Scott Horton (Harpers) on the jailed Alabama former governor -- MSNBC's Dan Abrams tonight

[Bozita]

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/RAW_STORY_investigative_reporter_Larisa_Alexandrovna_1209.html

'Incestuous' US attorneys downed Democratic governor: reporter

12/10/2007 @ 10:13 am

Filed by Nick Langewis

RAW STORY investigative reporter Larisa Alexandrovna recently sat down with GoLeft's Mike Papantonio on Air America's Ring of Fire to discuss particulars about the case of imprisoned, White House-targeted former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman.

"So," starts Papantonio, "Larisa, it seems like everywhere that Karl Rove goes he leaves his ugly, dirty little fingerprints. Same story in Alabama, apparently, huh?"

"That's why he's succeeded," says Alexandrovna. "That's why he's called a 'genius.'"

"Apparently," continues Alexandrovna, "a criminal with unlimited funds is a genius these days."

"Filling in some blanks" on Scott Horton's piece in Harpers Magazine, election fraud was a small, but significant, part of what appears to be a hit job on Siegelman by Republican operatives.

Siegelman, then the Democratic incumbent, was running against Republican Bob Riley in the 2002 election, and had by all appearances won the election against Riley, by a margin of roughly 3,000 votes. However, overnight, more ballots for Riley were "found" and counted by an all-Republican panel and subsequently sealed by then-Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor.

A "cabal" of Republicans recounted the votes, determined Riley the winner, and the Attorney General then sealed the ballots. In order for Democrats to even challenge the ballots, they would have to get a court order.

"To this day," says Alexandrovna, "those ballots remain sealed."

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[MikeNearMcChord]

1. There was a great interview on the Thom Hartman

show with Mr.Horton. This is story is incredible, especially the treatment of Gov. Siegelman, you would think he and Jose Padilla were planning how to build dirty bombs in the Montgomery Statehouse, by the way the US is treating him.:mad:

[L. Coyote]

2. Jack Abramoff is also part of this story, with illegal campaign financing

and they still had to steal votes in the middle of the night to alter the outcome.

FROM: Abramoff and Kark Rove Linked to Prosecution of Ex-Alabama Governor and Campaign Finances
Jun-01-07 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1023111

Choctaws spent $13 million to elect Riley, Senate reports
By Phillip Rawls
Associated Press Writer
http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/060629/riley.shtml

MONTGOMERY — A U.S. Senate committee reported that disgraced Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff told a tribal leader that the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians spent $13 million to elect Gov. Bob Riley in 2002.

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee issued a lengthy report that quotes William Worfel, former vice chairman of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, as saying that Abramoff told him that Mississippi Choctaw Chief Phillip Martin had spent the money "to get the governor of Alabama elected ....."

"It just obviously can't be true," said Jeff Emerson, Riley's communications director. .... $13 million would have represented nearly every dollar that Riley reported raising and spending ...

Riley's opponent this year, Democratic Lt. Gov. Lucy Baxley, said ... "Thirteen million dollars of Indian gambling money illegally funded into an Alabama governor's race sounds like corruption of the highest level ..."

[Bozita]

3. the stench of Karl Rove in this story -- coming up after the break

[L. Coyote]

4. More Horton. Follow this link for 1,000 blog posts

http://harpers.org/subjects/ScottHorton/WriterOf/BlogEntry

[L. Coyote]

7. The video is up. I see YouTube has the whole series too.

Dan Abrams with Scott Horton and Rep. Artur Davis: Bush League Justice: Don Siegelman

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x76000

[MadMaddie]

5. The corruption of the DOJ is absolutely criminal....

Karl is not as smart as everyone is giving him credit....he has never, ever stood toe to toe to win fair.....he is a cheat, liar and thief

Most criminals trip over themselves because of arrogance.....

[Bozita]

6. Abrams promises to stay on top of the Siegelman story.

Good on Abrams.