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Jon Stewart Knew Ted Stevens Was Up To No Good
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
So, long-serving Republican Alaska Senator Ted Stevens has been indicted on seven felony counts of falsely reporting "hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of things of value from a private corporation." According to the indictment, the total number of alleged gifts were greater than $250,000; that said, the litany of home improvements and additions cited by the Justice Department representative at this afternoon's press conference suggests that $250K is a lowball estimate indeed.
Stevens, 84, has had what has been described as an "iron grip" on Alaskan politics for decades, since he was appointed to the Senate in 1968, won a ...
Bunns Of Fun
Firedoglake —
Now that Toobz Stevens is gone, I fear that there may be a bit of a coot vacuum in the Senate Republican caucus. Sure, there's no shortage of old white guys, but they're just too smug and comfortable to fill Ted's shoes as Senate Minority Coot. All but one - the inimitable and possibly insane Jim Bunning.
In just one exciting week in ...
