TED STEVENS : GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS!! - 2008-10-27 11:09 PM
damn dirty crooked Republicans!
Re: TED STEVENS : GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS!! - 2008-10-27 11:12 PM
I guess that means another win for the Dems in the Senate. Kind of hard to serve your term from jail. 
Re: TED STEVENS : GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS!! - 2008-10-27 11:14 PM
Wasn't that the tard who said the internet was a series of tubes?
Re: TED STEVENS : GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS!! - 2008-10-27 11:15 PM
Quote:
Sen. Stevens found guilty on corruption charges
Alaska lawmaker was accused of lying about $250,000 in gifts
Politics
Breaking news
updated 8 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Sen. Ted Stevens was found guilty on all counts at his corruption trial Monday.
Stevens was charged with lying on Senate financial forms about $250,000 in home renovations and other gifts he received from an oil contractor.
Stevens spent three days on the witness stand, vehemently denying that allegation. He said his wife, Catherine, paid every bill they received.
Stevens faces up to five years in prison on each count, but under federal sentencing guidelines, he would likely receive much less prison time, if any.
Stevens' trial hinged on the testimony of Bill Allen, the senator's longtime drinking and fishing buddy. Allen, the founder of VECO, testified that he never billed his friend for the extensive work on the house and that Stevens knew he was getting a deal.
Stevens is a legendary figure in Alaska, where he has wielded political influence since before statehood. His knack for steering billions of dollars in federal money to his home state has drawn praise from his constituents and consternation from budget hawks.
In a tight election year, the verdict has the potential to alter the nation's political landscape. The Senate's longest-serving Republican is fending off an aggressive Democratic challenger for a seat he's held for generations. And it could push Democrats toward a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate.
Alaska lawmaker was accused of lying about $250,000 in gifts
Politics
Breaking news
updated 8 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Sen. Ted Stevens was found guilty on all counts at his corruption trial Monday.
Stevens was charged with lying on Senate financial forms about $250,000 in home renovations and other gifts he received from an oil contractor.
Stevens spent three days on the witness stand, vehemently denying that allegation. He said his wife, Catherine, paid every bill they received.
Stevens faces up to five years in prison on each count, but under federal sentencing guidelines, he would likely receive much less prison time, if any.
Stevens' trial hinged on the testimony of Bill Allen, the senator's longtime drinking and fishing buddy. Allen, the founder of VECO, testified that he never billed his friend for the extensive work on the house and that Stevens knew he was getting a deal.
Stevens is a legendary figure in Alaska, where he has wielded political influence since before statehood. His knack for steering billions of dollars in federal money to his home state has drawn praise from his constituents and consternation from budget hawks.
In a tight election year, the verdict has the potential to alter the nation's political landscape. The Senate's longest-serving Republican is fending off an aggressive Democratic challenger for a seat he's held for generations. And it could push Democrats toward a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate.
What a crappy year for Republicans. I guess this shifts the attention from Sarah palins wardrobe for the time being, at least...
Re: TED STEVENS : GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS!! - 2008-10-27 11:17 PM
Originally Posted By: whomod
I guess this shifts the attention from Sarah palins wardrobe for the time being, at least...
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Re: TED STEVENS : GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS!! - 2008-10-27 11:18 PM
It's a good day for America when political corruption is stopped, whether it is Dem or GOP.
Re: TED STEVENS : GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS!! - 2008-10-27 11:19 PM
Originally Posted By: BASAMS The Plumber
It's a good day for America when political corruption is stopped, whether it is Dem or GOP.
Yep.
Originally Posted By: the G-man of Zur-En-Arrh on 07/31/07
Stevens is an architect of the notorious "Bridge to Nowhere" boondoggle, one of the worst attempts at procuring government pork in U.S. history. Therefore, I wouldn't put much of anything past him.
Originally Posted By: PJP on 07/31/07
Fry the sunuvabitch
Re: TED STEVENS : GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS!! - 2008-10-27 11:20 PM
Originally Posted By: Glacier16
Originally Posted By: whomod
I guess this shifts the attention from Sarah palins wardrobe for the time being, at least...
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It was the big news of the day a while ago on http://www.americablog.com.
Re: TED STEVENS : GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS!! - 2008-10-27 11:20 PM
Originally Posted By: rex
Wasn't that the tard who said the internet was a series of tubes?
"The Internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a truck. It's a series of tubes," Stevens said during a June 28 committee session.
"And if you don't understand, those tubes can be filled. And if they are filled, when you put your message in, it gets in line and it's going to be delayed by anyone that puts into that tube enormous amounts of material, enormous amounts of material."
At another point in his 11-minute discourse, he said he'd seen these delays firsthand: "I just the other day got - an Internet was sent by my staff at 10 o'clock in the morning on Friday and I just got it yesterday. Why? Because it got tangled up with all these things going on the Internet commercially."
Re: TED STEVENS : GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS!! - 2008-10-27 11:21 PM
This was also the tard who wanted to give the FCC control over just about every kind of media. This guy should have been locked up in a nuthouse years ago.
Re: TED STEVENS : GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS!! - 2008-10-27 11:24 PM
obviously we have all been ted stevens backers from day one, as he is so clearly representative of all republicans and their constituency. 
Re: TED STEVENS : GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS!! - 2008-10-27 11:33 PM
It will be nice when the election is over and the Illinois prosecutors are allowed to continue their case against Obama for his Rezco ties....
Re: TED STEVENS : GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS!! - 2008-10-27 11:35 PM
FROM THE GULAG!
Re: TED STEVENS : GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS!! - 2008-10-27 11:36 PM
Originally Posted By: rex
Originally Posted By: Glacier16
Originally Posted By: whomod
I guess this shifts the attention from Sarah palins wardrobe for the time being, at least...
?
It was the big news of the day a while ago on http://www.americablog.com.
Ahh, thanks reax!