One of the 85 ‘loyal Bushies’ comes under scrutiny

[CatWoman]

Last year, Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle (D), seeking a second term, was considered relatively vulnerable by the Republican establishment. The GOP had successfully recruited then-Rep. Mark Green (R-Wis.) to be their gubernatorial candidate, they cleared the field so he could get the nomination, fundraising was brisk, and some early polling showed Green within striking distance.

Right around the time that Green officially became the GOP nominee in Wisconsin, U.S. Attorney Steven Biskupic brought charges against a top official in Doyle’s administration, accusing the state purchasing supervisor of corruption. Were the charges politically motivated? It’s hard to say for sure, but consider how quickly a federal appeals court dismissed the charges yesterday. (thanks to reader D.D. for the heads-up)

Federal judges Thursday ruled that former state purchasing supervisor Georgia L. Thompson was wrongly convicted of making sure a state travel contract went to a firm linked to Gov. Jim Doyle’s re-election campaign and freed her from an Illinois prison.

The three-judge panel in Chicago acted with unusual speed, ruling after oral arguments by Thompson’s attorney and the U.S. attorney’s office.

During 26 minutes of oral arguments, all three judges assailed the government’s case, with Judge Diane Wood saying at one point that “the evidence is beyond thin.”

During a news conference later Thursday, Doyle, a former state attorney general, said the three judges did an “extraordinary thing” by entering an order finding Thompson innocent and ordering her immediate release.(emphasis added)

I’ll spare you the minutiae of the case, but here’s the story in a nutshell: Thompson, who was originally hired under Doyle’s Republican predecessor, awarded a state contract to Adelman Travel, which became controversial because two of the company’s officers had donated the state maximum to Doyle’s re-election campaign.

There was no evidence that Thompson personally profited from the contract and nothing to suggest she approved the contract for political reasons. Biskupic brought charges anyway and managed to win a conviction, which was thrown out swiftly yesterday.

Given the recent evidence involving the politicization of U.S. Attorneys’ offices, the questions are unavoidable.

http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/10430.html

[Eric J in MN]

1. k and r (NT)

NT

[MnFats]

2. i think this is all part of a plan for one-party rule...

call me paranoid.
The Bushies are trying to make Democrats extinct.
They intend to leave a few in a zoo somewhere...

It it appalling

If no one has, later i will post some articles on the growing scandal in Minnesota....U.S. atty's top three managers quit to go back to prosecuting cases....a new Bush appointment, a woman who worked on * campaign and is a member of the federalist society, is driving people out...but that may be her purpose...

[glitch]

3. K & R, watch for stories like this replicated across the country. nt

[pscot]

4. Maybe 3 is the charm

Thanks, Catwoman. I posted this one earlier, as did someone else. Both threads sank without a trace. Maybe your vast army of admirers will get this the attention it deserves. The article is worth reading entire. He provides a list of suspicious prosecutions, and the comments move the ball forward.

[Joanne98]

5. My cat just had three kittys today! I'm a grandma!

:party:

[CatWoman]

6. pics!! we demand pictures!!!

:hi:

[Joanne98]

7. Okay! But after their a little older and really really cute!

:bounce:

[hootinholler]

8. This one needs about 100 more recs!

If we all look I bet we can find more cases like these.

-Hoot

[Change has come]

9. K&R

:kick:

[cascagraphic]

10. K&R

[WillyT]

11. K & R !!! - Kick!!!

:kick:

[Mister Ed]

12. Do I understand this correctly? She was actually IMPRISONED wrongfully?

A human sacrifice on the altar of this filthy, corrupt, treasonous administration's agenda?

May every single member of this criminal cable find themselves looking at prison bars from the inside - and the sooner, the better.

[pscot]

13. Not only was she jailed

The prosecutors tried to get the court to max out the sentence. And the Greene campaign used the case in ads as evidence of corruption in the governors office. Leahy and Conyers really need to take a look at this one.

[Mister Ed]

15. Can't believe I wrote "cable" instead of "cabal"

Too late to edit the post. Now everyone will think I'm an undercover freeper. :dunce:

[kdpeters]

16. Have you ever faced serving time for a wrongful charge?

I had two friends --- well, long story short charged wrongfully and it was about six weeks for a court date. There IS a human sacrifice when you are willfully betrayed, and even dangled close to that alter -- it changes a person, forever. It takes away. It shakes your foundation, your security. It steals your optimism. Your hope and drive. Little did I know seven years later, I would experience the what the law can do to you if it wants when my partner at the time, a cop, filed a complaint against harassment. I don't know how to tell you how bad it is, but I don't ever expect to get any justice if I ever need it. I'd rather do without cops these days. I avoid them like the plague.

That poor woman had to go through that for politics. It just makes me want to barf, and scream. First things first. :)

[pscot]

17. She apparently lost her house and her life savings

as well as her job.

[kdpeters]

18. Me too.

Well, I lost the house. My partner lost his job. We were close to dipping into my life savings when we finally gave up the fight and went our separate ways. I really did love him very much.

[tiptoe]

14. How was a conviction won in the first place, if evidence was "beyond thin"?

[grannylib]

19. The Bushies have bought and installed not only prosecuters but judges all

over the place; their corruption knows NO limits; they will stop at nothing.
Evil evil evil evil evil. There is no other word for these people and their supporters and minions. Evil evil evil evil evil.