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- TED STEVENS EXPULSION POSTPONED: The Senate GOP Conference delayed a vote today on expelling Ted Stevens from their weird little club. They want to wait to see how the Alaska vote turns out! And, if you can even believe it, the MONSTROUSLY SLOW Alaska elections people are finally supposed to count the last major batch of ballots today. Mark Begich is ahead by
1,000-ish2,374 votes and will probably win. But who knows? Sarah Palin could find some way to screw this up. [ADN]
Sarah Palin for Senate! But seriously, no. Sarah Palin for Miss Alaska. Beyond that, I’ve got nothing.
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Q: Why did the Senate GOP Conference delay the vote to expel Ted Stevens from their weird little club?
A: Because the tubes were clogged!
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There are 5 billion right wing-nut blogs that are probably exploding with tales of liberal FASCISM and CONSPIRACY against FREEDOM and blah blah and some such like that.
Uncle Tubes trails by over 2350 at latest count.
He must have dirt on that whole filthy caucus if they’re so terrified of expelling him. Maybe that’s why he needed the extra floor for his house — for the stacks of extortion material he would have on the people who voted to expel him for getting the extra floor.
Even if he’s kicked out, we’ll still see him doing those Travelocity ads, right?
My friends, we almost elected a Vice President from a state that can’t count a couple hundred thousand votes because the entire constituency is all meth’ed or knocked up? These truly are serious times we’re living in. So serious that Wonkette is bookmarked on my “news” page.
Why doesn’t Palin just let all her remaining ova vote? I know she doesn’t have that many left, but she’s got enough to put Uncle Teddy over the top & it wouldn’t be any more corrupt than, say, using a personal AOL account for official state business!
Why not let him stay on? Then the democrats could refer to him as “my esteemed colleague, the convicted felon Senator Stevens?”
SayItWithWookies: I knew there was a reason why I’ve been seeing a ginormous uptick in the number of “Visit Alaska!” ads on the telly here recently. For the last time, Ted, I don’t want to visit that tundra-covered Texas-on-steroids at all, ever.
You forgot to mention it’s also Ted’s 85th birthday today. Happy Birthday Senator!
Come here a minute: I wonder what the odds are that Stevens will suddently get 2351 in that last batch?
Or, even more likely, get 2349 votes so the GOP has a martyr to rally to. After all if you lose by 1 it was fixed.
Why not just turn him into a congressional page? Turnabout is fair game, n’est-ce pas?
Chickenshits.. kick his ass out ANYWAY! I believe he loses his lifetime benefits (free check-cashing/bouncing, free drugs, name on the series of tubes, and whatnot) if he is booted. Boot the MoFo!
SayItWithWookies: No, they are hoping he’ll lose the election so they won’t have to choose between A)taking toothy pix with a convicted felon and B)gettin’ all up in another Senator’s bidness, a precident no Senator wants to see.
peachgirl: not to mention the precedent
Rev. Juan MessyCan: Fair PLAY, you idjit!
Let’s make him Secretary of Transportation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtOoQFa5ug8
Is this from the same election that ended two weeks ago?
i say ted stevens should get bill kristol’s gig at the times. that way we can keep an eye on him & stay current on what’s up with the internet tubes & stuff.
Who the fuck is counting those votes? Trig Palin?
Palin won’t have time to screw it up. She’ll be at the Hannity concerts pumping one fist in the air and hanging on to her brewski with the other.
Yeah, but - funtime: Recount! This is Alaska! They vote in igloos! The Senate GOP Conference will still be spinning on their thumbs next May over this one….!
Some votes are probably buried under a glacier. Hurry up, Global Warming!
Rumor has it that even if Ted loses, that Sarah Palin is going to nominate him as the first Senator for the Republic of Alaska as soon as the secession is complete.
Woot! Begich up by 3724!! It’s beyond the automatic recount levels, let’s hope Stevens throws in the towel!
Texan Bulldoggette: Wasn’t it worse than that? Wasn’t it Yahoo!?
TGY: You realize that Begich’s father, Nick Begich, is believed to have crashlanded into a glacier in 1972. When the glacier thaws from global warming, and they resuscitate him, he is expected to challenge Don Young for the House.
AP called it for Begich! Congratulations, America. A slight majority of you won’t vote for a convicted senatorial liar!
publius: The “Upper One” doesn’t bother with such details. Tattooed lipliner and a knowledge of the six continents are enough. When someone can explain what it is that a Senator does, they’ll be ready to vote.