
It isn’t very often that I praise John McCain. Mark your calenders (all 5 readers that I have) because here is some.
John McCain did what any good civil servant should do and that is telling Ted Stevens to step down from the Senate.
John McCain on Tuesday called on Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens to step down from office following his conviction on seven felony counts for taking gifts from an oil contractor who remodeled the longtime senator’s house.
“It is a sign of the health of our democracy that the people continue to hold their representatives to account for improper or illegal conduct, but this verdict is also a sign of the corruption and insider-dealing that has become so pervasive in our nation’s capital,” McCain said in a written statement.
“It is clear that Senator Stevens has broken his trust with the people and that he should now step down. I hope that my colleagues in the Senate will be spurred by these events to redouble their efforts to end this kind of corruption once and for all,” he said.
Who is Ted Stevens? Just a corrupt Senator who received gifts from oil companies. (Interesting piece of trivia, he also gave Sarah Palin a huge endorsement when she began running for governor but that doesn’t matter, right? It’s not like he is some terrorist or what not.)
Of course Ted Stevens doesn’t like the verdict.
Stevens, 84, insists that he is innocent, and his attorneys are planning to file an appeal. A senator since 1958, he said Monday that he will head back to Alaska to ask voters to re-elect him, despite the charges.
“I am obviously disappointed in the verdict but not surprised given the repeated instances of prosecutorial misconduct in this case,” Stevens said, claiming several areas to be used for appeal. “I will fight this unjust verdict with every ounce of energy I have.”
Stevens is not expected to be back in court until February.
Who else is rooting that for death?
If you are and you read this blog, I have a treat for you.
Phuck Politics is running a pool. If Ted Stevens dies before February, the person who picks the correct date gets a gift from me.
All you have to do is leave a date in the comments, with your email address and name, and hope he dies on that date.
(You will not receive the gift if you killed the man yourself. I run a fair contest. Cheating is not allowed)
If he doesn’t die then I will consider it a wash and the prize will roll over to the next contest.
Good luck and remember….if he dies, we all win.
Edit- Welcome those from Stumble. Please don’t be shy and pick a date….
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