# Ted Stevens found Guilty
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-found-guilty/469834
**Category:** Great Debates
**Created:** [October 27, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-found-guilty/469834 "2008-10-27T20:15:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-found-guilty/469834/1 "2008-10-27T20:15:38Z")
Alaska Senator Ted Stevens has just been found guilty on all 7 counts.
> **[Stevens says, 'I am innocent' after corruption conviction - CNN.com](http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/27/stevens.jurors/index.html)**
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> Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens vowed to fight his Monday conviction on federal corruption charges, a verdict he attributed to "repeated instances of prosecutorial misconduct."
So, has this sunk his reelection chances?
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### Author:  [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-found-guilty/469834/2 "2008-10-27T20:17:42Z")
Definitely. He had a slight gap as it was, and this is going to kill any chance of a comeback, especially with only a week left.
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### Author:  [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-found-guilty/469834/3 "2008-10-27T20:20:32Z")
… Huh.
Well, isn’t that somethin’.
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### Author:  [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-found-guilty/469834/4 "2008-10-27T20:27:20Z")
Well, he could be sentenced to six years community service.
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### Author:  [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-found-guilty/469834/5 "2008-10-27T20:52:43Z")
I wonder if he’d be willing to lend me that $2700 chair he doesn’t own?
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### Author:  [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-found-guilty/469834/6 "2008-10-27T20:56:15Z")
There’s a shocker. 😉
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### Author:  [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-found-guilty/469834/7 "2008-10-27T20:56:35Z")
If Stevens is re-elected but the Senate votes to expel him . . . that means Palin gets to appoint his replacement. Right?
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### Author:  [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-found-guilty/469834/8 "2008-10-27T20:57:18Z")
Is there a high school running buddy she hasn’t tapped for something yet?
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### Author:  [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-found-guilty/469834/9 "2008-10-27T20:57:24Z")
I suppose a Bush pardon would screw up any chair lending possibilities.
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### Author:  [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-found-guilty/469834/10 "2008-10-27T21:00:39Z")
Is there any chance Alaska will re-elect this asshole?
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### Author:  [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-found-guilty/469834/11 "2008-10-27T21:03:04Z")
Yes
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### Author:  [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-found-guilty/469834/12 "2008-10-27T21:03:24Z")
If he goes to prison, can he expect to encounter a series of tubes? 😃
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### Author:  [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2008, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-found-guilty/469834/13 "2008-10-27T21:04:37Z")
{shudder}
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### Author:  [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-found-guilty/469834/14 "2008-10-27T21:07:25Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> If Stevens is re-elected but the Senate votes to expel him . . . that means Palin gets to appoint his replacement. Right?
Not if she’s VP at the time.
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### Author:  [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-found-guilty/469834/15 "2008-10-27T21:22:58Z")
> [@Knorf](#):
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> Is there any chance Alaska will re-elect this asshole?
> [@Onomatopoeia](#):
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> Yes
Really? You think so? From what I’ve seen, Stevens was already behind by a couple of points, and I can’t imagine that this would help him.
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### Author:  [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-found-guilty/469834/16 "2008-10-27T21:30:58Z")
I knew this guy was scum ever since his temper tantrum on one of the earlier episodes of Real Time with Bill Maher. It’s the Stony Lonesome for you, buddy!
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### Author:  [@bonitahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonitahi)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-found-guilty/469834/17 "2008-10-27T21:31:53Z")
“If Stevens is re-elected but the Senate votes to expel him . . . that means Palin gets to appoint his replacement. Right?”
I think so.
My question is could she appoint herself?
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### Author:  [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-found-guilty/469834/18 "2008-10-27T21:37:08Z")
Will he really go to prison and what will happen to his luxury cabin in the hills?
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### Author:  [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-found-guilty/469834/19 "2008-10-27T21:48:18Z")
> [@bonitahi](#):
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> “If Stevens is re-elected but the Senate votes to expel him . . . that means Palin gets to appoint his replacement. Right?”
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> I think so.
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> My question is could she appoint herself?
No, she can’t appoint anyone. There has to be a special election.
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### Author:  [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-stevens-found-guilty/469834/20 "2008-10-27T21:51:46Z")
Can Stevens vote in this election now that he is a convicted fellon?
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