Monday, October 27, 2008

SENATOR TED STEVENS FOUND GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS.....


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Will post more links as the news comes in, Huffpost linked to title.
ABC News is reporting, Snippet:::
"A federal grand jury indicted Stevens, 84, in July on seven counts of making false statements, for allegedly lying on U.S. Senate financial disclosure forms for the years 1999 to 2006.

The jury of eight women and four men deliberated for five hours Monday before returning guilty verdicts on all seven counts.

Prosecutors claimed that Stevens accepted $250,000 worth of gifts, primarily from now-defunct oil services company Veco Corp. and its former CEO, Bill Allen. Among the alleged gifts was the value of a home renovation project that transformed the senator's Girdwood, Alaska, home from a quaint cabin to a sizeable house, a $2,600 massage chair and a Viking gas grill.Each charge carries a maximum five years in prison and $250,000 fine. U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan will sentence Stevens in January."
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So here is my Question does he Drop Out or Keep Running as a Convicted Felon ??? Here is some information about other Felonious Politicians....
Snippet:::
"Ted Stevens is the first sitting United States Senator to be convicted on corruption charges since New Jersey's Harrison Williams on May 1, 1981. Stevens, who has represented Alaska in the Senate since 1968, was found guilty on seven counts of making false statements on his Senate financial disclosure. Williams, who was completing his fourth term, was convicted on nine counts of bribery and extortion charges connected to the ABSCAM scandal. Five U.S. Senators have been found guilty of felony charges; Williams is one of two Senators in U.S. history to serve in prison following a conviction.

If Stevens is defeated for re-election next week, he will become the longest-serving U.S. Senator in history to lose his seat. He'll break the record set by Warren Magnuson, who lost his seat in 1980 after 36 years in office. And if Stevens wins, and then leaves office (either through resignation or expulsion), Alaska Governor Sarah Palin would pick his replacement. Palin could pick herself."
{{{ I hope this is Wrong????Sarah Palin could Pick HERSELF !!!? oye...}}}

(( Gee will Anyone ask Palin about that 520 that she ran for Teddy ? and hey, let's hope that Teddy does not get sentenced until AFTER 1.20.08...we would not want Bush to pardon Teddy.... let's hope that he can bunk with Duke Cunningham...that would be nice ))
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So the Question is Does Sarah Still have "Respect" for Teddy still ??

8 comments:

Fran said...

Nice catch that Georgie could pardon him if he were sentenced prior to his exit. That would suck.
I thought I'd heard early on Palin had a fair amount of "gifts" she'd received either as mayor or guv..... that would be a nice Oct surprise. Eh?

enigma4ever said...

Fran::
yeah- NO more Scooter Pardon moments...Duke Cunningham has been fairly regular in writing to Bush begging for a pardon...kinda pathetic for the Topgun, eh?

We will have to Re-Blog Palin's 520 that she ran for Teddy...hmm, other gifts...well the Bridge to Nowhere- that she did get 220 million out of it...

tom said...

Nasty fellow, wonderful to see him convicted, I did not think he could be convicted, of course the GOP will blame it on a runaway jury or the "DC" factor (read black folk) but he looses his seat surely, and we get another DEM Senator!

Keep fighting the forces of evil
(all we need is another republican sexual pecadillo before election day!)

enigma4ever said...

Hey Tom..
well, I think Mark Begvich ( sp) should benefit from running against a Convicted Felon...Stevens can NOT even vote now.....and his politcal career now ends with a mark of shame...

7 Days to go Tom....Hang in there...

Distributorcap said...

if he wins........ then there is no hope for this country

enigma4ever said...

are we talking about McShame or Stevens ???

Mariamariacuchita said...

An ethical politician would, of course, hang it all up at this point, but therein lies the dilemma.

Since he was convicted, he is obviously not ethical, so he'll probably still run?? Right??

counting down to election time....what an historical election this is.

enigma4ever said...

thanks all..
so here is the update...McCain said that he should step down...and Palin said that he should do what is right for Alaska...( I seriously wonder if she knows that she could step into his seat ??)...ahem..NOW most VP candidates would support their nominee- but we know the Maverick Mooselet won't....