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The Republicans should accuse Obama for Stevens' problems.Don't they blame Obama for everything wrong that had happened in America?

1. The high price of gas.
2.Mess up Economy.
3.The war in Iraq.
4.John McCain shot down in Vietnam.
5.Johnny left his wife and married rich Cindy.
6.The mole Johnny has.

Obama is responsible for everything. When was McBush wrong? I guess never. He is always right.

If McBush is always right as he claims,how come the American people are facing so much difficulties?
McBush's Republican Party have been in Washington for almost 8 years. What did he do to help put them on the right track?

Obama was right,McBush is missing his bearings.

Chalk up another seat for the Dems.

JUST LIKE TOM DELAY, JACK AMBRAHOF, AND ALL THE OTHER LYING REPUBLICANS, YES EVEN JOHN MCCAIN. REMEMBER KEATING. ALL LIARS AND THEIVES.

Treat this Stevens guy the same as you would Rashad, the alleged crack dealer.

Put his butt in jail for 18 months while we wait for the trial to come up on the courts docket.

No more special treatment for old criminals or presidential candidates.

Corrupt ... every last one of them ... McCain included.

We need to eliminate the whole lot of them and start over.

Moving the trail to Alaska makes no sense. With all the pork that Stevens has gotten delivered to Alaska as Senator over the past 40 years, no way you can find a juror that hasn't benefited some way... unless no jury trail but then even in that case, I'm thinking that someone as powerful as Stevens has to know lots of judges and such in Alaska.

Let's see if this one follows the typical order of rhetoric:

1.) "I will not comment on that because I have not seen the report."
2.) "I categorically deny all charges."
3.) "I cannot comment on that because it's under investigation."
4.) "This is an obvious attempt by the opposition to destroy myself, and my family."
5.) "I'm leaving politics to spend more time with my family."
6.) "I'm sorry for the shame I've brought to my wife, family and party."
7.) "I've found God."

(Sigh) Why don't they EVER come clean from the start?

Like we should be surprised...A powerful republican was in it for himself??? WOW Shocker!!!

Throw the thief in jail and let him rot.

Then start looking into Obama's land deal in Chicago.

It's a series of tubes!

and....Tom De Lay also said.....I am Not Guilty!

Repugnants are soooo corrupt

His bridge to nowhere should now lead to jail.

Judgement day is coming! Goodluck Teddy

p.s. nice try in requesting a trial move to Alaska, NOT!!!

How low can those repugs go?

Make sure the trial extends beyond Bush's term or else it is just a waste of time.

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REPUBLICANS FAMOUS PHRASE:

"I AM NOT A CROOK"

I'm sure Bush will give him a full pardon soon just like Scooter.

Let's see....Powerful and Corrupt Republican Official claims he did nothing wrong despite all evidence to the contrary. The only thing that shocks me about the whole thing is that they actually indicted him. Boringly predictable otherwise.

Dumbama and Rezco.

well what goes around always comes around and then it really bites ya!!!!!!!!! another epublican,, go figure,, and more to come,,,woohoo,,, go obama!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

has 'cold cash' Congressman (D) William Jefferson even seen a courtroom yet?

No doubt in my mind Ted is guilty. Question is whether or not he is above the law or not. Same deal as Randy "Duke" Cunningham. They should share a cell but he may be able to lobby that he is elite and not accountable to follow laws of the land.

Both parties have crooks. This has been so from the beginning. We can only hope that the people we elect will be above the garbage. They may be when new, but soon learn the truth of politics and power from the senior politicians. Some are smarter then others and can hide it better. We are only important in an election year. This has been the year for scandals…One politician after another guilty of sex,lies, and video tapes…

Steven's can't be guilty.... The Justice department is corrupt and filled with Republicans! Someone call Bush and order another pardon.

Osama Bin Laden and PUMA both striving to destroy America in the next 4 years!

another republican bites the dust!!

IT WILL BE A TRIAL WORTH WATCHING AND PERHAPS AMERICANS WILL KNOW THAT JUSTICE STILL PREVAILS IN OUR GREAT COUNTRY.

How can the Senetor plead not guilty when there is so much he is guilty of? Why do the Rep. get away with all these messes ? The Congress should not have a vacation and a huge raise each Jan. when they do nothing! This Senetor along with all the rest of Rep. should be indicted immediately!!!!!!!!!!!
no justice anymore!!!!!!!!!!! no laws for the rich!!!!!!!!!!!!!! only the poor guy at the pumps buying gas and the women at the grocery stores! Senetors` are paid too much to start with and it goes to their heads` and they take advantage of their position.
Thank You, for that is my thoughts on the matter.
Barbara from FL.

Hellllllllooooooo.....

Hes only doing what any self justified republican does best..............LIE......

Stevens pleaded not guilty. Yea! you did it .......Next Karl Rove

Lock him up and throw away the key......save room for Bush, Rove, Hannity and Limbaugh.....they are next!

Another Republican indicted I have been saying that Repubs are not to be trusted. They set high standards for everyone except themselves. Ted Stevens is innocent until proven guilty but those are some strong charges. Even so vote Democratic November.

It doesn't matter what he pleads. He's a republican, CNN and her band of drunken merry liberals have already judged and convicted them. It's the progressive way..

Why should I bother to say anything as my comment will sit in limbo land of “Your comment is awaiting moderation” to where only I can see the comment, but no one else. Then many many many hours, until long after the story is stale, it is published. Yet some commenters seem to know how to get through this filter as I see their comments come up quickly, make an impact, and they are able to post multiple comments and even have a dynamic dialog going. This CNN blog forum is making me out to be fool for even trying.

Now in the real world he wouldn't even be allowed to go back to work. He probably would have lost his job before he even went to court. Why is it that the people who make the laws don't have to follow them.

On the exact same day the Republicans start their "the audacity of Obama" negative ad campaign the longest serving Republican Senator is indicted for corruption. Now that's audacity.

yes...PLEASE grant him a trial prior to the elections. I would LOVE that!

No, he should not be tried in Alaska, nor even Washington. He should be tried at Guantanamo Bay and left to rot there if he is found guilty.

Geez, why is this NOT surprising coming from a man who KNOWS he's guilty from day one. Come on, when has a politician ever stood up and claimed " Yep, I did it.... Yeah, I've cheated the taxpayers for decades"....

All I want NOW is to get rid of ALL these bums and get them the hell our of our Congress and Senate. I'm sick of all this BS!!! I mean, these politicians are getting out of control, they really think they are above the law of the land and it's getting BAD.

Voters NEED to start getting involved and START calling these fools out on the carpet and STOP taking all this BS.

Let's call in an exterminator to get rid of all these rats!

McCain/Stevens 2008/2012 A team with experience. A team you
can trust. Go Republicans

Cant' wait to see all the hypocrites come out of the woodwork and jump on this guy while they excused that congressman who had all that cash stuffed in his freezer. I say let them get tossed during the election, then see what sticks to the wall legally.

King George will say the same thing when he's brought to trial

The Republicans are reaping what they sowed...

Of course he wouldn't admit to being guilty. He's an "experienced" politician. He knows how to lie and manipulate as well as anyone.

Yea, he wants it moved to Alaska where the people love him with the ridiculous amounts of money he has pumped into the economy up there. You can't tell me he won't get a more favorable trial up there.

My theory is that he knowingly accepted the remodeling and honestly felt in his heart he wasn't doing anything wrong. Given his spending history on the approprations committee, I don't see how he could believe it any other way.

It doesn't mean he isn't wrong for doing it, he just probably believes it is his right as a senator to do whatever he pleases and not have to worry about reporting it to the pesky senate financial disclosure. In the good ol days when he started this sort of thing was perfectly allowable.

If Stevens is innocent then Dubya is a genius and McSame's p.o.w. experience really does make him fit presidential material.
Unfortunately noone of the above is true. Meet the 3 stooges.

everyone in prison is innocent,too.

Did anyone expect him to take responsibility? No, he's pleaded not guilty. Overhaul this govenment. Don't allow we the people to keep paying the price for where our elected officials take us, including the president. Look around you and see what is happening within our country. Banks are going under. Housing is in crisis. Gas prices are through the roof with recond breaking profits for Exxonbush. States are in trouble. Businesses are in trouble. Jobs don't exist. A recession won't last long because the depression is right around the corner.

WoW Senator Ted Stevens. I cannot believe that this man is guilty. It's like he was the last good republican and now.... I tell you, this has been the worst of times for the GOP.

No one has ever really defined "Family Values" All we know is that the Republicans are better at them than Democrats. Makes you wonder, doesn't it?

Moving it to Alaska, where Stevens possibly has influence, is a terrible idea.

LET HIM PLEAD WHATEVER HE WANTS TO PLEAD BUT LET JUSTICE HOLD IT'S GROUND AND IF HE IS FOUND GUILTY THEN HE SHOULD BE PUNISHED AS GUILTY AND GIVEN THE MAX SENTENCE THAT LAW WILL ALLOW, BECAUSE HE IS OLD, BEEN IN THE SENATE FOR YEARS SHOULD NOT ENTER THE EQUATION.
POLITICIANS NEED TO REALIZE THEY ARE NOT ABOVE THE LAW.

of course he pleads not guily he's a republican

The fact that he pleaded not guilty ownly shows that he is using his rights as a defendant. Everyone should plead not-guilty unless you can work out a sweet deal with the prosecution. That is how the system works. Unfortunately, this trial is going to cost taxpayers alot of money.

A FELON CANNOT VOTE IN THE ELECTIONS ... HOW BOUT THAT !!!
BARACK THE VOTE AMERICA...

Request #1–denied. Request #2–denied. He might as well start walking on his "bridge to nowhere" and take a step off the edge. He is toast. I love watching Republicans self-destruct!!!

Typical republican, can't trust any of them.

Who else is getting kickbacks from oil companies. I want names Now!

Finally the good ol boy network is exposed. Nail him to the wall!!!

He is a small fry in the big Oil Mafia Crime Family. Compared to the crimes made by criminals in WH, he looks innocent and therefore pleads not guilty.

I hate Ted Stevens and all of the Republican corruption.

This Republican corruption is so characteristic of a party run by George Bush and John McCain.

I love Barack Obama!

Why of course he claims he's not guilty. He also thinks he's the Hulk.

GOP at its best! No wonder gas is so high. Our politicians must be held accountable.

I know that if I were to do what he did, I would lose my job and end up in jail. I hope that if the evidence proves that he knew what was going on and failed to report it, that he get nailed.

To the people of the great state of Alaska: I hope you really pick someone else in your Republican primary and kiss Uncle Ted good bye since he won't be seen for a while if convicted. He needs to understand that what he was doing was corruption and corruption of our very system that he was there to serve.

i dont understand the mental illness these losers have that allows them to live in a fantasy world where they are innocent of all of their crimes!

this guy is an ugly, greedy--and typical--republican! republicans commit the VAST majority of political and personal crimes; it's to the point now where if you hear someone is a republican you automatically know they are dishonest and possibly even criminal.

the current white house has destroyed the reputation of the republican party, so that they now have zero credibility. and john mccain is just more of the same republican cr@p!

Whatever happened to that Democratic congressman, who put all the money in the freezer, I bet it was more than$250,000.00
How come all the Republicans get indited and the lefty Democrates get away with much more crimes.
I tell you ,I have to admire the Dem's they stick with their crooks,
while the Republicans try to be so holy, and abandon their
co-hards
I feel bad about Stevens, he is an unbelievable Sen., and I am sure
he will be exonerated, and will be re-elected in Alaska, my prayers
will be with him.

THIS DOESN'T SURPRISE ME. THE DEMOCRAPS AND REPUBICANS ARE COVERING EACH OTHER'S INTERESTS. IT IS TIME PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR A THIRD PARTY CANDIDATE. THAT CANDIDATE SHOULD SHUCK BALDWIN OF THE CONSTITUTION PARTY. HE CARES ABOUT THE AMERICAN INTEREST. HE WILL SECURE THE BORDER AND BRING THE TWO BORDER PATROLMEN HOME. BARR OF THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY IS BACKED BY THE ACLU AND WANTS TO LEGALIZE DRUGS.

Of course he does just like the bush administration these power hungry extremist need to go away and give back the republican party to it's true base of fun loving hard working conservative Americans not these religious and greedy power hungry extremesits

HELLO AMERICA THIS IS WHAT YOUR TRUE PATRIOT LOOKS LIKE . THE BIG THIEF. AND HE 'S BEEN DOING IT FOR 36 YEARS . VERY GOOD AMERICA THIS IS YOU BEST MAN. WHEN WILL YOU SEE THE LIGHT. TAKE THE BAG OFF YOUR HEADS. MAYBE ITS TIME TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT LIKE OBAMA........

VOTE OBAMA.08

One by one all this corupt republicans will be exposed so far Karl Rove, larry the gay, Ted Stevens and counting.

PUMA.....

McCain & Neil Bush and the Keating Five and now Stevens see a trend anyone?

There is too much smoke around this guy for there to be no fire. Alaska politics is, I have read, crookeder than most states – which is saying a lot. I don't believe the Justice Dept would indict him unless they have the case to convict him. He and his lawyers surely presented the FBI with their best evidence and arguments during the investigation, yet he was indicted anyway.

Conservative voters, most of whom are otherwise decent people, have been hornswaggled, flim-flammed, sold down the river, and otherwise conned by their leadership. They have gotten NONE of the reforms they were promised when Conservatives ran both houses of Congress during the nineties. They got NONE of the reforms in the 2001-2006 period when Conservatives controlled all three branches of government. What they got was low wages, crappy benefits, bad schools, no job security, no retirement security, no flag burning amendment, no balanced budget, no gay marriage amendment, no victory in Iraq, no increase in veterans' benefits for the soldiers who have served so nobly in a misguided war, and a future that looks worse and worse.

When are you Conservative voters going to learn that you are being lied to by your leadership?

Good luck.

another fallen republican hahahaha what entertainment

Of course he's not guilty, the repugs have excuses for all of their wicked behavior.

He can plead all he wants, but he's not going to beat seven counts. He's just another typical old, GOP party member who has been dragged down by greed and manipulation. Send him out hunting with Cheney and plenty of ammunition.

Yeah, Ted...Not guitly. RIGHT! That's why all your fellow Repltilicans gave your PAC money to charity...

After living in Alaska for 7 years, I know he is a crook adn a thief. Never trusted him, never will!

Both parties have crooks. This has been so from the beginning. We can only hope that the people we elect will be above the garbage. They may be when new, but soon learn the truth of politics and power from the senior politicians. Some are smarter then others and can hide it better. We are only important in an election year. This has been the year for scandals...One politician after another guilty of sex,lies, and video tapes...

These Mc Same people are just so desperate...some much for things being different.

Once a man twice a child. Is it the old age or just another old politice MCcain is playing?

Why haven't him campaign about what he is goind to do and not to do for Americans?

Attacking Obama because McCain with his campaign staff have no new idea about how to help the economy .
Low wayward road will not win you election senator McCain.

He needs the court date moved up so that he can be pardoned before the [R]s lose the whitehouse.

Senator Stevens keep a cot warm for Rove – he's next!

Jail will be your new home "bridge to nowhere" man.

Be aware he was indicted a la Martha Stewart for fals estatement and not actually accused of whatever they were looking to try and pin on him? What ever happened to William Jefferson, the one with the cash in his freezer he picked up after Katrina with troop help?

Yeah, the defense wants the trial in Alaska because they figure they can intimidate or buy off enough jurors there to get Stevens off. You'd have to be an idiot to not look at the evidence thus far made public and not know the guy had been on the take. When an oil company pays for hundreds of thousands of dollars of work on your home, and then you push legislation favoring that company.... doesn't that look just a little shady? I'd love it if some oil company wanted to pay to remodel my house-- but, of course, I'm in no position to offer them anything more than a hardy "thanks guys". So I'm not expecting them to show up at my front door anytime soon.

Goes to show how low Republican politicians have sunk

He's still going to get his pension. So it doesn't matter what they do to him. They should give pensions to all felons, not just Congressmen and women.