Posted: 10/31/2008 3:08:36 AM EDT
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Wrong, asshat. Ok then go try to purchase a firearm ass wipe. These guys get so full of them selves they think they are untouchable. Mr. Stevens you are a convicted felon. I would think that as a convicted felon there may be certain offices that he can not run for, wouldn't you think Senator would be one of those offices?
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – Sen. Ted Stevens says he is not a convicted felon, at least until the appeal process is over. "I've not been convicted yet," the Alaska Republican insisted Thursday in a meeting with the editorial board of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. "There's not a black mark by my name yet, until the appeal is over and I am finally convicted, if that happens. If that happens, of course I'll do what's right for Alaska and for the Senate ... I don't anticipate it happening, and until it happens I do not have a black mark." A federal court jury on Monday convicted Stevens on seven counts of lying on Senate disclosure forms to conceal more than $250,000 in gifts and renovations to his home from VECO Corp. founder Bill Allen. Stevens, the longest serving Republican in the U.S. Senate, is seeking re-election in Tuesday's election, and faces a formidable challenger in Democrat Mark Begich, the mayor of Anchorage. There have been growing calls among Republican leaders for Stevens to resign, including from GOP presidential candidate John McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Stevens dismissed that as "statements made on the trail, in the heat of battle." Alaska's junior senator, Republican Lisa Murkowski, sat with Stevens in the editorial board meeting and was more critical of Republicans turning on Stevens. "For all of them, it's a very close election. I think they're looking to their own political skin. If it helps them in their effort to gain re-election, they will, unfortunately, throw Ted under the bus," she said. |
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