Siegelman Interview Surfaces on Stolen 2002 Election
An interview with former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman talking about how he thinks the 2002 election was stolen re-surfaced on the Web yesterday in the aftermath of a new reiteration of the story by an online news outlet. As we were the first news organization to investigate and report in-depth back in June, it is likely that votes were switched in the Baldwin County courthouse on election night in November 2002, handing the election to Alabama's sitting governor, Bob Riley.
How the 2002 Election Was Stolen in Bay Minette
Siegelman spoke to Julie Sigwart of Take Back the Media on Sept. 13, 2004 - two years before he was sentenced to federal prison. Siegelman says his political and legal troubles can be traced back to the election of 2000 after he publicly backed former Vice President Al Gore for president instead of George W. Bush, a move that Bush's political adviser Karl Rove would never forget - or forgive. He also says his impression of the president after meeting him in person was that, while Bush was "very personable," he "was not exceedingly bright."