Sen. Stevens worried about his ‘employment potential.’
By on Jul 9th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
Sen. Stevens worried about his ‘employment potential.’
The FBI is currently questioning Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) as part of “a public corruption investigation that has led to charges against state lawmakers and contractors.” The AP reports today that Stevens, who is 83 years old, is worried that it may hamper his re-election efforts:
The worst thing about this investigation is that it does change your life in terms of employment potential. It doesn’t matter what anyone says, it does shake you up. If this is still hanging around a year from November, it could cause me some trouble.
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I think my local supermarket is hiring elderly baggers, Mr. Stevens… can you be trusted with people’s groceries with those sticky fingers of yours?
July 9th, 2007 at 4:49 pmAw go on, retire ya old coot.
July 9th, 2007 at 4:51 pmLive on your ill-gotten gains.
You probably won’t live long anyway….
Retire you old bag, you’ve ripped off the taxpayer long enough.
July 9th, 2007 at 4:51 pmHere’s a shovel, start digging.
July 9th, 2007 at 4:55 pmFound in Webster under Narcissism between Nad and Nitwit.
July 9th, 2007 at 4:55 pmStevens, who is 83 years old, is worried that it may hamper his re-election efforts:
What? He needs the money?
July 9th, 2007 at 4:56 pmGot kids that need to be put through college? Oh! Or is this ‘re’election’ thing a sense of civic duty (doodie)?
At 83, I willing to bet even money Stevens isn’t alive by next November.
July 9th, 2007 at 4:58 pmMcDonald’s is offering McJobs to anyone.
Peace!
July 9th, 2007 at 5:03 pmPJ
Taking our country back one district, state, region at a time!
Al Franken outraised his GOP rival.
One step at righting (no pun intended) our country.
GOD BLESS AMERICA…we might just get our collective conscience and respect back!
July 9th, 2007 at 5:07 pmI’m cryin’ on the inside.
July 9th, 2007 at 5:07 pmWalmart needs greeters, even if they’re wearing orange jump suits.
July 9th, 2007 at 5:07 pmThe guy will be getting a gold-plated pension, so I’m not crying.
July 9th, 2007 at 5:09 pmThe truly sad thing is that, given Alaska’s track record, even if this neanderthal doesn’t run, Alaska will elect a clone to replace him. Look at Lisa Murkowski and the despicable Don Young if you dont believe that comment.
July 9th, 2007 at 5:10 pmNo one would hire you anyway, you’re too freaking old.
What? Employment discrimination? Oh sorry, your party did away with that along with the rest of our rights.
July 9th, 2007 at 5:18 pmYou know what else hurts your employment potential as a public servant? Abusing the trust the public has placed in you.
It isn’t all this nonsense about the investigation. That just reveals it.
July 9th, 2007 at 5:20 pmHe can always get a job as a Wallmart door greeter, LOL
July 9th, 2007 at 5:22 pmDude – you’re 82 and surely you’ve stolen enough money to retire on.
July 9th, 2007 at 5:25 pmBeing in prison, Senator Stevens, will definitely hamper your “employment potential” don’t you think?
July 9th, 2007 at 5:27 pmteddy bear isn’t all there, and he isn’t alone. He is just like every other member of congress, and this statement is proof his ego just isn’t going to let reality get in the way. what is important to him?
being elected, campaign contributions, being elected, and more than anything, earmarks and the bribes, and did I mention being elected?
when we form the new government, can accountability be a major criminal aspect of our new laws? right now it is a joke with such synonyms as “decorum” “they all do it” “I did nothing wrong” “I am not sorry for anything”
elected officials need to understand that the actions that those they are replacing are now about 80% capital offenses, and that there is no appeal.
I wonder if any of our tax money goes to programs that real people care about? I would like to vote that the government begins free health care with my money. I will even pay it as tax. Does anyone have a problem with this?
time to end crimes against us
July 9th, 2007 at 5:28 pm*sniff*
July 9th, 2007 at 5:33 pmYeah, old Mr. Stevens might find it a bit harder to get elected when he’s sitting in a jail cell.
July 9th, 2007 at 5:42 pm**tiny violin playing for the Tedster**
July 9th, 2007 at 5:43 pmyou can always get work at the bridge to nowhere…taking tolls.
July 9th, 2007 at 5:44 pmIt’s a Coot Off!
“Ted Stevens. I wish I could Quit you.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmY1g9dAfx8
July 9th, 2007 at 5:53 pmI’m sure the Anchorage Wal-Mart would be happy to give a friend like Ted Stevens a job as a greeter!
Of course, he wouldn’t get health care, a living wage, or the right to collective bargaining, but as a conservative he doesn’t believe in those things anyway, so when do you want to start, Ted?
July 9th, 2007 at 6:02 pm25. Comment by War4Sale
Ted Stevens as a Greeter at Wal Mart.. “Can you tell where…”
“NO!”
July 9th, 2007 at 6:07 pmAs if Senators don’t have one of the best retirement deals.
July 9th, 2007 at 6:09 pmMaybe he will just have to go out and sniffle at the site of his “bridge to nowhere” and rub his hands lovingly over the plague engraved with his name and remember the Good Ol’ Days when being a crook and Chief of the Internets” was an honorable profession.
July 9th, 2007 at 6:10 pmGet em’ … he’s dirty… i know it
July 9th, 2007 at 6:14 pmPerhaps Obama should be worried about his employment potential after this gaffe.
Obama tells teachers public schools should consider merit pay
http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/144499.html
He might be OK in Illinois thanks to his ethanol tariff, but the rest of the nation? There goes the union checks!
July 9th, 2007 at 6:29 pmWhen he’s out of a job next year, he can go to work for the internets and work with all those tubes that clog up the emails.
At age 83, this millionaire is still looking to increase his millions on the public dollar. Let him find real work if that’s how he wants to spend his last days.
July 9th, 2007 at 7:16 pmTed Stevens as a Greeter at Wal Mart.. “Can you tell where…â€
“NO!â€
Comment by willyloman — July 9, 2007 @ 6:07 pm
LOL! He could work at Wal-mart as a double agent for Sam’s Club!
July 9th, 2007 at 7:22 pmActually, Williams was worried about his employment potential before he was investigated, so he took the kickbacks pre-emptively as a purely “defensive” measure!
July 9th, 2007 at 7:28 pmStrange, m12, I read the Obama piece and, although it talks about merit pay, what Obama describes is not pay based on test scores but pay based on teaching certain subjects or taking on extra duties.
Again, this is where Obama outclasses the partisan rivalry; he takes a idea from the other side and reworks it. He builds bridges. And I’m pretty sure you’ve never belonged to a union, m12, because unions have often gone for the kind of “merit” pay Obama described.
July 9th, 2007 at 7:41 pmHe’s worried about the investigation ?!!?? Aren’t there other more problematic ‘I’ words for a man in his condition like incompetence, irritability, incontinence?…oh, wait, he’s a Republican; these are preferred traits. Stevens for President ‘08!
July 9th, 2007 at 8:00 pmHe’s 83! Geez. He should kiss the earth every day that he’s still alive! Who care about being in politics?
July 9th, 2007 at 8:47 pm#34
You can believe that as much as you like….english and history teachers are going to be in uproar.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:03 pmIf Stevens broke the law, then he has plenty to worry about. He has been in the Senate too long. He can no longer serve if he doesn’t even know what the Internet actually is. It is certainly not a “series of tubes”.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:06 pmSome jobs open at the salmon cannery, but it’s seasonal. Maybe he could set chokers for a logging show.
July 9th, 2007 at 11:24 pmThese people think they’re going to live forever. Must be a side effect from all that Kool-Aide.
July 9th, 2007 at 11:30 pmHe’ll do fine, making license plates or folding laundry.
July 9th, 2007 at 11:56 pmBeing in prison, Senator Stevens, will definitely hamper your “employment potential†don’t you think?
Comment by shane — July 9, 2007 @ 5:27 pm
Don’t some of the prisons offer job training? I once saw something on CNN about prisoners being trained to be cat and dog groomers. Those who succeeded with the work usually stayed out of trouble thereafter, and it also their grooming improved the animals’ chances of getting adopted.
July 10th, 2007 at 2:19 amOf course, Stevens could also learn to clean toilets, etc.
He could get a job fixing the tubes in the Internet!
July 10th, 2007 at 11:44 am