‘Kristol Ball’ Breaks: Stevens Will ‘Hang On In Alaska,’ McCain Will Conquer The ‘Path To The Presidency’
‘Kristol Ball’ Breaks: Stevens Will ‘Hang On In Alaska,’ McCain Will Conquer The ‘Path To The Presidency’
Yesterday, Anchorage mayor Mark Begich was declared the winner in Alaska’s tight U.S. Senate race, defeating Ted Stevens’s hopes of coming back for a seventh term. Stevens conceded earlier today. A big part of Stevens’s downfall was his conviction in October on seven felony charges for making false statements.
This is a loss for Stevens, but it is also a loss for Fox’s beloved Kristol Ball. On election night, Bill Kristol bravely predicted not only would Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) win the presidency, but Stevens would win re-election to the Senate. He also dismissed Stevens’s ethics violations, calling them “seven counts of something-or-other”:
WALLACE: Bill? Your surprise for Election Night.
KRISTOL: Ted Stevens, the 40-year incumbent in Alaska, recently convicted of seven counts of something-or-other, hangs on in Alaska. The voters of Alaska are loyal to their man. They don’t believe some D.C. grand jury. (Laughter.) Stevens hangs on, which helps Republicans keep the Democratic margin in the Senate reasonable.
And of course, since John McCain is going to take that narrow path to the presidency, let me add, he’ll be there to stop that Democratic Congress with overwhelming majorities from doing all the damage –
Kristol acknowledged that Stevens was “behind a lot in the polls,” but said, “I just sense that the Alaskans might want to not take the word of a D.C. grand jury.” Watch it:
The Kristol Ball of course, has had a less-than-perfect record during this campaign season. Perhaps that’s because the man behind it is still trying to perfect a more elementary skill: fact-checking.
Transcript:
WALLACE: Bill? Your surprise for Election Night.
KRISTOL: Ted Stevens, the 40-year incumbent in Alaska, recently convicted of seven counts of something-or-other, hangs on in Alaska. The voters of Alaska are loyal to their man. They don’t believe some D.C. grand jury. (Laughter.) Stevens hangs on, which helps Republicans keep the Democratic margin in the Senate reasonable.
And of course, since John McCain is going to take that narrow path to the presidency, let me add, he’ll be there to stop that Democratic Congress with overwhelming majorities from doing all the damage –
WALLACE: And so he –
KRISTOL: — doing all the damage that Brit and Juan –
WALLACE: He doesn’t just quit right away. He stays in the Senate until his appeal is done?
KRISTOL: Yeah, I think so.
WALLACE: And if he wins, of course, he stays in –
KRISTOL: I mean, he’s behind a lot in the polls, but I just sense that the Alaskans might want to not take the word of a D.C. grand jury.
WILLIAMS: It wasn’t a grand jury. It was an actual jury!
KRISTOL: A D.C. jury.
LIASSON: A real jury!
KRISTOL: Okay, it was a petit — petit jury.
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Kristol lost his balls….er…..ball.
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November 19th, 2008 at 6:06 pmKristol never “loses.” He will simply ignore any contradiction between statements he’s made and the world of fact, and march forward unfazed, with perfect confidence. That is what they do. That is why they must be stopped.
With apologies to James Cameron:
November 19th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!
WRONG, BILLY! WRONG!!!!!
Friggin’ moron.
November 19th, 2008 at 6:14 pmYou know what that means – time for another newspaper to hire him.
November 19th, 2008 at 6:19 pmSurprise!! Kristol is ALWAYS wrong.
November 19th, 2008 at 6:21 pmWhy is Kristol still called a “pundit”? How can he still be paid for writing an opinion piece anywhere, when he has been so consistently wrong, about Iraq, the economy, the elections -you name the subject?
Why is he still given air time?
Oh, I know -it’s them darn librul media…
November 19th, 2008 at 6:21 pmi would like to break “kristol’s balls” using a forty pound sledgehammer
November 19th, 2008 at 6:21 pmIt always, well never, surprises me how quickly the right wing is to set aside our criminal justice system when it does not come to the conclusion they would prefer. One cannot simply set aside seven felony convictions as the opinion of a jury. Mr. Stevens will hopefully go to jail for his crimes the same as any other rightfully convicted felon in this country.
November 19th, 2008 at 6:22 pmKristol: ” The voters of Alaska are loyal to their man. They don’t believe some D.C. grand jury. “
Jeezus, he talks about a Grand frickin’ Jury as if it were some insignificant political pundit whose delusional pronouncements can be safely ignored.
November 19th, 2008 at 6:24 pmOy. I shoulda read the whole article. It was an ACTUAL jury, not a Grand Jury.
Serves me right for taking the word of William the Bloody on anything.
November 19th, 2008 at 6:25 pmi still can’t figure out why anyone would hire this bozo to be anything other than a rodeo clown these days.
November 19th, 2008 at 6:28 pmAnd one more thing: the “Kristol Ball” isn’t broken. That’s the way it has always operated.
November 19th, 2008 at 6:28 pmBill is the face of a defeated GOP. WATB who is constantly WRONG. Who here at TP would keep their jobs if you were wrong about facts as often as Kristol? Anyone? Bueller?
November 19th, 2008 at 6:30 pmOl’ Bloody Bill might just get himself kicked out of the club. Not so much because he’s so spectacularly wrong in his “predictions” but, because his fingerprints are all over the selection of Bible Spice.
November 19th, 2008 at 6:31 pmThe Kristol Ball of course, has had a less-than-perfect record during this campaign season
– - Bill Kristol was the template for George Constanza.
November 19th, 2008 at 6:35 pmThey don’t believe some D.C. grand jury.
~Kristol
As others have already pointed, Kristol is wrong on this one too (what a surprise, I know).
A Grand Jury is only convened to determine if there is enough evidence for the prosecution to move forward to a trial and, as such, do not deliver a verdict.
Stevens was found guilty of seven felony charges by a jury of his peers. The man is a convicted felon.
Maybe Kristol should invest a little money on a TV set and catch an episode or two of Law And Order. Sheesh…
November 19th, 2008 at 6:37 pmhopefull in the very near future ppl will be saying bill who???
November 19th, 2008 at 6:38 pmBill Kristol should cancel his subscription to the GOP Kool Aid of the Month club. He might need that money to buy a real job.
November 19th, 2008 at 6:40 pmOn a GOOD day little Billy gets the day of the week right
November 19th, 2008 at 6:42 pmIt’s amazing that anyone considers his opinion worthwhile.
November 19th, 2008 at 7:00 pmI guess we should be grateful that Kristol never stumbled on the trick of doing the opposite of whatever his instincts tell him.
November 19th, 2008 at 7:11 pmHas anyone been so f-ing wrong on every count & still get employed by the NY times ???f-ing shocking.The guy has never been right on anything & that’s being generous.
November 19th, 2008 at 7:27 pmWhat a maroon. Lifetime average stays at .000
November 19th, 2008 at 7:37 pmBill’s a shill. He ain’t playing piano. He’s out front inviting customers in.
November 19th, 2008 at 8:07 pmHas he ever been right on anything? His flawed reasoning was so obvious with BibleSpice, Ted Stevens, McDrain,.. I could go on and on—and apparently so could he:(
November 19th, 2008 at 8:14 pmEveryone is wrong once in a while, but Kristol is wrong 95 percent of the time!
William Kristol is the Joe Shilabotnik of punditry.
Now, a brand new shiny dime for anyone who gets that obscure reference.
November 19th, 2008 at 8:17 pmBill Kristol is living proof that God does have a sense of humor.
November 19th, 2008 at 8:23 pmKristol Ball of course, has had a less-than-perfect record
What do you mean? He has a perfect record….he is always wrong.
November 19th, 2008 at 8:28 pmWell, the Swami Kristol’s ball needs a fixin. He must be in a time warp: “Stevens will hang on in Alaska?” lol And I guess mice bark.
November 19th, 2008 at 8:32 pmKristol is quickly challenging Barnes for the “Man Who Is Always Wrong” title. Come’on Bill get a grip or stop drinking so much.
November 19th, 2008 at 8:33 pmJaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin Says:
Everyone is wrong once in a while, but Kristol is wrong 95 percent of the time!
William Kristol is the Joe Shilabotnik of punditry.
Now, a brand new shiny dime for anyone who gets that obscure reference.
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I dont get it unless you mean Joe Shlabotnic
November 19th, 2008 at 9:34 pmAll the repug talking heads are wrong, they will fizzle out faster than generic soda.
I can’t hardly wait.
November 19th, 2008 at 9:35 pmActually, Kristol is never wrong. He has just gone from being right to being more right. It he keeps going, he is going to be with the radical right! ha ha ha
November 19th, 2008 at 9:51 pmWell, I, for one, haven’t been referring to him for months as Broken-Kristol Ball for nothing. He must be one of the stupidest people ever to acquire a Harvard Ph.D.
November 19th, 2008 at 10:26 pmBloody Billy was wrong about Iraq and he has been wrong about everything he has communicated about for the past eight years. Someone please tell me why he would be considered relevant to anything or anybody.
November 19th, 2008 at 10:54 pmWe both spelled it wrong. It’s Joe Shlabotnik, Charlie Brown’s favorite baseball player who batter .004. That’s about Kristol’s batting average on predictions.
November 19th, 2008 at 11:01 pmHey Billy you twatwad, how is that Thousand year 4th Reich working out for ya? I mean that PNAC was such a smashing success. Yeah it smashed the Constituion.
ARREST, TRY and HANG Bill Kristol along with the other traitors in the cabal.
November 20th, 2008 at 12:09 amCan we all forget about Kristol now? Not like he has any credibility….or ever did.
November 20th, 2008 at 12:38 amBill K is merely the lipstick which was applied to the pig(s).
November 20th, 2008 at 1:36 amKristol: ALWAYS wrong ALL the time.
Fire his ass. Now.
November 20th, 2008 at 12:55 pmAt least the voters of Alaska came out on the right side of this one. Check out this funny Palin McCain parody:
November 22nd, 2008 at 11:29 amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv9bvrN1QMU
Actually check out this one:
November 22nd, 2008 at 11:39 amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj9JtcbFuzk