Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) Under Indictment [Breaking News!] (Trees And Things)

JimmyHavok: Re: About time

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:56:33 EST

If Stevens is a festering boil on the Republican Party, then the entire party consists of little more than festering boils.

thefadd: Re: waiting for the evidence

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:11:31 EST

It's true that he is charged with the more easily provable false statements. The government has been investigating him for a couple years now and they're not going through with the more difficult to prove bribery charge. Whoever it is, that's how prosecuto

zyxwvutsr: Re: waiting for the evidence

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:00:48 EST

...a major storm came through and blew down a few trees on my property. A tree removal service came by and I hired them...

Can you see how it might look somewhat more suspicious if you received a Land Rover and home co

wetkarma: waiting for the evidence

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:07:18 EST

I doubt that this prosecution is politically driven, but this case seems awfully thin to me. He's not charged with accepting work on his house for votes (bribery), he's charged Clinton-style with lying (by omission) about the work.

Steven's position is

delete me: Re: Is this Bizarro Week on TnT?

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:36:52 EST

Check his comment on the Novak story. :P

MC Nally: Re: Ted Stevens -- Going Down The Tubes Fast.

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:44:10 EST

Here's some research into public support for Stevens, Begich and Palin taken last year. It looks like the governor does quite well going up against the other two.

It would be interesting to see how Palin's numbers have changed in th

MayorBob: Is this Bizarro Week on TnT?

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:30:21 EST

You're expressing sympathy for Stevens while Gerry is kicking him out of the door.

MC Nally: Re: This is not good

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:29:48 EST

I feel really bad about the corruption charge. What a horrible thing to go through. My thoughts go out to him, his family, and his many constituents.

I'm one of his constituents and trust me, I feel just fine about this.

Lou: This is not good

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:25:44 EST

I feel really bad about the corruption charge. What a horrible thing to go through. My thoughts go out to him, his family, and his many constituents.

MayorBob: Ted Stevens -- Going Down The Tubes Fast.

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:10:25 EST

Here's some research into public support for Stevens, Begich and Palin taken last year. It looks like the governor does quite well going up against the other two. It also looks like Be

gerrymander: About time

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:51:16 EST

Good. Stevens has been a festering boil on the Republican party for far too long. The sooner he's out of the Senate, the better.