Well, maybe not a fork. We can settle for the skewering he's getting from the local media. It seems that Mr. Miller, in addition to his other troubles, has forgotten about some property he owns.
For the past 14 years, U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miler has owned or controlled 40 acres with a two-story house near Willow, but he does not report it in his Senate financial disclosure statements.
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It also seems that Mr. Miller bought the property when he was flat broke:
The land was purchased in 1996. Former owner Arnie Hcrnir said he gave in to a low-ball offer from Miller because he really needed to sell. Hcrnir didn't say how much Miller paid, but land in the Willow area was going cheap at the time.
Miller had been working for a year or so as an attorney at an Anchorage law firm, although in 1995 he'd signed a sworn statement that he was indigent.That claim allowed him to save $50 on a state hunting and fishing license; he got a license reserved for the poor for only $5.
Now, I know property in Alaska doesn't go for as much as, say, the San Francisco Bay Area, but if you can pick up 40 acres with a house on an indigent's income, hey, I want to move there.
The property reminds me a little bit of the family farm from The Sopranos. I have to wonder if there's anything else there that Miller has forgotten about.
But wait - I said this was a skewering, so I should add that this isn't the only article about Miller I found today. Most of us are familiar with Ben Stein, of Ferris Beuller fame. Ouch, I know - not your favorite commentator? Well, he's in rare form when discussing Miller:
The GOP candidate for (much too) high office in Alaska, Joe Miller, who beat the redoubtable GOP stalwart, Lisa Murkowski, in the primary, with major Tea Party help, is a bit reminiscent of Willy Stark. Only stupid.
OK, he goes on to plug Murkowski at the very end, but the rest of the article is good for a laugh. If a conservative wonk like Stein is skewering Miller, you can bet he's not scoring points with the establishment.
Last but not least,
When CNN host John King asked Miller on Monday if it was fair for the public "to look at your history as a taxpayer-paid attorney, anything and everything you did, while you were on a public payroll as a public servant," Miller responded: "Well, the event in question is something that happened on my time off. So it was during the lunch hour. So, frankly, there is not a direct correlation to that."
But Miller didn't have a lunch hour.
OK, so I'm piling on a bit, but all of this was to be found on the front page of the Alaska Dispatch. If you scroll down a little farther, you'll find this and this.
I just hope the money the Republicans are wasting on this jerk is starving somebody else's campaign to our benefit.