January 30, 2008 at 09:33:27

The Gulag Comes to America: The Don Siegelman Case

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"Just wait," we hear, "in less than a year there will be a new president and a new day dawning." If so, then this new day will require a new leader with qualities and capacities that are not conspicuous in any of the present-day contenders for that office.

Perhaps the next President, once in office, will surprise us with inspired leadership qualities not now apparent. It has happened before.

But the restoration of freedom never simply "trickles down" from great leaders. It must also "percolate up" from the people. And I don't see much reason for hope in the American public today. But extraordinary crises have a way of summoning extraordinary virtues.

If, somehow, we follow the road to restoration of democracy and the rule of law, we should see at the beginning of that journey the release and exoneration of Don Siegelman, the disgrace and punishment of his tormenters, and the end of political prosecution.

It will be a long and arduous road to follow. But it is the only road worthy of our dedication and effort.

Copyright 2008 by Ernest Partridge

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For more Information About the Seigelman Case and the Corruption of Justice:

The Don Siegelman Website.
Archives of News reports about the Siegelman case.

Interview with Don Siegelman, (Take Back the Media, September 13, 2004).

The Raw Story Series:

Part 1. How a Coterie of Republican Heavyweights Sent a Governor to Jail.
Part 2. Interview with Siegelman's daughter, Dana.
Part 3. Running Elections from the White House,

"Bush League Justice:" Dan Abrams, MSNBC.

Part 1: Civil Rights Division, Dept. of Justice.
Part 2: The Signing Statements.
Part 3: Political Corruption and the Fired US Attorneys, Dept. of Justice.
Part 4: The Don Siegelman Case

Scott Horton interviewed by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzales on Democracy Now.
Transcript, Audio, and Video. (Move ahead, past opening news reports).

Scott Horton's Harper's Blogs:
June 9, 2007, June 28, 2007.

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Dr. Ernest Partridge is a consultant, writer and lecturer in the field of Environmental Ethics and Public Policy. Partridge has taught philosophy at the University of California, and in Utah, Colorado and Wisconsin. He publishes the website, (more...)

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