Miller Responds to Murkowski Endorsements

Anchorage Alaska–Joe Miller, candidate for United State Senate, believes many in Alaska’s Republican Party old guard have lost their way. Nothing exemplifies this more than the state legislators who stepped forward yesterday to endorse Senator Murkowski and her big spending, big government agenda. “They are symptomatic of the pervasive problems facing our Republican Party,” Miller said. He added, “Now more than ever we need new leadership that understands the seriousness of the times, and is willing to act boldly on behalf of Alaskans with commonsense conservative values.”

 

It is not surprising that this group chose to stand by a Senator who voted against her Party on more than 300 occasions, earning her the ignoble distinction of being named in the top RINOs in Congress. (See Human Events, “Top 10 Senate RINOs,” March 3, 2009). They are, with a few exceptions, the same group that supported Obama’s stimulus package in the Alaska state legislature, voting to override the Governor’s veto and accept 100% of the stimulus funds. These legislators, by and large, were also responsible for increasing the state operating budget by almost 40% over the last four years, even as the state faced declining oil production.

 

“This is no time for ‘Good old boy’ politics. Our country is in peril. Let us be an example to those willing to step out boldly and end the ‘politics as usual, don’t rock the boat’ game,” Miller said.

 

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