Back in the hunt? Stevens files for 2014 election

[L. Coyote]

Source: KTUU

by Jill Burke
Wednesday, April 8, 2009

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Ted Stevens has filed to run again in the 2014 race for U.S. Senate, but it doesn't necessarily mean he wants his old seat back.

The reason could be as simple as wanting to keep raising and spending campaign money.

Stevens filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Elections Commission earlier this year and could be gearing up to make another run against Sen. Mark Begich.......

Stevens intends to do one of two things, said Stanley Brand, a Washington, D.C., attorney who specializes in politics and criminal defense.
"(Either) he truly intends to be a candidate at some point, or he is leaving opening the possibility so that he can defray his legal expenses," Brand said.

Read more: http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=10154533

[Bicoastal]

1. At the age of 107*?

What a nut!

*May not be Ted Stevens' real age.

[Javaman]

7. Yes, it's not his real age...you were being kind. LOL nt

[Ken Burch]

2. On election day, 2014, Ted Stevens will be 90 years old

Just sayin'.

[No Elephants]

12. Three words: Republican Strom Thurmond.

[Blue_In_AK]

3. According to our local news,

this is purely to defray legal expenses. But he's being idolized up here now, like he's been completely exonerated or something. It's totally pathetic. You might be interested to read this piece at Progressive Alaska http://progressivealaska.blogspot.com/2009/04/heres-to-rep-mike-doogan.html

Politics in Alaska never ceases to amaze.

[L. Coyote]

5. the spin factories are in high gear, re-erecting the Stevens image to nowhere

People believe anything, it seems. Maybe we need to focus on education and IQ.

[saigon68]

6. re-erecting the Stevens image to nowhere

lol

[Tempest]

8. Blue, Shannyn Moore has a great response to the House resolution

http://shannynmoore.wordpress.com/

[Blue_In_AK]

10. I read that, and I agree it was an excellent response.

Also I'm very disappointed in the Anchorage Daily News which has apparently been censoring out comments to their online article about this, even when they're polite and on point, that are critical of the legislature's resolution yesterday. Our political situation up here is in a complete shambles.

[Tempest]

13. ADN has always been a rightwing mouthpiece

Even back in the 70s and 80s when I lived up there.

They got especially bad when Palin was elected. They fawn all over her, and attack anyone who criticizes her.

But what do you expect? Her mouthpiece came from ADN's staff.

[Blue_In_AK]

17. Actually, Bill McAllister and Meg Stapleton both came from the KTUU

news department, our local NBC affiliate, but I agree that the ADN has done a fair amount of fawning.

[Tempest]

22. One of her mouthpieces came from ADN

Can't remember who it was, but he was a reporter for the newspaper.

[Blue_In_AK]

23. The only (former) reporter I know of is Rep. Mike Doogan

who got in some hot water with the local bloggers recently for outing the identity of anonymous blogger Mudflats. I don't consider him a Palin apologist though, although all of the legislature has given her more leeway than she deserves, IMO.

I'd be really interested to know who you're thinking of.

Oh, wait, maybe you're thinking of Larry Persily, who used to be her chief of staff. I have some respect for him because he did state during the campaign that she was in no way qualified to be vice president. There are a couple of interesting posts by him here at HuffPo. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-persily/

I doubt that Sarah has much use for him these days.

[Tempest]

25. Persily sounds right

It was early in her administration so it sounds like he fits the bill.


Hey Blue, what city/town/village in the state do you live? I just wanted to know where in the state I'm talking with when we go back and forth.

[Blue_In_AK]

27. I live in Anchorage,

and have since 1975. I've been living over here on the west side since 1990.

[Tempest]

29. I lived in Spenard (no jokes) and on the east side

My sister and her family (well, husband now since the kids flew the coop) still live in the same house my parents bought back in 1975. Moose still come into the back yard, even though the area has been built up.

[Blue_In_AK]

31. I live in what I refer to as "Lower Turnagain"

or I suppose you could call it "Upper Spenard" if you wanted to. :rofl:

[Tempest]

33. I hope it's not as bad as it was in the 70s

There were so many domestic abuse calls, mostly involving shootings, that the cops called it a "Spenard divorce".

There were three of the shootings in my block alone in less than a year.

[Blue_In_AK]

35. It's not too bad over here

aside from the crack dealers across the street.

[Tempest]

36. It's meth and pot dealers where my sister lives

They changed the zoning for the East 10th Avenue around Muldoon from single dwelling to multi-dwelling and several apartment buildings went up around my sister's house.

They're having problems with the meth dealers mostly. The house was broken into once when my sister was there and she ran him off with a .30-.30 rifle.

I told her she should have shot him, but she said she didn't want to have to clean the carpet and by the time she got outside, they were already down the street. Otherwise she said she would have shot him in the yard.

[No Elephants]

14. What do you think the solution to that might be? BWT, interesting to see who contributed to

Begich's campaign against Stevens. A lot of Hollywood folk seem to have kicked in for that. Cool.

[Tempest]

16. Begich led in the polls before Stevens was indicted

Stevens was going down to defeat before the indictment. Alaskans were sick of his corruption.

[Blue_In_AK]

18. That's correct, and now they're all screaming that Ted most assuredly

would have won. They're just very sore losers. And I don't think they've thought through the fact that Ted would be 91 YEARS OLD at the end of another six-year term. It's just crazy to think that he would still be competent to be a senator. He's having trouble speaking clearly even now.

It was definitely time for some new blood from Alaska. Ted and his supporters should just be thanking their lucky stars that the prosecutors blew it on this one, because in my mind, and the minds of most people I know, he's guilty as sin.

[Tempest]

21. Stevens filed to run for his seat in 2012

But only so he can collect campaign funds to pay for his legal fees.

What a piece of shit.

[No Elephants]

19. Yes, but, supposedly, Alaskans are clamoring for Stevens now. So, I asked an Alaskan what the

solution to the current situation might be.

[Blue_In_AK]

24. That is, SOME Alaskans,

and the rest of us are just laughing at them and calling them idiots.

There's no way there's going to be another election. Mark didn't commit any kind of election fraud or anything to earn his seat, so he did nothing wrong.

If they want a do-over on this one, we should all get a do-over on Sarah Palin, as well, because she certainly isn't the person she presented herself to be when she was running for governor in 2006. I know of many people here who are suffering from voter's remorse for putting her into power.

[Tempest]

26. I read most of the comments on ADN about this

And the comments were overwhelmingly in agreement that Palin and the rightwingers calling for a special election were jackasses.

Even posters who admitted to being Republicans called it asinine.

[Blue_In_AK]

28. We are not as stupid

as Palin and Stevens portray us to be. ... Actually, Ted hasn't said much. He's letting others do the talking.

[Tempest]

30. The most vocal group are the TeamSarah members

So most Americans get a distorted view of what is really going on up there.

[Blue_In_AK]

32. Those people are INSANE,

and most of them don't even live here.

[Tempest]

34. The fact that the group was formed in the lower 48 says a lot

Same with SarahPAC, also formed (and incorporated) in the lower 48.

[Bluebear]

4. I think there are mighty sequoias that are younger. nt

[TEmperorHasNoClothes]

9. Won't he be dead by then?

[Tempest]

11. I thought he was dead already

And was re-animated.

[L. Coyote]

15. His resurrection post-cruxificion has Madison Avenue written all over it, LOL

assuming Girdwood has a Madison Avenue.

The wording of the resolution is both atrocious and bodacious,
and surely written a long ways from the real Madison Avenue :rofl:

[KamaAina]

20. Back in the hunt, you say? Would that be the helicopter wolf hunt?

:grr:

[Historic NY]

37. Great just what we need another corpse in the Senate.