McCain — But Not His Running Mate — Clearly Calls for Stevens to Step Down

Yes it is odd. We are all still waiting for democrats to ask Mr. Jefferson to resign. Of course his doings seem to have vanished from view. I say Stevens, Jefferson and the many who helped this mortgage meltdown would all make wonderful bunk mates in a nice federal prison.

What gives is that Palin is clearly looking out for herself and her political future, since Stevens is still quite popular in Alaska for bringing home the bacon, or, rather, the earmarks like the famous “Bridge to Nowhere.” She obviously doesn’t want to alienate the Alaskan voters who still like Stevens because they’ll help determine her own future! So she’ll continue to waffle as she’s done so well before!

EMPTY SUITE…he needs to ask his VP to step down also.

She hopes that Stevens can still win then he steps down and she can appoint a Republican.

Palin won’t utter those words because she knows that “if” he wins, when he is ousted by the Senate, she’ll be able to appoint one of her cronies to replace him. Simple.

Michelle
she made a statement yesterday before Mccain
and didn’t ask him to resign.

This is SO old: “when he is ousted by the Senate, she’ll be able to appoint one of her cronies to replace him.”
You underestimate her ambition. If Stevens is ousted, his seat would be filled by a special election. Now, do you think Palin might be willing to run and get a few years of federal senate time to shore up her very thin resume? Where has she seen that work devastatingly well before?

Why doesnt he have Sara step down for abusing power and violating Ethic Laws?

oops. Before someone else corrects my spelling.
“some of you probably don’t even thinK she breathes correctly.” (she = Palin)

Palin is far from a reformer.
Troopergate, House Gate, Pipeline Gate, close ties to Senator Stevens.
Palin turned away Independents and moderate Republicans. She destroyed McCain’s chances.

You think Hannity or Greta will ask her the question directly on the FIX Palin station in the next ongoing scripted interview?

Michelle
she spoke first…ahead of mccain
yet she did not condemn the action of a relationship that is much closer to her than Mccain
Mccain and Stevens have never gotten along… but Palin and Stevens are two peas in a pod.
She should have said nothing and not released a statement or actually said the right thing.
She is hands down…clearly…beyond a reasonable doubt …thw worst choice to be the back up president of the united States that we have ever seen…including Cheney and Quayle
she makes Quayle look like Winston Churchill
and Cheney look logical.

jhw
btw, I’m not arguing with you, I just can’t recall a similar situation with any Gov. So, I’m just wondering what you mean. Perhaps I’m just too distracted this morning with other things to recall.

okay poople, time for a reality check. first of all, it doesnt matter what politicians say, they all “lie” in one way or another. second, they “spin” what they dont lie about. and third, notmmater what you heard or read from the media about your candidate or the other one, the comments are distortions of reality. unless you(underlined and italisized!) actually see an original document before they get hold of it, or have an actual tape of any conversation, you are being lied to. end of story. thats what politicians do, they bend the truth to get what they want, just like the rest of us. nobody does the right thing all the time, we all have interests and we all like to win. so stop wasting time on he said/she said………………nobody “know” anything or what anyone will do once in office………………..

Tina & Michelle
No she’s not the top of the ticket, but she did speak before McCain.
Regardless, in her role as Gov. of the state he represents, she has an obligation to speak, no matter what her place on the ticket. She also should be asking for him to step down because it is in the best interest of the people she represents as Gov. It is not in their best interest for him to continue because if he is re-elected, and then ousted, there will be a problem for the residents of Alaska in representation that will have to be resolved.

anyone really believe that stevens told the untouched up truth in his trial, mccain has used only the facts, and that obama did too? i dont think so. all we can do is the best we can wiht the info we are given, and filter as much of the garbage out of it. the truth is that once someone gets elected, he will have to get all these wonderful promises through congress, and that is the real trick. they will have to compromise (read: horse trade) to get what they want and therein lies the problem…………..gotta make a deal to get anything done……and this is not new. deals have been made since before barabas………look it up……..and will always. the world is full of people, people are self serving(my crow is the ……), people are idiots. its just a shame we are all people. stop dreaming and do your job the best you can and you can only hope others will too……………

and b. democrat, that is my point. they will compromise away the baby for the bathwater because its what they need to get elected next time………this government is not in the business of doing the right thing all the time, just the necessary thing to get elected all of the time.

This just shows the sad state of our republican party. McCain in a desperate political stunt asks one of the corrupt friends to step down, yet his running mate who happens to be governor of the corrupt state of Alaska will not. She will not even answer if she is still voting for this crook. Then again she was found guilty of ethics violations herself, so what do you expect.

Concerned,
You must not have been reading the news yesterday when the conviction came down. She did speak out after the conviction while she was in Roanoke VA, but did not call for his resignation. She simply stated that she hoped he would do the “right thing for the State of Alaska.”
I didn’t expect her to say anything prior to the end of the trial. It would have been inappropriate and she didn’t.

Jake you are way off on this one. No way Palin could have made this call before McCain did. Would have made him look very bad.

Why would she call for him to resign or say anything negative when there is still the possibility that he could appeal the conviction and get it overturned? He would then return as the Senator from Alaska to work with a Governor that called on him to resign.
Yeah…that would work well.

really, why are we wasting time making the calls for what some one else should have done, might have done, did or did not? each move they make is a calculated move to get “you” to vote for them or get you to join “their” side of the discussion. thats all. means next to nothing but blinds us to the simple truth that its election time, and they will say anything(and often deny it later), bend anything o spin anything to get YOU on THEIR side. makes them feel important that they can sway others to a certain point of view………….

oh good one bob. lets now just make up stuff. if its true, show us the document, dont throw out more rumors………the politicians do enough of that for us all…………….

” . . I hope that my colleagues in the Senate will be spurred by these events to redouble their efforts to end this kind of corruption once and for all,” said McCain.
Well h*ll, he certainly ought to know all about corruption since he was so corrupt in the Keating S&L scandal, but no one called for him to step down. Being as he has always disliked Stevens [for his excessive and extravant earmarks], it’s quite easy for him to speak up and tell the Senate to oust Stevens.
Let’s hear more from Palin, but for some reason, she won’t utter another jumbled sentence in this regard. This is so far behind her now, she has no concerns except for victory [even if she has to share it with the old man]next Tuesday. And if not then, hopefully in 2012 – her small and simple brain is racing at the thought.

lets face it, we have to vote for the people that have the “blind ambition” because they will run, someone has to. but thats not us. we just have opinions, and we know that everyone has one of those……..just like other parts. i am not so upset by the politicians running for office as i am by the sheep that hear a nice turn of phrase, or a bit of pork for their particular bowl of soup and then just jump at it. but really we are no different than the politicians, there are things we want and we compromise to get them…………….be they less taxes or more free giveaways……………

LOL, funny how McBush wants Stevens to step down for just taking a little money under the table (like ALL politicians do) yet he stands behind Dictator Bush who is clearly the biggest War Criminal of ALL time.
Jiff

Vanity Fair says that John McCain was involved in a fatal car wreck at a Navy base in 1964, but the Navy is covering it up.
SEEMS WHEN YOUR DAD’S AN ADMIRAL, YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING.
WHAT’S THE STORY, JOHN?

wait, lets see, vanity fair said what? well, we should probably wait unitl they print a retraction on page 122 in the bottom rt corner………….how many “stories” end up going nowhere and how many are real? they may be right but how many years have gone by before somebody just found that story, just wheen it can do the most harm?……..and what will be the next stunning article about obama, or will they wait untill after the election to sell more magazines……………..spin, spin, and oh yes, spin again. nobody tells the truth when they have a stake in the outcomes of what they do……….people do that. we cant help it, and we are all people, how many of you out there actually ever took that money they found to the police station? not enough of us…..why do we expect politicians or for that matter journalists(after all we give them awards and money for finding that next scandal) to be any different………except that their timing can be very destructive to good people.

mr. l. in that case shouldnt palin at once ask stevens to step down rather than let countless numbers of us whine at her for not asking? hmm. it should be in her parties thus her own interest to do so……..could it possibly be that she doesnt really truly accept corruption from such prominent people but rather than judge (lest ye be….) just let him get booted out by the voters……………

Ed:
Are Obama’s internal poll #’s that bad? A Obama donor digs through a private citizens information. Vanity Fair “suggests” there may be a “November surprise” about a 43-year-old car wreck.
What’s next? McCain knows something about Area 51 in New Mexico that he isn’t telling us?

nice catch ed, my point exactly, and your point too. what a coincidence that this show up now…..but this happens to all politicians sooner or later…….part of the game.

and by the way richard, what a person “KNOWS” and what one believes are often different things……………

Gov. Palin is not allowed to appoint a replacement for STevens—Alaska law—they have to have a special election if he steps down.

Her handlers hadn’t authorized a statement yet