BREAKING: Ted Stevens found guilty on all seven felony counts
You lie, you get convicted. Have Stevens' re-election chances just gone down the "tubes"? Sorry, it was too easy.
Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Senate Republican in history and patriarch of Alaska politics, was found guilty of felony charges for making false statements.
The verdict could spell the end of a 40-year Senate career for a man who rose to be one of the most dominant figures in the upper chamber and who helped transform Alaska in its 50 years of statehood. The verdict was reached after the jury deliberated since Wednesday and found the 84-year-old senator guilty of failing to report more than $250,000 in gifts from Bill Allen, the former head of Veco Corp., and other friends.
The jury did not seem to buy the explanation from Stevens that Allen showered him with gifts he didn't want and was unaware of, and that he believed the $160,000 he gave to another contractor covered all costs for the home renovations.
Good riddance. We'll keep you updated on the sentence when it comes down.
UPDATE: Jed has some good videos of Palin "palling around" with her BFF Ted Stevens.
Guilty or not, is this not strike people as friggin' ridiculous? 40 years!! 40 damn years!! Good Lord that's a helluva lot of taxpayer dough!.
This makes my day... regardless, this guy is one more corrupt republican fucktard. I love that he's finally got his comeuppance, so to speak.
It must have been those damn Internet tubes.
Goodnight, Frau Blücher
Listening to Palin speeches over and over and over again...until he drops dead.
Or is that in violation of the Geneva Conventions?
"Anyone that makes less than $150K in this country, has no business voting Republican."
Wow, curious to see how Palin will try to spin this...
What are Ted's re-election chances now?
No Chance. Congratulations Senator Begich.
It'll be interesting to see who he takes down with him now that he knows his ass is going to jail.
I think I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so.....
10 to 1 he doesn't spend one day in jail. Miserable old fart.
Democratic Party progressive, Vietnam veteran and proud Union member for 41 years
I'm sure his "buds" on the Supreme Court will be able to find some problem with the conviction when his appeal finally gets there
(if he lives that long).
"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of Stupidity" - Frank Leahy
Ho, ho, ho.
Christmas comes early. Couldn't have happened to a more
mendacious man. I think I'll start asking Mercedes to let me
use a car and Neiman Marcus to loan me some clothes.
These people are astounding in their ability to delude themselves
and a few others in the process.
Try to see things from the bright side Teddy, you're probably too old to be raped.
Senator Stevens bridges the gap!
w00t!
NO!!!!
you beat me to this response!
Prison isn't like some big building, its more like a series of cubes!
HA HA!
I'm very pleased that Sen. Ted Stevens was not found to have done any wrongdoing whatsoever. Yup yup
n/t
You betcha
to that Senator from Alaska!
sentenced to fifty lashes from palins tounge
I've got $10 here that says Bush pardons him and Scooter on the way out.
I'll second that.
I'll take that bet.
NOBODY 2012
I just read this:
Anyone know what the process is to replace him prior to reelection? And what if AK still reelects him? (Which, I don't doubt since AK seems to like its crooked politicos.)
the seat opens in two years, i think.
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
Can Palin appoint herself? (I'm sure she'd try.)
I know little about Alaska's constitution, but I'd bet that if there's some kinda special election required to fill the governor's office, she might balk at doing so. This combined with Troopergate and no bid natural gas pipeline contracts might leave the Alaskan GOP on shaky ground.
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
Great. Then she can be in charge of the Senate.
:D
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
There is much talk that Stevens is neck and neck with his Dem rival from Anchorage and that Stevens wanted this verdict prior to the election.
Not quite sure if this is the verdict he wanted. lol
Ya can't. always. get. whatcha waaaaaant.
LOL
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
Don't you mean, the verdict he tried to pay for?
We are talking about the corrupt republicans in Alaska. Every single one of them.
From TPM.
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
Democratic statement: Stevens should resign now.
Yeah, right...I am sure that will happen right away.
Sarah Palin -
Pals around with convicted criminals.
She HAS already been stealing a lot of his defense argument. She's been saying that the $150,000 wasn't hers and somebody else bought the clothes and she really had nothing at all to do with them - BESIDES WEARING THEM.
To me it's reminiscent of Stevens defense that he didn't get any gifts: his friend just happened to constantly bring expensive items over to the chalet and leave them there. Stevens didn't want the things and was totally confused as to why they would be at his chalet. The whole thing had nothing to do with Stevens other than the fact that all the alleged 'gifts' just happened to be AT STEVENS' CHALET.
Of course Palin's situation is just scandalous, not necessarily felonious, but their defenses seem similar to me.
a.k.a. Domestic Terrorists!!
"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of Stupidity" - Frank Leahy
I have tears welling up. Nah, just kidding. Send the old fuck to Gitmo.
Are there any A-Frame cell blocks in the Federal Corrections system?
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
Chalet. It is a chalet god damn it!
Is there a Federal black diamond ski run known for its convicted moguls?
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
It's time to bring out all those old video clips to prove that Sarah Palin pals around with crooks, I guess.
That's probably a badge of honor in Alaska and he will win in a landslide.
They know he is a crook, he is their crook!
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
Now Palin needs to be investigated over their new home.
if Stevens find guilty for 250K,
where as 700 Billion has been funneled officially for big bankers ?
He's a pathetic dinosaur who will be sent out to pasture. Good riddance.
So long, ferret-face!
Democratic Party progressive, Vietnam veteran and proud Union member for 41 years
Entitlement is what these crooks care about -- their own. Me, me, me. If they ever knew why they went to DC - they forget it all too easily.
Egregious rapacious greed.
Re-thug-lics -- the party of immature, voraciously rapacious, despotic, doughy white, cowardly, angry troglodytes, bigots, racists, perverts, xenophobes, pedophiles, murderers, war criminals, homophobes, misogynists, self-hating women, fetid wombs and consummate chronic liars.
*
And booger-brains.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
That's good news, but there's still the appeal.
Remember Ken Lay lost his cast, and then died during the appeals process.
I suppose they call that the inability to participate in a suit.
But his human filth decendents got to keep their ill-botten gootie.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
Is There In Truth No Booty?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGjmDTvuNLM
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
Ken Lay is sipping mojitos on a beach in Dubai.
I wonder if Anchorage should change the name of their airport to the "Convicted Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport"?
or
Felon Airport for short.
Bush pardons him? This week?
I don't believe he wanted a speedy trial so he could get it over before his election, he wanted a speedy trial so he could be pardoned while Bush was still in office.
More corruption, more robbery, and it's time for them to go. Enough is enough:
http://www.ronnierayjenkins.com/topics/deathi...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX7wtNOkuHo
fuggem.
lock em all up!!!
Some stuff you can't make up!
He won't see a day in prison, IMO. His lawyer/s/ will argue that, at age 84, any sentence would effectively be a life sentence.
So!!!!
"If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!
Any public official who betrays the public trust commits a crime against the entire governed body, be it a Town, a State, or the entire Nation. This sort of crime is, at least to me, MUCH more serious than, for example, stealing a car, which APPEARS mor serious, but really affects very few people. If your neighbor's car gets stolen this probably won't affect YOU much (unless he gives you a ride to work), but when a politician steals he robs us ALL.
Too bad this old lizard will probably get off with a slap on the wrist...he deserves hanging.
You can throw Nancy Pelosi in there as she betrayed the public trust by not starting impeachment against these criminals in the WH now.
another one bites the dust
Happy days are here again
The skies above are clear again
We'll sing a song of cheer again
Happy days are here again
Hey Ted, Say hello to Jack for all of us........
Early voted today, came out, cranked the car and the first thing I heard was, Stevens found guilty on all counts!!!!! This really bodes well.
After 84 years. going down in flames, like one of McCain's aircraft. Seeya Tubes.
"If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!
How does Sara Palin manage to use State funds to fly her kids to functions to which they were not invited and stay in luxury hotels, and the GO BACK AFTERWARDS and change the paperwork so it would look like a legitimate expense, and NOT GET BUSTED FOR IT? If this old creep can get caught and tried for having his house fixed up at government expense, SHE should be in court too!
I'm waiting for Fox to put a D next to his name.
NOBODY 2012
Couldn't have happened to a nicer sh*thead!
I feel so much better knowing that this lying sack of shit scumbag has been found guilty.
I love it! I wonder if he will get jail time?
I really hope so. I hope that this is just a good start.
We got cunningham, abramoff, I can't think of the guys name from Ohio. God if we could just get about three or four hundred more of these lying republican scum bags we would have a much better country.
Come on lets get bush and chenny next. Come on nancy, maybe we can get them prosicuted in the Hague.
Thing are starting to look better although we will never be able to bring back all the innocent people that have died at the hands of these murdering republican scum!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMSR0Or1RcM
Say it ain't so Joe! Hasn't this fellow been pallin' around with Palin? Shame on her!
It may be in StirFry's link, but sarah was the head of steven's 527.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. *snark*
But really, the country is so much better off today without this corrupt madman remaining in the Senate.
What's amazing, and disheartening, is that Alaskans kept voting this jackoff into office, who knows, maybe they will yet again. What the hell is wrong with those people up there? They live in one of the most beautiful parts of the country and they're completely obsessed with destroying it by killing off as much of the wildlife as they can and fouling it up with oil. Disgusting, simply disgusting.
The appeal of Alaska is its isolation, its distant proximity to the contiguous U.S., while reaping the benefits of tax payer dollars, for a population barely the size of a large city.
The "last frontier" is a euphemism for avarice, directly related to those vast resources you mentioned.
Alaskans remind me of Idahoans, conservative tight-asses with a penchant for development at any cost.
this is the first good news I've heard all day. I hope they throw his miserable thieving ass in jail but I'm not gonna bet on that.
Samantha will spring him with a twinkle of her nose.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
Was it the "Inter-tube" that carried him up the river? :-)
No big deal, he can just go out and say they cleared him of any legal or ethical wrongdoing. It's okay to do that nowadays.
felons can't vote for our leaders, but felons can BE our leaders.
How perverse is that?
It follows that if one wants to participate in our political process, screw voting, run for office.
It sure does seem like Alaskans feel so removed from the lower 48 that they feel free to commit crimes and think they can get away with it. I'm not surprised Palin gave an uber-neutral response to his conviction. Somebody is rearing their ugly head over Alaska and it ain't Putin!
that when he dies they're going to have to screw him into the ground.
fuckin' schmuck!
Sarah Palin spent more than $51,000 in taxpayer funds on remodeling the Gov. mansion. The clothes, the accessories, the tanning sprays, using VECO on her own house, and now this. I thought she was the anti-pork lipstick pig? ..oh yeah, she's Republican.
... than the great Alaskans blaming the judge and jury for uncle Ted's transgressions is the fact that he was indicted and prosecuted by George W. Bush's Justice Department!
Next time you fly in to Anchorage, you will land at Convicted Felon International Airport.
The old corrupt codger is caught.
Forty years of gaming the system is over.
He sure has a lot of reflecting to do in his remaining hours.
What a sad ending to a long delusional life!
Dang, I'm in DC this week visiting my sister and family....happened to be walking by the Prettyman Courthouse yesterday early afternoon, seeing a number of news media trucks and cameras. Didn't know what it was....should have stuck around to yell out at Stevens, "hey, Senator, is your election race going down the tubes!"
I'll say one thing for Stevens....he has provided me plenty of laughs by way of the Daily Show and others with his "tubes" and shouts of "NO" in the Senate!
Miserable curmudgeon bastard!
Little doubt fellow bastard Bush will pardon him on the way out of his rat hole...if he even leaves!
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