Martha Stewart's Stock Broker's Assistant Pleads Guilty - Cuts Deal - Adios MS

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[MindBender26]

Mop up this, bitch!

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[SamAdams76]

I get the indication that Martha Stewart may be in a bit of legal trouble. Is this general consensus?

[MindBender26]

Quite, old boy, quite.... and this insider trading bruhaha, it's just not done!!!

[MindBender26]

Also, she was BIG TIME dem donor.

[Timesink]

I wouldn't want to be her right now, let's put it that way.

[Drango]

No matter, Martha looks good in pinstripes.

5¢ a day will fund the filth at Salon. What will you donate to FreeRepublic?

[corkoman]

I am still hot for Martha. "Think she'll return my letters from the Slammer???

[MindBender26]

New headline:

Stewart's Stock Sinks As Baby Broker Cuts Deal To Squeal. Fashion Felon F**ked

Sorry 'bout that but it's very 1950s New York Daily News

[Dog]

How long before we can see her in designer cuffs doing a PERP WALK??

[SkyPilot]

Martha Steward poses with the ghoul Chiat--her "dear, dear, friend" from Planned Parenthood whom she raised thousands of dollars for.

[AdvisorB]

I think Martha shorted her integrity long before this
pathetic performance of hers.

[DWSUWF]

She won't stand for it, I'm tellin' ya!

She won't go to the joint!

She'll take a citrus zester... Right through the roof of her mouth...

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[NativeNewYorker]

[just me]

Another Martha idea..

Martha here

[MurryMom]

I get the indication that Martha Stewart may be in a bit of legal trouble. Is this general consensus?

In order to sustain a criminal conviction of MS, the Govt needs to prove she had access to insider info when she sold her ImClone stock, and that she knowingly profited from that insider info.

Nothing I have seen in the press, on TV, or in any chat room leads me to believe that MS knew she had inside info when she sold her stock. OTOH, little Dumbya was an insider when he sold his HEC stock at a profit of about 100x that made by MS. Therefore, the Govt should prosecute little Dumbya, not MS.

[ThreeYearLurker]

Yo mama.

[goodnesswins]

Actually, Murry, Terry McAuliffe is the one the gov't should be investigating. But, YOU wouldn't want that, would you.....

[DonQ]

Coming soon, the new style magazine:
Martha Stewart's Living ... in a Confined Space.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Boy, that'll really make your souffle fall.

[MeekOneGOP]

[Alberta's Child]

Now that's a laugh -- Whoever bought GW's stock could have made a fortune on it. Remember? -- It rose substantially for months before the company went belly-up.

[beckett]

Nothing I have seen in the press, on TV, or in any chat room leads me to believe that MS knew she had inside info when she sold her stock.

You can't be serious! She obviously had inside info --- it's open and shut. And as a former securities broker she knew exactly what that info meant and exactly how illegal it was to act on it. The timeline alone proves her access to inside info. Now that her broker's assistant is tesifying to the specific nature of the info in addition to the sequence of events, Stewart is toast.

What you must mean is that unless you hear a tape recording of someone telling her that the FDA was denying the application, you refuse to believe that a television celebrity whom I assume you like could break the law. My advice to you: Get over it. She's guilty as hell.

[MeekOneGOP]

Oops !! #22.....

[1Old Pro]

In the interest of the rule of law and the integrity of anti-insider trading laws in the Security Act of 1934, Martha should recieve some punishment.

[Xenalyte]

You troll freak, how tall are you?

[CIB-173RDABN]

Don't let Murry's Mom get to you, she does not care about any of this, she is just mad at President Bush

[Xenalyte]

Hey, y'all c'mon over and meet MurryMom, FR's resident Gap troll - um, I mean Democratic Underground refugee. She's generally good for a laugh - and she's evidently six-foot-nine, because she calls Dubya "little."

[Xenalyte]

Don't let Murry's Mom get to you, she does not care about any of this, she is just mad at President Bush.

In the interest of truthfulness, CIB, please restate your thesis, omitting the last three words.

[justshe]

You HAVE to feel for poor little Murray, don't you?

[joyce11111]

who is dumya?

[joyce11111]

prolly a purdy homely b*tch as well.

[Xenalyte]

You HAVE to feel for poor little Murray, don't you?

EEEEEEEEW!!!!

Oh, wait . . . you said "feel FOR her."

Different story altogether.

[JoeGar]

I get the indication that Martha Stewart may be in a bit of legal trouble. Is this general consensus?

I seriously doubt that Martha could ever be convicted of "insider trading". Importantly, she is not an "insider". To be convicted of "insider trading", she (an "outsider") would have to have been given a tip by an "insider" (such as a company Officer) and she would have to know that the tip had not been given to the general public. That's tough to prove. Executing a trade on a tip from a stock broker or from a non-Officer company employee in not "insider trading". I think Martha is just an easy target for the media. Stories about her sell ads for them.

[Semaphore Heathcliffe]

Is "Chiat" a female?

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

"Mop up this, bitch!"

Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?

[Maximum Leader]

Lets just say that hurricane season is not over.
:o)

[MindBender26]

No, only yours.

[Sacajaweau]

You're right...as a former securities broker, she knows more than the average joe...and she also knows insider info when she hears it..

It doesn't leave her much wiggle room.

She'll look okay in stripes with cell to match. Of course, the bars will be transformed into a gate to her secret garden. The cot will become a day bed and the sink will be 50's notalgia.

Such talent!!

What amuses me is that her stock and sales are down, down down. We didn't need her in the first place, did we!!

Sac

[MindBender26]

Ruins a rump roast, too!

[r9etb]

I get the indication that Martha Stewart may be in a bit of legal trouble. Is this general consensus?

Probably she is. But I really have to wonder about this. She's most likely a target because of who she is: big name, and irritating. Many will consider it fun to watch her fall. It's a great scandal. And for that reason I am very suspicious.

Considering who she raises money for, it's fair to ask whose bacon is being saved by putting the focus on Martha. McAuliffe? Clinton?

[BigWaveBetty]

No, only yours.

Shame on you.

[wingnuts'nbolts]

The other stock trade she made netted her millions of dollars...she sold KMark, 23 Million I heard. Do you suppose that her relationship with KMart would have given her inside info to unload?

[wingnuts'nbolts]

Always your interpretation of facts is from the defination of a major and minor operation...yours or mine. Facts do not have meaning to you and nobody wants you confused.

[AdvisorB]

She's arrogant, pompous, and apparently, a crook to
boot. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that she received
inside info that prompted her to unload her sizable
block of KM. She is to the world of business and finance,
what hitlary is to the world of politics. There isn't
anything these two old shrews wouldn't do to advance their agenda
or their nasty selves.

[WomanofStandard]

I was on a boat tour in Bar Harbor, ME this summer and the tour guide pointed out one of Martha's mansions to us. He followed it up by saying, "Well, it's hers for now. It may be the federal government's before too long." LOL

[PoisedWoman]

Where are those scissors pointed? Tooo funny! Watch out, fellah.

[IYAS9YAS]

She did have inside information when she sold her own stock from her own company before the news broke, and her own stock tanked, however. George Bush was cleared of any wrongdoing. Your language concerning our latest Commander in Chief sounds as though you belong on a different forum.

[FormerLurker]

Looks like some female penitentiary will get spruced up sometime soon, as well as having some pretty decent meals...