SuperJerk Posted March 21, 2005 Report Posted March 21, 2005 Sen. Stevens is the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, in line for the presidency behind the V.P. and Speaker of the House. Stevens leads fight for oil drilling By Bill Schneider CNN Political Unit (CNN) -- We call it the Play of the Week but for one senator, it was the play of a political lifetime. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, has been at this a long time, as he acknowledged a week ago. "I'm seriously depressed, unfortunately, clinically depressed," said Stevens. "And I've been told that [it's] because I've been at this too long." It's the fight to allow oil drilling in a portion of ANWR, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. When the issue of opening ANWR last came up for a Senate vote in 2003, it lost by four votes. Stevens took it personally saying, "People who vote against this today are voting against me. And I'll never forget it." This week, wearing the same Incredible Hulk necktie he wears for major congressional battles, Stevens celebrated a different outcome -- a two-vote margin of victory. Again, Stevens took it personally. "It's as important to me as the first step that Armstrong took when he stepped off on the moon," Stevens said this week. The Senate voted to keep ANWR oil revenues in the budget, which means the vote on oil drilling cannot be filibustered. Democrats cried foul. "This is a back-door scheme for drilling, because the drilling proponents don't have enough votes to deal with the issue in the energy bill," Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wisconsin, said. The fact that oil prices are at a record high may have helped get votes for drilling. But Stevens can tell you what really made the difference. "My friends, it's called an election. We won that election. And we promised to do this when we won that election," Stevens said. The nine new senators elected last November voted 7 to 2 in favor of drilling. The senators who held those seats in 2003 had voted 5 to 4 against drilling. There's the margin of victory. Is Stevens still depressed? "If you went down that same track for 24 years, wouldn't you be a little depressed? I was. I'm backing off of that now," Stevens said . For this senator, it's a Play of the Week that's been a long time coming. The battle is not over though. There are more votes yet to come, but they can't be filibustered. The biggest danger for Stevens is that the budget processitself will collapse, as it often has in recent years. And that will kill the drilling measure. credit: http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/03/18/stevens/index.html The saddest part of this article is Bill Schneider giving him props for it. Third in line for the presidency? More like next in line for having a vagina.
The Czech Republic Posted March 21, 2005 Report Posted March 21, 2005 I think you're a little bitch, RobotJerk.
BUTT Posted March 21, 2005 Report Posted March 21, 2005 Little bitch? He was wearing an Incredible Hulk necktie! If that don't make you a man, what does?
The Czech Republic Posted March 21, 2005 Report Posted March 21, 2005 Maybe something golf-related. GOLF IS FOR REAL MEN
Special K Posted March 21, 2005 Report Posted March 21, 2005 His Ewok's adventure bedsheets negate the tie. How do these people get elected to positions of power?
kkktookmybabyaway Posted March 21, 2005 Report Posted March 21, 2005 You won't like Stevens when he's angry... uh... because then he'll cry even more...
BUTT Posted March 21, 2005 Report Posted March 21, 2005 What's even more awesome is that Stevens is 81. 81! And he wears a Hulk tie.
SuperJerk Posted March 21, 2005 Author Report Posted March 21, 2005 This story makes me glad there's a First Amendment for three reasons: 1) Freedom for people to say really stupid things. 2) Freedom for the press to report something this stupid. 3) Freedom to make fun of someone for saying something this stupid.
NoCalMike Posted March 21, 2005 Report Posted March 21, 2005 Is this the same guy who even admitted he's not even sure how much oil is there, how much is usable, how much will actually be sold to America etc....but says, "what the hell lets drill anyway"
SuperJerk Posted March 21, 2005 Author Report Posted March 21, 2005 But remember... "My friends, it's called an election. We won that election. And we promised to do this when we won that election," Because things like terrorism, the Iraq War, education, tax cuts, health care, and the economy had no bearing on the election whatsoever. The entire election was won because the Republicans promised to drill for oil in Stevens's home state.
kkktookmybabyaway Posted March 22, 2005 Report Posted March 22, 2005 lol -- and Alaska was up for grabs this year, too...
Special K Posted March 22, 2005 Report Posted March 22, 2005 If anyone's heard David Cross's standup, his impression of James Lipton accepting a Cable Ace award is exactly how I imagine Ted Stevens' voice.
SuperJerk Posted March 22, 2005 Author Report Posted March 22, 2005 If anyone's heard David Cross's standup, his impression of James Lipton accepting a Cable Ace award is exactly how I imagine Ted Stevens' voice.
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