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Miller leads Democratic nominee Scott McAdams 47-39. McAdams benefits from a more united party, getting 81% of the Democratic vote to Miller's 73% of the Republicans. The candidates split even with independents at 42%, a good number for Democrats in a year where their candidates are largely getting blown out with that group of voters.
at 2:49 e.s.t, 1:49 central we have Joe Miller, the Palin Tea Party "some dude" leading incumbent Lisa Murkowski by 2300 votes with a little more than 51% counted.
Great read at The Mudflats about Alaska Politics and Miller
This election, Alaska candidate for US Senate Joe Miller is being endorsed and pushed heavily by Sarah Palin. He is also receiving an amazing amount of support on a national level by appearing multiple times on Fox News and receiving most of his financial backing from an organization called the Tea Party Express. According to the campaign finance reports at the Federal Election Commission website, the Tea Party Express (Our Country Deserves Better PAC) as of August 23 has spent a TOTAL of $560,175.98 on Joe Miller's campaign.
Over half-a-million bucks on an unknown Senate candidate from Alaska...and interestingly enough, HE MAY BE THE ONLY CANDIDATE THEY ARE FUNDING!
It's Friday the 13th so we thought we would lighten the mood
One of my facebook friends, a mutual facebook friend of Curtis, is hilarious
Thought I would share a few of his recent status updates.
Friday the 13th. I hope a tall dude in a crappy hockey mask doesn't stab me while I am selling windows and garage doors today. If the fucker even thinks about it, I am running upstairs, because that is how you get away from serial killers, you run upstairs, where the only way out is to jump to your death instead.
So, after doing some scouting and research of the different Tea Party groups scattered around Mid-Missouri and some of their members, I have ultimately decided against sitting my group down with theirs. They say don't judge a book by its cover, but the cover of this book is screaming that there are some problems inside.
I would love to see the Republican Party have a bake sale, with all proceeds going to a charity or something. I can imagine it. You walk up to buy a cookie or a cupcake, and they grab the cookie or cupcake out of your hand, cram it down their hatches, and yell "NOT FOR SALE". And then gripe and wonder why they didn'...t raise any money from their bake sale.
I have to give a 9.8 on the JetBlue flight attendant that went postal on a passenger, gave a profanity laden tirade over the planes PA system, stole a beer, deployed the emergency slide, slid down and walked across the Tarmac and out of the airport. That is AWESOME! I once quit a job by taking off my work shirt and throwing it up in the rafters. True story.
and my favorite
Goat Roping and Milking Championship? Good stuff. Did Palin win this event at the RNC to become the VP candidate in 2008? Or was that runner up prize?
The punchline is that these stories are unbelievably not related. Some of best laughing in a long time came out of these two stories.
1. Sarah Palin rolls her eyes at teaching as a profession. What a condescending former Mayor of Wasila! Seriously. h/t to one of my favorite bloggers Shannon Moore: Just a Girl From Home
Watch the video
2.A Jet Blue Flight Attendant gets in an argument with a passenger. Cusses like a sailor over the PA, gets maddder, grabs a beer, activates the emergency slide, slides off the plane and then drives away in his getaway car parked in the employee lot.
Steven Slater will now be a hero to adventure seekers everywhere. He might also get some solid jail time. I read this about an hour ago and yes I am still giggling like a teenage girl.
Good afternoon, Progressive Electorate readers. This is your afternoon open thread to discuss all things Hill-related. Use this thread to praise or bash Congresscritters, share a juicy tip, ask questions, offer critiques and suggestions, or post your manifesto. We'll be checking in all weekend.
On a programing note, we are still looking for a volunteer or two to take the load off of us as we do this project. There are no particular requirements other than posting some important Congress-related news.
This is an open source project, so feel free to add your own insights. Here's the news I found lurking around the Internets...
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This is an open source project, so feel free to add your own insights. Here's the news I found lurking around the Internets...
For the past two years, I've been monitoring the disaster known as Michele Bachmann. I was disappointed like many of you were when we fell just short of getting rid of her in 2008.
Well here we are in 2010 and we have another great shot to boot her from Congress.
This couldn't come at a greater time as we sit on the heels of her latest action of embarrassment - Repealing the Health Care Bill
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin -- who has gone to great lengths to hype the supposed dangers of a big government takeover of American health care -- admitted over the weekend that she used to get her treatment in Canada's single-payer system.
"We used to hustle over the border for health care we received in Canada," Palin said in her first Canadian appearance since stepping down as governor of Alaska. "And I think now, isn't that ironic?"
Yes ma'am it is! I can hear Alanis Morisette now. When talk shit about universal healthcare for everyone else, but you loves some for yourself, yes it's ironic.
How can this woman be a voice of the conservative movement on socialism or healthcare when she broke the law to get a piece of socialism for herself? It is illegal for Americans to go over and poach the Canadian system isn't it?
Is this a double whammy for her conservative credentials? She can't talk now about healthcare reform or socialism. And her closed borders wing can't be too happy about finding out that she crashed the border to take advantage of another country's social safety net.
Many in attendance said seeing Palin was like catching a glimpse of a celebrity.
Stephanie Hansen, 18, who wore a pin with Palin's face, could barely contain her excitement. She gushed that she felt out of place among the much older audience.
"I love it, I'm really glad that I came. It was really enlightening."
She admitted she didn't know a lot about Palin's politics, but said she loves her nonetheless.
"I admire how she can have a family and still be able to work as much as she does and everything she does."
Ugh.
She was asked by Senator Pamela Wallin to show her palms after the speech and referenced a passage in the bible that says people's names are engraved on God's hands, saying "if it was good enough for God, it's good enough for me."
What a bizarre passage that is. Did God also have the directions to a Canadian clinic on his hand?
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It seems the snow has shifted south and now Atlanta is getting hit. I guess this means we can completely stop all efforts to cap carbon emissions, or something.
Meanwhile, the Winter Olympics kick off tonight. Too bad there's no snow in Vancouver. Anyway, good luck to Robel Teklemariam, Ethiopia's best (okay, only) hope for a medal in skiing. I wonder if they are getting snow in Addis Ababa. In sad news, thoughts and prayers to the family of Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian luger who died today.
Some of the Hill news that's fit to blog is over the fold...
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On a programming note, this entry is going to be a bit thin and probably rather bitter. The Federal Government is closed for the second day in a row, costing $100 million in lost productivity. Tomorrow's not looking very good, either. Now I'm from Pennsylvania but this is getting ridiculous. And it really isn't helping that a quarter of the district's snowplows are out of order.
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Today's Most Important News of the Day™ features -- who else? -- Sarah Palin. Also be sure to read MoT's story below about Russ Feingold.
Mark it down folks, for the history books. January 20th, 2009. The day the Republican Party officially lost its damn mind in full. As Bill Maher said, "Who knew that electing a black man with a weird name would drive so many white, rural people over the edge". One way ticket to Crazy Town bought, paid in full, non-refundable, riding the rails on a Crazy Train. As someone new to the political scene, I find it disturbing to see a group of people lose touch with reality as much as they have this past year, frankly it scares the living shit out of me. My god, has there ever been a crazier year then 2009, and not just the year in general, but just an overall feeling of Bat Shit fucking crazy, running the streets, sitting beside you on a bus, sitting near you at work, eyeballs burning holes into the back of your skull? Seriously, there were days I thought the only way of survival out there was to wear a Haz-Mat suit in hopes of repelling the ignorance and fuck-tarded-ness. I have had to have serious discussions about Cow Farts, President Obama and Pepsi Co. being in cahoots, and lets not forget the whole Health Care debacle. Health Care alone made me want to burn the planet down and just fucking start over. HOW THE FUCK DID PEOPLE GET THIS FUCKING INSANE? Was it a Twitter contest? Did Ed McMahon send out a flyer before his death?
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from my friend and fellow PE member - Mykle T
Are you game to face off with Palin one more time and win?
Sarah Palin's book went on sale November 17 and predictably, it's selling like crazy. Fiction or not, it'll be tough to topple. But for just one day, Tuesday, December 8, let's try to make the sales of David Plouffe's The Audacity to Win -- the candid, riveting account of President Obama's historic victory -- overtake Palin's Going Rogue.
If you haven't bought Plouffe's book yet, save the date -- and be ready to purchase your copy on Tuesday, December 8. If you have, spread the word to everyone you know -- and consider buying your family and friends copies as holiday gifts!
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