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« on: April 02, 2009, 04:48:02 PM »
« edited: April 03, 2009, 12:29:49 PM by Lunar »
edit:
Palin is now too.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/20833.html


With Mitch's and Murkowski's comments lamenting the loss this week, it's like jeeze bees. 

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/04/02/alaska-gop-calls-for-begich-resignation

(CNN) - The Alaska Republican Party is calling on Democratic Sen. Mark Begich to resign his first-term post as senator, one day after Attorney General Eric Holder cleared former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens of felony charges Wednesday.

"The Alaska Republican Party…believes that current Senator Mark Begich should resign his position to allow for a new, special election, so Alaskans may have the chance to vote for a senator without the improper influence of the corrupt Department of Justice," the Alaska Republican Party's Web site states.

Stevens lost his bid for a seventh Senate term against Begich in November following a conviction of seven counts of lying on Senate ethics reforms.

The Alaska GOP mantains a special election "will allow Alaskans to have a real, non-biased, credible process where the most qualified person could win, without the manipulation of the Department of Justice."

UPDATE: Begich said Thursday he wasn't going anywhere. “It’s clear there was misconduct by the prosecutors in Senator Stevens’ felony trial. I’m pleased President Obama’s Justice Department has brought a new sense of ethics to their responsibilities," he said, in a statement issued by his office.

“I got into the Senate race long before Senator Stevens’ legal troubles began because Alaskans were looking for a change and a senator as independent as Alaska. Today, with our country in a severe recession, it’s more important than ever that we have a senator focused on fixing our economy so Alaskans have the jobs they need to support their families. That is my job in the Senate, and I’m honored to serve Alaskans for the next six years.”
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« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2009, 04:50:27 PM »
LOL

Interesting.
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« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2009, 04:50:37 PM »
LOL. What jokes.
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« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2009, 04:51:34 PM »
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« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2009, 04:52:03 PM »
LMAO
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« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2009, 05:05:48 PM »
There must be something in the water up there in Alaska.
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« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2009, 05:38:03 PM »
Does the time zone difference means they have still April 1 in Alaska?
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« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2009, 05:50:16 PM »
Desperation breeds idiots.
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« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2009, 05:56:54 PM »
This attempt to turn Stevens into some type of martyr is making me sick.
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« Reply #9 on: April 02, 2009, 07:51:28 PM »

Yep.  Wonder what Florida would have been like in 2000 without Jebby's influence or unruly protesters flown in on the ENRON jet?  Oh wait! 
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« Reply #10 on: April 02, 2009, 08:13:16 PM »
« Edited: April 02, 2009, 08:14:53 PM by Senator PiT »
     Talk about partisan hackery. The worst hacks on this forum have nothing on the Alaska GOP.
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« Reply #11 on: April 02, 2009, 08:16:39 PM »
Wow.  Why don't we hold revotes in Minnesota and Alaska on the same day?  Then both Republicans can lose again Tongue
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« Reply #12 on: April 02, 2009, 09:36:49 PM »
Quote from: ICE HOCKEY on April 02, 2009, 07:51:28 PM

Yep.  Wonder what Florida would have been like in 2000 without Jebby's influence or unruly protesters flown in on the ENRON jet?  Oh wait! 

I love the overstating of "Jebby's" influence. I also like how he's also a reason given as to how Bush "stole" Florida.

Meanwhile, those of us living in reality have enough sense to realize that that kind of influence would have led to a quite larger margin than 537 votes.
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« Reply #13 on: April 02, 2009, 11:28:40 PM »
We all know he won't resign, and so does the Alaskan GOP.

It's simply a political maneuver.
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« Reply #14 on: April 03, 2009, 03:53:09 AM »
Ah yes, the corrupt Republicans at the Bush justice department.
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« Reply #15 on: April 03, 2009, 08:18:26 AM »
Only if the GOP agrees to replay the 1980 Presidential election with the advanced knowledge that Carter would get the hostages freed.
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« Reply #16 on: April 03, 2009, 11:50:56 AM »
Uh, okay...
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« Reply #17 on: April 03, 2009, 12:29:29 PM »
Palin now is calling on Begich to resign

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/20833.html
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« Reply #18 on: April 03, 2009, 12:30:29 PM »
As if we needed more proof Palin = joke...
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« Reply #19 on: April 03, 2009, 12:31:03 PM »
Isn’t she supposed to be a “reformer”
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« Reply #20 on: April 03, 2009, 12:31:23 PM »
lol @ gop
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« Reply #21 on: April 03, 2009, 12:31:41 PM »
Quote from: Lunar on April 03, 2009, 12:31:03 PM
Isn’t she supposed to be a “reformer”

I doubt even J. J. can spin this one.
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« Reply #22 on: April 03, 2009, 12:34:13 PM »
Quote from: Gravity is a Choice on April 03, 2009, 12:31:41 PM
Quote from: Lunar on April 03, 2009, 12:31:03 PM
Isn’t she supposed to be a “reformer”

I doubt even J. J. can spin this one.

really?  You don't think he could?  After all this time?
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« Reply #23 on: April 03, 2009, 12:43:21 PM »
I like how Begich refused to even acknowledge Palin. FF
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« Reply #24 on: April 03, 2009, 12:49:10 PM »
They got the day for this wrong.
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