Senate gives convicted felon Ted Stevens farewell standing ovation
By SilentPatriot Thursday Nov 20, 2008 5:00pm
Ted Stevens, Congress' longest-serving Republican and recently convicted felon, delivered his farewell speech today on the Senate floor. I understand the camaraderie of the world's greatest deliberative body and Stevens' 40+ years of service, but its pretty surreal to watch the Senate give a standing ovation to someone who was just found guilty by a jury of his peers on a whopping seven felony counts. I gotta admit: Stevens went out gracefully and his embrace of Senator Byrd is some compelling stuff. That said, good riddance and congratulations to Senator-elect Mark Begich.
"I don't have any rear-view mirror, I look only forward. And I still see the day when I can remove the cloud that currently surrounds me. My motto has always been 'to hell with politics, just do what's right for Alaska.' And I've tried every day to live up to those words."
Looks like Ted is suffering from the Palin denial disease, whereby someone who has been found guilty of something simply refuses to acknowledge that they indeed were found guilty. Must be that Alaskan water.
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LMAO, this stinking CON SOB has been in Washington as long as I've been alive. Does he really think anyone on this planet believes him when he says, To hell with politics? I say to hell with him.
If C&L could arrange an on-line chat with Begich, that would be stellar.
I think a lot of people are excited, and want to know more about the dude.
A truly sickening display.
God bless, God bless, God bless...
Religion...the last refuge of the corrupt and cynical to con the masses.
I can't wait to see his ass behind a series of bars.
High Five
Hell yes the man will stand in denial, he's been a cornerstone of the Republican con machine for longer than anyone, what better spokesman can the GOP put out there but a convicted felon? And a standing O?
I wouldnt expect any other response could have been any more appropriate and fitting than that. A job well done on scamming tax dollars, too bad ya got caught. Now get your ass back to Alaska and shut that yapping Governor of yours up, if you can. See ya!
A rousing ovation for the convicted felon from the unconvicted felons.
Now THAT was funny!
Good one, TeaEyeIs!
...they were just applauding "one of their own" in more ways than one.
Hell, they should have just mooned him: after all, he spent his time in the Senate flipping off the law...
Let him be the 1st to drive over the bridge to nowhere.
What a piece of work he is. He gets a standing ovation?
Puhleeese. How absolutely disgusting. Anyone who applauded this grifter should be ashamed of themselves.
So long, Ted, and good riddance. Good luck in the pokey. Maybe you can learn all about 'the tubes' while you are incarcerated.
and take Sarah with you.
I will simply give Stevens the one finger solute!
I'd rather salute him
With one finger.
I'd rather salute him with the hold damn fist! Well, maybe someone will take care of that in prison
sure, there are roads and bridges, boxstores and more people
but per capita, there are more rapes, child abuse, alcohol and drug abuse...and the state has the highest energy costs in the nation
he benefitted big oil, and his buddies that did infrastucture work...big fookin deal
and shame on the senate for giving him a standing O
Orgasm?
Opera
For a second there to my wine besotted eyes I thought you said Oprah.
The only God this fucker worships is the almighty dollar which is what got him in this mess to begin with.
FUCK HIM AND THE SHETLAND PONY HE RODE IN ON . Sorry Shetland Ponies everywhere...
Oh, he did not embrace senator byrd. It looks like just a lil' handshake and pat on the back to me. I was expecting to see the two geezers really hug it out, but now I'm all disappointed.
that the world summit did to George. This is a big problem, our senators giving legitimacy to a nasty, mean spirited selfish felon. They need to clean up their act.
Good riddance, indeed.
my ass. He's a damn felon.
He's leaving and they gave him a standing ovation--if you give the public what they want, they'll applaud!
I just want to say Thank You to Ted Stevens:
It was Ted Stevens who brought us the Bridge to Nowhere
He "educated" us about the "fact" that the internet is not a truck, but in "fact" a series of Tubes
And if it wasn't for his bullshit that Sarah Palin supported then we might actually have had a McMoose in the White House next year. So thank you, thank you, thank you Ted Stevens for all you have done. And have a long vacation away from all us Lawful citizens
I'd applaud to see him leave, too.
There once was a felon named Ted
Who looks only forward (he said)
If he did look behind
No doubt he would find
Ted's career is as dead as his cred.
My motto has always been 'to hell with politics, just do what's right for Alaska.'
He is... he's fucking leaving!
it has been said senator stevens a few yrs back underwent sugery for an obstructed bowel, his colon was rerouted to his left ear canal , and he has been mistaken to be sleeping at his desk when inactuality he was emptying his excriment into the desks inkwell !
Standing O for a felon, that's our Congress at work. Bad move!
Different house, same douchebags though...
This is standard senate behavior and so the people posting who actually have an idea who he was and what he did in the senate? And what's with the vicious, bilious remarks. Everyone is so righteous now that we won an election. This is standard across blog comments. A la Frank Rich's self congratulatory recent piece.
When we personalize this kind of parliamentary mutation of the behavior of the royals we don't do ourselves any favors.
BFD.
I salute you Ted, with a single upraised finger. Goodbye and good riddance. Now all we need are thorough investigations of each and every member of the administration and congress, followed by state, county, city and village office holders.
Could it be that it wasn't so much a standing ovation but a 'thank g*d his ass is out of of here!' burst of enthusiasm?
Convicted and voted out of office. A Two-fer. Yes!
I went over to the reich wing propaganda blog redstate just to see if there was any mention of their convicted felon loosing the senate seat and much to my surprise there was no mention of it whatsoever. There was however this little ditty:
"You know, it's interesting: objectively speaking, neither Speaker Pelosi nor Senate Majority Leader Reid have actually done all that much in the last two years to thwart the GOP. And yet my opinion of Pelosi has somewhat improved, while mine of Reid's has sunk through the floor. It must be because the former at least knows how not to let her opponents get away with slapping her down at every opportunity."
could there be a better testimonial of why Pelosi and Reid, the former especially, shoud be kicked to the curb?
because they're glad to see the old reprobate off.
...are you freaking kidding me?
"Thanks, Ted, for all the rounds you bought at the gin mill!"
"Thanks, Ted, for swinging the vote for (fill in the blank) mu way!"
Thanks, Ted, for (Fill in with any of the thousands of back handing, back stabbing bullshit that goes on in the Senate.)
They (the Senate) don't give a fuck about us or do they have any shame!
It reminds me of when the "family values" Republicans gave prostitute solicitor Diaper Vitter a standing ovation on his return to the senate.
Of course the Republicans were homophobic and bigoted enough to shun Larry Craig upon his return though.
1. Make a fist.
2. Extend middle finger.
Enough said.
Not palin?
Every last one of them.
When combined with a pardon from Bush, this will be Stevens's farewell moment: unrepentant and victorious.
for that crook should also be shown the door. - and good riddance.
We'll really miss this old fart in Congress. I wonder if he will get "life" or just 20 years in prison....hehe.
Adios MF'er.
You see, prison is just a series of tubes. It's not a truck. If too many people try to put me in jail, all at once, the tube gets stuck. What we need is a way of keeping the tube unstuck. After all, it's not a truck. It's a series of tubes.
God, I'm gonna miss that old geezer. He gave the best speeches ever.
about made me puke! I wish Stevens would take Reid with him when he leaves. I'd call him a pussy but I have nothing against vaginas.
One gone and 2 more to go before we can say Bush will never be important.
His legacy will be Children books. No one wants his Library on their ground. Would you want to go College or University that have a Library of Our children’s read Bush!
Can wait for Coleman to go down in Minnesota,
And if you liked this.. you'll just have to wait for the Senate's Roast to Charles Manson.
"I don't have any rear-view mirror..."
Did he blatantly confess to a traffic violation?
Ain't It Sad. What a bunch of phonies!
What a way to end a corrupt career.
Uncle Ted lost his Alaska Senate seat.
Uncle Ted had too much pride
to ask George Bush for seven pardons
for his seven felonies.
(But secretly nobody believed him)...
Uncle Ted said he had no idea
what his life would be like
when the 111th convened
without him and his felonies.
(But secretly Uncle Ted knew)...
Following the trial
Uncle Ted pled, and pled
that he wanted another term,
"because I love this land and its people", he said.
(And then Uncle Ted vowed to press on with an appeal)...
Uncle Ted's lawyer
demanded a speedy trial,
hoping for exoneration in time
to fight the first serious threat
to his seat in decades.
(But the trial left Uncle Ted a felon)...
Uncle Ted said,
"I wouldn't wish what I'm going through
on anyone, my worst enemy,"
he lamented.
"I haven't had a night's sleep
for almost four months."
(Uncle Ted was looking forward to years of sleep)...
The political defeat came
on Uncle Ted’s 85th birthday.
(But Uncle Ted hadn't much to celebrate)...
Uncle Ted was once named
"Alaskan of the Century".
(But a jury [and an electorate] of Uncle Ted's peers found otherwise)...
The End...
Didn't watch the video. I don't have that much time to waste on the guy. Seeya Ted, hopefully in prison.
Swan song?
More like Turkey Gobble.
Hasta lavista, baby.
Ted, watch your cornhole, bud.
According to the Seattle Times "Twenty-two Republicans and eight Democrats came to hear Stevens's farewell; his wife and daughter sat in the first row of the public gallery" It seems that it was a meeting of the "senior" members, in both age and rank, came to say goodbye to another "senior" member of the chamber. It is ironic though, he was not very well liked, even by his own party. I think Senator John Stennis once asked if they could sell Alaska back to Russia so they could be rid of Senator Stevens. Not sure how serous he was at the time.
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So this is the face of moral decline in a society. A man breaks the law, and he is applauded, rather than disgraced.
Integrity is a lost principle, unfortunately any civilization's existence rests on integrity. The USA is falling apart because our culture embraces the concept that doing anything to achieve a desire is acceptable. Ethics, right & wrong, morality, integrity, compassion and respect are all dead or dying human behaviors and cultural norms here in the USA. Welcome to later day Rome.
Hard to say if the whole chamber is standing. The only camera angle they have is of his Repugnicant colleagues and you KNOW they were going to stand.
Why the HELL are they applauding?!! That guy is a crook who perpetrated fraud against the American people. This is a disgrace! My level of outrage never seems to hit bottom!
I'm sure the entire senate was singing the Ramones classic-
Glad to see ya go, go, go, go
Good-bye
Glad to see ya go, go, go, go
Good-bye
Go, go, go, go
Good-Bye!!!!!!
Whether Republicans or Democrats, they seem to consider themselves part of an elite club that, while they disgree, admire and protect their own.
Yeah, I caught the end of speech and his crocodile tears...when they gave him the standing ovation I wanted to puke.
Reslugs love and respect all the felons in their criminal party.
in a word, disgusting. a convicted felon gets a standing ovation from his colleagues and i would assume that that includes both sides of aisle. don't they have any shame, any character, any ethics. congress look at your approval rating and see what we think about you. not much.
HIs good ol boy club gave him a standing ovation, but the majority of the american people would just as soon give him a swift kick in arse as he leaves the chamber. the good ol boys network in congress just don't get it. what is congress, little more than a continuation of skull and bones. that's the best we can send up to represent us??? Oh well, check who the heartland selected for prez for two terms.
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