Ted Stevens Gives Final Senate Address As His Aids Weep

• November 21, 2008

Yes. You read that right.
They weeped.

WASHINGTON – “Uncle Ted” Stevens, an old-style Senate giant and the chamber’s longest-serving Republican, delivered his swansong address and yielded the floor for the final time Thursday. He was saluted by his colleagues as a staunch friend and teacher.
Family members and aides wept openly in the gallery as Stevens, who turned 85 this week, spoke of having “no rearview mirror” and looking forward to a time when he might be vindicated. He lost his bid for a seventh term this week after his convictions in federal court on charges of lying about gifts on Senate financial disclosure forms.
“I only look forward and I still see the day when I can remove the cloud that currently surrounds me,” Stevens said.

Good riddance, as far as I’m concerned. This man undermined the principles of the Republican party, embarrassed conservatives and broke the law.
This should be a happy day for Repubilcans, not a sad one.

Tags: Domestic Issues, Politics

http://www.entertonement.com/collections/7653/Ted-Stevens'-Final-Farew BaxterJ

Good riddance.
di butler

I agree he should have been booted long ago! However, I don’t know why you are surprised. He has hauled in tons of pork for Alaska. They call him “Uncle Ted” for heaven’s sake! I asked a friend of a friend what people thought of him, and there still is a huge group of people who love him. I also heard that he and Palin do not get along. No surprise there. The people who live there of course want as much pork as possible. They also didn’t want Palin in Stevens’ spot, because she wouldn’t get them the $$ they wanted.
Kidtransport

Not sure but I think the present tense verb “gives” calls for the present tense “weep”

Could have been “gave his last speech as his aides wept”

I am not an English teacher, though.
Neiman

The corruption of power is a powerful drug. His defeat is deserved, but had he any honor he would have resigned a long time ago. However, while I am very glad he is gone, I always hate to see people destroy their own lives by lust of one sort or another, in this case lust for power and money. To rise to great heights and then fall so far is a sad spectacle and should give no one any sense of joy joy, only a sense of relief and the satisfaction of justice being done.
http://www.myspace.com/thekingscourt4u Gman

Should be WEPT, but whatever.

If he had any balls he would have resigned and let Sarah appoint someone to replace him. Now there is another Dem in Washington.
FlyOnTheWall

That’s not good.

85, “no rearview mirror” and more time to just tool around in boat of a car.

The driving world just became a scarier place.

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