Do they give politicians in Alaska stupid pills for breakfast?
Seriously, the shenanigans up there are wondrous to behold.
The battle between Lisa Murkowski and Joe Miller just took another comic turn.
Diarists note: I wouldn't be laughing about this if it was more than reputations or cars that just got trashed.
Follow me over the fold to join the rubbernecking ............
We've all heard by now of Joe Miller's 'tweelete', but I'll refresh your memory with some reporting from the Alaska Daily News.
Posted by Alaska_Politics
Posted: August 27, 2010 - 1:09 pm
Take note of the date and time of press release.
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Earlier today, the Republican Senate candidate had this to say on Twitter about the rumor Sen. Lisa Murkowski might join the Libertarian Party ticket if she loses her bid against him once all the ballots are counted: "What's the difference between selling out your party's values and the oldest profession?"
My bolding.
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"Miller responded to it, 'As you know, it has been extremely busy the past few days. I have a volunteer staff member who assists me in tweeting, especially when I am busy. This tweet was in poor judgment. He has been relieved of those duties. And while the comments have been misconstrued (they were directed at the Libertarian Party), I don't stand by those comments.
Weak tea, and Lisa' not buying it.....
Here's Murkowski's response: "Alaskans deserve better. This type of statement is inexcusable from someone who wants to represent our state," she said. "While I have been focused on the remaining ballots, the Miller campaign has launched yet another smear campaign against me. They lied about my record during the primary and now they have resorted to name-calling -- it’s disgusting."
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In the military a commander is responsible for all this troops do or fail to do. Mr. Miller has blamed an unnamed staffer instead of taking responsibility for this matter and personally apologizing like a decent man. How convenient.
Mr. Miller is a West Point grad. No officer shall quibble, lie, or make excuses.
Mr. Miller what say you about your honor?
The only prostitution is Joe Miller and Joe Mama Sarah Palin who sold out her Governorship to become a millionaire.
Lisa is a decent public servant and she does not deserve this kind of low life attack.
Joe sounds like a cry baby. Let democracy rock!
Now here is where it gets interesting.
We have a new press release from the Alaska Daily News.
(UPDATED: Trooper Q&A) Senate candidate Joe Miller involved in three-car accident
Posted by Alaska_Politics
Posted: August 27, 2010 - 3:01 pm
Again, note the time and date of press release.
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Location: Fairbanks
Motor vehicle collision- damage
On 8/27/2010 at 0735 hours, Alaska State Troopers responded to a three car motor vehicle collision on Geist near Wilcox. Mark Alan Lewis, age 49 of Fairbanks, was rear ended by James Gregory Raisis, age 58 of Denali Park as he was stopped in the middle turn lane to turn left into Hutchinson high school. Prior to Raisis rear-ending Lewis, Raisis was rear ended by Joseph Wayne Miller, age 43 of Fairbanks. All drivers utilized their seatbelts and no one injured. All three vehicles sustained heavy damage.
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UPDATE: In hopes of talking to the trooper who investigated the accident, I sent Peters a list of questions this afternoon.
Here's what the trooper spokeswoman had to say:
Q. Was the first impact in this accident Joe Miller's vehicle rear-ending Gregory Raisis's vehicle?
A. It is unclear who actually hit who first. Thus, no citation.
Q. Any sign that any of the drivers weren't paying attention to the road? Were any distracted by smart phones or screen devices in their vehicle?
A. Trooper was not able to determine what transpired as the stories aren’t clear as to what occurred.
Q. Two be clear, which two drivers weren't paying attention? (Based on Peters' comments to the News-Miner.)
A. That was what the dispatcher had said. I wasn’t able to speak to the trooper until a bit later and he said no citation was issued as he couldn’t clearly determine what had happened prior to his arrival on scene.
The trooper was said to have not recognised Miller, a likely tale.
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OK, let me get this straight. Joe Miller rear-ended a car so hard that it rear-ended another car and all three cars sustained heavy damage. And no one was cited. Gee, could it be that a high-profile candidate got off from a charge that any one of us would have been cited for?
Gee, was he busy Tweeting, "Lisa Murkowski is a Prostitute" at the time? Or reviewing his talking points for the Wall Street Journal?
I am truly glad that no one was hurt, but this needs more investigation.
Miller was a car wreck to begin with but ya, rear ending someone in your car is per se negligent driving and you get a ticket for it. Not this time???? Huh. How does that work? Maybe the cops will refer it to Mike Gray and he can check Miller's cell phone for texting. Sounds like a texting accident to me.
Now, I can't find a definitive time that the now notorious 'Lisa the hooker' tweet went out before it was tweeleted, but it sure looks suspicious. I expect that Lisa's quite curious.
Sarah Palin and Joe Miller, seperated at birth?