And now for something completely different -- Stevens' gift list

[Blue_In_AK]

grows:

http://www.adn.com/news/politics/fbi/stevens/story/520312.html

Stevens' alleged gift list grows
EVIDENCE: $1,000 sled dog among items not disclosed by senator, prosecution says.

By RICHARD MAUER
[e-mail]

Federal prosecutors revealed more evidence Monday in their case against U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, detailing a new round of gifts that he allegedly failed to disclose between 2001 and 2003.

In a filing in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., the government listed the items as a $1,000 sled dog, a $3,200 stained-glass window and a $2,695 massage chair. They are in addition to the $250,000-plus in labor and materials allegedly provided by the oil-field service company Veco Corp. when it renovated and furnished Stevens' Girdwood home starting in 2000.

Monday's filings from each side asked U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan to adopt its version of the case to be read to prospective jurors when they gather in two weeks for Stevens' trial in Washington, D.C. The statement of the case is supposed to be a neutral rendition of the issues at trial, but each side clearly jockeyed for advantage.

Sullivan may choose one or the other, or draft his own version, steering somewhere between the advocates, who also submitted competing jury instructions Monday in advance of the trial.

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The trial is scheduled for September 24. It should be interesting.

[Arctic Dave]

1. If ted gets convicted who do you think

they will try run in his place. I been thinking about who they have in their bullpen and I can't come up with anyone who doesn't have a ton of baggage or even name recognition.

[Blue_In_AK]

2. The only rumor I've heard is John Binkley,

but I don't know what that's based on.

It sure is interesting up here these days, isn't it?

[Arctic Dave]

5. Binkley? Wow, they are at the bottom of the barrel.

[Blue_In_AK]

6. No kidding.

Who would be your pick if you were them? I'm trying to think of ANY Republican in the state who could fill the bill and have enough popular appeal to beat Mark. I'm drawing a blank.

[Arctic Dave]

9. That's what I'm trying to figure out too.

Ben Stevens - No way (obvious)
Pete Kott Jr. - No way (Obvious)
Lyda Green - Too cranky and mean
Chenault - maybe (no name recognition)
Harris - ?
Weywhaurch - ?

I going off of state legislature names but none of them seem too well known. Which is good. :)

[Blue_In_AK]

10. Weyhrauch still has a trial to deal with

so he's out. I don't know -- maybe John Harris?

Maybe they should just give up and let us have it. :)

[madinmaryland]

3. How might that effect the McCain/Palin ticket if Ted Stevens, the matriarch

of Alaska politics is found guilty.

:hmmm.

[Blue_In_AK]

4. There's really no love lost between Ted and Sarah,

from what I've seen, despite the fact that they've recently been trying to kiss and make up publicly. If he's convicted, though, I'm sure we'll find a way to use it to our advantage. :evilgrin:

[LiberalFighter]

7. Only $1,000 for the sled dog? Aren't they worth more up there?

[Blue_In_AK]

8. It probably depends on whose kennel it comes from.

I haven't bought any sled dogs recently, so I really don't know what they go for.

Here's ours. :rofl: