Comments on: Coalition Calls for Siegelman Charges to be Dropped http://blog.locustfork.net/2009/07/23/coalition-calls-for-siegelman-charges-to-be-dropped/ A Wide Open Weblog for Big News, the Big Picture Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:42:48 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mike Dale http://blog.locustfork.net/2009/07/23/coalition-calls-for-siegelman-charges-to-be-dropped/comment-page-1/#comment-35488 Mike Dale Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:04:05 +0000 http://blog.locustfork.net/2009/07/23/coalition-calls-for-siegelman-charges-to-be-dropped/#comment-35488 I certainly agree. The problem is that the Obama administration has stated its intent to press forward, forgetting those things that lie behind. I certainly agree. The problem is that the Obama administration has stated its intent to press forward, forgetting those things that lie behind.

]]> By: Yana Davis http://blog.locustfork.net/2009/07/23/coalition-calls-for-siegelman-charges-to-be-dropped/comment-page-1/#comment-35487 Yana Davis Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:34:23 +0000 http://blog.locustfork.net/2009/07/23/coalition-calls-for-siegelman-charges-to-be-dropped/#comment-35487 Let's hope that Holder has the intenstinal fortitude to drop the charges against Siegelman, come what may afterward in terms of being forced to investigate politicians who may have been in on the plan to wrongfully prosecute the former governor. It's time for all this dirty laundry from the Bush era to be washed and aired. Messes need to be cleaned up, not covered up. Let’s hope that Holder has the intenstinal fortitude to drop the charges against Siegelman, come what may afterward in terms of being forced to investigate politicians who may have been in on the plan to wrongfully prosecute the former governor.

It’s time for all this dirty laundry from the Bush era to be washed and aired. Messes need to be cleaned up, not covered up.

]]> By: Mike Dale http://blog.locustfork.net/2009/07/23/coalition-calls-for-siegelman-charges-to-be-dropped/comment-page-1/#comment-35485 Mike Dale Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:59:14 +0000 http://blog.locustfork.net/2009/07/23/coalition-calls-for-siegelman-charges-to-be-dropped/#comment-35485 The big problem for Holder in this is that if he does drop the charges he knows he will then be called upon to initiate a full investigation of the prosecutors, marshalls, Alabama AG's office, possibly the governor of Alabama and his son, Republican officials in Alabama, the judge, members of the jury and just about everyone else that was involved, some of whom belong in jail themselves. And of course this is just one of many similar cases. I read recently that Holder already has so much on his plate that his hair has turned fully grey in the past few months. He would probably rather wait and let things sort themselves out. The big problem for Holder in this is that if he does drop the charges he knows he will then be called upon to initiate a full investigation of the prosecutors, marshalls, Alabama AG’s office, possibly the governor of Alabama and his son, Republican officials in Alabama, the judge, members of the jury and just about everyone else that was involved, some of whom belong in jail themselves. And of course this is just one of many similar cases. I read recently that Holder already has so much on his plate that his hair has turned fully grey in the past few months. He would probably rather wait and let things sort themselves out.

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