Send a Valentine's Day E-Mail To a Southern Democrat Who's Still In Jail...
...for a crime he did not commit.
I'm talking about former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, who continues to languish in prison for asking a friend to sit on a Board of Directors....without pay.
Karl Rove & pals did a real good job of framing this popular red state Democrat.
http://www.thomhartmann.com/bigpicture/curious-case-don-siegelman/
President Obama refuses to heed the many calls to pardon Gov. Siegelman, & his Justice Department refuses to investigate the case;
President Obama actually asked the judge to INCREASE Gov. Siegelman's prison sentence.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023955756/
We are giving Valentine's Day "hearts" to each other, which is fine
Why don't we take the time to send a Valentine's Day e-mail to Gov. Siegelman, and let him know that there are Democrats who care about him?
Why don't we sign his daughter's petition to President Obama to pardon him?
http://www.change.org/petitions/president-obama-please-restore-justice-and-pardon-my-dad/
Why don't we send a check for $5 or $10, or whatever we can afford, to help Gov. Siegelman with his legal fees?
http://www.donsiegelman.org/
= new reply since forum marked as read
and signed the petition.thanks for the link..
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