Ted Stevens dead-

[JanMichael]

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/former-aide-says-ted-stevens-dead-in-crash-report-2010-08-10

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Satan took him instead of Cheney, I guess.

Cheney probably made a deal to get another deferment

[mike_c]

2. nah, Stevens is just warming the chair....

Good riddance to bad rubbish on both counts.

[Sebastian Doyle]

4. Ted's first question to Satan upon arrival

"So Hell is a series of flaming tubes?" :evilgrin:

[seabeyond]

9. pretty assinine. nt

[pintobean]

11. Thank you

It's nice to see some good-hearted people counter these cold replies.

[cowman]

15. I agree

what a bunch of mean hearted cold idiots. I thought we were better than the rethuglicans, but I guess a few posters here aren't.

[steve2470]

3. Stevens killed in crash near Dillingham

http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=12952729

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Dave Dittman, a former aide and longtime family friend of former Sen. Ted Stevens says Stevens was killed in a plane crash near Dillingham Monday night. Nine people were on board, including former NASA Chief Sean O'Keefe. Five people were killed in the crash, but other identities were not known, nor are the conditions of the survivors.

Late through the night rescue crews were battling bad weather conditions to reach the scene, where Good Samaritan personnel had already made it, said Air National Guard spokesman Maj. Guy Hayes.

A military C-130 and a Pave Hawk helicopter were waiting in Dillingham for the weather to break and reached the site just after 7:30 a.m. Tuesday.

The Air Guard received the call about the crash 17 miles north of Dillingham at about 7:00 PM Monday night.

more at link above

[Greyhound]

5. Good riddance to bad rubbish. n/t

Fuck him and everyone that supported and agrees with him. It's only too bad that the world's greatest con-job isn't real...

[slampoet]

47. Down the tubes

[Uben]

6. MAy God rest his soul

This is a great tragedy. My political and even ethical beliefs are different than Mr. Stevens', but I wish death on no one.

[zappaman]

12. whether you wish it upon anyone or not is immaterial

cuz everyone dies someday.

[Uben]

23. It's not immaterial to me, friend.........

...death by any means other than natural causes is tragic, whether it be disease, accidents, or even suicide.

[NoSheep]

18. It didn't happen because ANYONE "wished" it.

[Uben]

26. Uh, I didn't say anyone wished it.........

....I said I would not wish it.

[WinkyDink]

32. A "great tragedy"? Really? Why "great", as opposed to a normal "tragedy"?

[Uben]

34. They are saying five of nine have perished..........

....good enough for "great" in my book. Your opinion may vary.

[LaurenG]

7. My condolences to his family and those who loved him

[xultar]

33. +1

[notesdev]

8. If only he weren't from Alaska

then I might take the time to go to his grave, to spit on it.

I only regret he didn't meet his end at the hands of justice, rather than the hand of fate.

[cowman]

16. Your a real piece of work

aren't you? That is so disrespectful, how do you think that makes he family feel? I just hope no one ever disrespects you in that way.
Asinine, just asinine

[notesdev]

38. His family can go F themselves

Ted Stevens was the epitome of the corrupt, sleaze-and-graft driven politician. It is in no small part because of Stevens that things are as fucked up as they are today.

If his family had turned him in for his many felonies, they'd get my sympathy. Clearly they preferred to profit from it, and thus I hope their miseries multiply.

Look up his background, and see if you can bring yourself to tell me again that "good riddance!" is not only perfectly justified but the correct reaction that any decent person should have to his passing.

[Arugula Latte]

48. I'm sure his family is reading DU right now.

Yes, what else would they be doing?

[rocktivity]

10. I suspected as much

I never believed for a second that no one was sure he was on the plane.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[Scurrilous]

13. RIP Ted n/t

[Nye Bevan]

14. RIP Ted and shame on the "spit on his grave" brigade

Oooooh, a Republican died, let me burnish my impeccable liberal credentials by posting "fuck him, I spit on his grave" on a message board!

[cowman]

20. Yeah

we really got some classy people on this forum don't we. I didn't agree with his politics, but I would NEVER disrespect someone by wanting spit on their grave, shame on those people.

[bunkerbuster1]

45. Agreed. We should be better than that.

But these are the Intertubes.

(hey, I can still make "tubes" jokes, right? Ted would probably want it that way...)

[rbrnmw]

17. My Deepest Sympathy

goes out to his family and friends

[VMI Dem]

19. Fuck him.

Too far to go to spit on his grave though.

[cowman]

22. And pray tell

just what did he do to deserve spitting on his grave, your no better than rethuglcans.

[VMI Dem]

24. Obviously not enough. Since I won't be going all that way.

:hi:

[cowman]

27. I just hope this

never happens to you or any one you hold near and dear.
You have zero class, I thought we were better than the other party, well I know I am but you obviously you aren't.
RIP Ted and all the others who perished.

[phleshdef]

44. Classless.

[BlueIdaho]

21. My condolences...

Strangely, this was Ted's second plane crash. He survived his first, but lost his wife in that crash. I am no fan of his politics but as the longest serving republican and seventh longest serving member of congress, I can respect his service to our country. I can also pay respects to his current wife and all of his children and grandchildren.

I don't need to bash Ted Stevens to fight the republican tea party agenda for America.

RIP Ted.

[uppityperson]

25. My condolences to family/friends of those killed.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

28. Hated your back-assward stance on things.......

but rest in peace all the same.

[MineralMan]

29. I don't know. His death is irrelevant to me.

I did not know him. He wasn't from my state. He's out of office. Now he's dead. I'm sure his family is saddened.

[KBlagburn]

30. NOT CONFIRMED

http://us.mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE6792MJ20100810?ca=rdt

[malaise]

31. Confirmed by Mudflats - that's good enough for me

http://www.themudflats.net/2010/08/10/ted-stevens-plane-crashes-outside-dillingham-5-reported-dead/

[Proud Liberal Dem]

35. Sorry to hear

I don't know much about the guy other than he was a former Republican US Senator and had some corruption issues but, all the same, I don't mind offering condolences about a Republican (other than maybe the Cheney family- when the Dick finally crawls off of this mortal coil).

Has Sarah Palin commented yet (or been asked for a comment) about this yet? You just know that she will be on some news program about this at some point. :eyes:

[steve2470]

36. latest update from Reuters, note time

Tue Aug 10, 2010 1:53pm EDT

WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (Reuters) - The fate of former U.S. Senator Ted Stevens and the chief executive of EADS(EAD.PA) North America Sean O'Keefe was unknown on Tuesday after a small plane carrying the two crashed in Alaska, killing up to five people.

more at this link: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1014077420100810

[Pab Sungenis]

37. If it is true

how long before Glenn Beck says that Obama's people shot down the plant?

[steve2470]

39. CNN now claims confirmation at 2:25 PM EDT....

(CNN) -- A source familiar with ongoing rescue efforts confirms to CNN that former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has died in a plane crash near Dillingham, Alaska.

more at this link: http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/10/alaska.plane.crash/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

[mike r]

40. Millions are unemployed and homeless

[nonconformist]

41. He was in a plane crash in 1978 that killed his first wife, too.

Obviously he survived that one.

My condolences to his family... particularly the children from his first marriage. They've lost both of their parents to plane crashes.

[bunkerbuster1]

46. Horrible. I hadn't heard that.

terrifying way to go.

[Jester Messiah]

42. So long, farewell, auf wiedersen, adieu!

:beer:

[JustAnotherGen]

43. He died

Knowing that 'his party' lost in 2008. He's been punished enough.