Ted Stevens: No more swimming or playing tennis with "viper" Democrats

[Rose Siding]

...Stevens said when he returns to Washington, he will no longer consider some Democrats his friends. The final refuge debate became too personal, he said.

"When I first went there, you would never hear a senator speak about another senator the way they were speaking about me that night," he said. "There are people I've considered to be personal friends without regards to politics, and they were turning into vipers as far as I was concerned. ... The extent of the venom there on the floor, that would never have happened in the days gone by."

Stevens said he has "written off" those friends.

"I'm not traveling with them anymore, and I'm not going to play tennis or swim or do various things with them."

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/7347915p-7260073c.html

[rodeodance]

1. you are not my friend anymore--i hate you. I hear kids say this all the

time. geech!! what a little man this guy is.

[CornField]

37. My first thought as well was of conversations between my 5 & 3-yr-old

5-year-old: "You have to do it like this. The way you are doing it is not right."

3-year-old: "Yes it is! I'm doing it!"

5-year-old: "If you keep doing it like that, I just won't be your friend and play with you anymore..."

*sheesh* The ironic part is that when my kids pull this crap, they get a talkin' to. I guess Stevens' parents neglected their duties.

[Gato Moteado]

2. i'm sure they're heartbroken

nt

[rodeodance]

4. so much for the gentlepersonly art of being a Senator.

[rodeodance]

3. he must have a few Repugs he can call vipers also!

[Loonman]

5. "I'm taking my ball and going home!"

Frickin' crybaby...

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[zbdent]

24. You mean, like some of those teens who commit suicide

well, that's the official story . . . not wanting to expose the family to the horror of having it become known that their kid was jacking off with a homemade noose around his neck . . .

[SillyGoose]

7. Poor widdle Teddie has to take his toys and go home. Those

meanie vipers are picking on him.

:nopity:

[Strawman]

8. Yeah, the Democrats destroyed comity in the Senate

Not the cat killer you call your leader. Whatever...

[librechik]

22. the Dems lured Randy into breaking the law, so they could expose him

IT'S ALL THE DEMS FAULT, see?

[stepnw1f]

9. What a Big Brat

Seriously.... Republicans... grow up already!

[Beetwasher]

10. Translation: "I'm Taking My Ball And Going Home! WAAAAHHHHH!!!!"

Mommy, they're being mean to me!

Newsflash to Ted: They NEVER LIKED YOU ANYWAY! Really, the only reason they were nice to you in the first place was because of politics. Now, since Repubs are being such contemptible scum, there's no reason for them to pretend anymore.

[glitch]

11. Generous of him to reward his enemies. nt

[KittyWampus]

27. I nominate you're remark for "Pithy Remark O'The Day" Award

[glitch]

31. Why thank you! Pith on threads. It's what I do. nt

[long_green]

12. This man is how old?

He just can't stop making an ass out of himself.

[Sydnie]

13. That's normally what follow when you have spent years saying

"I'll be your best friend if you do", isn't it?

[Canuckistanian]

14. Those Democrats are meanies

They won't let Teddie win at his favorite game. Somebody call the Waaahmbulance...

[liberal N proud]

15. Why doesn't he just take his toys and go home?

Poor little Teddy. Ever body hates him, Nobody likes him.

[npincus]

16. ...or joining in any reindeer games

Boo HOO

[sinkingfeeling]

17. Man, Stevens is just breaking my heart.....so he's upset that some

Democrats don't want to join in his fascist games?

[Peachhead22]

18. B-b-but

Ted Stevens said:
"I'm not traveling with them anymore, and I'm not going to play tennis or swim or do various things with them."

But-b-but the meeting of the Ol' Coots society is still on, right? I already bought the beer and paid the strippers. :)

[bowens43]

19. This idiot needs to learn to

keep his oily hands off of our wildlife refuge....

[WernhamHogg]

20. Wait a minute, I'm a bit confused

Wait a minute, I'm a bit confused. Ted Stevens says:

"I'm not traveling with them anymore, and I'm not going to play tennis or swim or do various things with them."

Does he consider this to be a punishment or a reward? :shrug:

And I don't even want to imagine what he means by he will not "do various things" with them... :puke:

[unblock]

21. see, and those banana republicans are all about comity and agreement.

they're just chumming it up when they talk about nuclear options and smearing democrats.

:sarcasm:

[JNelson6563]

23. Is he going to send his big brother to beat them up?

Ugh. This man is such an ass.

[emald]

25. this little idiot is embarassing to us alaskans who live in reality

but in his world he is "the hulk" with strength extra-ordinary and intelligence enough to know just what bridges the state needs. Like the ones going nowhere. I didn't vote for this POS and never will. We just had an article here in the Anchorage Daily News (can't find the link at the moment) showing that the elections here in Ak have been miscounted by Diebold equipment. Surprise surprise. Maybe this is the only way he is still in office. Cheeeeeeze, what an idiot.

[dogday]

26. I thought he said goodbye to the Senate

Ted picked up his toys and said he doesn't want to play anymore, but he is back and badmouthing Democratics for his greedy attitude.

[Plaid Adder]

28. Well, Teddy, if your 'friends' won't give you your pork when you ask

for it nicely...then they aren't really your friends at all!

Yeesh. C'mon, Ted, Byrd said he loved you on the Senate floor, what else do you want?

What a bunch of crybabies,

The Plaid Adder

[blm]

29. Hey Ted - Don't you have a Swiftliars Award banquet to attend?

You really want to talk about how some senators are unjustly targeted?

[Ikonoklast]

30. He's a whiner that got called on his "Bridge to Nowhere"

That the rest of us are going to pay for.
How can anyone take this fossil seriously? Seems to be a getting a little senile with his irrational emotional outbursts and responses to logical lines of questioning.

[Straight Shooter]

32. Somebody call a "Waaahhhambulance" for Stevens.

For pity's sake, what an infantile response.

[peace frog]

33. Who needs fair weather "friends" like Ted Stevens anyway

For him to write off friends of long standing due to a difference of opinion reveals Stevens as petty and superficial. Good riddance.

[Inland]

34. "Will I play tennis with you! NO! NO!"

what a dick.

[KitSileya]

35. I'm a BSG2003 fan.

Being compared to a viper is a badge of honor to me - flown by the last defenders of the human race, who are putting their lives on the line every day? Yup, an honor.

[jackster]

36. it's probably because they wrote HIM off awhile ago....

he's teetering on the edge ..... I know I'd stay away from that loony!

[applegrove]

38. Tribalism. And religious people are not supposed to work with humanists.

They are supposed to see them as evil.

[WeRQ4U]

39. And not one of those Dems will miss the old fucker either. n/t

[Lexingtonian]

40. what a Welfare Queen....

All these 'rugged individualists' up there need their oil royalty payoffs from federal lands and then also need to suck money off the Lower 48 taxpayers with ridiculous bridges and other earmarks.

Whiners, Commies, slimebags, parasites.

[Reverend_Smitty]

41. He's just mad because he lost the Old Coot-off to Sen Byrd!