VIDEO: FULL '60 Minutes' INTERVIEW with Gov. Siegelman

[Hissyspit]

They only used a small portion of it on the broadcast tonight. Well worth watching the whole thing:

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=3994668n&channel=/sections/60minutes/videoplayer3415.shtml

Siegelman Says 'No Deal'

Former Ala. Governor Don Siegelman tells Scott Pelley he did not offer any special deal to HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy in exchange for $500,000 for Siegelman's campaign for a statewide lottery.

Siegelman aid says Schrush didn't even want the job.

"I've spent my life-savings."

"I've been busy hugging my son, and daughter and wife."

[BOSSHOG]

1. "Karl rove should put his hand on the bible

and either tell the truth or plead the fifth." Don't let go of this Governor.

Why do conservatives fear swearing to tell the truth?
Why do conservatives fear the fairness doctrine?
Why do conservatives fear doing something for our country?

[Hissyspit]

22. See Post #21 for new links. Also link and article here:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/04/60minutes/main3995061.shtml

60 Minutes

Siegelman Future Hinges On Appeal
Former Alabama Governor Is Free As Congress Investigates His Prosecution

(CBS) A federal court has released former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman from prison, six weeks after 60 Minutes aired a report about a prosecution so suspect that 52 former state attorneys-general have asked Congress to investigate.

In 2006, Siegelman was convicted of bribery, but the prosecution was so troubling that Congress started the investigation. Siegelman says his prosecution was political, orchestrated in the White House.

Siegelman was in prison in February when he watched the original 60 Minutes broadcast with other inmates.

In an interview with 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley, he describes the jailhouse reaction to the broadcast: "Well immediately people were standing up, sayin', 'You got screwed.' And I'd say, 'Well, you know, I think there were a lot of ya'll that got screwed.' And then, one guy stood up and said, 'No, I was guilty. You got screwed.' "

Using different words, a federal appeals court raised the same possibility, agreeing that his "appeal raises substantial questions of law or fact likely to result in reversal" of his conviction.

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[pberq]

2. Kick & Nominated

[L. Coyote]

18. Ditto.

The ran just enough of the story to highlight Gov. Siegelman was released after their first broadcast.

[JDPriestly]

3. Thanks for posting this.

[DemReadingDU]

4. Thank you for the entire video

Too bad 60 Mintues spent more time with Feith than with Siegelman

[Dudley_DUright]

5. Thanks for that H

I wish they would have broadcast the whole interview instead of the little snippet they did. The extended interview made it very clear he was railroaded without foundation.

[travelingtypist]

6. What a perfect man to help put Karl Rove in prison.

For real.

[gateley]

7. Wow! Thanks for the big one, Hissy! nt

[AX10]

8. K & R!

For Don Siegelman of course.

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

9. i just watched this and I just feel sick now

Karl Rove is pure and simple evil, this cannot be allowed to stand. The repukes effectively ruined this man and all because he wanted to fund education - this is one of the sickest things I have ever seen in this country. in any other civilized country, Rove would be shunned like the dog he is, and still the media acts like he is respectable and has something to say, and if they are blind enough to give him a mouthpiece, then they are so unbelievable out of touch and need to look in the mirror and ask where their souls went.

I hope this is the start of light shining on the slime, I hear it takes a lot of guts and bravery to be an Alabama Dem these days.

[annabanana]

10. "I've spent my life-savings." . . .Defense fund link here:

http://donsiegelman.org/pages/topics/take_action_DSLF.html

[MelissaB]

11. K&R

[raystorm7]

12. Video not playing...

Am I the only one having this problem. Don't even see it on the right column of video links. =/

[JDPriestly]

13. It didn't work for me either.

[JDPriestly]

14. I found fewer than seven minutes of the interview at that link.

[Hissyspit]

20. They only played about 20 seconds on 60 Minutes.

It is probably not the complete interview footage.

[JDPriestly]

15. Is there a link to the full interview somewhere else?

Apparently they are now only posting a small portion of the interview.

[Ellipsis]

16. never mind (edit)

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Siegelman_Karl_Rove_has_accomplished_his_0406.html

some of it anyway

[Hissyspit]

21. NEW LINKS:

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=3996874n

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=3996872n

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=3996870n

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/04/60minutes/main3995061.shtml

[EFerrari]

17. Thanx. K&R

[samsingh]

19. kick

[AmandaRuth]

23. k & r

to the top with you