Ted Stevens, former Senator from Alaska dies in plane crash.

[Freya]

According to CBS News, MSNBC, Fox, Yahoo, and many other sources, former Alaskan Senator who introduced the term "a series of tubes" to the innernets, has been killed in a plane crash in Aleknagik, Alaska.
Also on the plane was a former NASA administrator, Sean O'Keefe, who's condition seems to be unknown at the moment, along with seven other people, at least four of whom also died.

Sending out comforting energies for the families of those killed, and wishing the best for those injured.

[NeilUnreal]

[Da Blonde]

Stevens was essentially a good egg for a conservative Republican. I believe he actually may have voted against both Clinton impeachment articles, but he did vote against one at least. He had the misfortune to be running his last race as a quite elderly and out of touch incumbent in an anti-incumbent year and to have been between his beribery conviction and its reversal. However, he showed well how he loved Alaska and brough the bacon home there.

Unfortunately he will be known for his assertion "the internet is made of a series of tubes" and as such an anachronism, but, he represented his state well for 40 years. Someday we'll be old and out of touch too.

[Kelp]

Despite his foibles toward the end, without him Alaska would be in a lot worse shape than it is today. He truly did so much for our schools, roads, and infrastructure in general. Memory eternal.

My prayers for his family and the others.

[Darth Executor]

Stevens was essentially a good egg for a conservative Republican. I believe he actually may have voted against both Clinton impeachment articles, but he did vote against one at least.

Your standard for what constitutes a good egg is pretty... interesting.

[Da Blonde]

Your standard for what constitutes a good egg is pretty... interesting.

Please explain what you meant. I suppose to me any Senator who voted to convict Clinton on both articles of impeachment would be a "bad egg," but that's hardly remarkable. I'm not sure, but I believe the usual liberal Republicans, Snowe, Collins, and Specter (then a Republican), voted no on both, and enough moderates voted no on one of the other for the express purpose of insuring there was a bipartisan cast to the no votes. There never was a serious effort to impeach him; it was just political posturing from the get-go. Why do you find my position "interesting"?

[RumTumTugger]

Please explain what you meant. I suppose to me any Senator who voted to convict Clinton on both articles of impeachment would be a "bad egg," but that's hardly remarkable. I'm not sure, but I believe the usual liberal Republicans, Snowe, Collins, and Specter (then a Republican), voted no on both, and enough moderates voted no on one of the other for the express purpose of insuring there was a bipartisan cast to the no votes. There never was a serious effort to impeach him; it was just political posturing from the get-go. Why do you find my position "interesting"?

I suspect it is because of your habit in the past of trying to label people wrongly because they disagreed with your view point.

[Da Blonde]

I suspect it is because of your habit in the past of trying to label people wrongly because they disagreed with your view point.

That only is the perception of the confused. Ted Stevens was a "good egg" despite our disagreements. He was like an ambassador for Alaskans in DC, and certainly a much better one than the erstwhile half-term Governor they recently had.

[RumTumTugger]

That only is the perception of the confused. Ted Stevens was a "good egg" despite our disagreements. He was like an ambassador for Alaskans in DC, and certainly a much better one than the erstwhile half-term Governor they recently had.

You are the only one that is confused you have always been confused so confused that when you were last here you falsely accused one of the sweetest persons on this board of wanting to harm your family just because she disagreed with you.

but that is another subject so I wont' post anymore derailing posts here.


I"m praying for the Senator's family.

[Da Blonde]

You are the only one that is confused you have always been confused so confused that when you were last here you falsely accused one of the sweetest persons on this board of wanting to harm your family just because she disagreed with you.

but that is another subject so I wont' post anymore derailing posts here.


I"m praying for the Senator's family.

I see your bullying manner has not changed.

[Jaltus]

To be fair, Palin had the highest approval ratings in Alaskan history until she was picked for the VP slot. then partisan hacks got involved. Otherwise, her approval was over 85%. Stevens at his best was in the low 70s.

So if you asked Alaskans before the VP pick, nearly everyone would have said that Palin was better than Stevens, though not by much.

[Da Blonde]

To be fair, Palin had the highest approval ratings in Alaskan history until she was picked for the VP slot. then partisan hacks got involved. Otherwise, her approval was over 85%. Stevens at his best was in the low 70s.

So if you asked Alaskans before the VP pick, nearly everyone would have said that Palin was better than Stevens, though not by much.

That does not necessarily follow. Stevens brought home the bacon to Alaska. Palin's primary contribution to the local economy has been due to tabloid reporters and papperazi jetting up to Anchorage and taking a puddle jumper over to Wasilla hoping to get a shot of Bristol shooting the finger or of Trig with boogers coming out of his nose. The comparison is one of apples and oranges. To compare the two, the question would have to be phrased "what's better, a Senator who brings projects and federal money to Alaska or a Governor who misuses her office and commits fiduciary improprieties?"

[jgarden]

Unfortunately Stevens will be remembered by the American public as the politician associated with that infamous "bridge to nowhere!"

[Darth Executor]

That does not necessarily follow. Stevens brought home the bacon to Alaska.

"Bringing home the bacon" is one of the main culprits for the deficit.

[Individualist]

Stevens was essentially a good egg for a conservative Republican. I believe he actually may have voted against both Clinton impeachment articles, but he did vote against one at least. He had the misfortune to be running his last race as a quite elderly and out of touch incumbent in an anti-incumbent year and to have been between his beribery conviction and its reversal. However, he showed well how he loved Alaska and brough the bacon home there.

Unfortunately he will be known for his assertion "the internet is made of a series of tubes" and as such an anachronism, but, he represented his state well for 40 years. Someday we'll be old and out of touch too.

Actually, I never heard of his assertion about the internet, so maybe it's not as associated with him as you think. Why would you consider "bringing home the bacon" to be a good thing?