Rove denies 60 Minutes charges, claims he wasn’t contacted.
By on Feb 25th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Rove denies 60 Minutes charges, claims he wasn’t contacted.
On Fox News’s Election HQ today, former White House political adviser Karl Rove denied allegations made by a former GOP operative on CBS’s 60 Minutes last night that he personally told her to find evidence that former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman (D) was cheating on his wife. Asked if CBS called him for comment, Rove said that he had spoken to them five months ago, but that they didn’t call him for comment when they decided to air the report. Watch it:
CBS, however, says they did contact Rove and that he responded “through his lawyer.”
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KKKarl Rove and his boss, herr dubyah, have been caught making up stories before.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:10 pmAhhh, the lies just flow from the Turd Blossom like the river after a morning rain.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:10 pmWonder why they didn’t air it five months ago? Also, wonder why there was no mention of her house burning down; and the effort to run her off the road?
But this story has more relavence to the scandal surrounding the firing of justice deparment attorneys , than just Karl Rove playing politics. Wish that aspect would have been at least touched on.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:11 pmCBS has been caught making up stories before.
Comment by good_golly — February 25, 2008 @ 6:09 pm
Proof?
February 25th, 2008 at 6:12 pmSave him a small room in Gonzo’s cell block.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:14 pmgood golly has been caught making up stories, all the time. Conservatives are allergic to the truth; it makes them itch and break out.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:15 pmRove’s spin is typically dishonest. He says they didn’t contact him before airing the report. This is like saying they didn’t contact on him Wednesday, when they did on Tuesday. It doesn’t matter when they contacted him. They did, and he doesn’t deny it. He doesn’t quite lie outright, though the intent to deceive is clearly there. Rove is always attempting to deceive, but he is a clever deceiver after long years of practice. He is clearly a psychopath.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:15 pmI’d be willing to bet CBS has impecable records of their contact with Karl regarding this segment of 60 minutes. Of course one can only look at the above picture and what network he’s lying again on and see how well the shoe fits.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:15 pmOld Turdblossom must be worried, it hasn’t even been 24 hours since the story ran on TV last night, and he’s out denying it! It’s going to become harder and harder for Rove to remember all his lies, and keep his stories straight!
good_golly,
February 25th, 2008 at 6:19 pmAnd what stories are you talking about?
#5 I am waiting for the proof, coward. Let’s see it.
On a different note, can you please quantify for us the pain you suffer knowing that your precious Republican party is headed for destruction at the polls this November? Is it excruciating? Is it agonizing? Or is it cathartic, knowing that you be relieved of your duties as a partisan political operative?
February 25th, 2008 at 6:20 pmShorter Rove: CBS didn’t allow me to write the entire story so they are biased.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:20 pmAtta boy Karly, lawyer up. Get in practice doin that, cause you’ll need lots more practice before long.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:22 pmCBS has been caught making up stories before.
Comment by goon_golly — February 25, 2008 @ 6:09 pm
Sure, that’s far more plausible than thinking Rove is lying through his teeth.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:22 pmDid Dan Rather work for CBS when the Bush AWOL papers story broke. You remember the one that was actually true, but cost Rather his job?
February 25th, 2008 at 6:24 pmCBS has been caught making up stories before.
Comment by good_golly
And that, my fellow Americans, is GiGi at its finest! For GiGi, there is no difference between the validity of the Dan Rather “Texas National Guard” story and the routine and daily lies and obfuscation coming from our current president and his criminal enterprise.
See to GiGi - as with most uneducated and disloyal Americans - it is the same type of thing: Someone, somewhere lied (or was supposed to) so it is ok that bush invaded a soverign nation and started illegal wars. As long as Gigi can point to ONE situation where the truth is not crystal clear, it is ok for our king to do the same. I thought the president was above this type of schoolyard kind of stuff.
Tell me GiGi, do you expect the president - any president - to adhere to higher standards than those around him or her?
February 25th, 2008 at 6:24 pmCreating his own reality again. He’s been proven to be nothing but a lying, fascist, treasonous, un-American POS.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:24 pmTell me GiGi, do you expect the president - any president - to adhere to higher standards than those around him or her?
Comment by StratRat — February 25, 2008 @ 6:24 pm
Well, if it’s a Democratic president . . . even the teeniest moral flaw will require impeachment.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:25 pmKarl Rove had an opportunity to address issues concerning the Siegelman prosecution before a Congressional committee. However, he refused to appear. He refused to answer the questions of Congress. He refused to take an oath as to the trustworthiness of what he would have said. I am going to use the usual Republican mantra: If you have not done anything wrong, then why do you fear testifying on the record, under oath and in public. This has become the typical action of administration officials. It bespeaks of those who feel themselves beyond the law. It bespeaks the actions of those who lie and cheat. They do not even have the respect of the law shown by Mafia leaders hauled before Congress to at least plead their rights under the 5th Amendment.
CBS was not proven to have submitted a false story. Their personnel were punished for not fully vetting documents related to the Bush National Guard story. Those who had been in the unit confirm the facts as set forth in the documents. They could not verify the documents themselves. Goog_golly, does it ever cause you to blush - you know, being an unthinking hoe for the Republican noise machine.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:25 pmCan someone please tell me how Karl Rove and his enablers are going to avoid subpeonas, millions in legal expenses, contradictory and incriminating testimony and evidence, and all the resultant finger-pointing, plea bargaining and guilty pleas that will lead to federal prison time and career and personal disgrace? When Bush is gone and politics can’t protect them, how are they going to survive courts of law where their crimes can no longer be covered-up or pardoned?
February 25th, 2008 at 6:28 pmComment by JMOHR — February 25, 2008 @ 6:25 pm
it’s a living.
eh?
February 25th, 2008 at 6:30 pmSure Siegleman may have been convicted on false evidence, but he’s been convicted now… let’s not let past mistakes distract us- why do I never hear about all the positives for Don Siegleman in prison? The many trades he’s now learning, the free cable, the state-sponsered shelter? Why must the media concentrate on only the negative aspects of his incarceration?
February 25th, 2008 at 6:30 pmStay the course, the courts are working!
Rove is a fat pig that takes Gannon-Cannon up the back side.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:30 pmIt sounds like a very interesting story. I sure wish I could have seen it. My TV went out when they got to the good stuff. I wasn’t alone. Interesting!
http://harpers.org/archive/2008/02/hbc-90002487
Was this the Alabama version of “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia?”
February 25th, 2008 at 6:30 pm#21 osage: National Security! State Secrets! A Bush Signing Statement! I’m Karl Rove and I don’t answer to your petty subpoenas!
February 25th, 2008 at 6:31 pmLying sack of crap.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:31 pmComment by good_golly — February 25, 2008 @ 6:29 pm
flagged for being ot.
gg.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:31 pmWe know Rove is lying…
February 25th, 2008 at 6:34 pmIf we could begin just one public hearing, doesn’t matter on which topic, wouldn’t this and all the corruption begin to unfold? And could the American people handle it especially if it went down to the bare bones of 9/11?
Rove is a subpeona dodger. He’s setting the example for criminals everywhere. I hope Fox News and Newsweek love their association with the Turd Blossom. When you wrestle with a turd, all you get is covered in feces.
- Tom
February 25th, 2008 at 6:34 pm22 - Goony: Delusional much?
February 25th, 2008 at 6:34 pmA lit stick of dynamite in that garbage can pie hole of his would be about right.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:34 pmThose who had been in the unit confirm the facts as set forth in the documents. They could not verify the documents themselves. Goog_golly, does it ever cause you to blush - you know, being an unthinking hoe for the Republican noise machine.
Comment by JMOHR
And that is the difference between the right side and those of us with a conscience.
Dan Rather was thrown under the bus by his corporate bosses - you know them: the MSM. They could have supported him by finding out what did happen - certainly based on the first person accounts of the National Guardsmen in Texas, or by finding and reviewing the incomplete or missing documents purported to show exactly where Bush was during that time. It was just easier to bow at the alter of bush and sacrifice a journalistic icon of the late 20th century, rather than do their jobs.
Again, to GiGi this is all the same - he said/she said. GiGi doesn’t want to know if her beloved king lied, becauise that would soil her rosy image of ‘dear leader’. Better to undermine journalistic integrity than to know the truth - especially if the truth hurts Dumbya.
BTW: Why did the 60 minutes special on Rove not get aired in parts of Alabama, GiGi? Any ideas?
February 25th, 2008 at 6:35 pmBet Newsweek regrets not doing a background check?! What a lying sack of shit!!
Maybe he will be canned??
February 25th, 2008 at 6:38 pmDan Rather has a $70 million lawsuit against CBS for making him a scapegoat in their efforts to suppress the Bush story. So GG is probably correct this time. Only thing is CBS has lied to protect Bushco not to out them. Sorry gone_goofy.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:39 pmComment by StratRat — February 25, 2008 @ 6:35 pm
let’s watch gg go ot again.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:40 pmHey, I’ve got an idea!
February 25th, 2008 at 6:40 pmLet Rove testify to this under Oath! That way he could reassure the American people he was telling the absolute truth… what’s that? He won’t testify under oath? Oh well, I guess he doesn’t really have to- his word is good enough for me. After all, with a face like Smuckers- it’s got to be good!
Do we still allow lynching in America? No?
Well then, how do we extract justice from Ye Olde Round Rove?
February 25th, 2008 at 6:41 pmScott Horton over at Harper’s Magazine has been all over this.
Here are a couple of very worthwhile reads.
http://www.harpers.org/archive/2007/07/hbc-90000509
http://www.harpers.org/archive/2007/08/hbc-90000762
February 25th, 2008 at 6:44 pmWell then, how do we extract justice from Ye Olde Round Rove?
Comment by Evergreen2U — February 25, 2008 @ 6:41 pm
waterboarding, dogs, strip him naked, beat him, you know the ‘military commissions act’ alows us to
February 25th, 2008 at 6:44 pmI expect the Republicans to win the Presidency, in part by winning key swing states like Ohio and Florida.
Comment by goon_golly — February 25, 2008 @ 6:29 pm
Interesting, isn’t it, that the goon chooses the two states which have seen the most fraudulent elections in the last two presidential cycles?
February 25th, 2008 at 6:45 pmI hear waterboarding is legal now that the Sadist in Chief says so…let’s see how Karl likes it!
February 25th, 2008 at 6:45 pmOoooh…Karl Rove being waterboarded!
That’s my ultimate wet dream. ;o)
February 25th, 2008 at 6:48 pmfrom bs to leftside annie……waterboard it is!
February 25th, 2008 at 6:50 pmI expect the Republicans to win the Presidency, in part by winning key swing states like Ohio and Florida.
Care to wager on that GG? Put some good hard cash behind your prediction?
I’ll bet $1,000 that the Democrats win the Presidency. We can escrow the money at a Title Company in your state.
And I will bet any other comers that GG doesn’t do it. Shit stirrers never back up their mouth.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:50 pmI am trying to imagine GiGi explaining to her children how she supported a criminal enterprise. The truth will get out Gigi…It will.
The future is your enemy…Bush and Rove may be able to bob and weave for a while, but not too long. When the music stops and the truth begins to emerge, the entire planet will want to know who supported these terrorists. It was you GG.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:52 pmAt 10 cents a post it’s going to take GG quite a while to come up with $1,000 nanlichi.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:55 pmGiGi with children StratRat?
February 25th, 2008 at 6:57 pmHere’s what we do with the T-blossom.
We dress him like a pinata . .
and hang him by his feet to the nearest branch that’s big enough
to suspend his fat ass.
Then we hand the kids a machete to get the candy out.
February 25th, 2008 at 7:02 pmCBS has been caught making up stories before.
Comment by good_golly — February 25, 2008 @ 6:09 pm
And Rove is a pathological liar.
February 25th, 2008 at 7:02 pmDo you think anyone watching Rove on FOX actually believed him?
February 25th, 2008 at 7:04 pmDo you think anyone watching Rove on FOX actually believed him?
Comment by Above the Clouds — February 25, 2008 @ 7:04 pm
I think EVERYONE watching Rove on Faux believed him. They would have believed him if he had said that Barack Obama was a space alien from the Klatu Nebula.
February 25th, 2008 at 7:07 pmP.S. Save this post. Let’s revisit it in November.
Comment by good_golly — February 25, 2008 @ 6:29 pm
Don’t bother, gg will spin the monumental republican loss of the White House, senate and House with some more bullshit lies and fairy tales, like she has the CBS crapola.
February 25th, 2008 at 7:10 pmAnd anyone with a brain would believe Karl Rove why?
February 25th, 2008 at 7:14 pmRepublican doctrine:
commit, commit, commit THEN
deny, deny deny
February 25th, 2008 at 7:19 pmKool Aid tasty, neocons? As for Dan Rather’s foul up? He forgot how to be a journalist a long time before this incident. They don’t call “news anchors” “news readers” in Great Britain for nothing. Rather became a typical corporate stooge over 20 years ago.
February 25th, 2008 at 7:20 pmLet’s see who do we believe. A woman who testified under oath, someone burned down her home if she testified to Congress and tried to run her off the road.
Karl Rove involved in more corruption, while he refuses to testify under oath and is looking for his protection with executive privilege. Now look for Bush to pardon Karl Rove for all past, present and future crimes when he leaves office.
At lease we know what the White House has been up to since 2000. Yes the appointed Judges and lawyers are corrupt. It will take the new President to have a new department to investigate 8 years of cases done by the Department of Justice and Contracts given to those who did favors.
February 25th, 2008 at 7:32 pmRather was right - the Cheerleader Prince was/is a shirker. There is ample evidence of that.
He was derelict in his duty then, derelict in it now. Unfit for k.p., let alone command.
Nepotism: Because sometimes you don’t merit the job your Dad wants you to have.
February 25th, 2008 at 7:34 pmRove denies 60 Minutes charges, claims he wasn’t contacted.
February 25th, 2008 at 7:38 pmAnd Karl Rove should be believed because….?
The weasel has spent his life lying, that is the foundation of his career — he has raised lying to an art form.
Rove denies 60 Minutes charges:
February 25th, 2008 at 7:39 pmLarry Craig denies being gay:
Bob Ney denies being corrupt:
Rush denies being a drug addict:
Anybody see a pattern here?
These Republicans want to believe the lies. They know that they’re being lied to, but it just doesn’t matter - the lie is part and parcel of beating the Democrats. They would poison their own water if they thought Liberals would drink it. Their ideology is based on self-deception and depravity. Though they profess many things - religion, patriotism, and morality, to name a few; they believe in nothing - not god, not the Constitution, and certainly not morals. This willingness to deceive and to be deceived says quite a bit about their character as people and citizens. They hate everything and everyone, including themselves. They have become the embodiment of hypocrisy. They have become vile and loathsome people.
Karl Rove is their leader.
February 25th, 2008 at 7:41 pm**Stop responding to the trolls….they are diverting each and every thread to spread their perverse and Godless propaganda.**
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***For now on, everyone flag each and every comment made by a troll***
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February 25th, 2008 at 7:44 pmComment by good_golly — February 25, 2008 @ 6:09 pm
False!
February 25th, 2008 at 7:45 pmYou refer to the Bush/AWOL story of two years ago — while it was shown that certain documents were not true, the facts that underlie the story are NOT in dispute. Bush WAS AWOL. There is no record of his attendance for months. There is record of his working for a campaign while he was supposed to be on base.
BTW, have you ever heard of anyone who claims to have been buddies with Bush in the Guard? No one has ever come forward. No one boasts about being bunk buddies with him.
He wasn’t there.
Just like the records of his DUI arrest/conviction which have been “lost.” All incriminating evidence against the boy-king is unavailable. If you choose to take the word of known liars, that is your preogative — stupid, but yours nonetheless.
How do you know karl rove is lying?
February 25th, 2008 at 7:47 pmHis lips are moving.
Jill Simpson testified under oath. Rove refused to talk to anyone, even ignoring a subpoena .
who you going to believe?
Alias ‘Turd Blossom’…
“I’m talking about the other Rove — the dirty trickster and master of calumny who is widely assumed to have been behind the smearing of John McCain in 2000 and the Swift-Boating of John Kerry in 2004. You know, the Rove who barely avoided a federal indictment for his part in the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame.
The one who critics believe subverted the Justice Department and spurred nakedly partisan prosecutions of Democratic officials, including former Alabama governor Don Siegelman. ”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ wp-dyn/ content/ blog/ 2008/ 02/ 22/ BL2008022201767.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
February 25th, 2008 at 8:05 pm#72 Marie: Couldn’t have said it better.
February 25th, 2008 at 8:08 pmThere’s so much crap piled up against these guys. And the Turdburgler has the audacity to go on TV. Sociopathic indeed.
February 25th, 2008 at 8:11 pmHe didn’t go on TV. He went on Fox.
February 25th, 2008 at 8:13 pmYeah….I’m gonna go with CBS on this one.
February 25th, 2008 at 8:19 pmCBS has been caught making up stories before.
Comment by good_golly — February 25, 2008 @ 6:09 pm
Conservative Bull Sh*tters have been caught making up stories before.
There goofy golly I corrected your post so noone misunderstands it.
February 25th, 2008 at 8:19 pmThe world will be a better place when this man is no longer in it.
February 25th, 2008 at 8:21 pmIs there a more pathetic example of American manhood than this sneaky, underhanded, cowardly draftdodging, chubby little weasel Karl Rove.
Bush had a good name for him; ‘turdblossom’.
It’s half-right because Rove is a shit stain on the American landscape.
He and his cohorts have dragged this country down and pulled the Republican party into the sewer.
I think Teddy Roosevelt had guys like Karl in mind when he said;”I could carve a better man out of a banana.”
February 25th, 2008 at 8:31 pmThanks, Mr. Evil — it p*sses me off that the record of GWB has been expunged of everything from school grades to military service.
February 25th, 2008 at 9:08 pmThat the press has given him a pass for so long, they have forgotten the meaning of journalism. Had they done their job, there is no way GW would be president. TWICE.
Trolls who come here exploit the media’s lack of attention.
It’s amazing that the Bush record has been safeguarded as well as the gold in Ft. Knox. He’s been groomed for this since the late 80’s by Karl Rove to be the amiable, likeable, dummy frontman for the PNAC agenda. You know, the guy you’d like to have a beer with. And the American people bought into it hook, line and sinker. That sure is a qualifying reason to elect a man president.
February 25th, 2008 at 9:26 pmThere would be more than passing anecdotal evidence that both the 2000 and 2004 elections were stolen, Mr. Evil.
Perhaps Botch really wasn’t elected at all.
February 25th, 2008 at 9:29 pmIt’s amazing that the Bush record has been safeguarded as well as the gold in Ft. Knox.
Comment by Mr. Evil — February 25, 2008 @ 9:26 pm
Are you sure there is any gold left at Fort Knox?
February 25th, 2008 at 9:30 pmYou know what gg…? your posting here makes me want to go vote for McCain.
February 25th, 2008 at 9:49 pmParts of “60 Minutes” Broadcast Blocked in Alabama
pass the word.
February 25th, 2008 at 10:15 pmSHow up a Rove speeches (Lies) and perform a CITIZEN’S ARREST.
February 25th, 2008 at 10:23 pmWHat supposedly did Dean do in Florida? Oh, you mean make the delegates not count. Oh for the PRIMARY, Yeah, and that will just get all them Floridians pissy and vote for McCrazy nutjob,…NOT!!!
February 25th, 2008 at 10:25 pmCut’nPaste from
Parts of “60 Minutes” Broadcast Blocked in Alabama
As 60 Minutes was putting its show together, the White House put pressure on CBS — the parent company — to kill the show. Over the last few days, as word got out that the 60 Minutes show would air tonight, Karl Rove’s associates began planting defamatory stories about journalists working on this story (see example here) and attacking the whistle-blower who came forward, Dana Jill Simpson. If you recall, Ms. Simpson testified, under oath, to Congress about Karl Rove’s involvement in politicizing the DOJ. What you may not know, however, is that her house mysteriously caught fire and she was run off the road in the weeks leading up to her testimony.
What you may also not know is that Governor Siegelman’s house was broken into twice during his trial as was his attorney’s office.
Yesterday, the attacks on Simpson and journalists increased with a series of emails from the Alabama GOP. See Here.
Tonight was something truly unseen in US history. During the 60 Minutes broadcast and ONLY during the Don Siegelman portion — the screen went black for Huntsville residents and Mobile residents. There are other reports of other locations, but I have not yet confirmed those. In Florida, a series of strange ads were running about the FISA bill and how Democrats are not tough on terrorism, apparently during the 60 Minutes hour and also right before 60 Minutes, but not after (still trying to confirm when the ads stopped running).
In other words, in the United States of America, a man is imprisoned for being a Democrat. When reporters attempt to get this story out, they are threatened and smeared. When all else fails, the public is not allowed to see the news.
February 25th, 2008 at 10:45 pmDan Abrams challenged Michael Mukasey tonight on his show to investigate Karl Rove’s involvement in the Siegelman case. Jill Simpson gave a deposition under oath and also challenged Karl to do the same. The way I see it either way Mukasey is screwed. He goes after Karl and the neocon machine retaliates against Mukasey. He doesn’t go after Karl and he gets attacked as being corrupt and partisan in the DOJ. He can sacrifice his reputation and the DOJ or he can sacrifice Karl. With everything Karl could possibly tell this could get rather ugly. Because I don’t think Karl would do very well in jail.
February 25th, 2008 at 10:47 pmKarl Rove does not have a history of telling the truth. It is he who is lying. Thats all he does ,all the time. He’s a political hack,a draft dodging coward and a college dropout. He is the bottom feeding scum that is the republican party today. Getting an interview with him is like talking to the devil. Just to hear the man talk gives me the creeps.
February 25th, 2008 at 10:52 pmA Republican lawyer calling Rove a liar on national TV? OUCH!
February 25th, 2008 at 10:53 pmyou know what’s great about conservatives? They weep and moan about the liberal media bias, but they have no qualms about using the media if it fits their world view. For example, one caller to Randi’s show told Sam that an AP article said that Comcast was to blame for the blackout in Alabama. But he identified himself as a conservative and obviously he believes that the media is out to get conservatives and other right-wingers. So which is it?
February 25th, 2008 at 11:07 pmWhat happened to the post re. using iexplore.exe to show who is spying on this thread. Something about Task Manager?
The spies must be deleting posts?
February 25th, 2008 at 11:20 pmHow many times did Patrick Fitzgerald give Karl Rove to get his story straight. And there Rove was facing perjury charges yet it took him 5 tries to get something Fitzgerald would accept. Here Rove isn’t facing criminal charges so what are the chances of him telling the truth? Perhaps 1% — at best.
February 26th, 2008 at 12:15 amAfter the way CBS treated Dan Rather (who has brought a $70 MILLION dollar defamation suit against them) I wouldn’t believe a g*d damned thing CBS says OR for that matter Karl Rasputin Rove.
Haven’t any of you noticed that the corporate media such as the NY Times and CBS seem intent on proving to the Right Wing that they are corrupt liberals?
February 26th, 2008 at 12:35 amThe American corporate media is anything but liberal.
Corrupt yes. Liberal…nope.
CBS has been caught making up stories before.
Comment by good_golly — February 25, 2008 @ 6:09 pm
ROTFL!! Not true, but FOX HAS!! ROTFL!
February 26th, 2008 at 12:54 amCBS has been caught making up stories before.
Comment by good_golly — February 25, 2008 @ 6:09 pm
Proof?
Comment by VerbalKint — February 25, 2008 @ 6:12 pm
Republicans like good_golly don’t NEED PROOF, don’t TRUST PROOF, that’s why they’re RELIGIOUS ZEALOTS that are ANTI-SCIENCE, ANTI-FACT and ANTI-TRUTH! Them WHINING about OTHERS LYING is the HEIGHT OF IRONY and HYPOCRISY! ;)
February 26th, 2008 at 12:55 amThe only thing republicans care about is telling you what you’re allowed to believe and meddling in other country’s affairs. They really don’t know how to accomplish much else.
February 26th, 2008 at 1:01 amPLUS snooping into your private lives…and pontificating from the hypocrite’s pulpit…
February 26th, 2008 at 1:08 amCBS has been caught making up stories before.
Comment by good_golly — February 25, 2008 @ 6:09 pm
REALLY? When? The story about TRAITOR Bush being AWOL is TRUE, so what ELSE you got?
On the OTHER HAND, Karl Rove is a KNOWN LIAR and can’t testify UNDER OATH to tell the TRUTH to the American People.
Rove WAS contacted.
Rove LIED, as do ALL the Bush WAR CRIMINALS, who ALL deserve to be in prison until they DROP DEAD and go to hell where they
BELONG…
February 26th, 2008 at 3:24 amI’m pasting this link to the Locust Fork News†here to keep this information available to posters who haven’t seen it yet. It’s a 7/07 5-part piece on Jill Simpson and the origins of the scandal.
http://blog.locustfork.net/ind…..s-simpson/
It includes information that didn’t get prominent billing in the case, like
- the judge who oversaw Siegelman’s “conviction†(after the first judge threw the case out) is a major stockholder in a company that received a $170 million contract to supply uniforms etc to iraq WHILE THE CASE WAS IN PROGRESS.
- Siegelman is unable to appeal his convictions BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN DENIED ACCESS TO A TRANSCRIPT OF HIS TRIAL.
- Siegelman appears to have lost by a very narrow margin in 2002 AFTER a Republican operative showed up with a laptop at 3 AM and ADJUSTED VOTE TALLIES from digital voting machines and a “recount†showed a 6000 vote margin that put the Republican over the top.
- Prior to this Jill Simpson was involved in a scheme to photograph supposed Siegelman operatives at a KKK rally, an apparent Rove-directed set-up.
February 26th, 2008 at 6:33 amAlabama Democratic Party
For Immediate Release:
February 25, 2008
Contact: Jim Spearman (334) 262-2221 Cell: (205) 712-2350
Alabama Democratic Party Calls for Special Prosecutor
Dems Say FCC Should Launch Inquiry into Huntsville CBS Blackout
The Alabama Democratic Party today called on the US Justice Dept. and the US House Judiciary Committee to appoint a special prosecutor into the allegations of the political prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman after the facts and interviews were released by CBS Television Network in their 60 Minutes program this past Sunday night.
Executive Director, Jim Spearman says there is too much smoke and too many facts for DOJ and Congress to ignore. “Abuse of the federal prosecutorial system for partisan political gain must be taken very seriously. The accusations by the 52 former state attorneys general, including the former republican AG from Arizona Grant Woods should be taken into account by the US Attorney General”, Spearman says. Congress should not delay in taking the next step to call witnesses and to hold those not answering supeanoes in contempt of Congress.
For the Alabama Republican Party to issue its statement yesterday prior to the airing of the 60 Minutes segment trying to discredit CBS even before the program airs shows that indeed republicans may have something to hide. “How can the ALGOP really try to discredit a former republican AG who is now a co-chair of their US Presidential Nominee’s campaign effort,”Spearman notes.
Also today, Alabama Democratic Chairman Joe Turnham says he will send a letter to the Federal Communications Commission asking for a formal inquiry into the CBS Huntsville affiliate black out of the the Siegelman airing. It has come to the attention of many Democrats in North Alabama that the principal owners of WHNT are Bush Pioneers and major republican donors. Many suspect that enormous pressure was put on CBS to not air the Siegelman story. If CBS received political pressure to stifle the first amendment rights of the network or affiliate, the FCC and Congress should take appropriate oversight into the matter.
February 26th, 2008 at 7:02 amSorry, the link to the Simpson story didn’t go through. it’s
http://blog.locustfork.net/ index.php/ healthsouths-richard-scrushy-on-trial/ jill-simpsons-a/
February 26th, 2008 at 7:04 am#69, Comment by Marcus Aurelius — February 25, 2008 @ 7:41 pm
Your comment reminded me of this quote:
“He thinks that morals are paintings on walls and scruples are money in Russia.”
February 26th, 2008 at 7:37 amLet’s not forget that Fox successfully defended themselves from a whistleblower lawsuit in Florida by asserting their right to lie.
February 26th, 2008 at 7:45 amRove lies through his a$$. In other snooze, dog bites man and lone gunman shoots up students at a school….”
Cheers,
February 26th, 2008 at 11:53 am