Tag: Ted Stevens
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Innocent Until Out of Appeals
Oh the irony. Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) contends that he is not a convicted felon until he exhausts his appeals process. Nice. This is an interesting standard from a guy who voted to restrict the number of appeals that death row inmates can utilize. Does the Senator believe that a convicted sex offender, murder, or…
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Schadenfreude, Stevens Style
schadenfreude |ˈ sh ädənˌfroidə| – noun – pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune. Senator Ted “Series of Tubes” Stevens (R-AK) was convicted today on seven counts of false statements related to his Senate disclosure forms. In this case, the cover-up was the crime. Stevens will most certainly appeal, though he will likely lose…