WASHINGTON (AP) -- Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has been convicted of lying about free home renovations and other gifts he received from a wealthy oil contractor.
The Senate's longest-serving Republican, Stevens was found guilty on all seven counts of making false statements on Senate financial documents.
The verdict throws the upcoming election into disarray. Stevens is fighting off a challenge from Democrat Mark Begich and must now either drop out or continue campaigning as a convicted felon.
The trial hinged on the testimony of Stevens' longtime friend, who testified that his employees dramatically remodeled the senator's home.
Stevens faces up to five years in prison on each count but, under federal sentencing guidelines, will likely receive much less prison time, if any.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Ted Stevens guilty!
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this is really encouraging. i guess i'm not too concerned about his prison time---the verdict itself is pretty devastating. And it should get us that much closer to the 60-seat majority we want in the senate!
Unreal. The prison time doesn't really bother me, either. If he has to move out of his house and he loses all his influence, he'll pretty much be living in Alaskan gulag anyhow.
Hopefully, this will put Palin in context for more voters, too.
Last-months Esquire magazine had it's political endorsement issue, and it included a sidebar of The Ten Worst Members of Congress.
Ted, natch, made the list. So did Michelle Bachman (and this was before her televised debacle about un-Americanness).
http://www.esquire.com/features/esquire-endorsements-2008/10-worst-members-congress-text
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