But I burst out laughing when I read this.

TlalocW

Christie, Perry, Walker . . .

when Karl Rove is working for the Bush Crime Family.

Clean sweep on Transvaginal Bob!

I wonder if he'll still run for POTUS in 2016.

Who's next? Walker? Christie? Perry?

Keep 'em coming!

Walker is greasy enough to slip by so far. Christie is still fighting his way through the courts, acting like a mob boss all the way.

Obviously the crazy wife and broken marriage defense did not work.

when he also claimed that the Rolex was just from his wife. How many broken marriage wives would buy her estranged husband a $70K watch? Unless it's taped to a block of C4, that is.

...as the underlying offense appears to have resulted from an interest in the acquisition of wealth, more so than a consequence of having already acquired it.

Ultrasound. It serves him right for attempting to shift blame by throwing his wife under the bus.

they conspired to behave that way so that they can get out of it. The image was that he threw her under the bus, but she knew she had to get under that bus to save her ass as well.

My guess is they sat her down when it came time to plan the defense strategy and told her, "Look, Toots, if you want to have any chance to get out of this, you gotta play along. This is what we HAVE to do to try to save your ass from prison or to reduce how many things you'll get convicted on".

I thought it was a stupid strategy, given all the evidence that they had showing the Guvnor was only SOOO happy to enjoy the goodies they got from their friend. Smiling Bob in the fancy car, grinning Bob showing off the watch....only a few of the things that were presented to show that he was a willing participant in this whole mess.

No, I don't believe for a minute she was surprised by this strategy. It was determined that it was what they needed to do in order to save themselves from conviction. And yep, she crawled under that bus herself. No one had to push her under there. Looks like it failed miserably.

OH, BOO HOO!! (Guvnor crying softly as the verdict is read).....

trying to portray her as crazy. She could hire a different lawyer and claim that she didn't know any better, that her lawyer never suggested that she might want to be evaluated by a psychiatrist, and that as a woman of faith, she trusted her husband and his lawyers. After all, she wasn't the one who went to Law school.

Those who are definitely guilty of the crimes they are charged with generally have few good defenses -- especially when the prosecutor has solid evidence.

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Told you so.

I created direct mail campaigns against this douche bag, outlining his crimes. The idiots still elected him. Good riddance to more scum.

I'm all out of bubble gum!

but you can bet both of them will appeal and drag those appeals out for many years.

However, I'm glad Governor Rape-by-proxy has been convicted of a lot of nasty white collar crimes including bribery.

on "Why I Did a Bad Thing" and have it on the Presiding Judge's desk no later than September 24, 2017.

in Va. the penalty is 2-10 years for each count! I know they're going to appeal, but as one of the TV talking heads just said, "that this many counts would ever go away is really far fetched." I could see if there was only one or two, but 14 (& in wife's case 9), it's highly unlikely.

Dumbass

I have to believe his atty. told him they'd have no problem winning this case dince "all those voters love you" andhe should reject the plea. I wonder if he's still speaking to his lawyer after this?

wow.

... is having some of her famous cocktails about right now!
So what's the sentence going to be? A slap on the hand or hard jail time?

in exposing McDonnell's evil doings and keeping up the pressure. She deserves a lot of the credit for bringing another GOP scumbag to justice. Big kudos to Rachel!

And I bet you it wouldn't have happened had she not taken it on.

I am gobsmacked. But a happy gobsmacked.

!!

Now it's Scott Walker's turn.....and hopefully, for Guv'nor Goodhair here in TX too.

We could even nickname him the Big Orange.

The Annoying Orange:

hey, hey!!!

Couldn't happen to a more deserving couple.

Until then cue the music!

Let the man who said Obama needs to not overspend be the man who is guilty of not wanting to live within his means, and thus accepted bribes!

Glad you're here! This is pretty doggone satisfying, on its face. DELIGHTED that EX-governor Vaginal Probe and his lovely wife, Gimme Freestuff, got what's coming to them. Wonder what romney and his ilk would say about THESE TWO "they-just-want-free-stuff" specimens. THEY are lazy moochers who want free stuff, too - think they DESERVE free stuff! Only difference is - THEY mooch fancy cars, chi-chi vacations, designer clothes, and Rolex watches.

World's Biggest Entitlement Program, Part Two. Not only that they're entitled to rule, but they're entitled to all the fancy fun stuff - without having to pay for it.

but I won't believe in the justice system until their asses are in jail.
I am sure their high priced law team already has escape hatches for them. After all, they are middle-aged, white and Republican, not the kind of person America usually sends to jail.

When they do go to jail I hope it is one that that is commensurate with what I consider one of the worst sins out there - betraying the public trust.

SO thoroughly delighted about this! THOROUGHLY delighted about this. Justice. For once. At least this far. But to be really satisfied, I want to see a nice sentence for each of them. KARMA for all those vaginal probes, you schmuck! Payback. Couldn't have happened to a "nicer" guy.

A Rolex from Santa, puleeze! That poor jury had more than 5 weeks of this nonsense.

Why not let him be the one crucified so he can save all the souls of the others?

Party On!

Another cReep loses another battle in the WoW. Doublecrossed his own bride. Jackass.

Spending a few years in jail in exchange for her being freed would be seen as an act of love -- which worked against their strategy!


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It also sounds like a Rolex doesn't just jump on one of no means.

Another Republican governor who got greedy and ended up in prison.

...a bug on the wall of that courtroom when those verdicts were handed down.

Gov. Don Siegelman out.

I can't believe he's still in prison.

One reasonable explanation I heard on the teevee is that he knew he wasn't violating VA law but was ignorant of the fact that he was violating federal law.

Or maybe in all the religiosity he became convinced that God was on his side and would allow him to do whatever he wanted.