Republican stupidity in Alaska
Posted by Mike Sylvester - 4/3/09 @ 6:16 pm - Filed Under 2008 National Elections, National Politics, Uncategorized
This post was edited on 4/5/09. I did not have the ability to strikeout items when I edited the post so I deleted the incorrect references to a primary election and to Begich being a Republican.
This story leads me to believe there are some really stupid Republicans in leadership positions in Alaska.
To make a long story short there was a general election in Alaska for the Senate seat that was held by Republican Ted Stevens for 40 years. Ted Stevens has been dogged by corruption charges for years, is a “king” of pork barrel projects, and is the kind of Republican that makes me want to puke.
Democrat Mark Begich defeated the incumbent Senator Stevens in a very close general election. Senator Stevens likely lost his seat because he had just been convicted of seven felonies.
Recently the Justice Department has announced that there was prosecutorial misconduct in the trial and they have over-turned the verdict.
Some idiots in Alaska, including the head of the Alaskan GOP and the Governor (Sarah Palin) think that Senator Begich should “give his seat up” and a special election should be held.
How stupid are these people calling for this?
Senator Begich won a fair election and the election results are not in dispute. He is the Senator of Alaska and anyone wanting a special election because Senator Stevens was unfairly tainted by his conviction are complete morons.
Does anyone reading this blog think that Senator Begich should give up his seat and a special election should be held?
Election have consequences. Senator Stevens was a 40 year incumbent and he had every advantage that money and position can buy. He lost and good riddance to him. He was an embarrassment to the GOP.
Mike Sylvester
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Ted Stevens was a living testimonial for why we need TERM LIMITS.
Come on Mike.
Granted, Steven’s is an embarrassment to the republican party and should be dumped.
Then again, you’re an embarrassment to local GOP for endorsing all of those libertarians.
I might also suggest you “bone-up” on the law.
Mike, if you were still blogging with me, I could have been your fact checker. Mark Begich is a Democrat and defeated Ted Stevens in the general election.
Honest Abe,
I even occasionally endorse Democrats… I vote for the person not the party.
Mike
Robert,
Good correction!
Mike
Honest Abe,
What Mike did was to endorse candidates who were more republican that those that actually ran under that heading. Seems to me it’s the Republican party that should be embarrassed.
Mike . . .
Here is the update that you ignored. From ABC:
So how does Stevens get his seat back after he was screwed by a Dem prosecutor?
Mike
Begich being a democrat was kind of an important fact, don’t you think? Wouldn’t not having a special election encourage prosecutors to bring bogus charges near election time and then once they are called on the carpet, to simply dismiss them after the election?
Phil,
Either you’re a Libertarian or a Republican. Mike is and will always be a Libertarian.
I’ve not once seen him volunteering at GOP headquarters. As a matter of fact, since Matt Kelty crashed and burned he’s spent most of his time bitching about everyone. Well, I should say bitching democrats and republicans. I honestly cannot recall him ever bitching about a Libertarian.
I personally think he left his party because here locally, there was (and is) too much infighting and too many wingnuts.
Gadfly,
I was wrong about Begich’s political party.
That being said Seantor Stevens was prosecuted by a Republican Administration.
I see nothing in that story that leads me to believe he was screwed by a Democratic prosecutor. He was prosecuted in 2008… President Bush was President…
Mike
Keith,
Yes it is important.
Please show me the political affiliation of the prosecutor who brought charges against Seanator Stevens…
Mike
Honest Abe,
You do not even have the courage to use your real name on this blog. You just hang out and criticize others.
You are a (blank, you fill in the word) if you think that everyone has to fit into one belief system and agree with everything a party stands for.
Lets look at what I did for the local Republican Party last year:
I was the treasurer for a Republican candidate for office.
I donated money to several Republicans.
What have you done Honest Abe?
Mike
Hi Mike!
Just hoping that tax season is keeping you busy
Stevens is as crooked as they come. Simply setting aside the conviction doesn’t mean he’s been wrongly persecuted.
Gadfly, he was prosecuted by the most politicized DOJ imaginable under President Bush. I doubt the Democrats had much control. But a Democrat did decide to let him off the hook…
Mike,
I have quite a few liberal customers that I consult to that would take exception at my writings on this blog, so I choose to remain anonymous for professional reasons.
I will tell you this however. I am very involved with local and national GOP politics, (but mostly local). I contribute to nothing but republicans, both nationally, statewide and locally.
You however, according to Indiana Campaign Finance, have only contributed $105.00 on 6/8/2006 to Robert Enders, a libertarian, (and the report covers the last 5 years).
http://campaignfinance.in.gov/
And, according to http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com you have not contributed anything for the last 5 years nationally.
Well?
That was money well spent. How many “Vote for Bob” signs does $105 get you?
Keith, can we please take a poll sometime on which political slogan was better:
1. Bob Enders’ “Vote for Bob”
2. Bob Morris’ trademark infringing “What about Bob?”
Maybe Enders and Morris could share signs next time and double their coverage.
Honest Abe,
Perhaps the candidates that he contributed to did not report his donations. The burden is on the candidate to report the donations if the aggregate amount exceeds $100 in a year. If Mike gave less than that to a campaign, then the candidate could have legally reported it as “unitemized”.
Mr. Green Jeans,
I would not have used the signs if Bob Morris won the primary.
Honest Abe,
I also have quote a few liberal customers, conservative customers, and conservative customers; yet, you do not see me cowering behind an anonymous “name.”
I tend to give less than $100 at a shot and I do not pay attention to how the candidates report it. I imagine they report it as unitemized contributions.
Let me also say that I will likely contribute to another Libertarian in the future and would contribute to the right Democrat.
If Jeff Pruitt ran for office I would likely contribute to his campaign…
Mike
Is this what Not so Honest Abe last post was saying.
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