Not Siegelman again!

Looks like Don Siegelman is putting out feelers for a possible 2006 run at the governor’s mansion. From the Decatur Daily News:

Siegelman visits North Alabama seeking support for possible bid

What’s sad is that he’ll most likely run on the lottery again; what’s even sadder is what his likely supporters at the ballot box are already saying.

Farmer Bill Terry of Chalybeate assured Siegelman the Terry family would support him as a gubernatorial candidate. He invited Siegelman to the annual Labor Day Terry Reunion.

"He stands for everything the farmer and poor man believes in," Terry said while selling produce at the Farmer's Market. "We need a lottery in there, and should have gotten it before Tennessee got it." Huh?!

True to form for a Democrat, the former governor blamed everything but his own failed policies for his ouster by Bob Riley in 2002:

"When the stock market hit bottom, my numbers hit bottom," Siegelman said. "We had to prorate the education budget. 9-11 came. George Bush campaigned against me, and Indian casino money was spent against me.

Are you kidding?! “We had to prorate the education budget.” No you didn’t, Governor—you could have cut spending elsewhere.

He’s even starting to sound like the other looney-left Dems nationwide:

"You will never see this man," Siegelman said, pointing to himself, "supporting property tax increases. I'm not going to raise taxes on working people one penny. You're taxed to earn it, spend it, save it and taxed when you die. You're taxed enough. These corporations need to be paying their share."

Paying their fair share...sounds like a certain "presidential candidate with a plan" last year. Well, Donny boy, if you’re not going to raise taxes on working people, who are you going to raise them on? Non-working folks don’t exactly pay taxes. Why can’t the left understand that?

There’s more from the Sand Mountain Reporter:

“The big drug companies have become so invested in the Bush administration that the Bush administration has these drug companies at heart instead of the good people of America,” Siegelman said. “It’s outrageous. We’ve let these drug companies set their own prices.”

And why shouldn’t the drug companies set their own prices? They paid for the research and development of their drugs, and they have to stay in business. I guess he’d rather have the government set prices. Oh, wait, that’s right—the government is supposed to control everything.

Personally, I don’t think he could win again. Riley’s a much tougher opponent than the inimitable Fob James. But if Roy Moore gets nominated, who knows what could happen.

Of course, I have been away from Alabama for three years, so I could be way off...somebody correct me if I'm that far out there.