What's Wrong With The Senate? #239

Well, Ted Stevens was convicted an entire month ago on 7 charges. He is a felon and no longer a Senator, which means he deserves a pardon.

“He has served this country for over 50 years,” said Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), a widely respected member of the Judiciary Committee. “I think most anybody would probably say, ‘Yeah, he should be [pardoned].’ I think most anybody would say it’s fair to say that.”

Actually, I think only your fucking assholes in the Senate would think that. Or maybe anyone who works in government for a few years, then is convicted of a crime, should be set free.

For Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), the case for a pardon for Stevens has already been laid out. It’s all right there in a letter that Stevens’ lawyers sent to Attorney General Michael Mukasey — one in which they laid out their allegations of prosecutorial misconduct before and during his trial.

Good peeps. Totally in touch with the nation.