{"id":866,"date":"2008-11-18T14:40:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-18T14:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/11\/18\/2008-11-18-jaunty-dumptruck-o-news-birthday-edition-html\/"},"modified":"2018-06-13T01:27:21","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T01:27:21","slug":"2008-11-18-jaunty-dumptruck-o-news-birthday-edition-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/2008-11-18-jaunty-dumptruck-o-news-birthday-edition-html\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaunty Dumptruck O’ News: Birthday Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Friends,<\/p>\n

Before we get started, I’d like to wish a very happy birthday to the senior senator from Alaska, indicted<\/strike> convicted felon<\/a> Ted “Uncle Ted” Stevens. <\/p>\n

\"Super<\/a>
The man who threw his own wife under the bus during his corruption trial is 85 today and a little over a thousand votes behind Anchorage Mayor Mike Begich in a vote count that started two weeks ago (!). Republican senators are trying to decide today whether to expel the most senior member of their party from the chamber. Apparently, (and this is something of a surprise to me) they would rather not hang out with felons. Something about doing bad things for the image of their party… <\/p>\n

\"Alert:<\/a>
Frankly, if I were them, I don’t know if I’d worry so much.<\/p>\n

– bob<\/p>\n

UPDATE: It’s all moot. Uncle Ted seems to have lost his reelection bid<\/a>. Such a pity, and Happy Birthday!<\/p>\n

UPDATE II: Quote of the day that I’m going to repurpose for this special occasion:<\/p>\n

“They gave me this gold watch, man, but it ain’t tickin’.”<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Goodbye Uncle Ted. We’ll miss you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Friends, Before we get started, I’d like to wish a very happy birthday to the senior senator from Alaska, indicted convicted felon Ted “Uncle Ted” Stevens. The man who threw his own wife under the bus during his corruption trial is 85 today and a little over a thousand votes behind Anchorage Mayor Mike Begich … <\/p>\n

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