FUJM!!!
Posted on 06/08/2011 5:18:32 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
Sen. Mark Begich is turning a deaf ear to Sarah Palin's demand that he make drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge a condition for his vote to approve raising the nation's debt ceiling.
"She's not really on my radar screen to take advice from," the Alaska Democrat told reporters Tuesday.
"Let me put it this way. It's always interesting to read what she has to say," Begich said. But, he added, "Someone who quit Alaska is not someone I look for to get Alaska policy decisions on."
In discussing the debt ceiling vote on "Fox News Sunday," Palin said: "How about people like Sen. Begich, a Democrat from Alaska. He better get ANWR in this bill, opening another domestic source of energy up there in Alaska when he votes yes for increasing the debt ceiling."
Begich, a supporter of drilling in ANWR and the Chukchi Sea, suggested that Palin look to persuade her fellow running mate Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to open ANWR to drilling.
"I would encourage her to talk to her senator because our senators, me and [Lisa] Murkowski, already aligned on this," he said. "I know she's talked to McCain, who is her new senator where she lives. He hasn't supported [drilling in] ANWR in the past, hope he will."
So, Rabs, in your zeal to bash Palin, do you overlook that she has a valid point here? Or, once again, do you uncritically lap up what the critics say about Palin?
What? They (Palins) move down there already?
Good choice though. She will live in the two most free states in the former union.
Uh Mark! Sarah doesn’t live in Arizona, apparently her LLC bought the house, which probably will be used to launch a lower 48 campaign but she is no new legal resident
Uh Mark! Sarah doesn’t live in Arizona, apparently her LLC bought the house, which probably will be used to launch a lower 48 campaign but she is no new legal resident
"Signing on" is quite the same thing as "going to the mat".
Oops. “Signing on” ISN’T...
So you are now to be bashed because you posted an article of a very real exchange and didn’t even comment on it yourself.
Life is so good when you pretend that none of this happens.
This might just be why Begich is snippy towards Palin:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/20833.html
Palin calls for Begich’s resignation
Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) called on Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska ) Thursday to step down from his seat and run in a special election in the wake of the Justice Department’s decision to drop corruption charges against former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska). Begich narrowly defeated Stevens in 2008, a contest overshadowed by Stevens’ October conviction.
Palin’s call came after a reporter at the Fairbanks News Miner emailed her a copy of a statement by Alaska Republican Party Chairman Randy Ruedrich calling for Begich to step down.
Asked for her response, Palin simply wrote back: “I absolutely agree.”
When the reporter wrote back to confirm that Palin meant she’d like to see Begich resign in order to hold a special election, the governor responded: “Yes.”
In an email to POLITICO, Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton confirmed the governor’s position. “She absolutely agrees that there should be a special election,” Stapleton wrote. “Stepping down to hold the special election would be the right thing to do.”
In the statement Palin was provided, Ruedrich said that “the only reason Mark Begich won the election in November is because a few thousand Alaskans thought that Sen. Ted Stevens was guilty of seven felonies.”
“A special election will allow Alaskans to have a real, non-biased, credible process where the most qualified person could win, without the manipulation of the Department of Justice,” he added.
See post 10 as to Begich's conservative cred, or lack thereof.
FUJM!!!
Hey, the guy YOU wanted for Arizona Senator, Rabs, likened the border fence to the Berlin Wall.
Really? I didn't know that J.D. Hayworth was against the border fence!
She should become an AZ resident and run against Mac next go round.....
If she did that, I would have to endorse her campaign and send her the maximum contribution allowed by law!
You were pushing for the libertarian, Rabs.
McCain says he will not run again.
I hold Begich responsible for Ted Stevens death. If Alaska voters hadn’t been so mainpulated by lies, Stevens would have stayed Senator and he likely wouldn’t have been on that plane.
Then why did I send campaign contributions to J.D.?
I pushed for anyone (except the actual Democrat) who could potentially defeat McCain...and believe me, that's no different than pushing for anyone who could potentially defeat Obama!
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