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Ala. Dems Charged With Corruption

By Robert Stacy McCain on 12.1.08 @ 11:54PM

Birmingham, Ala., Mayor Larry Langford has been charged with accepting nearly $250,000 in bribes from two former top officials of Alabama's Democratic Party. Both former state party chairman William Blount, a Montgomery investment banker, and former state party executive director Al LaPierre also have been charged in connection with the alleged scheme:

The charges stem from a long-running federal investigation surrounding bond deals that were at the center of Jefferson County's upgrade of its sewer system, deals that have left the county billions of dollars in debt and on the verge of bankruptcy.

The 80-page federal indictment in this case is online, and the Birmingham News has a special page about the Langford case. Democrats have claimed for months that the prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman was a politically motivated "witch hunt" orchestrated by Karl Rove. We'll see if they'll try the same defense for Langford, Blount and LaPierre.

All these (allegedly) corrupt Democrats -- somebody ought to write a book about it.

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Eric Dondero| 12.2.08 @ 9:28AM

Let's see now, Atlanta is like a what? 80 minute drive from Birmingham? Isn't Atlanta the Headquarters of CNN?

Why isn't this be blasting day and night on the every so fair Cable News Network? How 'bout a little coverage in the oh, so prestigious Atlanta Journal-Constitution?

Oops, I plum forgot. It's a scandal involving DEMOCRATS!

Silly me. Can you ever forgive me RS?

ruth| 12.2.08 @ 8:28PM

Surely this must be an error. I thought democrats are pure as the wind driven snow.

DORIS MOSLEY| 3.1.10 @ 6:55PM

ALABAMA DEMS ARE TO BUSY PAYING OFF REPUBLICANS NOT TO TELL AOUT SURVEILANCE AND THE DIRECT RECKLESS EYEBALLING BEHIND THE SCENES.
TERROR MILLENIUM STYLE NO ONE WANTS TO REPORT THE TRUTH. LIES SELL PAPERS - TRUTH IS IN DENIAL.