Symbol Of A Congressional “Hero”

November 25, 2008

The Facts

Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens, Republican, said his goodbye’s to members of the Senate the other day. In doing so, he was given lots of praise by many Congressional members, and standing ovations.

Senator Ted Stevens

Tears were even noticed in many members eyes, including some Democrats. The entire episode lasted three hours.

My View

Where do I start? If this man, convicted of crimes committed in the course of conducting national business, is considered to be a hero by other members of Congress, then you have to ask yourself by what standards do our elected officials judge people. Obviously, we already know the answer to that; very, very low standards when it comes to one of their own.

This thief, Ted Stevens, not only accepted much bribery in the course of conducting his duties, but he “stole” billions of American taxpayer dollars to send to his state so he could be re-elected over and over. He’s been in Congress for 40 years. Everyone probably remembers his $450 million “bridge to nowhere”, but does anybody remember him saying “hell no” to giving up that money to help Louisiana and Mississippi after hurricane Katrina? Probably not. Fortunately, the money was rescinded, but probably wouldn’t have been had there not been so much public attention drawn to it as a result of Katrina.

 I’d like to say, or at least think, that with him and his generation leaving office this kind of thing would never happen again (and I’m one of the old-fart generation). However, I know that will not be the case. Congress, and the office of the President and Vice-President, has become a shield for corruption and breaking laws. They are bringing us closer by the day to a failed nation.