Posted on 08/10/2010 7:20:09 AM PDT by bjorn14
Former Republican U.S. Senator Ted Stevens was aboard a plane that crashed in Alaska, and it was not immediately clear whether he survived, a congressional source said on Tuesday. Half of those aboard the plane were killed in the crash and a doctor is apparently on the scene, though rescuers are having trouble reaching the site because of bad weather, the source said, declining to be further identified. Stevens lost his re-election bid in 2008 after he was convicted on corruption charges, but the case was later thrown out because of prosecutorial misconduct.
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The Senator was a very kind, polite, even funny, man. He was always ready with a kind word, a smile or just a wink when I passed him in the halls. I pray for his family and staff ( who are in many ways an extended family) and for all those who lost loved ones in this crash.
RIP, Senator Stevens.
Wonder if the media will treat his death as they did Byrd and Kennedy’s. Dumb question, I know. He never killed anyone or joined the KKK, but will not get the adoration in the press that those two did.
Former Senator Stevens killed in crash: report
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100810/pl_nm/us_crash_plane_stevens
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Republican Senator Ted Stevens was among those killed when a small plane crashed in Alaska on Monday night, local television station KTUU said on its website on Tuesday, quoting a longtime family friend.
May he rest in peace.
>>”I think that explains the likelihood of being in multiple incidents. “
The rules are different, also. 30 years ago (if not now?) FARs allowed a greater gross weight in Alaska. This decreases the safety margin. VFR rules were routinely ignored, at least for float planes.
As an example, in Ketchikan, I noticed that the airport beacon was indicating Instrument weather conditions (which was obviously appropriate). The beacon would occasionally be turned OFF, indication VISUAL conditions, although the WX had not changed. Then, a float plane would land in the channel, and the IFR light would start again!
DG
It was his earmark, in the House, that instigated the controversy, for which SENATOR Stevens got eternally blamed.
Size of district not a factor.
“his [Don Young’s] earmark, in the House” [again clarifying, not Stevens]
Only thing I remember is remodeling of his home? I could be way off though.
All facts are important. Most people who are well informed know that the “Bridge to nowhere was Don Young’s stepchild.” Not everyone seems to know that the state of Alaska has only one congressional district, as do Montana, Delaware, S.Dakota, N.Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming.
On July 29, 2008, Stevens was indicted by a federal grand jury on seven counts of failing to report gifts received from VECO Corporation and its CEO Bill Allen on his Senate financial disclosure forms, formally charged with violation of provisions of the Ethics in Government Act. Stevens pleaded not guilty and asserted his right to a speedy trial, which began on September 25 in Washington, DC, to have the opportunity to clear his name before the November election. On October 27, 2008, barely a week before the election, Stevens was found guilty on all seven counts. National Public Radio reported on April 1, 2009, that United States Attorney General Eric Holder, citing serious prosecutorial misconduct during the trial, decided to drop all charges against Stevens—an action that vacated his conviction.
During his trial, Stevens campaigned for re-election to his Senate seat. On November 4, 2008, eight days after his conviction, he lost the election to Democrat Mark Begich by 3,953 votes, a 1.24% margin. Stevens conceded defeat in a statement released the next day, making him the first U.S. senator from Alaska to be defeated in a general election and the longest-serving U.S. Senator ever to lose a re-election bid.
Lefty pigs here at work and on various web sites are spewing their usual hate....
Many saying “Why couldn’t it be Palin/Palin family”
Leftists = Pigs.
A lot more people were dying in train wrecks than plane crashes in those days.
i did not say the fact was unimportant...it is not relevant to the misinformation, widespread - in truth in a comment at the start of this thread - that Stevens did the earmark. I replied to that comment with the truth that, no, it was Young.
take a look at why i said it was Young - in response to a comment that it was Stevens. i said, it was by a House rep, then you diverted to the district = the state.
point stands.
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