Is Obama finally getting rid of Siegelman tormentor and evil corrupt witch Laura Canary?

[Elwood P Dowd]

It took him 2 freaking years to do something about this shit?


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Bobby Bright Likely is the New U.S. Attorney for Montgomery

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George Beck, of the Montgomery law firm Capell and Howard, was the apparent front runner. But Beck has pulled out of the race, our sources say, and that leaves Bright as the last man standing in a process that has been horribly botched by the Obama administration.

Bright, if his nomination and confirmation go through, will replace Leura Canary, the abominable George W. Bush appointee who ramrodded the Don Siegelman prosecution and, for reasons that defy explanation, has served for more than two years under Obama.

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If Bright actually takes office, it will be a sad ending to one of the most pathetic chapters in American political history. And if Barack Obama goes down as a failed, one-term president, the handling of the Montgomery U.S. attorney choice will be a case study of what went wrong with a presidency that once seemed to offer so much hope.

It's hard to imagine how the Obama crowd could have screwed this up any worse. By every account I've heard, Mobile attorney Michel Nicrosi clearly was the most qualified candidate. Her name was the first one floated--and she should have been on the job for about two years now, actually trying to clean up the cesspool in Montgomery. But U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) huffed and puffed a little about a Nicrosi nomination--probably because he was fearful Nicrosi would uncover sleaze on him and fellow U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby--and Team Obama tucked its tail and refused to fight for her. To make matters worse, the White House allowed Canary to stay in office, cooking up bingo-related prosecutions where no crime likely exists, while letting Bob Riley and his gang of GOP henchmen run roughshod over the law.

Ponder every negative political trait you can think of--cluelessness, weakness, lack of ethics, lack of spine--and the Obama administration has displayed them in the Montgomery situation. We can only hope that Bobby Bright will salvage something from the wreck he is likely to inherit.

[truedelphi]

1. The trolls are really on this one.

Hope it stays on Greatest page, but it is going up and down in the rec ratings.

[bleever]

2. Here's a rec from me.

:thumbsup:

[Canuckistanian]

3. We're up to +16 now

Unrec FAIL.

[Octafish]

4. Amazing, idn't it.

Regarding Canary: That's amazing, too. And it's about time.

[JDPriestly]

5. K&R.

This situation makes Obama look like part of the corruption in Alabama.

[pacalo]

6. It really is unbelievable that Obama didn't intervene in this obvious case of injustice.

Unless his inaction has something to do with his refusal to delve into Bush's crimes.

This is unacceptable & hard to watch it unfold when there's nothing you can do to help.

[Disintermedia8]

11. I believe if you delve further

I seem to recall that a deal was made with Sen Shelby of AL. This was probably orchestrated by the Rove thugs.

When Cairo comes to New York, and we have captured Rove, oh the bonfire we will have!

[Elwood P Dowd]

7. Kick for the night crew. (nm)

[mascarax]

8. I hate to see Bobby Bright getting a job like this

He voted with the Repubs a lot. A lot. And the DCCC spent more money on him than anyone else's re-election, I think.

The blue dog who ran against Nancy Pelosi. And wanted to run again...why is he getting rewarded? Based on what I've read about him, don't like this decision. Don't want him in Congress either.

Edited to add: definitely agree on Canary's demise as long overdue.

[Elwood P Dowd]

10. You are right about Bright.

Obama backed off from the most qualified person because he didn't want a fight over this from the repukes. What else is new?

[d_r]

9. I hope Seigelman gets some justice

[defendandprotect]

12. Obama should be pardoning Siegelman and locking up Karl Rove ... !!!

Tell me how Democrats themselves don't find the Siegelman frame-up a threat to

themselves?

Only perhaps because they don't plan on fighting this corrupt system as Siegelman did --

especially stolen elections?

How long are we going to expect millionaires and multi-millionaires in Congress to act

contrary to the interests of the wealthy?

[L. Coyote]

16. Don Siegleman for AL USA!

[CanonRay]

13. And if the Rethugs retake the White House

he'll be out on his ass on January 21 of the next year. They don't fuck around getting rid of Dems.

[Scruffy1]

14. Thx for the post K&R

[L. Coyote]

15. Error: you can only recommend threads which were started in the past 24 hours

[defendandprotect]

17. Unless we think Obama is addle-brained, stop suggesting he "failed" ... he knows what he's doing...!