Posted on 10/27/2008 1:59:27 PM PDT by jasonmyos
Edited on 10/27/2008 2:04:06 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- A Washington(D.C.) jury on Monday found U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska guilty of all seven corruption counts he was charged with over gifts he accepted from an oil industry contractor but failed to report.
Jurors said Stevens, who is running for a seventh term, deliberately failed to disclose on mandatory Senate financial disclosure forms more than $250,000 in home renovations and other gifts from the oil company VECO and its chief executive officer, Bill Allen.
The jury of eight women and four men deliberated for five hours Monday before returning the guilty verdicts.
deliberately failed to disclose on mandatory Senate financial disclosure forms more than $250,000 in home renovations and other gifts from the oil company VECO and its chief executive officer, Bill Allen.Good timing!
Wonder if this will affect his reelection.
A big "Roger That" to that! I think it's obscene that any public work should be named for an elected politician for simply doing his job. In San Jose, Ca, the airport was renamed after Norm Mineta. Simply disgusting.
I was hoping that in the event McCain-Palin lost the election (God forbid!), Sarah could appoint herself to fill the seat. She would then be known as Senator Sarah Palin, and would be in the belly of the beast, positioning herself for a presidential run in 2012.
Of course, I would MUCH rather see the long-faced media types address her as Vice-President Elect Sarah Palin the night of November 4th......
A little excessive, don't you think?
Look at what the Republicans did with power. We had the White House and the Congress a few years back and the fools couldn't pass legislation. Too busy stuffing their pockets, screwing the help and pandering to the left.
What did it get us? We are about to lose the Republic. Republicans are the perfect minority party. Whine and b*tch but give them power and they can't perform. Maybe they need political Viagra? We need a serious conservative party that understands how to USE POWER to PROTECT OUR CONSTITUTION and way of life. The corruption MUST end.
I've been doing this since Goldwater and, except for Reagan, I believe the party is a rotten, corrupt joke. We either need a serious house cleaning or a new party. Why do you think McCain is so fed up with the party? He knows its sick.
Sorry for the rant. Oh, Mitt... ditch the kooky hairdo, please!
Yes the governor get to name a replacement!
Nope, not in Alaska
No, there has to be a special election.
She won’t get to appoint anyone. She doesn’t have that power.
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