Rep. Don Young: Stevens was convicted because D.C. residents ‘don’t look favorably on the Congress.’
Rep. Don Young: Stevens was convicted because D.C. residents ‘don’t look favorably on the Congress.’
Reacting to the conviction of Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK), Rep. Don Young (R-AK) repeatedly insisted that the trial was invalid because “there’s no way this is a jury of his peers.” Young may have been alluding to the fact that the jury was comprised mostly of African Americans, though he later declared his objection to the jury because they were D.C. residents who had an automatic bias against members of Congress:
You have to understand that this was not a jury of his peers. It was in Washington, D.C. , which most people in Washington, D.C., don’t look very favorably on the Congress because we run them. I don’t know why anybody didn’t bring that out. They’re not a self-governing city like they say they are. We actually make decisions for them. Makes us very, very suspicious.
Of course, no one in D.C. would claim to be a self-governing city; that’s why obtaining a full-voting congressional representative is so important. However, House and Senate conservatives — including both Young and Stevens — have blocked measures affording D.C. residents full representation.
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I’ll bet if it were a Democratic Senator the trial would have been viewed as “more than fair” by Rep. Young…
October 28th, 2008 at 12:28 pmRepublicans have no idea how creepy they are, do they?
October 28th, 2008 at 12:30 pmMaybe we could have sent him to Russia for his trial. After all, he can see Russia now that he has a two story, ahem, cabin.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:30 pmSo committing a crime isn’t a crime if your a Republican Senator. Now that is interesting as we’ll see more like Stevens convicted in the future. What’s in Rep. King’s closet?
October 28th, 2008 at 12:30 pmWell, he’d like to say it and truly speak his mind but then that damned liberal media would go and do something unfair and liberal-like like actually REPORT his comments and then people would be pissed off, just like they were with poor ol’ Nancy Pfotenhauer. He’s just trying to avoid a liberal witchhunt.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:30 pmI think Rep. Young has just seen that for all the clout that Stevens had, he still got convicted… what hope does he have when its his turn??
October 28th, 2008 at 12:32 pmAnd yet Stevens’ lawyers agreed to seat all jurors. Quite b*tching and face the music.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:33 pmBad new Don. By the time you are indicted next year there will be even fewer Republicans in the DC jury pool. Perhaps you and Ted can share a cell to nowhere at Club Fed.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:33 pmThere’s no doubt someone ripped out Steven’s heart and ate it before his eyes.
A soulless, angry, horrendous human to the core.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:33 pmMaybe he should check with his allies over at RedState, who posted an article asking Alaskans not to vote for Stevens or Young. They’re endorsing a Democrat?
October 28th, 2008 at 12:36 pm“Rep. Don Young: Stevens was convicted because D.C. residents ‘don’t look favorably on the Congress.’
lol Got to love the comment by King of Pork Young. The criminal is sticking up to the criminal and convicted felon Ted. Two birds flock like a feather.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:36 pmNo Stevens was convicted because he’s an idiot. He then called out the judicial system; well guess what you’re a senator, part of your job is to ensure “due process of law.” Does that then mean you are unqualified?
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Is the milk they’re holding symbolic of how Alaska milks all of us?
Anyone know how Young’s campaign numbers look like?
October 28th, 2008 at 12:43 pmDespite being down on DC residents, Stevens himself is one. He owns a house in a very expensive neighborhood in Upper Northwest DC.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:43 pm“Law and Order” Republicans.
**eyes rolling**
October 28th, 2008 at 12:44 pmYoung: “…most people in Washington, D.C., don’t look very favorably on the Congress because we run them.”
how quaint
October 28th, 2008 at 12:46 pmYoungs makes a good point. It was not a jury of his peers, but I don’t know of any place other than Alaska where you could find enough corrupt politicians to fill a jury box. The law is the law. He should have committed more crimes in an Alaskan district.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:48 pmDr. Hussein Matt Says:
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I’m surprised he didn’t call the residents of D.C. “communists” and “not real Americans”.
I think he was calling them “Africans” and “not real Americans”.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:49 pmActually Don, most people in Washington, D.C., don’t look very favorably on the Congress because they see you are corrupt… like convicted felon Ted Stevens, for instance.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:50 pmA judge would have vacated an unsubstantiated verdict.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:50 pmJust curious, when does the investigation of Don Young get under way?
October 28th, 2008 at 12:50 pmAnd of course he was, you know, GUILTY!
October 28th, 2008 at 12:52 pmWhen does Young’s trial start?
October 28th, 2008 at 12:52 pmWhatever, Don. You’re next, you old freak.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:55 pmEven if Young never makes it to trial, he’ll be far away from the D.C. residents he disdains so greatly.
Polls have him trailing Berkowitz by 6
October 28th, 2008 at 12:56 pmStevens was convicted because he is corrupt and a crook. Don Young should consider his own future is such matters. There is only one place for these corrupt politicians; it is in the general population of a real prison.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:56 pmYou have to understand that this was not a jury of his peers. It was in Washington, D.C. , which most people in Washington, D.C., don’t look very favorably on the Congress because we run them. I don’t know why anybody didn’t bring that out. They’re not a self-governing city like they say they are. We actually make decisions for them. Makes us very, very suspicious.
The only thing you run , you smug , stupid , sonofab!tch , is your idiotic mouth…….
You work for US , jerkoff ; that means ALL OF US , and not the “real America” parts that the McDepends camp contends exists …………..
October 28th, 2008 at 12:57 pmI think Young is trying to say that corrupt Republicans never get convicted in Alaska.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:59 pmwell, i must say, an alaska jury would have made it sweeter…
October 28th, 2008 at 12:59 pmjust sayin’…
Stevens was convicted because D.C. residents ‘don’t look favorably on the Congress.’
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Um, no — I think Stevens was convicted because the evidence showed he was guilty. Why can’t these people understand that sometimes a cigar is just a cigar (and a guilty verdict is due to actual guilt instead of an agenda)?
October 28th, 2008 at 1:03 pmThe people of DC may not trust Stevens, but Colin Powell sure did:
http://www.adn.com/news/politics/fbi/stevens/story/551875.html
October 28th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Rep. Young is the next one going down. He’s go his own legal difficulties:
In April 2008, top Senate Democrats and Republicans supported asking the Justice Department for a criminal investigation of the $10 million earmark. Young’s staff acknowledged that aides “corrected” the earmark just before it went to the White House for President Bush’s signature, specifying that the money would go to the proposed highway interchange project. Young said that the project was entirely worthy of an earmark and that he welcomed any inquiry, a spokeswoman said. Young’s office said that presentations made by Florida Gulf Coast University officials and the developers proved the case for the project.
Federal investigation
On July 24, 2007, the Wall Street Journal reported that Young was under federal investigation for possibly taking bribes, illegal gratuities or unreported gifts from VECO Corporation, an Anchorage-based company. The top two executives of that company have already pleaded guilty to bribing members of the Alaska legislature.The Journal said a Veco executive held fundraisers called “the Pig Roast” for Young every August for ten years. Between 1996 and 2006, Young received $157,000 from Veco employees and its political action committee. In the first half of 2007, Young spent more than $250,000 of campaign contributions for legal fees.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Young#Federal_investigation
October 28th, 2008 at 1:05 pm“Maybe he should check with his allies over at RedState, who posted an article asking Alaskans not to vote for Stevens or Young. They’re endorsing a Democrat?”
The comments on that article over there are hilarious because they’re patting themselves on the back for making a (self-interest based) stand against a Republican and claiming that they’ve never heard any Democrats on their site making such a bold stance against Jefferson… uh… maybe they would if they didn’t ban them all.
Too funny.
October 28th, 2008 at 1:06 pm“You have to understand that this was not a jury of his peers.”
Are convicted felons allowed to serve as jurors?
BTW, what are they drinking? Moose milk?
October 28th, 2008 at 1:10 pmmisshusseinmolly Says:
Why can’t these people understand that sometimes a cigar is just a cigar (and a guilty verdict is due to actual guilt instead of an agenda)?
October 28th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
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Because the only campaign strategy they have left that can keep them in the White House is convincing enough Americans that black people aren’t “real Americans” and a vote for a black man will put “real America” at risk.
October 28th, 2008 at 1:11 pm“You have to understand that this was not a jury of his peers.”
Yeah, it can’t be that hard to find 12 corrupt Alaska Republicans in Washington DC, can it?
October 28th, 2008 at 1:14 pmDr. Hussein Matt Says:
Lynn Samuels?
Is this RepublicansHateFacts alter ego?
October 28th, 2008 at 1:37 pmLividLib Says:
BTW, what are they drinking? Moose milk?
Either that or pureed polar bear.
October 28th, 2008 at 1:49 pm39&40 I have never met anyone who can listen to Lynn Samuels for more than five minutes without becoming ill resorting to violence towards their radio, I am convinced she is Repuke only employed to inflame the progressives.
October 28th, 2008 at 1:57 pmJust my humble opinion
Dear Don,
Although it’s true that D.C. residents “don’t look favorably on the Congress,” more importantly, they don’t favorably on cheap crooks.
Please memorize. You will be tested later.
October 28th, 2008 at 2:13 pmCouldn’t he have chosen a bench trial instead of a jury trial?
October 28th, 2008 at 2:17 pmWhat does he expect – a jury composed of oil company executives? D.C. is the jurisdiction, that’s where it gets decided. Period. If one were to rule the verdict unfair on those grounds, then no sitting Senator could ever be indicted for anyth – oh wait, I get it now.
October 28th, 2008 at 2:39 pmSo they think Stevens should have had a “jury of his peers” meaning that everyone on the jury had to be a rich old white man?
October 28th, 2008 at 2:43 pmMake a note of it, Republican from the same state pleads Stevens as innocent. Wonder if there is some collusion in the background ? Some common dirt ?
October 28th, 2008 at 3:33 pmROFL
Perhaps, he would feel more secure with his future cell mates, prison guards, and other white collar convicts in the box.
October 28th, 2008 at 4:56 pm