Palin to Begich: Resign and face Stevens again in a new election
posted at 8:40 pm on April 2, 2009 by Allahpundit
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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Love it! Balls!
SouthernGent on April 2, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Yes.
jgapinoy on April 2, 2009 at 8:44 PM
In times like these with the Dems in charge of the Politburo I’d take him over Begich, warts and all.
DerKrieger on April 2, 2009 at 8:44 PM
absolutely Allah and thank God any filibuster we need relies on the Juan Queeg RiNO band….
sven10077 on April 2, 2009 at 8:44 PM
I thought Palin has “taken on” Stevens? I thought she was the enemy of the corrupt Alaska GOP? Palin just isn’t what she was presented to be. That’s why she was such an electoral dud in 2008.
Chekote on April 2, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Problematic to say the least. She shouldn’t have touched it.
Sure, along with about 95% of both houses of Congress.
ddrintn on April 2, 2009 at 8:45 PM
With so much corruption I’m not sure if it even matters anyomre.
boomer on April 2, 2009 at 8:45 PM
I would say Yes.
Guardian on April 2, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Nope. McCain was what he was presented to be. That’s why he was such an electoral dud in 2008.
ddrintn on April 2, 2009 at 8:47 PM
Correct me if I’m wrong here, but wasn’t he let off the hook due to prosecutorial misconduct? From what I could tell he still committed crimes.
egads on April 2, 2009 at 8:47 PM
I used to laugh at the black voters that kept reelecting people like Maxine Waters and Laura Richardson. Then the Alaska GOP renominated Ted Stevens.
Mark1971 on April 2, 2009 at 8:48 PM
Not gonna effect my vote in 2012, but this is pointless grandstanding. Everyone knows it’s not going to happen, so why bother?
Trent1289 on April 2, 2009 at 8:49 PM
Ridiculous. Steven’s should have stepped down and let another Republican run. This idea that people have some right to hold on to their office is ridiculous. It should go to the best qualified person.
pedestrian on April 2, 2009 at 8:50 PM
Yeah…who needs him?
Who cares if we cant filibuster the next marxist that Obama nominates for the Supreme Court.
Who cares if we cant filibuster the ruination of our country due to marxist tax and spend policies.
After all…Steven did what most other politicians do, so, who needs him?
Who needs the USA to stay free anyway? Who needs it?
The Wall on April 2, 2009 at 8:52 PM
“hy is she willing to give him the benefit of the doubt now when she wasn’t before? ”
Uhhh, she didn’t know he had been railroaded? She had faith in the system? Gosh, this is hard.
lsheldon on April 2, 2009 at 8:53 PM
Screw that wasteful former Senator.
artist on April 2, 2009 at 8:55 PM
Speaking as an Alaskan, there are two things we think about up here: 1) The federal govt. owns a majority of our land that we cannot develop as a consequence; they promised to build infrastructure if we became a state, a promise that has never been fulfilled. Stevens tried his best to get the dollars we were promised when we voted to join the union. 2) The earmark process is completely broken and corrupt and Stevens took advantage of that for more than just Alaska’s interests. That said, he was more conservative than not and a fighter that never took crap from democrats. He was politically targeted for the purpose of taking a senate seat and giving it to a democrat. Gov. Palin just calls it like she sees it with the information at hand.
shirk on April 2, 2009 at 8:55 PM
I’m wondering that myself. I’m glad to be rid of the corrupt prick, convicted or not.
MadisonConservative on April 2, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Because it distracted Stevens from doing his job and gave the party a black eye ? Now that Stevens is cleared she has every right to say step back up Ted.
William Amos on April 2, 2009 at 8:57 PM
She should have kept her mouth shut cause it ain’t gonna happen. We don’t need any more old crooked geezers in Congress. This is just more fodder for the Palin bashers.
Dumb move Sarah.
Knucklehead on April 2, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Yes.
This is bizarre. I don’t get what Gov. Palin is thinking here. If Begich won a special election, then he should serve his term THEN run for re-election. Isn’t this an overreach on her part? I ask this as one who likes Palin, so don’t lambast me!
The last two days have been an avalanche of strange happenings. Is there a full moon out or something?
conservative pilgrim on April 2, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Very good points … thanks for challenging us with the possible options. Maybe that’s what “Cuda” is thinking.
ORrighty on April 2, 2009 at 8:59 PM
This is Murtha-esque.
SnarkVader on April 2, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Because she is dumb. Tina Fey caught on to that faster than the rest of us.
Chekote on April 2, 2009 at 9:00 PM
After today it would appear that Palin and Romney want Gingrich to be the nominee.
Punchenko on April 2, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Mr. Teleprompter gave the country away today………..
………. and they didn’t even have to fire a shot!
Why the hell should this even matter anymore……….?
Seven Percent Solution on April 2, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Do you trolls have anything other than talking points and insults that can contribute to intellectual discourse? Obviously not. Go back to your romper room and grow up.
conservative pilgrim on April 2, 2009 at 9:02 PM
Yeah, this is dumb. Its not that Stevens was innocent, just that the prosecutors had a few improprieties that would have resulted in disbarment for them, and the Stevens found not guilty.
Begich is not a flaming lefty anyways, probably one of the more conservative Dems, and probably to the right of some of the Republicans.
firepilot on April 2, 2009 at 9:02 PM
I think she would have been better served to hammer the incompetent prosecuter and to just leave the whole “special election” meme off the table.
A Balrog of Morgoth on April 2, 2009 at 9:03 PM
Speaking of catching on: Did anyone else notice that Obama walks like a woman? My folks and I noticed some serious hip swinging action as he was walking out to his last TOTUS press conference.
Punchenko on April 2, 2009 at 9:03 PM
I think she should leave well enough alone. Although he was pretty faithful to her even after she rightly called for his resignation. But prosecutorial misconduct is not exactly innocent is it? There do seem to be some pretty serious doubts. We need honest Republicans not crooks.
petunia on April 2, 2009 at 9:03 PM
I cannot fathom for a moment why she’d spend one ounce of political capital for Stevens. Let Begich spend the next 6 years full of self-doubt… that’s the remedy.
DrSteve on April 2, 2009 at 9:04 PM
Are you guys sure Stevens isn’t already in DC right now?
Third party anyone?
True_King on April 2, 2009 at 9:04 PM
Allah, dude, the guy was guilty as hell and the prosecution screwed the pooch.
Reportedly an FBI agent had an affair with a witness.
The poor old eevul corrupticon is 85 years old and would have died in prison.
He had oil companies remodeling his house for cripes sake.
Palin called for Stevens to step down and raved on about how shez a “reformer”??? and she wants to put him back in ???
This action just reveals what a dimbo she really is.
strangelet on April 2, 2009 at 9:04 PM
Yep, much like El Busho!
True_King on April 2, 2009 at 9:05 PM
Or they know it doesn’t matter yet… and it is silly to keep pretending there is an election right now.
And Gingrich? Didn’t he step down because of scandal? He is a good idea man but not who we need.
petunia on April 2, 2009 at 9:05 PM
conservative pilgrim on April 2, 2009 at 9:02 PM
Do you think it is smart to call for a special election? At least this time she didn’t stand next to a turkey being slaughtered.
Chekote on April 2, 2009 at 9:07 PM
Don’t make the same logical error as the Democrats!
Government is not one god-like President waving his/her/its hand/paw and having things happen.
It is a vast machinery made up of lots of little people doing their thing.
The government doesn’t work like Donitz navy or Boskone. Once the conviction of Stevens was launched, Bush was stuck. If he intervened, then he would have been “saving a crook”.
Government is a system, not a god-like individual.
CrazyGene on April 2, 2009 at 9:07 PM
“Alaskans are grateful for his decades of public service, but the time has come for him to step aside. Even if elected on Tuesday, Senator Stevens should step aside to allow a special election to give Alaskans a real choice of who will serve them in Congress.”
-caribou barbie, october 28, 2008
benny shakar on April 2, 2009 at 9:08 PM
There should be a new election, since the last was tainted by government misconduct.
(Unless you want representatives to be destroyed by similar “legal” moves, and then have the lawbreaking judicial actors “apologize” after the damage is done, and their “apology” is meaningless, as far as power in the Congress goes.)
The character of the politician is irrelevent to this scummy tactic.
It can be used to ruin anyone.
profitsbeard on April 2, 2009 at 9:08 PM
I believe that Palin’s position on Stevens was that he should have stepped down in time for the Republicans to field a better candidate. She wasn’t saying on Nov 1 that Republicans should vote for Begich or boycott the election.
I’m no fan of Stevens, but I don’t claim to know the truth about him – as many here seem to. My general impression is that, if he’s truly corrupt, it’s penny ante compared to the everyday, perfectly legal self-dealing that goes on in DC, the famous revolving door that allows leading figures of both parties to enrich themselves beyond most of our imagination with richly remunerated positions on corporate boards or as lobbyists, before returning to power as appointees or even through re-election.
I don’t see a great need for Palin to get involved on this flight of fancy, but reminding voters and Begich himself that he holds a Republican seat is a good thing.
CK MacLeod on April 2, 2009 at 9:09 PM
Drama Queen.
Wonder if they will blow the Blago trial on purpose too?
getalife on April 2, 2009 at 9:10 PM
benny shakar on April 2, 2009 at 9:08 PM
Thanks for the breaking news, champ.
Read some of the previous comments, that was BEFORE his charges were dropped.
artist on April 2, 2009 at 9:11 PM
Yes he did. I’m really ashamed of the media reaction to him. And even the Queen let Michelle off the hook. Obama must have sold his soul to the devil to be this charming and lucky. He sells out his country and gets applauded for it….
(That is a figure of speech… not an actual belief that it is possible to sell your soul. In case there are any nut case “atheists” who might think all religious people are crazy… ;)
petunia on April 2, 2009 at 9:12 PM
She wants the voter to decide that from the new information , in a new election.
the_nile on April 2, 2009 at 9:12 PM
Did you people read about what happened to Stevens.
The FBI agent slept with the chief witness against him and coached his testimony. They knew that Stevens had written to make sure he paid for all the cost of the renovation to make sure he wasn’t Rankowskied (which he was). They sat on this information while inflating the supposed cost from 60,000 to 250,000.
The people from the FBI and Justice should go to jail themselves.
Now Stevens was responsible for pork to Alaska without a doubt. But this case that lost him the election was pure fraud. Heads should roll and it looks to me like Bush was somehow convinced to work for the Democrats the last two or three years he was in office. There is scant evidence that he had the interest of the GOP in mind.
It sickens me the way Bush pushed for Nationalization of Banks and Immigration reform. He really paved the way for Obama.
Steveangell on April 2, 2009 at 9:12 PM
Wow, the Trollway is really backing up tonight!
This always reinforces my suspicion that the left really fear Sarah Palin.
carbon_footprint on April 2, 2009 at 9:12 PM
Admit it Allah, Palin has the all politcal savy of …..well……a headless turkey.
The reason we laugh at you is not part of an eevul librul conspiracy to keep America from hearing your wunnerful core ideology— we laugh because you are so riddickulously funnie.
strangelet on April 2, 2009 at 9:13 PM
carbon_footprint on April 2, 2009 at 9:12 PM
+1
ORrighty on April 2, 2009 at 9:15 PM
The race for 2012 began when John McCain gave his concession speech, Petunia. Oh, and Newt is indeed an idea man and exactly what we need right now.
Punchenko on April 2, 2009 at 9:16 PM
Um, Stevens all about the pork he would have voted for porkulous.
Like Allah said, we are better off.
Lance Murdock on April 2, 2009 at 9:17 PM
I’ve already answered this above: no. The special election has already been held, right? Begich won. He should serve his term. Stevens is a crook and should go away. I don’t understand why she’s defending him now. It almost makes me question the veracity of this article. I would like some more verification.
I’ll repeat myself from 9:02 pm:
Do you trolls have anything other than talking points and insults that can contribute to intellectual discourse?
conservative pilgrim on April 2, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Well , why then spend all this time to try to stop Palin , if you would win so easily against her? Hunting her kids etc. The constant flow of Axelturfs says something else about her capacity then your words.
the_nile on April 2, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Palin is showing she’s not ready for prime time by even remotely suggesting a “do over”. She put her faith in the judicial system and it came back to bite her. That’s life.
SnarkVader on April 2, 2009 at 9:18 PM
She ran for governorship vs. Murkowski, not Stevens.
Go to C4P to get the latest so you can come back here and be a contributing member of HA.
Sapwolf on April 2, 2009 at 9:19 PM
Good for our new AG for doing the right thing.
getalife on April 2, 2009 at 9:20 PM
Exactly. While Stevens still committed those crimes, he is technically innocent due to the prosecutor withholding relevant evidence.
Could someone with more knowledge of the constitution correct me if I am wrong when I say:
dglenn on April 2, 2009 at 9:21 PM
Lets face it, this isn’t the only time Bush made a decision that affected the outcome of elections and provide a great boost to the democrats in Washington and throughout the states. Remember the firing of SecDef Rumsfeld? Bush did NOT announce the resignation until after the elections, even though the decision was made before them. This put alot of dems into office because of that decision.
JeffVader on April 2, 2009 at 9:21 PM
Chekote dislikes Palin b/c she’s staunchly pro-life.
artist on April 2, 2009 at 9:22 PM
“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? ”
Of course. Because at that moment, he was a convicted criminal. The right thing to do for a member of Congress who is convicted of a crime is to step down. Heck, some even do it before conviction, just indictment is enough to make many step down.
“Why is she willing to give him the benefit of the doubt now when she wasn’t before?”
Because the charges have been dropped and he is no longer a convicted criminal. It should now be up to the people to decide. Sounds like fair play to me.
crosspatch on April 2, 2009 at 9:22 PM
BS. Michelle et. al. are misinformed.
Stevens paid for the work on his chalet at Alyeska at the going rate at the time. The prosecution determined that it should have cost more, based on inflated numbers. Stevens declared gifts, not things he paid for. That was the law. He followed it.
The case against him was bolstered by the testimony of the ex-head of VECO, who himself had already been convicted of any number of federal crimes. They offered him a lighter sentence to say Stevens did something wrong. Anyone smell a rat there?
Prosecutorial misconduct is the least of the issues here. Noticed that as soon as the seat went to a democrat, charges were conveniently dropped. They were a load of horsecrap to begin with.
Ted Stevens was a good servant to the people of Alaska. No other state puts up with so much crap from the federal government, preventing them from developing, drilling, and otherwise using their own natural resources. Stevens brought home the money that replaced the income Alaska was prevented from collecting.
But hey, don’t let the facts get in the way of your kneejerk condemnation. Let’s all act like the DailyKos and burn him on the internet in effigy, since we’ve all been fed the party line. /sarc off
tcn on April 2, 2009 at 9:22 PM
Good call Sarah! It is the Alaska GOP along with Sarah asking Begich to stand for a special election. If Stevens was a Democratic Senator and Begich was a Republican, the MSM, DNC and Obama White House would be screaming for Begich’s head. Some of the Democrats in Alaska and nationwide were saying Palin should be impeached over Troopergate and she didn’t do anything illegal or improper? Why should Republicans just roll over all the time?
This at least puts Begich “under a cloud” and in a negative light for the time he is in office and can be used against him when he runs in 2016. It looks like Stevens was targeted. The feds could have waited until after the election was over to charge him then it wouldn’t have been a factor in Stevens’ loss.
sarahpalinfan99 on April 2, 2009 at 9:22 PM
Yes, she is. She’s soothing the egos of the Alaskan Republican Party right now. Besides, Reudrich is correct that Stevens would have won and we would have one more GOP senator to help with any filibuster for say….card check.
She knows it won’t happen, but those small words just did a whole lot to help prepare for re-election as governor.
Sapwolf on April 2, 2009 at 9:22 PM
the_nile on April 2, 2009 at 9:12 PM
Dude, the old creeper is 85 freakin’ years old…..do you really want him to die in prison? He gets his senate pension and health care.
Leave the poor old freak alone.
strangelet on April 2, 2009 at 9:23 PM
In other words, she’s pandering?
SnarkVader on April 2, 2009 at 9:23 PM
Ooops – meant to say “Some of the Democrats in Alaska and nationwide were saying Palin should be impeached over Troopergate and she didn’t do anything illegal or improper.
?” in my comment above.sarahpalinfan99 on April 2, 2009 at 9:24 PM
Baloney. Stevens is a conservative.
tcn on April 2, 2009 at 9:24 PM
Correction: When she runs for the Senate against Begich in 2014 and trounces him.
People, the lady knows what she is doin. She’s GOP.
Sapwolf on April 2, 2009 at 9:24 PM
He said it all. What Palin asked for was correct. There should be a special election because of the vicious unscrupulous nature of the FBI and prosecutors against Stevens.
Stevens may be a porker, but he is beloved in Alaska. I will bet that the people will rise up to defend him.
jencab on April 2, 2009 at 9:25 PM
We will leave you alone when you leave HA. Buh bye.
tcn on April 2, 2009 at 9:25 PM
On what planet? He was a big-government spending freak.
MadisonConservative on April 2, 2009 at 9:26 PM
She’s keeping options open.
Sapwolf on April 2, 2009 at 9:26 PM
well “we” aren’t Alaskans… they chose him for years knowing well his form, then they were lied to about their candidate. they deserve to have a fair election.
Kaptain Amerika on April 2, 2009 at 9:26 PM
Sorry, had to do it. It appears the GOP is chock full of less-than-desirable poseurs these days.
carbon_footprint on April 2, 2009 at 9:27 PM
Strange how when Alaska is ever mentioned here hundreds of posters are either “Alaskans” or experts on Alaska. I suppose this has been happening here at HA for years,you should rename this site Hot Alaska since the other 49 states are hardly ever mentioned.
Perhaps AP and Benny and Poptech are like Andrew Sullivan – they are so much in love with Sarah Palin that they are embarrassed so pretend to be disdainful. AP certainly needs very little excuse to put up a picture of her – it’s cute really isn’t it, shows romance isn’t dead…
callingallcomets on April 2, 2009 at 9:27 PM
2014 Senator Palin?
TimeTraveler on April 2, 2009 at 9:28 PM
I think Begich should resign and face O.J. Simpson.
radiofreevillage on April 2, 2009 at 9:29 PM
No, he was interested in getting a fair share of the pie. Not the same thing. Alaska doesn’t get much support for anything from the feds without Stevens going and getting it. Now, we get next to nothing, and we still can’t use the huge tracts of federal land to support our populous. That’s why Sarah accepted the parts of the porkulus she did–it ain’t coming our way any other way.
You might not understand this, but the situation is unique in Alaska. It ain’t freaking Massachusetts.
tcn on April 2, 2009 at 9:29 PM
I wouldn’t be so sure.
strangelet on April 2, 2009 at 9:29 PM
Thanks! Correction noted.
sarahpalinfan99 on April 2, 2009 at 9:29 PM
Yep. Although I’m no fan of big pork Stevens, the case against him was also weak apparently due to a female (for sure Obama voting) FBI agent f’in around with one of the witnesses.
Come on, let the old fart free.
Sapwolf on April 2, 2009 at 9:30 PM
I am no fan of Stevens but the truth is that he would have won his relection bid if not for what the just.dept did to him.I belive in fair elections no mater who is running.We all know that Begich will not resign but now his election is tainted.He will be known as the Sen.who won with the help of the just. dept.
thmcbb on April 2, 2009 at 9:30 PM
You might as well cited the Daily Kos… seriously….
TimeTraveler on April 2, 2009 at 9:31 PM
I think we called all use a little bit of pie right about now.
Punchenko on April 2, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Operating under the criteria set forth in the Michelle Oh! thread, shouldn’t banning be threatened?
hillbillyjim on April 2, 2009 at 9:33 PM
That’s Mudflats. They are a bunch of whackjobs and most people know that.
Even DKOS says she will be re-elected if she runs again for governor.
Sapwolf on April 2, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Pie? I want a piece of pie…
I will be honest, I think cuda should have stayed out of this. Just because the prosecutors were playing grab ass doesn’t mean that Stevens in the wrong.
HornetSting on April 2, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Sarah Palin calls for a special election while the Messiah fires the head of GM.
What do you think is more egregious?
Please keep everything in perspective.
technopeasant on April 2, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Bingo. Begich is now tainted like Murkowski was tainted after he made his daughter Senator.
Now if the Cuda don’t run for POTUS in 2012, guess who she is gunnin for in 2014. Begich’s head is in the Cuda’s scope now and boy is she smilin. It ain’t gonna be moose for dinner this time.
Lisa and Sarah in the Senate: Girl Power in 2014.
Sapwolf on April 2, 2009 at 9:39 PM
Not like this.
If he had been defeated fair and square without a politically motivated indictment and prosecutors who willfully tried to deny him a fair trial, then I’d say yes. But I’m not willing to overlook that kind of an abuse of prosecutorial power no matter how pork-addicted Stevens was.
But I’m sure if Republicans had won a seat this way you’d be condemning it, worried sick about our image.
Redstate said it best yesterday. Money quote:
thirteen28 on April 2, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Yeah, Stevens was a real joke — most Senate Republicans are these days.
*Sigh*. I like Sarah but am now not too impressed with her or her staff, for that matter. Hopefully she can win me back before 2012. Go on, throw your stones at me.
Punchenko on April 2, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Oddly enough, real people do live in Alaska, and even have computers with internet access. What is strange is how completely ignorant most folks are about Alaska.
But everyone is entitled to their own opinions.
tcn on April 2, 2009 at 9:41 PM
The kossacks are just as retarded as you guyz.
I greif on them too.
But you guyz are way funnier….so whiny and delusional, and the selfparodies! and the victimology!
The Beck and Breitbart show really brings teh funnie.
It was kinda fun to grief on Michael Moore, but now you have John Zeigler, and hes even more hilarious!
And Palin…..shes a gold mine of hilarity.
And you guyz get all pissy and jacked up every time someone disses her.
ineffable sweetness.
strangelet on April 2, 2009 at 9:42 PM
I would like Palin to be our champion in the Senate much like Ted K. is to the Democrats. We don’t have many Senate heroes these days that can grab headlines and who works behalf of the party faithful.
Punchenko on April 2, 2009 at 9:43 PM
So, how long until they let you out?
tcn on April 2, 2009 at 9:44 PM
You guyz!? What the hell is that suppose to mean!?
Punchenko on April 2, 2009 at 9:44 PM
Oh I’ve been banned before.
A lot.
;)
No likes the truth it seems.
/sadface
strangelet on April 2, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Begich is just a seat-warmer for 2014, when a Republican wins back the seat, like say, oh, I don’t know, Sarah Palin? *fingers crossed*
Dave From Canada on April 2, 2009 at 9:45 PM
How can you say with any certainty he’s guilty of any felony when the prosecution withheld evidence that could have exonerated him? That’s like saying the Duke Lacrosse Players got off on a technicality, but truly were guilty.
Sheesh, do people know what exculpatory evidence is?
thirteen28 on April 2, 2009 at 9:46 PM
I wonder if Allah is tenting his pants at these comments.
SouthernGent on April 2, 2009 at 9:47 PM
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