It is amazing how quick they are to throw you under the bus (although he has no one to blame but himself) in Washington. All for some home improvements and a nice gas grille...sad.
From Politico.com
Senate leaders start returning Stevens PAC money
Now the Senate's top leaders have started to distance themselves from Ted Stevens.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Conference Vice Chairman John Cornyn (R-Texas) have both donated to charity $10,000 they received from Stevens' Northern Lights Political Action Committee, according to Politico sources. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) is also planning to unload Stevens' money to a charity.
It's a sign that even though the official GOP stance is that Stevens should have his day in court, they don't want to be associated with him or his money at this time.
Virtually every politically vulnerable Republican senator has donated or is planning to donate Stevens PAC money to home state charities, including Sens. Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina, Susan Collins of Maine, Pat Roberts of Kansas, John Sununu of New Hampshire and Gordon Smith of Oregon.
McConnell's move, confirmed by campaign aide Scott Jennings, is most significant because he is the Senate minority leader, and his message is representative of where the GOP Senate Conference stands as a whole. McConnell is also up for re-election and is facing a well-funded challenger, Bruce Lundsford.
McConnell donated $10,000 to the Wayside Christian Mission, the same charity McConnell donated money that came from disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Other senators have chosen similar local charities as a way to offload the Stevens money.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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I have met Senator Stevens when I was in DC working on a Fed Agency contract for Alaska. His staff and the circumstances made it clear that nothing happened in Alaska without his sign off.
He has been in power too long. That whole state lives off Federal money tied to the oil.
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