Karl Rove, William Canary, and the Siegelman Case

[HCE SuiGeneris]

Source: Harper's Magazine

A trio of reporters at Raw Story has just published further details relating to the involvement of Karl Rove in the campaign of Alabama Governor Bob Riley and in the effort to eliminate his chief rival, former Governor Don E. Siegelman, through a criminal prosecution. The story traces Rove’s involvement, largely via his long-time friend William Canary, in the 2002 Alabama gubernatorial race. Canary had initially advised the campaign of Lieutenant Governor Steve Windom, and only after his primary defeat turned to the Riley campaign. Raw Story reports:

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According to the Alabama RNC source, Rove met regularly with operatives for the Riley campaign. The source’s allegations are confirmed in part by campaign disclosure forms, which show that Windom paid Canary as a consultant between 1999 and early 2001 and later received large contributions from Canary’s business partner, a pattern that is duplicated with Riley and Canary.

Rove’s linkage to this campaign has been reported before and belongs to the insider’s account of Alabama politics—but Raw Story brings in considerable additional detail. The Rove involvement is unfolded with a flow chart showing the complex relationships. As Dan Abrams noted on his MSNBC report recently, Rove’s extensive campaign dealings in Alabama involve a large team, and the central figure in the process is certainly William Canary, the husband of the U.S. Attorney who brought the Siegelman prosecution. Rove and Canary go way back, certainly to Canary’s days on the Republican National Committee. Canary’s move down to Alabama seems to have been one of the factors that led Karl Rove to become much more deeply engaged in Alabama politics.



Read more: http://www.harpers.org/archive/2007/12/hbc-90001940

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More at http://www.harpers.org/archive/2007/12/hbc-90001940

[SpiralHawk]

1. Will the Canary sing?

These republicon homelanders have no morals, no scruples whatsoever, and no respect for the rule of law.

Why are republicon homelanders so dead set against everything Americans recognize as sacred?

[HCE SuiGeneris]

2. If you get a chance, this article and the accompanying videos

tie in nicely to the whole subversive scheme. http://markcrispinmiller.blogspot.com/2007/12/siegelman-speaks-ex-gov-calls-02.html

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

3. Great reporting by Raw Story

Just a warning though, the mods might not consider this to be "latest breaking news" and might lock this thread. You might want to post it again in General Discussion.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

4. Thanks

:hi:

[bleever]

5. Woohoo! Harpers picks up on Raw Story reporting about Rove!

That's some damn fine news, right there.

:kick:

[Triana]

6. Holy moly! Got a link yet? (n/t)

[texastoast]

11. Unique!

The MSM doing news!!!

What a concept!

[drm604]

7. K&R

BIG story. The public will understand this if it becomes widely known, and it's hard not to feel outrage at the idea of a man, especially a family man, being framed by the government and thrown into prison.

[marmar]

8. Thom Hartmann is really going after this today.....

.... and the larger issue of election fraud.

[Bitwit1234]

9. I sure hope the squash the wilted turd blossom

but nothing is going to happen. We know congress is all talk they dont' know how to walk the walk.

[IndyOp]

10. Is any else as amused/frustrated with the attention Raw Story & Mark Crispin Miller

are "suddenly" getting from Harper's.

:eyes:

[symbolman]

14. Yeah me too

since it's Takebackthemedia.com's footage.. :)

We handed it over to MCM since he has more journalists reading his material..

[IndyOp]

15. Who is interviewing Siegelman in that clip? And, many thanks to TBTM -

It absolutely necessary to share information right now by any means available. MCM has a nice TBTM banner just below the video.

:hi:

[symbolman]

17. Thanks, that was Demobabe, my wife

who bravely continued making our electronic vote fraud film at great peril... Very proud of her :)

Oh yeah, maybe between all of us we'll Free that man yet, eh?

[HCE SuiGeneris]

19. Proud of you both, and

many thanks.

[DemoTex]

12. Well & good, but where is the $$$$?

How much did Rove make in all this? I have a feeling that the Rove-Canary Partnership was as much about enriching Karl Rove as it was about stealing elections. After all, the two go hand-in-hand. It's the GOP way!

Hint: How did Karl Rove afford a $1M+ beach house at Rosemary Beach, FL, a few years back on his White House salary? That house is probably now worth $2-3M. If the answer is "political consulting," then what about ethics and conflict-of-interest laws?

[Jackpine Radical]

13. Republicans don't have conflicts of interest, for one simple reason:

Whatever they do is in their own self interest. Ergo, no conflicts.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

18. Ethics and Rove

Bwahahahhahahh :rofl:

But seriously, thank you so much for all of your efforts... and of course the same accolades go to all of you exposing the mis-deeds of these crooks.

[jody]

16. Many Alabamians believe Siegelman is a political prisoner. n/t

[DemoTex]

20. Few in the 1st Congressional District (Mobile), where the election theft took place.

Ask DUer Trof. He lives in the thick of it.