Will Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) Resign This Week? He finally has his road to nowhere. [View All]

[L. Coyote]

Ted Stevens may not want to comment, but I want to howl about his bribes. Why don't rich corporations remodel my home. Simple, I have no Senate votes or earmarks to sell. It is a "quid pro quo" world out there, out where bridges go nowhere.

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Stevens: No Comment On New Bribery Charges
By Laura McGann - September 14, 2007, 3:46 PM

I just spoke with Sen. Ted Stevens' (R-AK) spokesman Aaron Saunders who said they are not commenting on the recent testimony from Bill Allen. Saunders said they are standing by the old statement they put out when Stevens' home was raided by the FBI. That statement, declaring that Stevens won't comment on the investigation "until it has concluded," ...

Stevens wasn't so disciplined, declaring that he'd paid "every bill that was given to us" as part of the home renovation. With Allen's testimony today, that line is looking more and more like the artful dodge it was suspected to be.....

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WELL, paid "every bill that was given to us" is an obvious parse-lie for "I did not give or get bills for the bribes."

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former Veco CEO Bill Allen testified ... acknowledged that the more than $400,000 he admitted spending in the bribery charge was for other legislators - and including for work done at the Girdwood, Alaska, home of Stevens, the longest serving Republican in the U.S. Senate.

"I gave Ted some old furniture," Allen said. "I don't think there was a lot of material, There was some labor."

The workers were VECO employees, probably one to four at a time, Allen said. He said the work on the home lasted for "probably a couple of months." Later, he said it might have been as much as six months.

Update: To clarify, according to Bill Allen's plea deal, he admitted to giving more than $400,000 worth of "illegal benefits" to politicians and their families.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2007/09/oil_exec_workers_remodeled_ste.php

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Well, that should be the end of another Culture of Corruption Republican's Congressional career. When he leaves, and where he does time are my remaining questions. He should resign this week. Who cares which prison he ends up in? The Senator finally has his road to nowhere before him. Time to take the sunset ride.