"TUBES! TUBES I TELL YA!"

-Former Senator Stevens, Sunnyside Mental Institution

May we have a comment from "Ethically Challenged" Governor Palin, his dear friend and Governor?

too bad he'll only get five years. sure wish there was a lesson in this, but far too many get away with their corruption.

Damn. My thread was much more entertaining.

And NO, it is NOT porn.

Must be the water.......

Is it possible he can still get re-elected next Tuesday? Considering Alaskan little moral character, I am sure they will vote for him just to get more tax money from the lower 48.

Maybe we should all support the Alaska Independence Party rather than criticizing it. If Alaska were a country, they would get less of our money, even foreign aid would not get them as much money as they get now.

First of the needed 60.

To be honest, I haven't read much about this. Did any of the allegations say anything about him doing favors for the contractor who did the free home renovations? Or just that he didn't report the gifts?

"too bad he'll only get five years."

Are you kidding? My guess is 2 years tops.

Joe,

Most of the case was about the failure to report the gifts. I think that part about favors was just assumed.

Good-bye Joe-you gotta go-meo-myo!!!

Thanx ta Hank Williams, Sr......

EXCELLENT! Am I allowed to GLOAT YET?

Warm up that Prison Cell next to Duke Cunningham!

"Thank you real Americans. It's great to be here in Real America. I just received news that Sen. Stevens for that great part of Real America up north has just been cleared of all ethical and criminal charges."

- Sarah Phalin

i see a bush pardon in the near future.

If it's a State matter I don't think Dubya can pardon Stevens.

Larry

Snort!!! It just gets better and better.

bush can pardon whomever he chooses.

First of the needed 60.

#8 | Posted by danni

Danni, that might just be the lase one needed. This one was a dead heat.

i see a bush pardon in the near future.

#15 | Posted by truthhurts

Yes, Uncle Ted will no doubt contribute to the GWB Presidential Library.

too bad he'll only get five years. sure wish there was a lesson in this, but far too many get away with their corruption....

Come on, when you're 85 years old like Stevens is, doing five years in prison is like anyone else having to serve 20 years.

Boy, the truth does fucking hurt.

Nice name!

'Under the Constitution, only federal criminal convictions, such as those obtained in the United States District Courts, may be pardoned by the President.'

Maybe he can get a job in prison building all those tubes for the internet.

Unfortunately, these people getting busted are generally too old to pay the proper price.
They've already corrupted and abused the system and enjoyed the rewards of their criminal acts.
What does some old sack of crap like him (Stevens, not herm) care about getting busted now? Too little, too late. I say they punish his grandkids instead.

First of the needed 60.

#8 | Posted by danni

In other words, Lieberman will not be stripped of his committee chairmanships and senority.

hmmm thanks for the correction, I was unaware of that.

So can't Caribou Barbi pardon him??

I say they punish his grandkids instead.

#24 | Posted by 101Chairborne at 2008-10-27 04:24 PM | Reply | Flag:

True dat.

So, I can murder at my leisure when I turn 85??

So can't Caribou Barbi pardon him??

#27 | Posted by danni

She'll have to get back to you on that.......

"In other words, Lieberman will not be stripped of his committee chairmanships and senority.

#25 | Posted by member2586"

Wanna bet? He's an "I", not a "D". He'll get dumped faster than your prom date dumped you.

"I say they punish his grandkids instead."

His party already has.

"convicted on all seven counts"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Yes, Shark. You could start a career as a serial killer cuz by the time they caught you, tried you and sent you to the death house you'd probably have croaked of natural causes.

"So, I can murder at my leisure when I turn 85??"

Yup: buy an '93 Buick, locate a Farmer's Market, and have at it.

-So can't Caribou Barbi pardon him??

Does he have $150K for clothes?

It takes 60 votes no end the fillabuster NOT 60 D's.

Lieberman is out!

Not that I believe he'll serve anywhere near the full amount (if ANY!), but I think it's five years PER count.

He won't do a day in jail and he probably will be hailed for years to come as a GOP hero. They are funny like that with felons they like.
Expect many hannitys America appearances in the near future and probably his own Tech show on Fox in rather short order.

If it's a State matter...
#16 | Posted by LarryMohr

It's a federal case.

"It takes 60 votes no end the fillabuster NOT 60 D's.
Lieberman is out!"

On the contrary...Lieberman might be number 60, or 59. If so, he'll be the new Darling of The Dems. And if the Dems get 59, look for them to offer the store to a Republican who'll switch.

Yup: buy an '93 Buick, locate a Farmer's Market, and have at it.

#35 | Posted by evashogouki at 2008-10-27 04:29 PM | Reply

I'll be laughing at that for a while. Those guys rule.

"Yup: buy an '93 Buick, locate a Farmer's Market, and have at it."

That guy was convicted on 10 counts of vehicular manslaughter.

but I think it's five years PER count.

It is.

It's a federal case.

That be true as well.

It's a federal case.

Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2008-10-27 04:32 PM | Reply

Ahhhhhh Mannnnnnnnnnnnnnn there went My Happy Place. Thanks a lot.

Larry

It takes 60 votes no end the fillabuster NOT 60 D's

Nuclear Option

I'll be laughing at that for a while. Those guys rule.

#42 | Posted by 101Chairborne at 2008-10-27 04:33 PM | Reply | Flag:

Ok, so now I don't feel like I was the only one laughing at that in spite of knowing it was in poor taste.

On the contrary...Lieberman might be number 60, or 59. If so, he'll be the new Darling of The Dems. And if the Dems get 59, look for them to offer the store to a Republican who'll switch.

IF Joe votes with them, which he could do with any letter after his name.

If he is #60, look at the Dems to offer him his seat IF AND ONLY IF he votes with them on such issues. The first time that he doesn't, he'll lose his Com Seat.

Hip Hip HooRay, Hip Hip HooRay now lets go get Obama Elected an get the rest of those Republican SON OF A BITCHES, an put them all in PRISON.......

Now he can finish the Bridge to Prison.

Celery,
Do you want him to say hello to your relatives while he's in the big house?

No one ever needed a series of tubes as much as Stevens does today.

They say he might still win.

ding dong the witch is dead

I crook down...many more to go!

Of course he still might win Rasta, Alaska is about as red a state as you're gonna find. I think that if the DSCC goes hugely negative with this it will backfire.

Myabe they should just say "Mark Begich, he hasn't been convicted of ANYTHING"

"I crook down...many more to go!"
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Yup! Barney Frank deserves to be in jail for his part in the destuction of the financial system.

FACT!

Yeah you just had to know that James Bean would be here to make the factual enunciation. Idiots are so predictable.

What I found particularly stunning is how short jury deliberations were. They received reams of evidence to look at and the prosecution did a piss poor job of preparing the case.

Birds of a feather...

Another +1 for the Senate.

101CHAIRBORNE....My relatives may be up your ass any minute, look around Asshole......

Don't tease him, Celisary. He's going to go get all prettied up now.

101CHAIRBORNE....My relatives may be up your ass any minute, look around Asshole......

#62 | Posted by celisary

Are you related to a suppository?

No!

Crime doesn't pay.

The following is a list of things for Ted Stevens to do while in prison:"

1. Finish the Bridge to Nowhere.

2. Take full advantage of his AARP discount
at the prison commissary.

3. Belch in front of Sarah Palin and say, "Pardon
me Governor".

4. Play chess by mail with Robert Byrd.

5. Regret thinking, "I would rather go to jail
than have a black man as President".

6. Sell his tickets to the next Iditarod on
Stubhub.com

7. Smuggle a rock hammer into prison like Andy in
"The Shaswhank Redemption". He'll need a Sarah
Palin poster to cover the hole.

8. Wonder if he's still one of John McCain's
many friends.

9. Claim to be the prison maverick.

10. Wonder, if unlike Sarah Palin, he'll be
able to finish a sentence.

"The following is a list of things for Ted Stevens to do while in prison:"
====================

Link??? Plagarist!

FACT!!!

101CHAIRBORNE....My relatives may be up your ass any minute, look around Asshole......

#62 | Posted by celisary

Are you related to a suppository?

#64 | Posted by wisgod at 2008-10-27 05:02 PM

No but possibly a tape worm!

More ammunition for the coming GOP civil war. I wonder how long it'll take them to admit what they've been doing this whole time instead of working for the betterment of America.

And I really do want the GOP to come back. I like having a real choice when I go vote. I'm going to want to vote GOP against Blagojevich, and I'd love for the candidate to not be a homophobic, racist, deregulating nutjob who despises the middle class.
But the campaign they've been running against Obama and their behavior has just made the brand toxic.

I want the Dems to feel real pressure for the 2010 elections, to have their feet held to the fire, to work their asses off. Won't happen if the GOP keeps embracing the wingnut base.

They say he might still win.

#53 | POSTED BY RASTANINJA

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I believe it, just look at the dipshit they elected governor.

Republicans should promise Stevens anything(after he's served his time) if he will resign. They could even get a secret Bush promise to pardon him if that's constitutionally possible, even if it isn't that wouldn't stop Scooter B from doing it. See Scooter L.

A decent replacement should be found(they do exist, all evidence to the contrary) and they should give him or her as much money as is needed in this last week to flood the media in Alaska denouncing graft and corruption, promising to end it and asking for their vote. Use the money that was going to go to McCain's lost cause.

This is a desperate last throw of the dice but it just might work. What else have they got? Stevens loses or Stevens wins and represents Alaska from jail. It just doesn't seem possible to me that even with Stevens' seat the Dems can reach 60 seats in the Senate so here's a chance to look good with no probable downside.

boy howdy!

101CHAIRBORNE....My relatives may be up your ass any minute, look around Asshole......

#62 | Posted by celisary at 2008-10-27 04:56 PM

i'm sure that wouldn't be the first time that highway was traveled. right necksnapper101?

This is a desperate last throw of the dice but it just might work.

Hell.... It worked in Jersey!

Hell.... It worked in Jersey! ... #75 | Posted by The_Phantom

I don't understand. Is this some kind of oblique swipe at somebody?

Hell.... It worked in Jersey! ... #75 | Posted by The_Phantom

I don't understand. Is this some kind of oblique swipe at somebody?

#76 | Posted by BlueInBushland

Yeah, chew it finer. What do you mean?

Sen. Robert Torricelli resigned and Former Senator Frank R. Lautenberg steps in after the election deadline to win the election. If you recall Toricelli was facing indictment and behind in the polls ( I believe) So it's kind of like the scenario you described above.

When taken in a context involving the VP candidate for the GOP, this is priceless. An Alaskan legislator from the republican side of the fence. This is beyond belief.

Being true to my personal beliefs, I would like to see nearly all members of those august houses discovered to be in similar circumstances.

Dump the whole lot and start again training new criminals.

Only 99 more to go!

poor poor ted, he sure does care,
he traded his virtue for a nice armchair,

poor poor ted, he was not amused,
to have been so hastily accused,

'but...but...but ...those room additions were just loaners,
and the hot tub was for my weak boners.

i'm an honest servant of mother alaska, so don't be a boob,
you can go look it up on the internet tube'.

Is it possible for Stevens to win, resign immediately afterwards, and let the Governor of Alaska appoint his succesor? And then Palin appoints herself to fulfill his term? Imagine the posibilities.

"Is it possible for Stevens to win, resign immediately afterwards, and let the Governor of Alaska appoint his succesor? And then Palin appoints herself to fulfill his term? Imagine the posibilities.

#82 | Posted by R_with_a_brain at 2008-10-27 07:01 PM"

Imagine a Republican governor from Alaska "gaming the system"?

Unfortunately, it's not hard to imagine at all...

do you guys think the fine fine people of alaska will re-elect him?

If they do, they'll be as stupid as the dumbass Democrats in Louisiana, which DID re-elect that crook Cold Cash Jefferson.

What I find humorous about this is that he is the first Repub I've seen to act like a dem: He's not stepping down from the race. In the past repubs have quit when found less than pristine (questionable emails and toe tapping), but how here's someone who's staying in there just like people like William Jefferson (real 'cold cash'), or Barney Frank (I did not know what was happening downstairs). Look out the repubs have found out that like dems, no one likes a quitter - LOL

In the past repubs have quit when found less than pristine (questionable emails and toe tapping)...

Interesting you would include the "toe tapping" incident. Are you aware he has recanted and says he was not guilty?

WASHINGTON Denying that he did anything wrong and stating emphatically that "I am not gay," Sen. Larry Craig asked the people of Idaho on Tuesday to forgive him for being arrested two months ago in a police sting in a men's room at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

"Still, without a shred of truth or evidence to the contrary, the Statesman has engaged in this witch hunt. In pleading guilty, I overreacted in Minneapolis because of the stress the Idaho Statesman investigation and the rumors it has fuelled all around Idaho. Again, that overreaction was a mistake and I apologize for my judgment," Craig said.

Sen. Larry Craig on Thursday said he was not resigning from the Senate despite a Minnesota judge denying his request to withdraw his guilty plea stemming from his arrest in a sex sting at an airport men's room.

"I am extremely disappointed with the ruling issued today," Craig said in a statement. "I am innocent of the charges against me. I continue to work with my legal team to explore my additional legal options."

As far as I can tell HE NEVER STEPPED DOWN.

He resigned and then took it back. Of course the GOP instituted investigation and inquiries....wait, what?

They didn't?

Nevermind.

Interesting you would include the "toe tapping" incident. Are you aware he has recanted and says he was not guilty?

There's always Vitter.

oops.

do you guys think the fine fine people of alaska will re-elect him?

#84 | Posted by Lipzoidial

Lip-person

If the Palin Creature is a prime example of the kind of people in Alaska then there has been far too much brain freeze in this cold state.

Naw, Alaska is not as bad as all that, and I hope people don't judge it too harshly because of Assclown and Caribou Girl. There are a lot of bright, decent folk of all political stripe up there.

On the other hand, there's also a staggeringly large number of inbreds, troglodytes, and of course, AIP folk who would vote for someone like Ted in a heartbeat, just because they love to mess with the US. They'd vote for Osama Bin Laden if they thought he could topple the US, which so many Alaskans want no part of.

Funny thing is, if you've ever been there, you'd probably wonder if they aren't at least part right.

McCain calls for Sen. Ted Stevens to step down

May we have a comment from "Ethically Challenged" Governor Palin, his dear friend and Governor?

#2 | Posted by sitdown at 2008-

yes we did hear from her and it wasnt the toxic bullshit as spread by manypaths

she said basically the same thing I am about to

GOOD JOB.

another crooked politician in jail

and how's that trial going with WILLIAM JEFFERSON and that cash in the freezer????

If he becomes a Democrat, Obama can pardon him, if necessary. As for William Jefferson, he'll never go to jail. Obama will make him Secretary of the Treasury cause he knows how to come up with the "cold cash".