TheLastManInAmerica

Alaska’s Senate race is close to being decided and it’s possible that, in the end, a convicted felon could be elected to represent the state. Senator Ted Stevens, who has held his seat in the senate for forty years, was convicted in October of seven felony counts of concealing more than a quarter million dollars in gifts. In the days following the election, Stevens held a slight lead, one he has since relinquished to his challenger, the Democratic mayor of Anchorage.

Now senators, including fellow Republican Jim DeMint of South Carolina want to vote Stevens out. But some want to wait. Until all the votes are counted up there, Stevens remains the sitting senator there and until the vote is decided some want to hold off voting the felon out of office.

But where do they get the right? We live in a Democracy and in a Democracy the people vote for who they want and could happen that Alaska wants a criminal representing them. A few people, including my favorite, Hunter Thompson, have said, “In a Democracy, the People get the Government they deserve.” And if the People of Alaska are so simple-minded that they end up electing a CONVICTED FELON to the United States Senate, then so be it. We’re not talking about the president here, who can only ousted by Congress. This wouldn’t be the Senate’s place to override the People’s volition. Wait! CNN has just announced he lost so this piece is now null and void.

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