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Ted Stevens Loses Senate Re-Election Bid
JakartaDean writes "Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, famed Internet regulator, has lost his Senate seat. The AP is reporting that 'Stevens was declared the loser in Alaska on Tuesday night after a two-week-long process of counting nearly 90,000 absentee and early votes from across Alaska. With this victory, Democrat Mark Begich (the mayor of Anchorage) has defeated one of the giants in the US Senate by a 3,724-vote margin, a stunning end to a 40-year Senate career marred by Stevens' conviction on corruption charges a week before the election.' It's probably too early to tell what this means for Internet regulation, but at least there's a > 0 chance that the next committee chair will understand something about the Net."
Senator Stevens re-election bid is down the tubes.
Stevens goes bye bye and the tubes are already breaking down! Slashdot stories disappearing, seas boiling, dogs and cats living together!!!!
This is the end!
Yeah, it occurred to me that's probably why he was still voted for. If he was forced out of office in disgrace he would be replaced by another less obviously disgraceful Republican. At least I hope that's what happened, although after seeing who they elected Governor I could be giving Alaskan's too much credit.
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They would have had a special election.
Am I the only one who read the "special" in "special election" with the same connotation as "special olympics"? :)
he was literally named Alaskan of the Century. Think about that for a moment.
I thought about it.
All I was really left with is that Alaskans must be really hard up for role-models.
It's as if there is a whole army of nutjobs waiting in the wings for an Obama victory just to be able to post the same message on every thread even tangentially related to politics.
Gotta love American politics.
Fuck systemd. Fuck Redhat. Fuck Soylent, too. Wait, scratch the last one.
...governor. Now it will have it for a while longer.
The only shame is that this will be an end to the "series of tubes" jokes.
Twitter supports and protects racists - by smearing their critics with the "Hate Speech" label.
Regarding Stevens, it's good to finally be rid of the embarrassment... too bad we're replacing him with someone who is equally corrupt - only instead of belonging to big oil, Begich belongs to organized crime.
But then, corruption is a requirement to be in politics in the United States, so I guess Begich arrives well qualified.
I'm an Alaskan and I approve of your statement.
In fact I'm not sure I could have said it better.
*A)bort, R)etry, I)nfluence with large hammer.*
The correct acronym is POTUS. Although PUSA Palin has an interesting suggestion of a hot porn queen.
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Most people outside Alaska are unaware that he was literally named Alaskan of the Century. Think about that for a moment.
Yeah, there must have been, what, 3 other contenders?
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I believe we have John McCain to thank for providing the media antibodies that will protect us against Sarah Palin in a national role well into the future. I mean, with an IQ of 83 she represents a certain segment of the underprivileged altogether too well...
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