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Sen. Ted "Tubes" Stevens Is Indicted

Posted by kdawson on from the eating-our-own-pork dept.

Many readers are letting us know about the indictment of Sen. Ted Stevens on seven counts of making false statements on his financial disclosure forms. We discussed the raid on the senator's house a while back. Everyone's favorite technologically challenged senator is the longest-serving Republican in the history of the upper house. An Alaskan paper gives deep background on the probe that has ensnared Stevens and a number of other Alaska political figures.

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  1. Why do Democrats even bother running? by tjstork · · Score: 0, Troll

    At the rate we Republicans are going, all of our guys are going to wind up in jail.

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  2. Re:An alaskan perspective... by The+Living+Fractal · · Score: 0, Troll

    You should work on your reading comprehension. I never said guilt doesn't matter. I never said removing corruption doesn't matter. In fact, I said they DO matter.

    BTW, just so you can try again, here is what I said:

    Our state certainly needs to rid itself of corruption.

    He should of course take the blame for his actions.

    And regarding 'pork barrel projects' maybe you should read my last paragraph as to why I think this is a bad thing. It's the idea of a well-balanced government, with checks and balances, instead of a one-sided government. It's called democracy, you should try it sometime.

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  3. Re:An alaskan perspective... by The+Living+Fractal · · Score: 0, Troll

    I never said that. It's amazing how some people misinterpret what others say and only hear what they want to hear.

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  4. Re:Yeah, and what happened with that one? by Clay+Pigeon+-TPF-VS- · · Score: 0, Troll

    JFK got us into vietnam. Don't be blaming the guy who had to clean up the mess.

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  5. Re:Yeah, and what happened with that one? by megaditto · · Score: 0, Troll

    That's the problem with most of our citizens being educated by the liberal media.

    Vietnam casualties: Under Kennedy and LBJ (Democrats): 32,000+
    Under Nixon and Ford (Republicans): 16,000+
    source: http://www.rjsmith.com/kia_tbl.html

    Vietnam: started on a lie by a democrat. Used conscripted (forced) Americans to fight a losing war.
    Vietnam: ended by a Republican (Ford), de-escalated by a Republican (Nixon), conscription stopped by a Republican (Nixon).

    Nixon did a lot of great things for this country (which the media stonewalls to the day).
    What's even more sad is that Nixon is probably the most honest president we had since the mid-20th century.

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