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Anchorage Tea Party Endorses Joe Miller for U.S. Senate

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Today Joe Miller announced that the Anchorage Tea Party has endorsed his candidacy for United States Senate. The group’s endorsement reads in full:

“Although all three Republican candidates are saying things we want to hear, ATP believes that Joe Miller is the only one who can be trusted to take action consistent with his promises.”

“While all of the three Republican candidates will be more attuned to ATP values and principles than is the incumbent, ATP is not convinced that their values and principles will not “evolve” over time. Mr. Miller, in all respects, has consistently demonstrated that he will not accede to globalist and corporate pressure to go along to get along.”

“ATP sincerely believes that Mr. Miller is the best person to represent the State of Alaska in the United States Senate. ATP is convinced that Joe Miller is one of us, the People, who will take his oath of office to defend and support the Constitution very seriously and bear true faith and allegiance to the same to remove the yoke of an overreaching elitist government from the People it was intended to serve.”

“I am honored by the Anchorage Tea Party’s endorsement of my candidacy and their trust in me to stay true to the principles I espouse,” said Miller. “I am committed to going to Washington and joining those reformers in the Senate and the House, who want to restore our nation to its constitutional foundation, and with that, the liberty and opportunity which have been the birthright of all Americans.”

Miller Highlights Treadwell's Election Year Changing Views

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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.”

It's Miller Time!

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10478214_10152532997885396_3986236391737124826_n (1)I’m not talking about Bill O’Reilly’s weekly television guest, Dennis Miller, or the famous beer slogan.

I’m talking constitutional conservative Republican and Alaskan Joe Miller making a strong bid for the U.S. Senate (Aug. 19 primary) with the support of conservative leaders and groups such as Alaska Right to Life, Alaska Republican Assembly, Gun Owners of America, National Association of Gun Rights, Conservative Campaign Committee, Rep. Thomas Massie, Gen. William “Jerry” Boykin (ret.), Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Conservative Patriots Group and others. Miller faces opposition from Republican challengers Attorney General Dan Sullivan and Mead Treadwell.

Miller, the Republican nominee in 2010, made headlines when he was defeated by a write-in campaign by RINO Lisa Murkowski. Both the GOP and Democratic establishment teamed up against Miller, and he suffered a loss. (Treadwell actually admitted to writing in Murkowski on the ballot. For shame.)

But Miller’s back with a vengeance and poised to pull off another upset in the Republican primary, a fact that has even been realized by Alaska Democratic Party Communications Director Zach Fields: “For folks on the ground in Alaska, Miller is actually running a lot better campaign than last time. … And I would say, based on what we know of the unreliable polling in Alaska, he has a very clear chance to win.”

And winning he is! David Cantanese, a columnist for U.S. News and World Report tweeted, “@JoeWMiller is still pretty d–n smooth in a debate.” From the outburst of applause and cheering at the mention of his name from the audience (and their inability to contain their applause throughout the debate) to his uncanny finesse to debate while expertly calling out both the Obama administration and his opponents on a myriad of issues important to American stability, safety and solvency, there’s no doubt in my mind that it’s Miller Time!

Miller is spot on in his policy: 100 percent pro-life, supports gun rights, opposes all forms of amnesty for illegal immigrants, calls for Obama’s impeachment, supports a full repeal on Obamacare, supports balancing the budget and cutting federal spending, and supports traditional marriage. He is the only candidate in this race to receive endorsements from Alaska Right to Life, Gun Owners of America, and the National Association of Gun Rights. That speaks volumes…

If ever it were Miller Time, it’s the next seven days.

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Rove Influence Set to Lose Alaska Senate Seat

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Photo Credit: Facebook / Dan Sullivan

Photo Credit: Facebook / Dan Sullivan

By Dan Riehl.

The Tea party-aligned candidate in Alaska’s Republican Senate primary Joe Miller invoked the “R” word, as in Karl Rove, in attacking his two opponents over their stance on illegal immigration. Given the way the immigration issue is now playing nationally, any perceived weakness among the two could cost them an edge in the general election, were one of them to gain the nomination, instead of Miller.

Both former Alaska Attorney General Dan Sullivan and Lt. Gov Mead Treadwell refused to sign a pledge offered by to oppose all efforts at “amnesty” for people here illegally if elected to the U.S. Senate, with Treadwell chastising Miller for sending out a mailer on immigration featuring menacing Hispanic gang members. Miller, in turn, noted that several of Sullivan’s backers, like GOP strategist Karl Rove, favor allowing many of the 11 million immigrants in the country to eventually become citizens.

Republican Senate candidates from Maine to Arkansas are now attacking Democrats for their positions on immigration reform. If either Treadwell, or Sullivan emerge victorious in the primary but are seen as more aligned with the establishment GOP, often linked to Rove, on immigration, it could prove difficult for them to then pivot and attack Begich on immigration in the general.

The candidates also clashed over the economic stimulus, gun rights and campaign spending. Sullivan has raised almost four times as much money as Treadwell and has a super PAC backing him, enabling him to bombard the airwaves with advertising.

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Two Pro Amnesty Candidates Refuse To Sign No-Amnesty Pledge – They Can’t Hide Now

By Rick Wells.

Alaska is a long way from the Mexican border but the open borders problem visits and inhabits every state. Wasted Federal tax dollars as well as increased employment competition, both from foreigners as well as economically displaced Americans impacts us all.

Two Republican Senate candidates seeking to unseat Democrat Mark Begich failed a litmus test during a debate this past Sunday. One of the three participants, conservative Joe Miller, asked his opponents to join him in signing a pledge against illegal alien amnesty.

The document read, “I will oppose any attempt by Congress or the President to grant amnesty (any pathway to citizenship) for illegal aliens.”

It’s a straightforward declaration and a refusal to sign it is a fairly clear indication of a support for some sort of amnesty as well as potential ownership by the deep-pocketed donors and puppet masters who finance their campaigns.

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Why the hottest senate race in the country might just be in Alaska

By Edward Rollins.

One of the closet and most significant Senate races in the country this year is Alaska’s election for the junior Senate slot presently held by Democrat Mark Begich.

Alaska, the forty ninth state admitted to the Union, is our largest state in land mass but the third smallest in population. It’s also the least dense state and only state that was once part of Russia.

In this election cycle, the coldest state may turn out to have the hottest Senate race in the country — the race that ultimately decides the critical fifty-first seat for who controls the majority.

Now that he is running for reelection in one of the reddest of red states, Begich is trying to put as much distant as possible between himself and the unpopular president who leads his party.

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Takin' a Stand for Conservatism: Joe Miller for U.S. Senate, Alaska

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27782_129460337065853_5896057_n (1)In the history of a particular high school back in the 1960s, no pregnant student was allowed to participate in the graduation ceremony. A leftist group threatened the school with a lawsuit, which led to the school rescinding its policy. A pregnant student walked across stage to receive her diploma. The following year, 23 students pranced across the stage, pregnant, at graduation. The moral: you get what you tolerate.

The GOP continues to shove tired old RINO primary candidates down our throats – bullying our Tea Party candidates with their deep pockets and dirty tricks. A most recent example is the GOP using the deplorable Democrat tactic of race-baiting to steal Chris McDaniel’s victory over RINO Thad Cochran in Mississippi.

The GOP has joined the Democrats and MSM, attempting to brand the Tea Party as extreme and as nutcases. How outrageous, insulting, and despicable is that, when the truth is that we are simply demanding that politicians and lawmakers follow the Constitution? We are saying no to socialism; no to out-of-control, unprecedented government overreaches; and no to Obama’s fundamental transformation of America. And yet, we are the bad guys. We are the crazies who need to be defeated. God help us.

Despite the GOP’s in-your-face screw-you attitude toward the Tea Party, consultants advise that we be reasonable – that we hold our noses and vote for Republican candidates who we know will vote with the Democrats, further undermining conservative principles and values that we hold dear.

In Tennessee, Lamar Alexander ran for re-election claiming to be against amnesty. Upon beating Tea Party candidate Joe Carr in the primary, Alexander is back to embracing amnesty. This is yet another example of GOP establishment arrogance, deceit, and disrespect for the desires of We the People.

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Two Alaska GOP Senate Candidates Refuse to Sign Anti-Amnesty Pledge

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Two Republican Senate candidates in Alaska refused to sign an anti-amnesty pledge during a Sunday debate.

Conservative candidate Joe Miller asked his two opponents to sign a pledge that reads, “I will oppose any attempt by Congress or the President to grant amnesty (any pathway to citizenship) for illegal aliens.”

Former Alaska Attorney General Dan Sullivan, who is supported by Karl Rove and other pro-amnesty Republicans, and Lt. Gov Mead Treadwell, who has said he supported a pathway to citizenship, refused to sign it…

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Conservative Campaign Committee Endorses Joe Miller for U.S. Senate

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joe-millerThe Joe Miller campaign announced the endorsement of the Conservative Campaign Committee today.

The Political Action Committee’s President Ryan Gill stated, “Joe Miller is working hard on behalf of the conservative principles we share. We look forward to working along side him as the Republican nominee and Alaska’s next United States Senator.”

In making its announcement, the group noted that Miller is a “constitutional conservative” in the mold of Senators Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, and Rand Paul, who is running against “two establishment candidates.”

Miller responded, “I am honored by the endorsement of the Conservative Campaign Committee. Their support comes at a critical juncture in the race, when the momentum, according to what we’re seeing on the ground, as well as public and internal polling, has shifted in our direction. With the help of liberty-loving Americans, we are going to win this race on August 19th and defeat Mark Begich in November.”

Alaska GOP Candidates Clash on Immigration

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Memorial Day 13Thousands of miles from the U.S-Mexico border, three Republicans vying for their party’s nomination for U.S. Senate in Alaska clashed on immigration Sunday night in a televised debate ahead of the Aug. 19 primary.

Both former Alaska Attorney General Dan Sullivan and Lt. Gov Mead Treadwell refused to sign a pledge offered by tea party favorite Joe Miller to oppose all efforts at “amnesty” for people here illegally if elected to the U.S. Senate, with Treadwell chastising Miller for sending out a mailer on immigration featuring menacing Hispanic gang members. Miller, in turn, noted that several of Sullivan’s backers, like GOP strategist Karl Rove, favor allowing many of the 11 million immigrants in the country to eventually become citizens.

“It’s because it’s the truth,” Miller said when challenged about the pictures on the flier. “This is real-world stuff.”

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Miller Wins the KTVA/Alaska Dispatch Debate (+video)

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10513419_859097640768782_7393880810506220822_n (1)Joe Miller showed once again why he is the best candidate to make the case against Mark Begich this fall.

Miller made clear he is ready to join Senators Cruz and Lee in challenging the status quo. On a question of whether he would support freezing new federal government regulations he said, “Of course I would. The question is whether we are going to have people of mettle willing to do that…We must seize the opportunity we have to join with senators like Mike Lee and Ted Cruz to actually reign in the federal government.”

Miller highlighted his stance against amnesty by bringing a copy of a pledge he asked both of his Republican opponents to sign last Friday. The pledge simply reads, “I will oppose any attempt by Congress or the President to grant amnesty (any pathway to citizenship) for illegal aliens.”

Miller handed a copy to Dan Sullivan, who has said he does not support amnesty, but refused to sign the pledge. Miller pointed out that Sullivan is backed by major proponents of amnesty, including Karl Rove’s Crossroads, John McCain and Lindsey Graham. Mead Treadwell refused to sign it last week; he supports a pathway to citizenship.

During the debate, Miller told the audience to be wary of campaign rhetoric when evaluating how each candidate would likely vote as their next senator. He referenced a candidate comparison put together by his campaign with footnoted references. Regarding Treadwell he said, “Mead you have pretty much adopted every theme from my 2010 campaign. Your rhetoric certainly has not matched your past action. In fact, I am surprised today you haven’t shown up with a beard.”

U.S. News and World Report columnist David Cantanese tweeted, “@JoeWMiller is still pretty damn smooth in a debate.” We agree.

WATCH: Miller Challenges Opponents to Sign No-Amnesty Pledge

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Today Joe Miller issued a challenge to his primary opponents to sign a no-amnesty pledge, blocking a pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens.

“My opponents have been unwilling to make a commitment on this crucial issue,” said Miller. “Ultimately, it goes beyond whether or not the folks crossing the border are rewarded for their illegal behavior. It is a matter of national integrity, security, the rule of law, and whether we have the will to survive as a sovereign nation.”

A signed copy of the pledge was delivered to the Anchorage headquarters of Dan Sullivan and Mead Treadwell this afternoon. Miller is calling on Sullivan and Treadwell to put America first and protect American workers.

Miller concluded, “It’s time to move beyond political posturing and special favors for special interests. This is an opportunity for Dan Sullivan and Mead Treadwell to show Alaskans that they’re listening. I hope they’ll stand up to the Democrat political machine and big corporate interests who are acting against the interests of the people.”

Joe Miller is a husband, father, grandfather, combat veteran, and advocate of Constitutional liberty who believes in individual rights, private property, free markets and the sanctity of human life.

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