcasm:

[EFerrari]

10. Kick

[Pastiche423]

12. I'm glad he got to see

and enjoy segment.

[AnneD]

14. If there is any justice...

we won't wait for the jury but tar and feather Rove.

[progressoid]

15. Good grief