Seismic Fail of the Week: Political Edition

THE ALASKAN PEOPLE

After learning that your Senator of 40 years was convicted on seven counts of corruption charges, you went to the polls. After knowing that he used ties to an oil executive to get lavish furnishings for his house and then lying about it, you went to the polls. And what did you do at the polls? You nearly re-elected the guy!

You had the option to unequivocally reject corruption (which most other states are against - LA is most certainly for it), but you chose to just narrowly, barely, insignificantly, reject corruption. Whatever is a lesser offense than slapping ones wrist is the electoral penalty you served to not only Ted Stevens but corrupt politicians elsewhere (see: Mark Foley, Tom Delay).

SEISMIC REDEMPTION
However, you did win one gold star. You didn't have the presses report that Ted Stevens had lost his re-election bid until the day of his 85th birthday. That was a stroke of genius. After realizing that you did not win a moral victory on Nov. 4th, you decided to hit him right in the heart just as he's blowing out the candles. Classic, Alaska.

Despite the Seismic Redemption, you are still this week's Seismic Fail in Politics.

- Wyatt