A career to nowhere

What is it about the GOP this cycle? The newest member to join the scandal caucus is Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens. A member of congress since who moved to Alaska before it was even a state in the union -- apparently emigrating there when it was still connected to Russia by a glacier -- Stevens has been indicted by a grand jury on seven counts of falsely reporting income. It is connected to home improvements linked to the oil firm Veco and it's CEO Bill Allen. Perhaps he figured that living in Alaska, no one would notice the home upgrades and the shiny new Land Rover. Even his good pal Sen. Daniel Inouye said he wasn't surprised by the indictment, though he still supports him because, well, congresscritters from the non-contiguous states/possessions/territories/whatnot have to stick together. While VECO got a piece of the Exxon Valdez clean up action, it seems this is a mess that Stevens, his oil company friends and the GOP won't be able to drill their way out of.