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2018-10-06 Government

Murkowksi says will vote "present" tomorrow, though she is a "no" on Kavanaugh. She is pairing with Daines so nobody will be the lone deciding vote.

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Posted by DarthVader 2018-10-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Profiles in something...

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-10-06 01:56|| 2018-10-06 01:56|| Front Page Top

#2 #1 Profiles in something...
Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-10-06 01:56

All the more accurate when you remember that Profiles in Courage was ghostwritten for John Kennedy by Ted Sorenson. More making it look like something when there's nothing there.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2018-10-06 05:37|| 2018-10-06 05:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Hmm. Why am I seeing the Peanuts cartoon of Lucy conning Charlie into kicking the football one more time?

Posted by Mercutio 2018-10-06 07:50|| 2018-10-06 07:50|| Front Page Top

#4 As in "oh gee, I had a last minute change of heart. NO, suckers!"

Posted by Mercutio 2018-10-06 07:52|| 2018-10-06 07:52|| Front Page Top

#5 That set up could work both ways tho if she voted "no" and then Daines walked in and voted "yes." She'd have to caucus with the dumbs after that and 2020 would become interesting...

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-10-06 08:35|| 2018-10-06 08:35|| Front Page Top

#6 Nice try, but your career is over.

Posted by Iblis 2018-10-06 09:28|| 2018-10-06 09:28|| Front Page Top

#7 Her father was railroaded out of office by the Justice Department. But she's all in. Guess she recognizes where her bread was buttered.

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-10-06 09:37|| 2018-10-06 09:37|| Front Page Top

#8 Wow, if like, everybody paired up, then, uhm...we'd only like need one guy to vote!

Posted by Skidmark 2018-10-06 10:17|| 2018-10-06 10:17|| Front Page Top

#9 She's a hack like her Dad:
Murkowski was elected governor on November 5, 2002, receiving nearly 56% of the vote, the highest percentage for any Republican gubernatorial nominee in Alaska history up until that point.[9] He succeeded Democrat Tony Knowles and took office on December 2, 2002.

Upon his inauguration, he resigned his Senate seat and appointed his daughter, Lisa Murkowski, the Majority Leader-designate of the Alaska House of Representatives, in his place. His opponents derided the appointment as an act of nepotism.

Posted by Frank G 2018-10-06 10:33|| 2018-10-06 10:33|| Front Page Top

#10 Property sale controversy
In July 2007, Lisa Murkowski stated she would sell back land she bought from Anchorage businessman Bob Penney, a day after a Washington watchdog group filed a Senate ethics complaint against her, alleging that Penney sold the property well below market value.[122] The Anchorage Daily News noted, "The transaction amounted to an illegal gift worth between $70,000 and $170,000, depending on how the property was valued, according to the complaint by the National Legal and Policy Center."[122] According to the Associated Press, Murkowski bought the land from two developers tied to the Ted Stevens probe.[123]

In 2008, Murkowski amended her Senate financial disclosures for 2004 through 2006, adding income of $60,000 per year from the sale of a property in 2003, and more than $40,000 a year from the sale of her "Alaska Pasta Company" in 2005.

Posted by Frank G 2018-10-06 10:35|| 2018-10-06 10:35|| Front Page Top

#11 Murkowski clans are dirtbags and grifters - big gov types. I hope Palin finds a good primary opponent now and starts prepping him/her to stomp Lisa's ass flat.

Posted by Injun Bucket8891 2018-10-06 11:03|| 2018-10-06 11:03|| Front Page Top

#12 Clintons, Kennedys, Carnahans, Pritzkers, on and on...

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-10-06 11:47|| 2018-10-06 11:47|| Front Page Top

#13 Pure swamp creature.

Posted by Injun Bucket8891 2018-10-06 12:00|| 2018-10-06 12:00|| Front Page Top

#14 This smells like a set up. Pence better be standing by to cast the deciding vote.

Posted by 49 Pan 2018-10-06 12:40|| 2018-10-06 12:40|| Front Page Top

#15 Pan I was thinking the same. It's a trap.

Posted by Woodrow 2018-10-06 12:50|| 2018-10-06 12:50|| Front Page Top

#16 "Profiles in nothing."

Posted by JohnQC 2018-10-06 12:54|| 2018-10-06 12:54|| Front Page Top

#17 There is no real enforcement of unethical or criminal prosecution for her activities just like McCain and the Keating Five. The problem is the Senate cannot or will not police itself.

This reinforces the behavior of the bottom feeders, like the senator.

Voting present my a$$.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2018-10-06 14:13|| 2018-10-06 14:13|| Front Page Top

#18 Repeal the 17th. Biggest mistake we as a nation ever made, right along side prohibition 18 and income tax/Fed 16. PROGRESSIVES passed those.

Posted by Injun Bucket8891 2018-10-06 18:58|| 2018-10-06 18:58|| Front Page Top

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