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<DIV><FONT size=2>Palin's take on Stevens:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><A
href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/27/palin-stevens-verdict-%E2%80%98shines-a-light-on-the-corrupting-influence-of-the-big-oil-service-company%E2%80%99/">http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/27/palin-stevens-verdict-%E2%80%98shines-a-light-on-the-corrupting-influence-of-the-big-oil-service-company%E2%80%99/</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Excerpt:</FONT></DIV>
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title="Permanent link to 'Palin: Stevens verdict ‘shines a light on the corrupting influence of the big oil service company.’'"
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rel=bookmark>Palin: Stevens verdict ‘shines a light on the corrupting influence
of the big oil service company.’</A><SPAN class=storyexpander><A
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<P>Hotline reports that Sarah Palin <A
href="http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2008/10/palin_on_steven.html">issued
a statement</A> about the guilty decision in the Ted Stevens corruption
case:</P>
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<P>Thanks for your patience there. <STRONG>It’s a sad day for Alaska, and a
sad day for Senator Stevens and his family. The verdict shines a light though
on the corrupting influence of the big oil service company up there in Alaska
that was allowed to control too much of our state.</STRONG> And that control
was part of the culture of corruption that I was elected to fight. And that
fight must always move forward regardless of party affiliation or seniority or
even past service. And as governor of the state of Alaska, I’ll carefully
monitor now the situation, and I’ll take any appropriate action as needed. In
the meantime, I do ask that the people of Alaska join me in respecting the
workings of our judicial system, and I’m confident that Senator Stevens, from
this point on, will do the right thing for the state of Alaska.</P></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>CNN reports, “Palin <A
href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/27/stevens-verdict-palin-reacts/">did
not respond</A> when asked if she will vote for Sen. Stevens and promptly
boarded the campaign plane.”</P></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=thansen@moscow.com href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 28, 2008 8:39
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] McCain Calls on
Stevens to Step Down</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>>From the Anchorage Daily News at:<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.adn.com/news/politics/fbi/stevens/story/570062.html">http://www.adn.com/news/politics/fbi/stevens/story/570062.html</A><BR> <BR>----------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>McCain
calls on Stevens to step down<BR><BR><BR>By ERIKA BOLSTAD<BR><BR>(10/28/08
07:28:06) <BR>WASHINGTON -- Wasting no time in separating his presidential
campaign from <BR>what he described as the "corruption and insider dealing
that has become <BR>so pervasive in our nation's capital," Sen. John McCain
called on fellow <BR>Republican Sen. Ted Stevens to step down from the U.S.
Senate.<BR><BR>Stevens, 84, was convicted Monday by a jury in Washington,
D.C., of <BR>accepting thousands of dollars in freebies, including renovations
that <BR>doubled his home in size. Stevens has vowed to appeal the seven
felony <BR>convictions and press on with his own re-election campaign in the
week <BR>leading up to the Nov. 4 election. He is only the fifth sitting
senator to <BR>be convicted of such a serious crime in the history of the
Senate.<BR><BR>"It is clear that Senator Stevens has broken his trust with the
people and <BR>that he should now step down," McCain said in a written
statement. "I hope <BR>that my colleagues in the Senate will be spurred by
these events to <BR>redouble their efforts to end this kind of corruption once
and for all."<BR><BR>Unlike that of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid,
D-Nevada, McCain's <BR>statement offers no niceties about their shared time in
the Senate and <BR>expresses no sympathy for Stevens' family. Its intensity is
somewhat <BR>surprising given that McCain is a fellow Republican, but not
unexpected <BR>given the frosty relations the two men have long had. They have
sparred <BR>over opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, McCain's
opposition <BR>to earmarks and their differing positions on global
warming.<BR><BR>Reid, who personally recruited Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich to
run against <BR>Stevens, called the verdict "a personal tragedy for our
colleague Ted <BR>Stevens." He also urged Stevens to "respect the outcome of
the judicial <BR>process and the dignity of the United States Senate," but
didn't suggest <BR>he should step down. <BR><BR>McCain's call for Stevens'
resignation also goes well beyond that of his <BR>vice-presidential running
mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Hours after the <BR>verdict, Palin released a
statement calling Stevens' conviction "a sad <BR>day" for Alaska, but she
stopped short of demanding he step down.<BR><BR>"The verdict shines a light on
the corrupting influence of the big oil <BR>service company that was allowed
to control too much of our state," Palin <BR>said. "That control was part of
the culture of corruption I was elected to <BR>fight. And that fight must
always move forward regardless of party or <BR>seniority or even past
service."<BR><BR>In her statement, Palin asks Alaskans to "join me in
respecting the <BR>workings of our judicial system. I'm confident Senator
Stevens will do <BR>what is right for the people of Alaska."<BR><BR>She would
not tell reporters whether she planned to vote for Stevens.<BR><BR>But if
Stevens were to resign from his seat or be expelled by his fellow
<BR>senators, Palin has a potential -- and complicated -- role in choosing a
<BR>replacement. No one in Alaska can say for sure how it would work because
<BR>Alaska's law on senatorial succession was changed twice in 2004 -- once by
<BR>the Legislature, and once by ballot initiative.<BR><BR>Those laws were
changed following then-Gov. Frank Murkowski's 2002 <BR>appointment of his
daughter, Republican Lisa Murkowski, to his vacated <BR>U.S. Senate
seat.<BR><BR>Both of the 2004 laws call for a special election within 60 to 90
days of <BR>the vacancy. But they disagree on whether the governor appoints an
interim <BR>senator in the meantime. The Alaska Supreme Court would ultimately
have to <BR>decide which law the state follows.
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town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college <BR>students
are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."<BR><BR>- Dale
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