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red dog 1

(27,647 posts)
Sun May 31, 2015, 04:02 PM May 2015

Should President Obama Pardon Don Siegelman?

See e-mail sent yesterday, Saturday, May 30, by Don Siegelman

"Politicians Beware: The Definition for Bribery in Politics Has Changed"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251409545


More info on the Siegelman case
http://www.freedonsiegelman.org/


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I think President Obama should pardon Don Siegelman now.
20 (95%)
I think President Obama should pardon Don Siegelman at the end of his presidential term.
0 (0%)
I don't think President Obama should ever pardon Don Siegelman
0 (0%)
I don't care one way or the other
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Should President Obama Pardon Don Siegelman? (Original Post) red dog 1 May 2015 OP
How would that happen considering the Justice Department in January was arguing against PoliticAverse May 2015 #1
Obama could "change his mind" 99th_Monkey May 2015 #3
+ 1000 red dog 1 May 2015 #4
"Why did Obama administration ask judge to increase Gov. Siegelman's prison sentence?" red dog 1 May 2015 #5
Like yester-fucking-day -nt- 99th_Monkey May 2015 #2
Should have been done long ago. kacekwl May 2015 #6
Immediately! bvar22 May 2015 #7
I didn't know that Holder's first move as AJ was to free Stevens,,,Damn! red dog 1 Jun 2015 #11
Had it not been for the corrupt Justice Department officials in the Bush Administration and the NPolitics1979 May 2015 #8
The corrupt Justice Department officials in the Bush Administration OnyxCollie May 2015 #9
+ 1 red dog 1 Jun 2015 #13
Yes, she's smiling. OnyxCollie Jun 2015 #14
+ 1 red dog 1 Jun 2015 #12
Yes, preferably this afternoon. (nt) Paladin Jun 2015 #10
No. I don't believe he should. Chan790 Jun 2015 #15
 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
3. Obama could "change his mind"
Sun May 31, 2015, 04:10 PM
May 2015

Kinda like he did on closing Gitmo, reigning in Wall St. and being "most transparent POTUS ever".

bvar22

(39,909 posts)
7. Immediately!
Sun May 31, 2015, 08:53 PM
May 2015

This is especially hard to digest when the very, first item on the newly appointed Attorney General's (Eric Holder) list was to get that corrupt Republican, Ted Stevens, out of jail
and his record cleaned.

....but Don Siegelman?????
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Who?

red dog 1

(27,647 posts)
11. I didn't know that Holder's first move as AJ was to free Stevens,,,Damn!
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 04:04 PM
Jun 2015

Of course, it would not have been Holder's decision, it would have been his BOSS's decision.

So, Obama tells Holder to get that rat bastard Ted Stevens out of jail; and then later tells him to tell Elena Kagen to ask Don Siegelman's judge to INCREASE Siegelman's sentence?

WTF?















NPolitics1979

(613 posts)
8. Had it not been for the corrupt Justice Department officials in the Bush Administration and the
Sun May 31, 2015, 09:23 PM
May 2015

cowardly Justice Department officials in the Obama administration- Don Seigelman could have gotten re-elected Governor in 2006 or challenge Jeff Sessions for the U.S. Senate in 2008.

 

OnyxCollie

(9,958 posts)
9. The corrupt Justice Department officials in the Bush Administration
Sun May 31, 2015, 11:55 PM
May 2015

are the "cowardly" Justice Department officials in the Obama administration.

red dog 1

(27,647 posts)
13. + 1
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 04:07 PM
Jun 2015

Nice dog..Is he smiling in that photo?

I used to have a male red Dobie who smiled sometimes.
I didn't know he was "smiling" until one day I came to pick him up at the kenned, and the lady told me "You know, your dog smiled at me".

 

OnyxCollie

(9,958 posts)
14. Yes, she's smiling.
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 10:13 PM
Jun 2015

Here's an example of a really big smile.

From an Iron Maiden inspired birthday card I made:

[IMG][/IMG]

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
15. No. I don't believe he should.
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 02:35 PM
Jun 2015

Despite him being railroaded by Karl Rove, I don't believe that Siegelman's hands were exactly clean either.

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