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In reply to the discussion: Don Siegelman is a political prisoner in one of the most backward countries in the world. [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)29. Meanwhile, Tom Delay is free and could be Dancing With The Stars. What a country.
Tom DeLay Sentenced To Three Years In Prison With Himself by Jack Stuef
Texas judge Pat Priest sentenced DeLay to three years on a conspiracy charge and also sentenced him to five years in prison for money laundering. Priest, however, allowed DeLay to accept 10 years probation on the money laundering charge, assuming he meets certain conditions set by the court.
DeLay could have received up to life in prison on the money laundering and conspiracy charges...
http://wonkette.com/434783/tom-delay-sentenced-to-three-years-in-prison-with-himself
The story left the media soon after then, with no date for being remanded into custody at that time. He was free to do as he pleased. AFAIK he never served a day. When you seek a picture link of him as he smiled for his mug shot, a click will take you to a series of anti-liberal pages.
His conviction has been scrubbed from his Wikipedia page, if it was ever there in the first place:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_DeLay
And the famous DWTS video:
Note the canned (perhaps) applause to tell all the viewers that this man is just so popular and an all around great guy. It's a standard propaganda technique.
Just imagine people who know nothing about this vicious man, who sent his congressional aides to provide media cover for the coup of 2000, seeing this on youtube and television, like Sarah's adventures in Alaska. See, everyone just loves him! He couldn't have done anything wrong, could he?
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Texas judge Pat Priest sentenced DeLay to three years on a conspiracy charge and also sentenced him to five years in prison for money laundering. Priest, however, allowed DeLay to accept 10 years probation on the money laundering charge, assuming he meets certain conditions set by the court.
DeLay could have received up to life in prison on the money laundering and conspiracy charges...
http://wonkette.com/434783/tom-delay-sentenced-to-three-years-in-prison-with-himself
The story left the media soon after then, with no date for being remanded into custody at that time. He was free to do as he pleased. AFAIK he never served a day. When you seek a picture link of him as he smiled for his mug shot, a click will take you to a series of anti-liberal pages.
His conviction has been scrubbed from his Wikipedia page, if it was ever there in the first place:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_DeLay
And the famous DWTS video:
Note the canned (perhaps) applause to tell all the viewers that this man is just so popular and an all around great guy. It's a standard propaganda technique.
Just imagine people who know nothing about this vicious man, who sent his congressional aides to provide media cover for the coup of 2000, seeing this on youtube and television, like Sarah's adventures in Alaska. See, everyone just loves him! He couldn't have done anything wrong, could he?
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Don Siegelman is a political prisoner in one of the most backward countries in the world. [View all]
HomerRamone
Jun 2012
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Gov. Don Siegelman, the Roughly $3.6 Billion, ExxonMobil, and Pissing Off BIG OIL.
L. Coyote
Jun 2012
#6
The charges were enough to convince a jury to vote unanimously to convict him
Freddie Stubbs
Jun 2012
#28
We DO call it that. The questions are about how to create critical mass to overturn corruption.
patrice
Jun 2012
#15
I honestly thought Holder's first action as AG would be to rectify Siegelman's injustices
Canuckistanian
Jun 2012
#14
I know what the words 'pardon' and 'imply' mean and I stand by my statement. n/t
PoliticAverse
Jun 2012
#38
Meanwhile, Tom Delay is free and could be Dancing With The Stars. What a country.
freshwest
Jun 2012
#29
Thanks for taking the time to email; I suspected as much. There were a few stories in the papers,
freshwest
Jun 2012
#45
HR I Agree with you except, I believe that Riley via Rove stole Siegelman's win.....
midnight
Jun 2012
#23
I think getting justice for Don Siegelman is going to require a movement. I remember him
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#30
Stevens was corrupt as hell. It wouldn't be suprising to find out at some point
EFerrari
Jun 2012
#32