Posted on 11/04/2010 7:48:17 AM PDT by Gum Shoe
In addition to potential theft of elected office I see in various parts of the country, the debacle in Alaska is turning my stomach. Lisa Murkowski has shown that she is unworthy of any serious consideration as an elected official. Other than democrats, I’m actually shocked that any appreciable number of Alaskans voted for her. She is the next self-promoting loser in the parade of blue-blood republicans willing to do whatever it takes to stay attached to the government teat. It is behavior I expect in a liberal socialist, not a republican. Specter, Crist, and now Murkowski all put “self” above “service”.
Knowing their candidate couldn’t win, and preferring a RINO over a proven conservative, I believe a large number of democrats “crossed over” to support the Murkowski write-in candidacy. That number may be large enough to keep Miller, the conservative candidate, out of the Senate. A combination of the democrat cross-over vote, combined with the Ted Stevens republican vote may be enough to do the trick, though Ms. Murkowski’s ego is likely unable to accept the possibility any potential win was provided by such a twist.
I really can’t blame the democrats who crossed over to vote for Murky. It was a smart move on their part. I would do the same thing if the roles were reversed. If the strategy proves to be successful, they will have eliminated a principled conservative in favor of a woman who has shown to be willing to place her own ambitions above anything else. She has proven to be the type of practical politician that liberal socialists are comfortable working with in Washington, D.C. And believe me, after hiking her skirt like that, the Dems will come calling.
If Ms. Murkowski is seated, I would say to Senate republicans – beware. Though Ms. Murkowski says she will caucus with republicans, she has shown she cannot be trusted to stay within established practices and traditions. I don’t believe it a far stretch to fear she is capable of switching parties if something pretty is dangled in front of her. If she is successful in her write-in campaign, she will have cheated her party out of their candidate of choice and robbed Americans of a much needed conservative voice in Congress at a critical time.
You go right ahead and admire her....I’m sure she expects it.
To paraphrase an old bumper sticker: ‘Alaska RINO’s love you, Lisa; everyone thinks you’re an *ssh*le.’
To paraphrase an old bumper sticker: ‘Alaska RINO’s love you, Lisa; everyone else thinks you’re an *ssh*le.’
“This had to be posted twice by you today? Not enough blog hits coming in?”
Nope. Just different threads. If it were a blog hits issue, it would be posted more than twice. Try to calm down Tlb, and stop taking this stuff personally.
“The author of the article does not understand Alaska...”
You may be right. The article is more macroscopic in tone.
She along with the others who lost and then decided to run as a write in or an I make me angry. They lost fair and square and then think they should compete against the party winner. I hope the numbers defeat her in the end.
Below is another post by RSZ regarding Murkowski you may enjoy reading.
http://redstatezombie.blogspot.com/2010/11/murkowski-is-cheater-traitor-to-her.html
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