adn.com - 10/30/2008
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Sen. Ted Stevens returned to Alaska on Wednesday for the first time since his conviction, telling a crowd of supporters he made a mistake but is not a criminal and needs their help to save his re-election.
adn.com - 10/31/2008
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adn.com —
With just four days before the election and
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens insisting he's not a felon,
the U.S. Senate race is white hot. "I've not been convicted yet," Stevens said Thursday in a meeting with the editorial board of the Fairbanks Daily ...
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Senate race in final leg: Top Stories
politico.com - 10/29/2008
ap.google.com - 10/29/2008
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1 day ago WASHINGTON (AP) A growing chorus
of Republicans on Tuesday called for Alaska Sen. Ted
Stevens to resign from a seat he's held for four decades after his conviction on seven felony charges. But with the party bracing for losses in the ...
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The Associated Press: More Republicans call on Sen. ...
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Rallying around the Ted
Politico Live's Blogs —
... Spotted, by the Anchorage Daily News, at last night’s “welcome home” rally for Ted Stevens: Supporters wearing T-shirts that said, “F*#@ the feds, vote for Ted." ...
A Friendly Homecoming for Ted
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
Morons, all of them: There was undisguised hostility toward the federal government and the FBI at the Stevens event, with people wearing T-shirts that said "F*#@ the feds, vote for Ted." "Anyone who thinks you can get a fair trial in the heart of liberalism, Washington, D.C., is smoking dope. He was railroaded," said Mark Kelliher, a retired engineer. Talk radio host Rick Rydell told the crowd he knows Stevens, a D.C. jury doesn't. "I don't particularly like it when outsiders tell me what to do," Rydell said, before Stevens took the stage. "You ...
Stevens Does the 'Convicted Felon' Shuffle In Welcome Home Celebration in AK
TPMMuckraker —
Even though he's now a convicted felon, Sen. Ted Stevens is not without friends.
The so called "Lion of Alaska," returned home yesterday to a rally in his honor in the airport that bears his name.
Approximately 500 supporters greeted Stevens with the chant "We trust you," Anchorage Daily News reported.
Some attendees wore shirts bearing the slogan, "F*#@ the feds, vote for Ted."
"Anyone who thinks you can get a fair trial in the heart of liberalism, Washington, D.C., is smoking dope. He was railroaded," Mark Kelliher, a retired ...
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The New York Times’ headline of Ted Stevens’ return to Alaska: “Ted Stevens Receives a Hero’s Welcome in Alaska.” From the story: “Two days after he was convicted on seven felony counts in Washington, Senator Ted Stevens returned to Alaska on ...
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