Posted on 04/02/2009 6:36:13 PM PDT by St. Louis Conservative
WASHINGTON -- The head of the Alaska Republican Party today called on Sen. Mark Begich to step down from the U.S. Senate, saying that the state's voters would have re-elected former Sen. Ted Stevens had they known the U.S Department of Justice would abandon its prosecution of him.
The party chairman, Randy Ruedrich, said that the only reason Begich won his race was because "a few thousand Alaskans thought that Senator Stevens was guilty of seven felonies."
He added that he thought Begich should step down "so Alaskans may have the chance to vote for a senator without the improper influence of the corrupt Department of Justice."
Gov. Sarah Palin concurs with Ruedrich and believes a special election is appropriate, said a spokeswoman for Palin's political action committee, Meg Stapleton. "I absolutely agree," Palin said in a statement.
Begich fired back Thursday, saying that although he believed it was clear there was misconduct during the senator's trial, he stepped into the race "long before Senator Stevens' legal troubles began, because Alaskans were looking for a change and a senator as independent as Alaska."
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I like Sarah Palin and all, but somebody needs to tell me why she has more guts to take on the DemocRATS than Michael Steele, most of the GOP senators (DeMint excluded, of course), and just about every other Republican “leader” in America today?<<<
Why is there a “but” in that sentence?
You ask that like its a bad thing. (I like Sarah Palin and all, but ....)
It's all good.
I don’t mean it as liking Sarah Palin is a “bad” thing.
I say it as I LIKE SARAH PALIN - so shoot me! And I think she’s one of the only Republicans daring to take on this pack of socialist and their Teleprompter Fascist.
Which one drove the waaambulance and which one rode shotgun?
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