Palin to Begich: Resign and face Stevens again in a new election
posted at 8:40 pm on April 2, 2009 by Allahpundit
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Not going to happen, but no harm in trying:
Palin’s call came after a reporter at the Fairbanks News Miner emailed her a copy of a statement by Alaska Republican Party Chairman Randy Ruedrich calling for Begich to step down.
Asked for her response, Palin simply wrote back: “I absolutely agree.”
When the reporter wrote back to confirm that Palin meant she’d like to see Begich resign in order to hold a special election, the governor responded: “Yes.”
In an email to POLITICO, Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton confirmed the governor’s position. “She absolutely agrees that there should be a special election,” Stapleton wrote. “Stepping down to hold the special election would be the right thing to do.”
In the statement Palin was provided, Ruedrich said that “the only reason Mark Begich won the election in November is because a few thousand Alaskans thought that Sen. Ted Stevens was guilty of seven felonies.”
Begich says he’s not going anywhere. Er, didn’t Sarahcuda call on Stevens to step down after he was convicted last fall, before the appeals process had wound its way through the courts? Why is she willing to give him the benefit of the doubt now when she wasn’t before? And what exactly is the theory of unfairness here? As I recall, he was prosecuted by Bush’s DOJ, not a Democrat’s. Like the boss says, Stevens was a pork-guzzling corruptocrat even if his corruption didn’t rise to the level of a criminal offense. Aren’t we better off rid of him?
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Calling for someone to step down after conviction, but before th appeals process is concluded, is not wrong.
The Illinois legislature impeached Blago before he was even indicted.
Stevens was an awful Senator, but he was convicted in a rigged trial that Eric Holder (to his credit) has abandoned and repudiated.
Plus, the US DOJ violated its own prosecutorial rules against prosecuting a sitting polictian during a campaign.
So, Stevens lost a rigged trial and an election which was tied to his fate in that totalitarian trial.
molonlabe28 on April 3, 2009 at 12:45 PM
“I know, but why isn’t it ever unfair in my favor?” – Calvin
Seriously, I don’t expect anything to come of this…to me, it is just politicking, but if it works, it will place doubt in people’s minds regarding whether the win by Begich was legit (as should have been done with Gregoire in 2004 or Lautenberg in 2002).
OT: Seattle was outplayed by Pittsburgh.
Really OT: Hull’s skate was definitely in the crease. So, I guess that was unfair in my favor. But I digress.
Snowed In on April 3, 2009 at 12:52 PM
Don’t bother arguing with the trolls…they claim guilt because Stevens was convicted…Conviction has been overturned by the AG and the case dropped.
Why??? Educate yourself on the facts. FBI agent Choy / whistle blower brought to light FBI agent and four DOJ Prosecutors falsified evidence, withheld exculpatory evidence, disobeyed a lawful court order to provide evidence to the defense and there is three more major charges…AG Holder overturned the conviction and dropped the case to try to stop the bleeding.
AP’s claim that it was Bush’s DOJ…sorry buddy but these people are careerist…check out Brenda Morris and William Welcher II, also Pam Stebler (sp).
aigle on April 3, 2009 at 1:05 PM
Shouldn’t the GOP just bury Stevens and move on. Based on the evidence that has been published he was accepting hundreds of thousands in gifts and not reporting them.
If Stevens had stepped aside the seat could have been held by the GOP.
dedalus on April 3, 2009 at 1:13 PM
OIC! The media is so credible that we should take anything they publish/broadcast as fact. Well, I’m certain that Obama would agree with you 100%
If
Stevensthe prosecutionhad stepped asidehad followed the rule of law the seat could have been held bythe GOPStephens.FIFY!
DannoJyd on April 3, 2009 at 1:32 PM
Has Stevens provided plausible explanations for the gifts that he received?
dedalus on April 3, 2009 at 1:57 PM
His explanation? Work was discussed, then done, but he was never billed for it…
Just guessing here… but he does have staff… he probably has an accountant… and he lives most of the time in Washington DC… so most probably someone else pays his Alaska Bills on a monthly basis.
Simple lack of communication between him and his accountant, suddenly spun into a national issue.
Romeo13 on April 3, 2009 at 2:11 PM
As one of the posters wrote, as much as anything Palin is simply bringing attention to this (as another election is unlikely). I wish the boys in the GOP had her courage.
dakine, Dave Rywall and PopTurd. I guess the Three Stooges are accounted for.
bw222 on April 3, 2009 at 2:27 PM
That type of thing is important for the 100 senators who have a vote on the allocation of billions of dollars. Stevens’ use of earmarks for Bob Penny who then turned around and gave Stevens a ten-fold return on an investment is exactly what the GOP should be focused on and running against. The Dems will give them ample opportunity.
dedalus on April 3, 2009 at 2:29 PM
Whole thing was stupid… on everyones part IMO…
Stevens should be put out to pasture, as he’s past the time when he should be serving…
But this was made a Federal Case… he easily could have gone to jail for the rest of his life…
Romeo13 on April 3, 2009 at 2:37 PM
Newsflash for ya’ – girls can lie. Kids who have premarital sex do not run home and tell their folks. It could happen while at they’re at school or home or anywhere (yes, even in private school) and it only takes a few minutes. Kids nowadays are sexting and doing lots of things without their parents knowledge or consent. Just read the news. You are just in denial.
Why are you so judgmental and harsh towards Bristol and Levi who are young teens who made a mistake and are working real hard to be good parents and turn their lives around? Would you be happier if they had an abortion? I thought Christians believe in forgiveness. Ever heard the allegory about the prodigal son and how that was his father’s favorite son?
Are you aware that Obama’s mom was a young single teen who had sex with a married man? The same things you say about Bristol and her baby can be said about Obama’s mom and Obama. Obama turned out all right and even became POTUS, the most powerful man on earth. He is highly respected around the world regardless of the circumstances of his birth. He even commands the respect of the Queen of England.
Bristol has nothing to do with the subject matter of this thread. To use personal attacks that unrelated to the issue at hand sounds like something from the Alinsky playbook. I thought you said you were a conservative.
sarahpalinfan99 on April 3, 2009 at 2:47 PM
Yep. Someone in the DOJ should pay the price.
dedalus on April 3, 2009 at 2:59 PM
sarahpalinfan99 on April 3, 2009 at 2:47 PM
As far as the trolls are concerned Obama’s mother is the modern world’s version of the Virgin Mary.
Once and for all we, as Sarah’s supporters, have to realize that these trolls are Fascists in the same sense as the Brownshirts, storm troopers and Gestapo of Nazi Germany were.
They must be swatted and destroyed as you would a bug on a window.
We must stop being CHARITABLE to Fascists and those who espouse Fascism.
We must take the attitude of claiming victory only on our terms, that is unconditional surrender of the Fascists. Nothing less will be acceptable: no compromise with the devil, no generosity of spirit to those who would wish to crucify our cynosure and no suspension of hostilities to accommodate white guilt or effete elitism.
technopeasant on April 3, 2009 at 3:06 PM
That’s because they’re godless liberals. Mary was a teenager who didn’t have sex (a miracle in and of itself, apparently.)
chunderroad on April 3, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Besides, Democrats would keep Stevens in an alternate scenario. Palin’s right on this. Keep Stevdens, get rid of the Porkulus Three.
chunderroad on April 3, 2009 at 5:20 PM
Update; Sarah Palin is supposed to meet with Begich on Monday in a one-on-one meeting.
technopeasant on April 3, 2009 at 5:47 PM
To all those Gov. Palin supporters who want her in the Senate I will say it again Gov. Palin is to big for the Senate.
Clyde5445 on April 3, 2009 at 6:42 PM
(In my best Church Lady voice)
Well let’s see shall we. Hmmmmm? Mary was a weary traveler who gave birth to Jesus our true Savior in a manger and is the true son of God. Stanley Ann was a fellow traveler and had the second savior in Hawaii father by a man who had a big stable….
of women.
Isn’t that special?
hawkdriver on April 3, 2009 at 7:11 PM
He did, but it was the contractors admission of not yet billing for the work that held the most water. You see, my boss also holds off billing until well after our work is completed, especially when there is no concern of getting paid.
DannoJyd on April 4, 2009 at 8:30 PM
What wrong doing? When a prosecution has to hide evidence from a jury it points to an innocent man getting falsely convicted.
The prosecutors who made the error have been removed from the case and placed under investigation.
And ..
The Stevens case, the government’s highest-profile attack on congressional corruption in recent years, was plagued by problems that continued to pile up even after a jury found him guilty. The last straw, apparently, was the failure of prosecutors to turn over notes of a crucial interview in which a witness contradicted a statement he made later under oath at trial.
And that is all that is being revealed. Actually, that is enough.
DannoJyd on April 4, 2009 at 9:10 PM
FYI….. from the land of the Last Frontier.
It might come up here soon. But it may come to a special electon due to Begich’s crap ideals and votes in the Senate that even some die hard Dems don’t like. The Libertarian who was running has also agreed that a special election would be concidered good due to the media bias of Stevens.
Looks like it may come to pass. LOL Due to Media!
upinak on April 5, 2009 at 4:10 AM
Unless you have been initiated in the super secret Paliniac blood oath ceremony you can never understand the ruthless intelligence and brilliance in her ambiguity…
Bradky on April 5, 2009 at 8:50 AM
Stevens is off on all charges. There’s no reason Alaskans should not hold a special election when it obviously effected the results last time. Palin is right.
chunderroad on April 5, 2009 at 8:49 PM
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