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By: Good riddance, Ted Stevens « Top Daily Digest Reading

Good riddance, Ted Stevens « Top Daily Digest Reading — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:25:18 +0000

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By: Ted Stevens Needs To Go « The Forum

Ted Stevens Needs To Go « The Forum — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:13:24 +0000

[...] Posted by The Forum on October 28, 2008 On Monday, Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska was convicted on seven felony counts for failing to report approximately $250,000 in gifts from VECO, an oil services company. When the verdict came down, we couldn’t put our feelings any more succinctly then with the sentiments of Michelle Malkin: good riddance. [...]

By: dan708

dan708 — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:58:27 +0000

FirstSkirt #71:
You’re right, there is a crying need for term limits, but the foxes will never lock themselves out of the henhouse.
Of course, there are a select few congressmen, like Jeff Flake (R-AZ), who actually do the right thing. But congressmen who refuse to play the game never get chairmanships or anything else.

By: Southern Partisan

Southern Partisan — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:09:04 +0000

On October 27th, 2008 at 5:24 pm, khan said:
Here’s yet another reason why we need the 17th amendment eliminated immediately and return the framework of the federal government back to the way it was created by the founders in the Constitution.

Agree…repeal the 17th Amendment.

By: Bad News For Alaska Republican Senator Ted “Bridge To Nowhere” — Felons Can’t Vote In Alaska (Updated!) | THE GUN TOTING LIBERAL™

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:10:48 +0000

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By: FirstSkirt

FirstSkirt — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:35:40 +0000

Damn all of these politicians who sell the trust of their constituents for money. Seems to me most people only run for Congress for selfish reasons. Who spends millions of dollars to get a job that pays $165K a year? And how does a regular Joe making $50K a year run for office and leave after a few terms a millionaire (ref: Tom Daschle)? Way past time for term limits. Congress has corrupted itself and we let ‘em get away with it.

By: EXCELLENT news « lookingforlissa

EXCELLENT news « lookingforlissa — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:13:47 +0000

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By: DaveC

DaveC — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:39:06 +0000

Didn't Ted Stevens do the same thing with his house that Joe Biden did with his home? Trade favors for land/improvements?

By: FilmLadd

FilmLadd — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:28:37 +0000

On October 28th, 2008 at 12:26 am, travlinman said:

How does Stephens go down so quickly (no doubt he is guilty as charged), while Jefferson is still walking around as a free man? Well, not totally free, now is he? He cost someone about $90,000!

It is debatable that this was his only offense, just the only one he was convicted of. Where there is one fire, there are usually several more hidden…

However, to answer your question, it is really quite simple. Why did Stevens go down so quickly?

He was made fun of on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

By: FilmLadd

FilmLadd — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:24:22 +0000

On October 27th, 2008 at 5:36 pm, mistressjustice said:

It’s gonna be a little sad and pathetic to see an 84 year old guy head to prison. I really just feel sorry for his family. I’ll never understand the things people do and give up for $$$.

It is neither sad nor pathetic. Just because he is old does not make him any more sympathetic than a scumbag mugging you at knifepoint on the street. In point of fact, he is more disgusting and evil.

As a U.S. Senator, he wielded one of the deadliest knives ever invented: government. He used that weapon to commit thievery en mass.

In the great scale of justice, he is only marginally better than a banana-republic dictator, in so far as his actions never resulted (as far as we know) in murder.

The man has been too long upon this earth. May he die in prison friendless, abandoned by family, and haunted by the evil he has perpetrated in the few short years he has left.

May his family be shamed from mentioning his name for two generations.

By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator

Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:51:14 +0000

Stevens guilty on 7 counts, won’t quit Senate race…

Ted Stevens, a pillar of the Senate for 40 years and the face of Alaska pol…

By: ParkCity

ParkCity — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:20:32 +0000

Things that make you go Hmmmm. This would be the same Ted Stephens that “character witness” Mr. Colin Powell recently testified had a “Sterling” reputation for honesty and integrity? That would be the same Mr. Colin Powell who, as a character witness on Meet The Press, endorsed Obama? Hmmmmm! What a good judge of character Mr. Colin Powell is!

By: Alaska Senator Ted Stevens Guilty On All Charges « The Political Page

Alaska Senator Ted Stevens Guilty On All Charges « The Political Page — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:30:15 +0000

[...] Michelle Malkin on the ”Republican King of Pork”: May the GOP live and learn from this mess. [...]

By: travlinman

travlinman — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:26:44 +0000

How does Stephens go down so quickly (no doubt he is guilty as charged), while Jefferson is still walking around as a free man? Well, not totally free, now is he? He cost someone about $90,000!

By: Cicero

Cicero — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:05:01 +0000

May the GOP live and learn from this mess

The GOP never learns. Count on it.