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Home Front: Politix
Alaska RINO Murkowski Launches Spoiler Campaign
2010-09-18
Lisa Murkowski, appointed by her daddy to the Senate in 2004, lost the August Republican primary to Joe Miller. Rather than accept the voters' choice, she is expected to announce a write-in campaign this evening. She has no hope whatsoever of remaining in the Senate, but is expected to use her Republican funded war chest to attack Miller and bleed votes from the Republican nominee. Whether or not there is a Democratic Happy Ending to this story for Murkowski remains to be seen.

Republicans like this (and sadly there appear to many of them) make it seem pretty obvious in hindsight why the Republican party has been doing poorly in recent elections.
Some states have laws preventing the losers of primary races from entering as a write-in. Good idea.
Posted by:Iblis

#21  "With all due respect, it's not the Kennedy's Murkowski's seat, it's not the Democrats' Republicans'seat, it's the people's seat...


This ad writes itself too.
Posted by: anonymous2u   2010-09-18 20:37  

#20  It's always those "moderate" or "Big Tent" types that take their ball and go home. We must all rally around the candidate when it is some squishy RINO, but when the RINO incumbent is beaten... don't hold your breath waiting for her support.
Posted by: eLarson   2010-09-18 20:36  

#19  
REG: Right. You're in. Listen. The only people we hate more than the Romans are the f*cking Judean People's Front.
P.F.J.: Yeah...
JUDITH: Splitters.
P.F.J.: Splitters...
FRANCIS: And the Judean Popular People's Front.
P.F.J.: Yeah. Oh, yeah. Splitters. Splitters...
LORETTA: And the People's Front of Judea.
P.F.J.: Yeah. Splitters. Splitters...
REG: What?
LORETTA: The People's Front of Judea. Splitters.
REG: We're the People's Front of Judea!
LORETTA: Oh. I thought we were the Popular Front.
REG: People's Front! C-huh.
FRANCIS: Whatever happened to the Popular Front, Reg?
REG: He's over there.
P.F.J.: Splitter!
Posted by: Iblis   2010-09-18 15:50  

#18  Where's the gong and hook that pulls these clowns Murkowski and Crist off the stage?

It's called a vote, and it happens November 2nd. Make sure you get yourself and anyone else similarly-minded to the polls, even if you have to drive them there. I can picture the crushed faces of these rat bastards and there hangers-on that night.

"I will lick their salty tears from their defeated faces"

/Cartman, Southpark
Posted by: Frank G   2010-09-18 15:30  

#17  Where's the gong and hook that pulls these clowns Murkowski and Crist off the stage?
Posted by: JohnQC   2010-09-18 15:18  

#16  That's probably not a good thing but if it did happen I'd probably never vote Republican again.

Me too. I'm pretty much libertarian but vote for the Republicans since they are most in line with my views. Take away the religious right and keep the small government and keeping government the hell out of my life and I'll vote for that party every time no matter who it is.
Posted by: DarthVader   2010-09-18 14:15  

#15  Republicans need to think long and hard about this sort of thing because it could ultimately lead to the evolution of the Tea Party into an official third party with its own platform and slate of candidates in competition with both Democrats and Republicans. That's probably not a good thing but if it did happen I'd probably never vote Republican again.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2010-09-18 13:44  

#14  She has a perfect right to run as an independent. Joe Lieberman did when he lost the primary and I donated to him. That said, I hope she loses.
Posted by: DMFD   2010-09-18 11:52  

#13  The big winner here is the next Senate Majority Leader, Jim DeMint.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2010-09-18 11:51  

#12  For too many power is an opiate. Just take Al Gore, please.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2010-09-18 11:43  

#11  A sore loser's quest for power regardless of ANY consequence.
Posted by: WolfDog   2010-09-18 11:35  

#10  It just shows ya that the Republican ruling elite have the same contempt for the people as the Democrat ruling elite.
Posted by: BrerRabbit   2010-09-18 10:45  

#9  Stupid entitled $#@*:
McConnell on Murkowski: "I have accepted her letter of resignation from Senate leadership."

I hope she's crushed like roadkill.
Posted by: Frank G   2010-09-18 10:39  

#8  Besoeker: Castle has already said he won't run as an independent. What remains to be seen is whether he'll endorse the Democrat or sit it out in a funk.

I consider myself to be about half-way between a conservative and a moderate Pub. What angers me about the moderates is that while they demand party loyalty when they win a primary, they won't extend it when they lose.

Pubs who pull what Lizza is doing need to be punished. The Senate caucus has to boot her and strip her of her committee assignments and seniority. They have to make it clear that they'll respect the will of the voters, or the voters will decide not to respect them.
Posted by: Steve White   2010-09-18 09:56  

#7  Let us hope the RINO, careerist bastids don't do this in Delaware.
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-09-18 08:51  

#6  Republican In Name Only

Why wouldn't he side with the Democrats in an election? Those filthy commoners in the Tea Party are disgusting.
Posted by: gromky   2010-09-18 01:02  

#5  Morkowsky... Murkeowkey... Mur... ah fuck it. I'm voting for Miller.
Posted by: DarthVader   2010-09-18 00:40  

#4  now we get to see if anybody in Alaska can spell Murkowski
Posted by: R.U. Cereus   2010-09-18 00:37  

#3  now we get to see if anybody in Alaska can spell Murkowski
Posted by: Solomon Ebbater6005   2010-09-18 00:21  

#2  Time for someone to remind this RINO that she has no support, and no party. The GOP should publicly announce that, should she win, she would have no GOP support, nor seniority on any committee. Go AWAY, B-atch
Posted by: Frank G   2010-09-18 00:20  

#1  It strikes me that RHINOs have as much of "good form" lack as the liberals do.
Posted by: DarthVader   2010-09-18 00:11  

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