Former Senator Ted Stevens Deserves Praise From Alaskans

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You all seem to have bad things to say about the Great Former Senator Stevens for Alaska. Don't know a good thing when you see it and yes he was a senator for a long time. That's only because he did more for Alaska than any other senator or even governor for Alaska has done. Just wait for your next newest politician who takes his place and does nothing for you. Most of you complaining are the uneducated losers who have nothing better to do than say bad things about people more successful than your self, when you should be giving him credit for everything he did. Yes it could have been anybody else could do the same for Alaska and maybe even more. However the fact still stands that they haven't, never have and probably never will do as much as Former Senator Stevens did for Alaska.

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ethelredar of FL 12:26PM July 05, 2009

I suspect that witholding the evidence was intentional on the part of the Bush Regime, with the expectation that the conviction later overturned, thus freeing Senator Stevens from guilt.

Harry of TX 9:38AM April 10, 2009

Stevens wanted the trial done before the election and he was prosecuted by a Republican president. He has nothing to complain about. Sorry, my sympathy is limited/non existent for him.

Jack of CA 3:50AM April 09, 2009

Funny how this outrage doesn't extend to a call for proesecution against the REPUBLICAN prosecutors who deliberately spiked this conviction, nor their bosses Mukasey and Gonzalez.
Nope just love old anti pork barrel, pork barreler Stevens.
He was a war hero, unlike John Kerry or George McGovern, or Duke Cunningham.
In exchange for the Alaska Pipeline Alaskans were supposed to get the highest standard of environmental protections, the REPUBLICAN US supreme court told them that was just lies, and they should take their 5 cents on the dollar and shut up, just because the promised crews were never paid for, hell VECO was busy refinishing Stevens house.
THE CORRUPT BASTARDS CLUB?????
Mr. Barone is nothing but an apologist for thieves and US "news" and world report is just propaganda.

feckless of MI 3:35PM April 08, 2009

you rant because you seethe. because you seethe you cannot accept a law and order mentality based on honoring the law first and the outcome second. no the law is not important to you. not early as important as your self righteous commitment the end justifying the means.you get it now? DUH.

john m e of NV 12:18PM April 08, 2009

I am always shocked at most peoples lack of outrage. The political side taking of so called adults is much like children choosing sides for a fight in a playground.
This was not a technicality. Information was purposely withheld from the defense department. The prosecution had evidence, in the form of their own notes, that contradicted their key witnesses testimony. Do you know how much money was spent on this case?
This wasn't some drug dealer who didn't get his rights read to him and subsequently got out of jail free. This was a kin to evidence tampering. If the the evidence that was withheld from the defense was used in cross examination the case would have fell apart.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7988402.stm
This is from the bbc
US District Judge Emmet Sullivan said the prosecutors' misconduct during the trial was the most serious he had ever seen.
"In nearly 25 years on the bench, I've never seen anything approaching the mishandling and misconduct that I've seen in this case," he said.
It was just released today and there is little information in the media about the new investigation into the justice department's possible corruption.
I think we should all be scared of the time line of this case. Especially how the case was dropped and it took days for the actual corruption of prosecution to come to light.

keith ouellette of FL 12:29AM April 08, 2009

I am actually an Alaskan, unlike all the other posters. Ted Stevens is a good man who did his best for Alaska. That being said, he was a Senator for too long. He played the political game for so many years that right and wrong became blurry and negotiable. I am for term limits on Senators. There are way too many, both Republican and Democrat, that have lost touch with the reality of those they represent.

Mr Tom of AK 8:19PM April 07, 2009