Siegelman story will be Sunday on 60 Minutes!

[Archae]

Just got this in my e-mail:

CBS 60 Minutes Siegelman Story to Air on Sunday
Scott Horton http://www.harpers.org/archive/2008/02/hbc-90002458

I am advised by CBS News that their long-awaited feature dealing with the trial of former Alabama Governor Don E. Siegelman will air on the next 60 Minutes program, on Sunday, February 24. I am told by people who have seen it that this is one of the best pieces of domestic exposé journalism the 60 Minutes team has put together in the last several years. Mark your calendar and if you’re out, this is the time to master the Tivo or the VCR record function.

Here's hoping...

[Mister Ed]

1. Yess! Keep this one kicked. n/t

[patrice]

2. Good news!! I'll Hope right along with you.

I'd like very much to know more about that case too.

[lolly]

3. Worth watching

This story really needs to get exposure.

Isn't there something similar going on, with college admins in Mississippi or someplace getting put in jail for the "crime" of being Democrats, essentially?

[Elidor]

4. One of those rare occasions I wish I had TV

I'd love to see this. I hope they do the subject justice.

[Bozita]

5. Isn't February 24 Don's birthday?

Nice gift.

[midnight]

19. Yes it is. I'm so curious to see this piece of journalism....

I sure hope they present this Man some justice.

[druidity33]

6. one more rec please!

This needs to be on the Greatest page. This story will explode if it hits the majority of people.

[Archae]

7. And here's hoping it explodes in Rove's ugly fat face.

:argh:

[Subdivisions]

8. Yay! They read my letter! Yay! nT

[Kingofalldems]

9. Kick this one

[DeepModem Mom]

10. K&R

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

11. Great news!!!

I was worried CBS corporate would kill it.

[Usrename]

12. k&r

for justice

[LiberalAndProud]

13. YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY!

This is SUCH good news!

[DCKit]

14. That's going on the DVR then to DVD for sure. n/t

[AikidoSoul]

15. K & R

even though I have my own thread that I'm worried about. ;-)


Really, this is great news. This is a story that just HAS to be told.

[Pastiche423]

16. YEA!

Great Birthday gift!

[lisainmilo]

17. Good....I hope the truth is presented! n/t

[RedEarth]

18. Outstanding

[EFerrari]

20. Kick

[hvn_nbr_2]

21. Hopeful, but I'll believe it when they actually broadcast it.

No doubt that a lot of people are receiving KKKarrots and KKSticks, mostly sticks.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

22. Oscars Night of course.... Got a note from Siegelman yesterday...

I came across his address, possibly at DU, and sent him a hand written letter of encouragement. I'm curious as to how many people are writing. I got this from the link below. Does anybody know if this is definitely his address? Whether it is or not, I suspect I've made it up a couple levels on the Karl Rove watch list.

Don Siegelman
24775-001
FPC P O Box 5010
Oakdale La 71463

http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_paula_hu_080208_write_former_gov__do.htm

[Cherchez la Femme]

33. Is that pathetic

or what?

The MsM is finally forced to cover it, so they pick a time where there is the most interest in another subject on another channel.
It's just too bad they couldn't wait for the series finale of Lost

What a joke our titular "Free Press" has become ;(

[japple]

41. 60 Minutes runs from 7:00 - 8:00 ET and the Oscars

start at 8:00 ET, so one could watch both. I don't know what times these shows air on the west coast.

[Cherchez la Femme]

49. Pre-Oscar shows

such as Ba-Ba Wa-Wa's special that is going head to head with 60 Minutes

[defendandprotect]

45. I got a note from him recently and he asked me to write some letters which

I've been unable to do because my printer is out and I'm waiting for a new one!!!

At some point, I hope to catch up with that for him ---
and contribute some more to his defense fund!

Glad to hear the program is a go for Sunday!

If they can do this to him they can do this to anyone --- including any Democrat in office --- !!!

I agree 100% with Randi Rhodes . . . it's the AGs who weren't fired by Bush who we have to worry
about and what they've been doing all this time!!!

[mod mom]

23. New from Larissa: SIEGELMAN SUPPORTERS ABOUT TO BE SMEARED!

From Larisa Alexandrovna:

Horton, Me and others to be attacked...
http://www.atlargely.com/2008/02/horton-me-and-o.html

Folks, I have gotten yet another heads up - a third in a two day period - which is why I am now taking this seriously, that some sort of attack piece is coming against me, Scott Horton, and anyone else writing about Siegelman and the Riley camp. I am hearing various versions of what the attack will look like and two publications have already been named as getting the hit ready.
My understanding is that the whistle-blower, Dana Jill Simpson, Scott Horton of Harper's, Glyn Wilson of Locust Fork, and possibly (this I have only heard from one person) 60 Minutes are going to be smeared from here to eternity. I don't know the exact form the slander will take, but what I do know is that this will constitute an act of political war using an Alabama publication, possibly two - willingly I might add - to attack reporters.
I am not going to name the publication(s) at this point. I am hoping that they have some sense of ethics and refuse to run the hit piece. But, I will say this and openly, any publication that acts as the personal attack dog of a group of corrupt politicians needs to be run out of business. Or let me put it another way, none of us are going to stand by and allow slander as intimidation.
I ask that everyone - who believes in a free press; who depends on publications like Harper's, Raw Story, and TV shows like 60 Minutes for truth; everyone who believes in whistle-blower protection; everyone who does not want Soviet style justice in this country; and everyone who believes that this is still a country of laws - to please be ready to shame any publication that prints this hist piece into non-existence. Defend your reporters people, because they are all you have standing between you and an all-powerful authoritarian state. You want a free press? Fight for it. So, I ask you to ready yourselves for this assault. If any Alabama publication runs this hit piece, I want to know you will stand with me - with us really.
I will keep everyone posted on what happens. Let's hope there is still some integrity left in the two major newspapers in Alabama. Certainly the citizens of Alabama deserve honest brokers in the news business.

I'M GOIng to post this seperately so those you have already commited won't miss it!

[EFerrari]

24. Good luck to the bad guys. There's an awful lot of us. n/t

[mod mom]

29. here's a link to the thread on the smear:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2903087&mesg_id=2903087

[defendandprotect]

46. From what I hear, everything in Alabama is corrupt--- !!!

The internet does give us a way to fight for and support a free press ---
I think we should be more concentrated on that opportunity --- !!!

I'm always amazed at the luck which seems to be with Bush and the right-wing ---
there seems to be no piece of crap they can't pick up and use to their advantage!!

And the FATES seems to love them --- !!!!

[provis99]

48. Alabama is a beacon of virtue compared to Louisiana

and I don't think you'll find too many Louisianans who disagree, unfortunately.

[fascisthunter]

25. Has It Been Edited? (nt)

[balantz]

26. Hurray!!!

K&R!!!

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

27. all govt agencies politicized

I wonder what all bush has on members of congress that they didn't have the guts
to impeach him all of these years?

Maybe that domestic spying gave him the ammo he needed.

[H8fascistcons]

28. Hey Nancy Pelosi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you sick, twisted criminal Fascist enabler, are you going to watch this and protect us and our constitution for a change?

[cadaverdog]

43. Nahhh,

She'll be watching the Oscars, like every other deadhead in this country. The Oscars will be on the air live when Sixty Minutes airs on both coasts. Perfect. CBS couldn't have buried this piece any better if they had stuck it in a time capsule.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

30. Yes! Kick R and kick again!

:kick:

[David Zephyr]

31. Finally.

As you said, 'here's hoping...'

[tblue37]

32. About freakin' time! n/t

[johan helge]

34. Those Repubs have no integrity

at all. This people should know.

[still_one]

35. Will Rove go to jail? Sorry to be so cynical, but I doubt it will do anything

[EFerrari]

40. The idea is to get Don out of jail first.

:)

[bonito]

36. KicK!

[L. Coyote]

37. "Don Siegelman" CBS 60 Minutes Preview VIDEO is online now. Link

Thanks lala_rawraw for spotting this.

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=3860320n&channel=i_video

Preview: Don Siegelman
Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman is serving time after being convicted on charges of corruption. Now, as Scott Pelley reports, allegations of a Washington-based conspiracy against him have emerged. Sunday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. ET/PT

[defendandprotect]

47. "Conspiracy" . . . wow --- taking off the dunce caps and putting on the tin foil --- !!! ????

"Washington-based conspiracy against him" ---
quite an encouraging note . . . !!!

I'll try to watch some of it now . . .

Thank you !!

[barbtries]

38. i will actually turn on my TV for that

isn't that his birthday? that's gotta be a good birthday present.

[muyojoe]

39. I'M IN ALABAMA

And the repuke jerks I work with actually celebrated when Siegelman got imprisoned. I'm tempted to tell them to watch the show.

[Dob Bole]

42. Yes!!!

I hope the whole lot of them go to jail. Isn't Jeff Sessions up for reelection?

[Iwillnevergiveup]

44. Rec #61

Is it me or are quite a few rocks being overturned lately to reveal the maggots underneath? This story is going to come as a huge shock to masses of people who don't yet know about it.