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Why Yes You Have
Eschaton —
HULK IN DENIAL. "I've not been convicted yet," Stevens said 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." Stevens reiterated that position during a televised debate late Thursday night, declaring early in the give-and-take with Anchorage Mayor Mark ...
Maybe There’s Something in the Water in Alaska
Balloon Juice —
... Just like Sarah Palin’s denial that she didn’t violate state ethics laws when, in fact, the report specifically said she did, we now have Ted Stevens, denying reality. ...
Convicted
Political Animal —
... that she'd been cleared her of "any hint of any kind of unethical activity." This was the opposite of reality. Similarly, when Ted Stevens was found guilty of felony corruption charges, he said he hasn't been convicted . "I've not been convicted yet," Stevens said 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 ...
Depends on what the meaning of "convicted" is
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
Ted Stevens is a real piece of work: "I've not been convicted yet," Stevens said 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." Stevens reiterated that position during a televised debate late Thursday night, declaring early in the give-and-take with ...
Stevens' Denial As Big as Denali
Corrente —
Ted Stevens is telling newspaper editors in Alaska he’s not a felon.
“I’ve not been convicted yet,” Stevens said 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.”
Stevens reiterated that position ...
AK-Sen, AK-AL: Tubes going down the tubes
Daily Kos —
... That's a net 14-point swing among Republicans, 17 points among Democrats, and 13 points among Independents. Kind of hard to recover from that, no matter how hilariously pathetic Stevens' spin becomes: ...
Ted Stevens in alternative universe
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
Is reality that different up in Alaska? Sarah Palin said she did nothing wrong when she clearly violated ethics laws. Now Ted Stevens says he wasn't convicted. Huh? From the Anchorage Daily News: ...
BREAKING NEWS: According To A High Placed DC Insider, Ted Stevens Was Not Convicted After All
DownWithTyranny! —
... And while Stevens is running around the state informing startled voters that he hasn't been convicted yet, across America-- despite McCain and his media allies' misleading statements-- ...
What's wrong with Alaska polticians?
Crooks and Liars —
I think there's something in the water in Alaska that causes it's politicians to flat out deny reality. Just as Sarah Palin denied that she violated any ethics rules re: Troopergate when, in fact, the report concluded just that, Ted Stevens is now running around claiming that he hasn't been convicted of anything yet, despite his conviction last week on seven counts of corruption.
Anchorage Daily News:
"I've not been convicted yet," Stevens said Thursday in a meeting with the editorial board of the Fairbanks Daily ...
