Sen. Ted Stevens Indicted on Multiple Counts

Senator Ted Stevens (R-Obviously) of Alaska has been indicted on multiple felony counts today. I'll confess, while I knew that Stevens was clueless about the internet (a series of tubes!), and had bad ideas (bridge to nowhere), I had no idea he was this dirty. Or that he was eighty-four years old! Yikes. He'll be the elder statesman of the pokey, that's for sure.

For old time's sake: The Internet is a Series of Tubes!



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Stevens denies charges that he failed to disclose gifts

Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, at 84 the longest-serving Republican in the Senate and one of its most powerful members, was indicted Tuesday on seven felony counts alleging that he lied to conceal his acceptance of $250,000 in gifts and services from a now-defunct Alaska oil services and construction company. . .

Read more at: McClatchy

Ted Stevens: The Internet Is TUBES! Music Video

Photo from Wikipedia

Thanks to John Aravosis of AmericaBlog for the link to this hilarious video. You folks all remember Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK), don't you? He's the guy with all the pork spending for a bridge to nowhere. Need another hint? He's under investigation for all sorts of bad stuff. . . More? OK, he's the guy who was famous for saying that the internet was a series of tubes. His hilariously bad analogy is put to great effect in this video:

There's another great video covering the same ground with a different twist at AmericaBlog, at the link above.