My opponent is a 25 year incumbent trial lawyer.
I guess it is time to make some kind of response to the debacle.
I would direct you to a comment from Doc's Political parlor regarding the indictment and arrest of 11 people on bribery and conspiracy charges :
Hardworking state senator? More like foul-mouthed, corruption-ridden, Milton McGregor-colluding state senator. Check out this bombshell from the federal prosecutor’s indictment in the McGregor Scandal, paragraph 58 on page 18:
“Toward the end of the day on or about March 2, 2010, the sponsor of SB380 asked MCGREGOR for permission to retaliate against Legislator 2 and other legislators who did not support the bill. During the conversation, the legislator stated, ‘I want your authority…I mean, the collective authority…to say if you f**kers f**k us on this [legislation]…there will be no peace…We’re coming after your a**.’ MCGREGOR responded, “Big man, let me tell you, I don’t even have to think about it. You’ve got mine…” The sponsor continued, reiterating, “I want the authority to say this is your vote, you vote yes or no and this is what we’re going to judge you by.’ Again, MCGREGOR affirmed that he was ‘110% on board with that.’”
The aforementioned sponsor of SB380, the Senate bill calling for a statewide referendum on the legalization of gambling? None other than your hardworking state senator, Roger Bedford.
Now a lot of people are aghast that our hard working state senator might use such language. I am not shocked. In fact I have long suspected such language existed on Goat Hill. It may have even existed before Roger Bedford was born. I am shocked however at what the words mean if you just remove the expletives and examine the content.
Look it over with me and take a look at the parts I take some issue with.
1) "I want your authority"... Our state Senator, speaking with our elected voice, asking a person like Milton McGregor for permission to do anything is offensive to me. The only person our elected officials have to ask permission of is us, the electorate. Nuff said.
2) "I mean, the collective authority"... Now I won't suggest what this means because I need to get some sleep tonight instead of sitting up in a chair by the window with a gun (again). But remember he is talking to a powerful Nevada Gambling interest. Who, in your best recollection is "The Collective" in Nevada?
Lanny A. Breuer of the FBI’s Criminal Division said the accused are charged “to have formed a corrupt network whose aim was to buy and sell votes in the Alabama Legislature. They also tell us there is more to come. They tell us that there will be indictments, and if not, I will be very disappointed.
But if i had a copy of the FBI tape I could take it to our local DA and get a warrant. This is conspiracy to make threats to an elected official. A Federal Crime.
I spoke to a group last night and I mirrored the words of our State Chairman Mike Hubbard when he said he considered Montgomery a “culture of corruption.” He stated, “The ongoing investigation and subsequent arrests should serve as a referendum on the culture of corruption that has been prevalent in Montgomery for far too long,”
I couldn't agree more.
But, I know that Mike has a bigger picture at stake. He sees it from a Statewide perspective. I however, see it from the perspective of District 6.
A district in which the Culture of Corruption has a name.
The name is Roger Bedford.
