  Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 4428 Registered: 06-2004 |
I'm a little afraid of what this is going to do to his ego. http://www.wxyz.com/news/story .aspx?content_id=9fadef5d-278a -492b-8ae0-55ce7e7e40fd | ||
Mortgageking Member Username: Mortgageking Post Number: 90 Registered: 12-2006 |
He is so awesome. He has played fast and loose with the rules for years and has yet to be stuck with anything. I admire his ability to weasel out of the biggest jams, and to only gain more fame and notoriety because of it. His gift comes not from being able to argue the law, but being able to convince the jurors that prosecution would be unjust. I can’t believe that he got out of this one. | ||
Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo Post Number: 1538 Registered: 02-2007 |
Quote: "I can’t believe that he got out of this one" Oh I can. | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 1403 Registered: 04-2005 |
So can I. He is so slippery that it's awesome. And he had the best defense attorney in the country | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 4429 Registered: 06-2004 |
Sounds like Coleman Young | ||
Wash_man Member Username: Wash_man Post Number: 780 Registered: 05-2006 |
Does this mean we won't see any more of his silly TV ads? I hope so. | ||
Retroit Member Username: Retroit Post Number: 172 Registered: 04-2008 |
I hope I get such ignorant jurors if I'm ever convicted of such a blatant crime! Great news for anyone that wants to "get around" the campaign finance laws! | ||
401don Member Username: 401don Post Number: 512 Registered: 11-2007 |
Bit of a threadjack, but for a guy who helped others with their demise and was supposed to be nearing his own, Dr. Kevorkian sure knows how to hang around. How's the congressional run going? Maybe Fieger will be his campaign mgr. | ||
3rdworldcity Member Username: 3rdworldcity Post Number: 1136 Registered: 01-2005 |
No one will ever go broke underestimating the intelligence of an American jury. If he didn't think it was illegal, why didn't his law firm just donate the money directly rather than thru straw men? | ||
Mortgageking Member Username: Mortgageking Post Number: 93 Registered: 12-2006 |
Was what he did illegal? Probably. But the jurors are not stupid, perhaps they found the proportionality of the punishment to not fit the crime? Maybe they reacted to the supposed injustice of seeing 50 agents storm a small law firm. Either way, there are political undertones to this prosecution. Fieger played the hand that he was dealt masterfully. If I were in trouble and could afford him, I'd hire him in a second. | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 4430 Registered: 06-2004 |
"If he didn't think it was illegal, why didn't his law firm just donate the money directly rather than thru straw men?" This was the point of argument. It is illegal to donate directly. He didn't do that. | ||
Rb336 Member Username: Rb336 Post Number: 6343 Registered: 02-2007 |
"I hope I get such ignorant jurors" sorry, the jurors were anything but - this was such an open-and-shut BS case i'm shocked that the judge let it go to trial. | ||
Cinderpath Member Username: Cinderpath Post Number: 554 Registered: 05-2006 |
Wow- looks like Team Bush was about as effective at this as they were getting Osama Bin Laden. Maybe someday Bushco will go after real problems- | ||
Alan55 Member Username: Alan55 Post Number: 1751 Registered: 09-2005 |
Wow. Who would have known that this was merely a political prosecution on the part of Dubya's loyal, yes-men federal prosecutors? Oh.........I guess I did. | ||
Gianni Member Username: Gianni Post Number: 381 Registered: 05-2004 |
Look at the publicly listed political donations for the executives of many if not most big corporation, drug companies, public utilities, etc. What you will see is many if not all of the top executives and their spouses contributing the max amount every time. Only the truly naive would believe that these people are doing this for "free," out of their own pockets and are not being reimbursed one way or another. I think the jury understood that. This jury was not naive and did its job properly. | ||
Paulmcall Member Username: Paulmcall Post Number: 1093 Registered: 05-2004 |
Another waste of government money. The jury could tell the prosecution was on a witch hunt. Fieger might be a jerk but they weren't asked to convict him of that. | ||
3rdworldcity Member Username: 3rdworldcity Post Number: 1137 Registered: 01-2005 |
Lilpup: So it's illegal for the firm to contribute that much money directly but legal to do it indirectly, by deception and subterfuge, as Fieger did? You're good jury fodder. | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 4440 Registered: 06-2004 |
I didn't say I agree with it, but Fieger's team successfully argued the case. | ||
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan Post Number: 6020 Registered: 10-2003 |
Not that I agree with the verdict, but there is no moral equivalency, there, Sstashmoo. | ||
Luckycar Member Username: Luckycar Post Number: 84 Registered: 02-2007 |
So they found him not guilty of some gray area law.Good for him,the feds shouldn't waste our money on such bs.But giving this cash to John Edwards?Johnny hairdo?What an empty suit.I laugh every time I see those Kerry/Edwards bumper stickers on vehicles.Can't we get someone better to run?Kerry,Bush,Edwards,Jenny,K K and Devos!Now B.H.O,please don't give these fools our hard earned money,ok Fieger?Don't ask for any of my cash,I'd rather work somewhere else.Sorry about the rant..stayed up to watch the Wings.... | ||
Nyct Member Username: Nyct Post Number: 99 Registered: 01-2007 |
he is guilty of one very serious crime though ... growing a mullet after the 1980s. |
