Why Did Obama Administration Ask Judge To Increase Gov. Siegelman's Prison Sentence?

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146. There is a lot of history to this case.....a lot. Big time gop operatives were behind this from the

beginning. Just a few examples of the insanity.

If you don't remember, this was the case Karl Rove was subpoenaed to testify before Congress for. It went to court because he tried to claim executive privilege. That was one tiny drama.

How horrible was the prosecution? Over 70 state's attorney generals have written a brief in support of Siegelman calling it a "political persecution" and that Siegelman is the only political prisoner currently residing in the US. Those AG's are from both parties, so it's not just the democrats supporting this.

How corrupt is Alabama and how far did the Bush/Cheney/Rove machine reach? 60 Mionutes did a special on the Siegelman prosecution. It didn't even contain the worst of the charges against Rove et al. Nevertheless, in the Alabama market the CBS affilliate had an "accidental blackout" during the exact 20 minutes that segment was on. Yep, everyone in the United States could watch the show except the folks in Alabama. Think they were afraid of something?

The only true, true case of election fraud. This is from the election in 2002. In a nutshell...All major media call the Governors race for Siegelman. Narrow margin, but he wins. Wake up in the morning and Baldwin County says, no, we made a mistake and we recalculated and you lost. The dems say, okay let's recount ballots. Repubs say, no and we won't turn over the ballots. Goes to court, court says no the sheriff doesn't have to turn over the ballots. Congratulations to new Republican Governor. While all the gop media claimed Seigelman was making it up, I recently founed a paper written at Auburn that gave a mathematical analysis and what happened and they concurred it was fraud, no if's and's or but's. Now, that election had nothing to do with the reason Seigelman's in jail except that the governor who won's campaign staff was the husband of the woman who ended up putting him in jail.

Try to read some articles or watch the 60 minutes segment on the internet. Fascinating story, especially the stretch to get to the quid pro quo argument.