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Stevens' push for an early trial is another culprit. When the indictments were announced in June, he sank from a small lead to a bid deficit. But he made the polling deficit back up over time, and was virtually even with Begich until now. Had he not pushed for a quick trial, it's very possible he could have weathered the indictments and won the election.
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The hell...? Who would be dumb enough to mistake Ted Stevens for anything other than a Republican.Last edited by Riesstiu IV; October 27, 2008, 18:30.Comment
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Fixed.Originally posted by Boris Godunov
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Homos constantly getting arrested so they can get hot prison sex
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That should have been their plan. However, Stevens was so sure his crack legal team would have him found not guilty that he had the trial process sped up. If he had only kept the original process, his trial would be going for a bit longer.Originally posted by DanS
I guess the plan would be to get Stevens elected and then have him resign, such that Palin could appoint a Republican to the vacated seat (or however that works in AK).
His numbers had evened out in the wake of Sarah Palin's nomination, and there was a good chance he could have won. Had that been the case, and he was found guilty after election day, he could have resigned and Palin could appoint another Republican to his seat.
But he had the trial sped up, and he was found guilty a week before election day, and Mark Begich will be the new Alaskan Senator."I predict your ignore will rival Ben's" - Ecofarm
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It will be interesting to see how major the demo majority will be. I kind of like it when one party can run amok. The people cringe at the uncontrolled corruption and four years later it averages out again. Gridlock is much maligned, but it is better then when government functions at spending our money.Long time member @ Apolyton
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QFMFTOriginally posted by Lancer
It will be interesting to see how major the demo majority will be. I kind of like it when one party can run amok. The people cringe at the uncontrolled corruption and four years later it averages out again. Gridlock is much maligned, but it is better then when government functions at spending our money.
You'd think people might have learned something from 2000-2006...Comment
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Gridlock means that the big problems of our contry don't get solved. Our infrastructure is a joke, and our healt care system is both the most costly and least effective in the modern industrialized world. But I guess Americans have gotten used to low taxes and living on borrowed money.....Originally posted by Lancer
It will be interesting to see how major the demo majority will be. I kind of like it when one party can run amok. The people cringe at the uncontrolled corruption and four years later it averages out again. Gridlock is much maligned, but it is better then when government functions at spending our money.If you don't like reality, change it! me
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The problem then was that the people in charge hated what they were in charge of. That is a classic recipe for disaster.Originally posted by Darius871
You'd think people might have learned something from 2000-2006...If you don't like reality, change it! me
"Oh no! I am bested!" Drake
"it is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong" Voltaire
"Patriotism is a pernecious, psychopathic form of idiocy" George Bernard ShawComment
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Alaska Senator Ted "Tubes" Stevens guilty on seven counts
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Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust!Comment
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What a trite non-answer. The issue has nothing to do with "hating" [America, Americans, democracy, freedom, whathaveyou]; it simply has to do with whether there's an opposing influence of some sort in government which necessitates compromise and reason. I don't give a **** which side is playing the opposing role or the compromising role so long as somebody is; politicians of any stripe will always go completely out of control if given an unassailable monopoly on power, and that won't ever change. If they weren't control freaks by nature they would have chosen another line of work.Originally posted by GePap
The problem then was that the people in charge hated what they were in charge of. That is a classic recipe for disaster.Last edited by Darius871; October 27, 2008, 22:58.Comment
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Yeah, they learned not to trust a RepublicanOriginally posted by Darius871
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You'd think people might have learned something from 2000-2006...
Well, at least some did.
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No, but that's the clearest lesson. Really in my mind it isn't inherent to the Republicans per se, but rather to the anti-intellectualism they've adopted. Populism is dangerous in all its forms.Originally posted by Darius871
Rarely can over half a decade provide only one lesson."The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists."
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Prison is not a big box. It is a series of cubes.Stop Quoting BenComment
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