Yes, yes it does.
Chefguy, every poll I’ve seen in the last few weeks has shown Begich with a consistent 1-3 point lead. He’s not out of the woods yet by any stretch of the imagination, but the burden lies on Stevens to cross that gap.
If the verdict comes back “not guilty”, Begich is probably toast.
Almost certainly. And if it doesn’t, he’ll sail in. Of course, isn’t there also the possibility that the jury won’t decide in the next two weeks?
Maybe somebody can help me here. I went to that site once, and it seems to be nothing but links to other links that link to other links. It doesn’t seem to actually have any information on the site. Am I missing something?
It works better for me if I spell it out (www.fivethirtyeight.com).
No, canned is what I meant. See also: fired, booted, run out of town on a rail, axed, terminated, dismissed, discharged, pink-slipped. Tossed OUT like week old sushi and month old newspapers!
(Caning would probably be cruel and unusual punishment)
[Don LaFontaine]
“In a world…
with Sarah Palin as governor…”
[/DLaF]
Nope. Not toast.
Thanks!
Jury is still deliberating. Hope the old goat doesn’t sleep well .
The jury is having problems with juror number 9.
I’m sure TS is sleeping well. I remember one Sunday before Christmas 2002 the Anchorage Daily News ran a feature story that basically posited that “OMG he’s getting old and we’ll lose him one day.”
Ted Stevens has brought home the bacon. He’s done a better job per capita than pretty much anyone else. He’s not a warm/fuzzy kind of guy and never has been. He’s been a producing kind of guy. Think of it like this…“He may be a crook, but he’s OUR crook.”
Hmm. This Christmas will be in Palmer.
But you are in Texas. That is almost as far away as you can get from Alaska and still be in America. If you laud the bridge to nowhere because it brings in money, then you know whats wrong with him and the system. He is a miserable evil tempered old goat.
Hmmmm. Why is it always juror number 9?
Juror 4 s father suddenly died. She is off to California. She will return Sunday. Judge must decide to wait or install an alternate.
In the most recent development locally, it now turns out that ol’ Uncle Ted tacked on a last minute pork spending item to pave .7 mi. of road in Girdwood, on the Crow Creek Road, at a cost of $2.7 million. The distance of .7 miles just happens to coincide with the location of the Double Musky Inn, a favorite Stevens restaurant that is owned by Bob Persons, who is a personal friend of Stevens and the guy who provided oversight on the free construction at Stevens’ home in Girdwood, for which he is now on trial. My my.
Stevens’ staff claims that the paving was done to promote tourism in that area, but here are the facts:
- Crow Creek Road is a very narrow 3+ mile dirt road that is generally potholed and washboarded during the summer.
- The only tourist destinations on this road are the Crow Creek Mine and a trailhead at the end of the road.
- There are a number of people who live on this road who most definitely do NOT want more tourists visiting the area. That’s why they live there.
- The road also leads to ongoing mining operations, the owners of which also do not want tourists wandering into their blast zones.
- It’s a pretty area, but there is no room for tour busses or heavy traffic, and nothing for the average tourist to do once he gets there.
In short, the people who go to the trailhead are normally locals and savvy hikers who make the effort to get there. The mine attracts tourists, but certainly not enough to warrant spending millions to pave the entire road. This was done solely to benefit one of Stevens’ friends, who then lied for him both during the free construction and during his trial.
Well then.
Alaska is about to find out what seniority in the House and Senate really mean when they are completely ignored for the next 20 years. Not that they shouldn’t vote these guys out (in Stevens’ case he’ll almost certainly be expelled), but that pork they’ve been getting is going to go away, big time.
The jury probably went in the room this morning and said, “Let’s get this shit over with before anything else happens.”
It well behooves us to take a moment and have some sympathy and compassion for Sen Stevens (R-Moloch) family and friends, who are subjected to a time of stress.
OK, that’s done, on with the gloating!
Senator Stevens
By Pubs forsaken
Today’s pig
Tomorrow’s bacon!
- Burma Shave
Chuckle, chuckle, chortle, guffaw! Har-de-har-har-har!
Welcome to Club Fed, Sen. Stevens! Here’s the wine list: Mad Dog 20/20, Thunderbird, and a rather young vintage known locally as “prune-o”.
I lurve u, 'Luci. 