hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com - 10/27/2008
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From the tarmac at Richmond Airport, Sarah Palin issued a statement about the guilty decision in the Ted Stevens corruption case:
"Thanks for your patience there. It's a sad day for Alaska, and a sad day for Senator Stevens and his family. The verdict shines a light though on the corrupting ...
thehill.com - 10/27/2008
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thehill.com —
Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Senate Republican in history
and patriarch of Alaska politics, was found guilty of...
all seven felony charges for making false statements. The verdict could spell the end of a 40-year Senate career for a man who rose to ...
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Sen. Ted Stevens guilty of felony charges
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 10/27/2008
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(CNN) — Sarah Palin said Monday Sen. Ted
Stevens' guilty verdict "is a sad day for Alaska."...
"This is a sad day for Alaska and a sad day for Senator Stevens and his family," she said on the tarmac at Richmond International Airport. "The verdict ...
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Stevens verdict: Palin reacts
adn.com - 10/27/2008
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adn.com —
WASHINGTON - A jury has found U.S. Sen.
Ted Stevens guilty of all seven counts of lying...
on his financial disclosure forms. It is the highest-profile felony conviction in a sweeping four-year federal investigation into corruption in Alaska politics, ...
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Jury finds Stevens guilty of lying about gifts: Sen. Ted ...
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Palin: Stevens verdict ‘shines a light on the corrupting influence of the big oil service company.’
Think Progress —
Hotline reports that Sarah Palin issued a statement about the guilty decision in the Ted Stevens corruption case:
Thanks for your patience there. It’s a sad day for Alaska, and a sad day for Senator Stevens and his family. The verdict shines a light though on the corrupting influence of the big oil service company up there in Alaska that was allowed to control too much of our state. And that control was part of the culture of corruption that I was elected to fight. And that fight must always move forward regardless of party ...
La, la, la…
Upper Left —
…the future former governor of Alaska can't hear you... As she climbed the stairs to her plane, she ignored a reporter's question about how she'll vote next week in her state's Senate contest.
Palin Calls For Shining ‘A Light’ On Alaskan Oil Company That Helped Propel Her Political Career
Think Progress —
... by a federal jury for failing to report hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts and services he had received from friends, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin issued a statement calling it “a sad day for Alaska.” In the statement, Palin also declared that the “verdict shines a light though on the corrupting influence of the big oil service company” whose CEO provided many of Stevens’ unreported gifts: ...
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