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To Ted Stevens from Illinois: Go F$$$ Yourself.

by therightlies

Thu Dec 22, 2005 at 09:17:10 AM PDT

According to today's Sun-Times article Senator Ted Stevens (AK) had this to say on the Senate floor:

Tossing a glance across the aisle at Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who had denounced the drilling measure, Stevens grumbled, ''I asked for his apology once; I wouldn't accept it now.''

Well you're not going to get one.  No one cares about your ANWR drilling except your 600,000 constituents and your corporate-oil-overlords.  To attach this to a defense and Katrina-relief bill is an abuse of power than even Senators in your own party denounced and have today defeated.  Instead of repeating the same old bullshit energy proposals why don't you get a clue and start fighting for real energy independence so that your state doesn't melt away.

''I hope the good lord will help me keep my temper,'' Stevens, the one wearing the Incredible Hulk necktie, said just before Democrats and two Republicans blocked a vote on the package.

Well I wonder what your lord thinks of cutting aid for the poor and students in a time of war?  Oh and how much did they pay you to wear the Hulk-tie?  Or do you really liken yourself to him while your party controls all three branches of the Federal Government?

Dick Durbin is a real federal Senator.  He has more than just his constituents concerns at heart, but of the entire nation and world.  His Lord is a moral compass that would never allow him to do the things this current Republican leadership is doing in the name of Christ and our country.

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  •  I'll second that (4.00 / 3)

    I'm in Chicago and Dick Dubin should be asking for an apology from Stevens for WASTING everyone's time trying to drill for oil in ANWR.

    "When the President does it, it's not illegal" - Richard Nixon, 1974; US Congress, 2008

    by nightsweat on Thu Dec 22, 2005 at 09:16:18 AM PDT

  •  Tip Jar. (4.00 / 3)

    So is sadism a family value too?

    Don't subscribe to your most sarcastic news source.

    by therightlies on Thu Dec 22, 2005 at 09:16:45 AM PDT

  •  Touchy, Touchy (none / 0)

    Nothing personal you Refuge plunderer.

    by linnie on Thu Dec 22, 2005 at 09:16:45 AM PDT

  •  A Third (none / 1)

    From another Chicago Dem who loves Durbin (and Obama).

    Stevens should be forced to live the rest of his days in the shadow of his bridge.  The guy is a huge jerk.

    I love it when Jon Stewart rips on him!

    Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth. -Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1939 [-4.38, -3.18]

    by peteri2 on Thu Dec 22, 2005 at 09:20:03 AM PDT

  •  Stevens is pitiful... (none / 0)

    Exxon and BP will be building a natural gas pipeline from Alaska across Canada to Chicago.  If Stevens is so pissed at Durbin, I'd like to see him place politics before economics and divert that natural gas elsewhere.  

    He won't.  Stevens works for the energy companies and the energy companies know their markets.  He's a whore, plain and simple.  He may grumble about Durbin now, but he will be kissing Durbin on both cheeks if he lives long enough to cut the ribbon on a trans-Canada natural gas pipeline.  

    God, who gave man scabies, also gave him hands to scratch them.

    by ivorybill on Thu Dec 22, 2005 at 09:27:39 AM PDT

    •  Battle of Pipelines and Dinosaurs (none / 0)

      Watch out on this, Bill.  Stevens + co wants the pipeline diverted to the Pacific so they can sell the stuff worldwide and make more $.  Oddly enough, House Speaker Hastert (from IL) is behind the pipeline to the Midwest, which is a slightly better alternative, since US taxpayers would be shelling out subsidies for the pipeline.

      But these are two variations of dinosaurs.  The best thing would be investing in a network of biofuel and hydrogen fuel pipelines centered in the Midwest that would more efficienct transfer the growing product.  This would be combined with a larger wind and solar market that would eventually supply hydrogen.  It would take longer and cost more, but be operating long after the oil and gas fields are played out.

      From the Marx Bros "Duck Soup" - Chico "What's big, gray and has a long trunk?" Prosecutor "That's irrelevant." Chico "That's a right! An elephant!"

      by vegancannibal on Fri Dec 23, 2005 at 11:00:16 AM PDT

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  •  downstater here (none / 0)

    On behalf of my most wonderful Senator Durbin, I throw my FUCK YOU into the ring.

    by peglyn on Thu Dec 22, 2005 at 09:30:52 AM PDT

    •  me too (none / 0)

      ollie from Peoria!

      Though I wonder if that Senator didn't send us some of his Alaskan air over the past few days....chatter...shiver...

      When liberals saw 9-11, we wondered how we could make the country safe. When conservatives saw 9-11, they saw an investment opportunity.

      by onanyes on Thu Dec 22, 2005 at 11:28:27 AM PDT

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  •  Stevens is neurotic (none / 0)

    He's a classic passive-aggressive. Wimpering one minute and vowing vengance upon his opponents the next. How many times this year has he suggested he was going to quit if he didn't get his way?

    The way he's going, he may be taking hostages on floor by this time next year.

    All his kvetching, for what? His constituency represents .25% of the U.S. population, and he's got to share THAT with Mirkowski (sic?).

    And, for those who don't know, this nutcase is right behind Hastert, and Cheney in the line of succession. Dream those impeachment dreams, but a perfect storm of Cheney indictment, Bush impeachment and Hastert sold up the river by an Abramoff plea - we could have President Stevens.

    WaPo Prints My Letter!!!

    by Kudos on Thu Dec 22, 2005 at 09:33:12 AM PDT

    •  If that happened (none / 0)

      you might as well make the White House mascot an oil-soaked endangered Arctic bird.

      Bye Bye Blackwell!

      by BlueGoo on Thu Dec 22, 2005 at 09:36:49 AM PDT

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    •  I wonder if... (none / 0)

      ... Alaska will trend more Democratic.  When is Stevens up for re-election?  It would be better to see an asshat like him get kicked out of office, than retire.  

      God, who gave man scabies, also gave him hands to scratch them.

      by ivorybill on Thu Dec 22, 2005 at 09:40:50 AM PDT

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    •  Maye noe Ted will take his toys (none / 0)

      and go home. Like he said he would do.

      No matter how cynical I get, it's impossible to keep up.

      by Flippant on Thu Dec 22, 2005 at 09:48:57 AM PDT

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    •  That would be fun! (none / 0)

      Dream those impeachment dreams, but a perfect storm of Cheney indictment, Bush impeachment and Hastert sold up the river by an Abramoff plea - we could have President Stevens.

      I think that would be fun!  Every time anybody opposed him on anything, he could throw a tantrum and hold his breath until he turned blue.  We could have betting pools on the next time he threatened to resign, and what comic book character tie he'd wear next.

      Do you suppose he wears Spiderman jammies?

      "All progress depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw

      by Bearpaw on Thu Dec 22, 2005 at 09:53:28 AM PDT

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    •  He should quit (none / 0)

      ..and die, too for good measure.  The good die young, but even the bad guys die eventually.

      "When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty." Thomas Jefferson

      by rmwarnick on Thu Dec 22, 2005 at 10:22:49 AM PDT

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  •  600,000 constituents? (none / 0)

    Polls say 3/4, but don't diss all Alaskans via Ted Stevens.

    Today's Special: Chickenhawk, slow-baked in its mother's basement.

    by Earl on Thu Dec 22, 2005 at 09:40:58 AM PDT

    •  I'd diss Alaska for Stevens, but ... (none / 0)

      I might be tempted to diss Alaska for Stevens, but I live in Massachusets.  Given our governor, I'm in no position to be casting asparagus.  

      (Or aspersions, either.  Or even stones.)

      "All progress depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw

      by Bearpaw on Thu Dec 22, 2005 at 09:57:47 AM PDT

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    •  I'm dissing Stevens (none / 1)

      because he thinks his projects are the most important things in the world, and gets tons of pork to spread out over a small population. He's got no sense of responsibility for the entire country.

      There are nearly as many people in D.C. who don't even have a Senator,

      WaPo Prints My Letter!!!

      by Kudos on Thu Dec 22, 2005 at 10:02:05 AM PDT

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    •  but you "care" about it right? (none / 0)

      my point is this shouldn't even be a national issue if not for the dreams of already rich oil-men.

      Don't subscribe to your most sarcastic news source.

      by therightlies on Wed Dec 28, 2005 at 08:22:52 PM PDT

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      •  6 days later? (none / 0)

        Hey, how's it going?

        Uh, I "care" about it? I said it. I stand by my first comment. And if this: my point is this shouldn't even be a national issue if not for the dreams of already rich oil-men. is your point--well, tht's hard to argue. And here's to the good people I lived and worked with in Alaska.

        Today's Special: Chickenhawk, slow-baked in its mother's basement.

        by Earl on Wed Dec 28, 2005 at 09:37:58 PM PDT

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  •  I watched the senior senator (none / 0)

    on c-span. I was determined after hearing his tirade, to send him an e-mail. I thought it might be best for me to hold up for 24 hours, an cool down....but no, the only thing that has changed is that rather than the message being lost in his office, I'm posting it here for all to see.
    Mr. Steven's, please take a long walk on an imaginary bridge, and don't come back!

    by spectre7 on Thu Dec 22, 2005 at 09:46:13 AM PDT

  •  What a Assclown... (none / 0)

    What did he mean by "I asked for his apology"..?  

    Apology for what?  For voting his crap down?  Even though he put it on the bill "illegally" (i.e., according to Senate protocol)?

    Stevens has become a national punchline.  Hope y'all up there in 'aska like this tird you've voted in about 10 billion times.  Enjoy your 250 mill BRIDGE.  that's the last huge chunk of scratch this Congress is going to give your sorry state for transpo, so when your roads break down...hope you can raise the state tax.

    Republican recruitment for the 82nd Chairborne at an all-time high...

    by topicalstorm on Thu Dec 22, 2005 at 10:11:36 AM PDT

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