August 06, 2008 06:40 PM
Ted Stevens: Felony? Really....it's no big deal
It's rule #1 in the Republican playbook that if you repeat something often enough -- irrespective of its veracity -- it becomes common wisdom. Somehow, I don't think that rule is going to work for Senator Tubes. TPMMuckraker:
On Saturday, Stevens visited the small town of Ketchikan, for their annual blueberry festival and gave an interesting quote to the Ketchikan Daily News (sub. req.):
"This is an indictment for failure to disclose gifts that are controversial in terms of whether they were or were not gifts. It's not bribery; it's not some corruption; it's not some extreme felony."
Felony, schmelony. Interesting that his levels of severity have bribery and corruption as extreme, but his felony...that's nothing.
I guess that rule of law thing is inconvenient when it applies to the people that make the laws.
I've gotta pitch this to Dick Wolf: Law & Order: Extreme Felony Squad.
Is that some new sport all the cool kids are playing, "Extreme Felony"?
Eight years of treason by the Bush gangsters is no big deal for the complicit corporate media. They don't mind lying, election-stealing, war-mongering and torturing et al ad nauseum as long as its done by Republicans...
See, the operative word here is "extreme"... so, it's not an extreme felony such as murder or genocide. Therefore, it's "not as bad".
Phew! I'm so glad you cleared that up for us, Stevens!
C'mon, it was just a couple of gifts . . between friends. Friends helping friends - how can that be a bad thing???
It reminds of the infamous Leona Helmsley quote, except that in this case, the subject is not taxes, but laws. The Republican refrain seems to be: "We don't obey laws. Only the little people obey laws."
felonies are all the rage in washington.
It's amazing how numb we've become. Corruption isn't even an impact word any more.
Stop posting this stuff! The internet isn't some dumptruck you can just put everything into! It's a series of tubes, and you're clogging them up with lies about how two good friends gave each other innocent gifts! This has gone over the line! I'm going to put on my Incredible Hulk neck tie, and go email and internet to my buddy Ted and tell him about this misuse of the public internet tubes.
Hey, it's not like Senator Stevens lied to the American public in order to start a war of aggression that killed hundreds of thousands of people and wasted billions of dollars.
"Cum on now. It wasn't like I was caught soliciting an undercover police officer for wanting to suck his cock in the men's room of an airport or anything."
- Ted Stevens
Stevens' defense will be, "Scooter Libby's crimes were much more heinous than mine--therefore, I deserve the same pardons/treatment from the Bush White House."
Throw Tubes Stevens behind a series of bars.
"Ted Stevens: Felony? Really….it’s no big deal"
That's worked quite well for Karl Rove and the Bush gang so far......
they've broken dozens of laws without having to pay any consequences.
not disclosing gifts is corruption, unless Stevens never did anything in return.
For the sake of the country's reputation, we must pardon ALL the criminals in our government.
We must, after all, set the example to the general public that the "rule of law" is for them, not us. Not the public servants. Sexual deviance, drunk driving, murder, contempt, accepting of bribes, conspiracy, cover-ups, torture, wars, profit off wars. It's all within the realm of reason for the great and noble government in the US of A.
So, he did just admit his guilt, right?
"Yeah, I did it, but like Cheney says, so?"
Shouldn't he be using the criminalization of politics meme? It's not worn out already, is it?
Yea... right, keep talkin Ted.... 'IF' you do end up in an orange jump suit picking up trash along the side of some highway up there in the great white north with an armed guard watching your tired ass??... Far as I'm concerned, that too, will be no big deal.... Frankly, that would be just about the right deal for you old man...... for about the next ten years....JD
And once in jail Stevens is going to find himself surrounded by a series of tubes.
RonDumsfeld @ 18:
Exactly. Low lifes like Stevens, Cheney, Boooosh, et al, don't care about you and I. Their collective attitude is "So?"
"So what I committed a crime and benefited at your expense - you all are the idiots for letting me do it."
Takes scumbag to new lows...
Did they greet him with flowers and blueberries?
crazylikeafox @ 23:
It's Alaska the greated him with dead fish and rifles.
Perhaps it's time for the Democrats to raise the "pardon" issue in the campaign? Hell, I can imagine President Bush doing nothing but issuing pardons for his Republican pals all the way from November until January, with little time for anything else, there being so many.
My hero was Ricardo Nixon.
Maybe he hasn't robbed someone at gunpoint or killed someone as far as we know, but he has broken the law. What he has done may not reach the level of extreme felony, but I still want to see him pay for his crimes. If it were me, I know that I would have to.
If I were the judge I would convict and then set his tired old wrinkled arse on an iceberg and float it out to sea. He would not be a global warming denier for very long.
I hope Ted Stevens shares the same prison cell with Rep. William Jefferson who got caught with over $90,000 in bribe money stuffed in his freezer.
"It’s not bribery; it’s not some corruption; it’s not some extreme felony".
"It's also not a truck", continued the living monument to corruption. "It's not a series of tubes, either".
CitizenX @ 1:
I guess it explains why you can get longer prison sentences (and heftier fines) for pirating songs or smoking pot than if you rape 14-year olds:
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/missouristatenews/stor...
Next year's Bribery Festival will have a hard time filling the stinking shoes of soon-to-be-imprisoned Sen. Tubes. He's an old pro with forty years of senate experience where he perfected the art of stealing, lying, cheating and self-enrichment.
CatAtomic @ 30:
Algore was wrong. It was I, Tubes Stevens, who invented the internet. I used all the extra oil pipes we have in Alaska to make the internet.
Well yeah... the extreme felonies, them's definitely the worst kind. Its much better to have several of the lesser felonies on your record.
Well of course it's no big deal to republicans . . . the sub-humans of a once great nation.
Mr Squirrel @ 34:
FIFY!
;^D
It's easy. Just don't show up for court, claim "executive privilege," sit back and wait for your pardon.
Ted Stevens has been a US Senator for Alaska since 1970.
Alaskans have voted Mr. Stevens into office many, many times.
Are there any Alaskans out ther there that care to comment?
it's favoritism.......he's been corrupted. they haven't
been had by the temptation of washington
good time for him to be president
Consevative law.
Bribery/corruption= Just doing business.
A President having consentual sex between two adults= impeachable offense.
Making sexual offers by tapping ones foot in morse code at an airport restroom=A wide stance
Using political orientation to hire for Gov't jobs that aren't politcal appointing positions= Doing the LOrds work.
Vote McCain-Stevens in 2008
With 64 years combined experience helping to
ruinrun the nationI live in AK, and have never voted for Uncle Ted.
AK politics are probably the most corrupt in the country, our congressional delegation is currently:
Senior Senator (Ted Stevens): Indicted
Junior Senator (Lisa Murkowski): Appointed to the position by her own father.
Representative (Don Young): Under investigation, big ties to VECO
Local Politics:
Governor (Sara Palin): Looks like she abused her office to try to get a trooper fired
Several State Senators: Convicted of taking Bribes from VECO
Ben Stevens (Ted's Son): Under investigation for bribes from VECO
Ugh
Another elected official enjoying a much more posh lifestyle than the average American but greedily grabbing for more wealth and luxury. These guys disgust me.
Well , its not like he got a blow job or anything. Do not worry Teddy. Its just a series of lonely nights , chow lines and horny cellmates.
I wish my felony was nothing. It would be nice to be able to get a job.
bkj @ 42:
As another Alaskan, my take is that Uncle Ted (didn't Stalin earn the moniker "Uncle" too?), is just oblivious to having committed a crime. He has it firmly fixed in his wrinkled old mans' head, that he "paid every bill that he was presented." and that that is all there is to it. I don't think that the DOJ brought this case at this time against a sitting US Senator in an election year, if they weren't sure they had him dead to rights. And the worse is yet to come for "Uncle" Ted. The IRS was an integral to this investigation. Once convicted and stripped of senatorial immunity, look for tax evasion charges to be added to Ted's woes.
What he is doing is using the unprosecuted audacious crimes of the last 8 years to lighten his puny offenses. Sure, when you compare what he did to crimes against humanity, treason, illegal war, etc... it doesn't look so bad. Problem is, Teddy is really pointing out all the things BESIDES his crimes that should be prosecuted to the fullest extent.
i'm an Alaskan from Fairbanks. Uncle Ted is having a tough time even here. although lots of people, upon hearing of the indictment, said "It's sad." i'm not sure what is sad about it. Perhaps it's because he's an old man now and will be going through some trying times. Or, is it because he has "given" Alaska so much pork that we feel obligated to him? Or, is it because, if he is ousted, a replacement won't have the political clout to give us all the pork we've asked for, and more?
In 3 weeks, we'll have our primary election and we have a Clean Election inititiative on our ballot. It's only for state offices, but uncle ted's indictment adds to the VECO story and we're just waiting for his son's indictment to come down the tubes.
Yesterday's report of the straw poll at our state fair in Fairbanks indicates that the mayor of Anchorage, Mark Begich, is way ahead of Ted Stevens in the november general election race. Our Congressman, Don Young, will likely also be ousted by one of 3 contesters. And, for the first time in many, many years, this oil state may just turn blue.
This character has crooked politician written all over his face. Have you ever noticed, many republicans have a "look" about them? It is a look that wreaks of lies and corruption.
What is really disgusting about this shit is that this bastard may get away, Scot free. They are already working against the grain, buy moving his trial date up before others that have been waiting forever, Talking about he needed to be in position to prove he is innocent of the charges, when he knows exactly what he did.
What silly bastards are up too. They are going to save that Senate Seat, any means necessary.
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