Miller Highlights Treadwell's Election Year Changing Views

safe_image (2)Joe Miller drew contrast with fellow U.S. Senate candidate Mead Treadwell during the last statewide, televised debate before the Republican Primary Election on Tuesday. A third candidate, Dan Sullivan, declined to attend the Alaska Public Media sponsored event.

Miller is the only U.S. Senate candidate to call for Barack Obama’s impeachment. He was questioned concerning what he saw as impeachable offenses. “I think any time you have a president who stands before the nation, as he did in the State of the Union and says, ‘That if Congress does not act, I will'” that is a clear sign of abuse of power by the President. Miller also pointed out the Chief Executive threatened the same regarding amnesty. Miller further noted Obama’s numerous changes to the Obamacare law without congressional authorization, and his refusal to enforce duly enacted laws of Congress, such as the Defense of Marriage Act. The President puts himself “above the rule of law, above the Constitution, and that is impeachable,” said Miller.

Treadwell acknowledged that the President is acting in a lawless fashion regarding Obamacare, but was not willing to say he would support impeachment. Sullivan, in a previous debate, declined to support impeachment at this time.

Miller also drew contrast in the areas of climate change and the United Nations Law of the Sea Treaty (“LOST”). Both Treadwell and Sullivan have spoken in support of government action to address global warming in the past, and both have backed ratification of LOST. Miller has consistently opposed the climate change agenda (given the current inconclusiveness of the science) and adoption of LOST. Treadwell stated tonight he no longer supports government action in the area of climate change that involves new taxes, and no longer supports LOST with regards to its taxing and regulating authority.

“It has been fascinating to watch Mead Treadwell’s election year transformation, from being for the climate change agenda, to being against it; from being for the Law of the Sea Treaty, to opposing ratification; from supporting moderate and even liberal politicians, to claiming to be a bastion of conservatism,” said Miller campaign spokesman Randy DeSoto. “Beware of Establishment Republicans’ election year policy changes. Joe Miller is the only consistent conservative in this race, whose views are based on time-tested principles, not changing political winds.”