I may have been too kind to Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) the other day, when I jokingly interpreted a CNN headline as him claiming to have been "vindicated" by a federal jury convicting him of seven counts of corruption. But no, he's going there, claiming that he has "not been convicted yet", a point he reiterated in a debate with Democratic candidate Mark Begich: "I have not been convicted of anything."
It's like Alaska politicians don't even comprehend the meaning of investigation. First Gov. Palin, and now this? It's utterly bizarre.
Alaskan Dave Noon translates for the rest of us lowlanders.
Apparently they dont recognize jurisdiction over him. Alaskans may only be tried in alaska by alaskans or else that trial is illegitimate? Before this election had had never realized just how different things are up there.
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