Bentley: 'I'm the best governor Alabama's ever had by far' (AP/al.com)

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Updated on July 18, 2017 at 1:13 PM Posted on July 18, 2017 at 11:49 AM

By The Associated Press
Former Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley is giving his time in office fantastic reviews three months after he pleaded guilty to criminal charges and resigned.

"I'm the best governor Alabama's ever had by far," Bentley told WVTM-TV in an interview .

Bentley, 74, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor campaign finance charges in April and resigned in an agreement with prosecutors as legislative impeachment hearings began in Montgomery.


The one-time Baptist deacon was swept up in a sex scandal after recordings surfaced of him making suggestive remarks to a female aide before his divorce. The impeachment hearings would have looked in part on whether Bentley coerced staff to help hide the relationship.

In the interview, Bentley blamed political opponents and bad legal advice for his departure.
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more: http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2017/07/bentley_says_hes_best_governor.html

[Glorfindel]

1. Gosh, Ex-Gov. Bentley. That's like claiming to be the least-poisonous cobra

Accurate, maybe, but immaterial.

[Sneederbunk]

2. His girlfriend says he was a standup guy.

[elleng]

3. 'Conveniently' forgetting Governor Don Siegelman,

as do all the repugs (and, it appears, many Democrats.)

Don Siegelman Speaks: Web Exclusive (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) CBS 42

What an ordeal he went through! Prison breaks people.
He was released from prison Feb 8, 2017. He had a gag order keeping him silent until the day of this interview, August 9, 2017.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017452039