Kill the Messenger - Ted Stevens blames Media

[Blue_In_AK]

From this morning's Anchorage Daily News http://www.adn.com/news/politics/fbi/stevens/story/9457534p-9368930c.html

Sen. Ted Stevens lays election blame on media
INVESTIGATION: Alaska senator hints of retribution after investigation ends.

ERIKA BOLSTAD
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens said Thursday he has no fear of a Democratic opponent in next year's election, and he blamed overzealous reporters for the continued interest in the federal investigation both he and his son have been caught up in.

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But Stevens also suggested that the scrutiny he has faced is politically motivated. He pointed to four other senators who went through investigations, and said that those colleagues failed to draw the same sort of attention. He did not identify which senators he was referring to.

"I don't see any reason why we should have had this massive press interest in what's going on," Stevens said. "It's just an investigation of a federal agency. They go on all the time. No one else talks about them the way they talk about the one involving me."

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In the interview, Stevens made vague threats to the people who have suggested that he and his son, former state Senate President Ben Stevens, might be guilty of some sort of wrongdoing. The younger Stevens hasn't been charged with a crime, but his name has come up repeatedly in court proceedings. Plea documents in Allen's own case say that payments of $243,250 the Veco CEO made to Ben Stevens were bribes in exchange for "giving advice, lobbying colleagues, and taking official acts in matters before the Legislature" when the younger Stevens was a state lawmaker.

"Your papers print (the names of) those people who have been convicted and my son's name and mine at the same time. As far as the public is concerned, it's all the same ball of wax," Stevens said. "I'm not going to comment on that ball of wax."

"But we've been included in a way that I hope people understand the laws that are doing it," he said. "Because when it's all over, some people are going to have to account for what they've said and what they've charged us with."

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[malaise]

1. Tell Ted to shut up and head for prison

Fugging thief.

[jgraz]

2. Ted Stevens is a series of tubes

All of them filled with sewage.

[Swamp Rat]

5. Filled with the tears of American children mixed with reptilian bile.

[L. Coyote]

6. Let's Have a "SERIES OF TUBES" Party on DU. Bring HUMOR = Ted Stevens VIDEOS

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1863092

[Tempest]

3. Me thinks he doth protest too much

Stevens and his son are guilty as hell.

The sad fact is, despite how corrupt Stevens is, Alaska voters will keep him in office. They're addicted to the pork he brings to the state.

[L. Coyote]

4. If we all get a story added to our homes by a Corporation, we'll shut up LOL

Only if the wine cellar is well stocked and the hot tub holds six :rofl: