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Today is the Alaska state primary election, and that flushing sound you hear ...
... is the sound of our illustrious Frank Murkowski's re-election chances going down the toilet.
Ah, Frank Murkowski, the man with the second-lowest approval rating of any governor in the country. (The only one who's doing worse is Bob Taft of Ohio, who has, let's see, admitted to assorted ethics violations and become synonymous with corruption in office.) Frank Murkowski, the man who appointed his own daughter to succeed him in the U.S. Senate. The man who convinced the legislature to buy him a jet last year with taxpayer money, and has been using it this year to fly around the state doing his re-election campaigning for free, under the guise of performing official gubernatorial business. The man who brokered a semi-secret deal with the oil companies and then sent out glossy full-color brochures promoting said deal, paid for again with taxpayer money. The man who fires people in the government who disagree with him, tries to prevent reporters who ask him tough questions from attending his press conferences, and so forth.
With about half the precincts reporting, he's currently pulling a laughable 18% of the vote. The REPUBLICAN vote. 80% of the Republicans in the state are voting against the INCUMBENT Republican governor.
Hahahahaha! Karma's a bitch, isn't it, Frank?
Ah, Frank Murkowski, the man with the second-lowest approval rating of any governor in the country. (The only one who's doing worse is Bob Taft of Ohio, who has, let's see, admitted to assorted ethics violations and become synonymous with corruption in office.) Frank Murkowski, the man who appointed his own daughter to succeed him in the U.S. Senate. The man who convinced the legislature to buy him a jet last year with taxpayer money, and has been using it this year to fly around the state doing his re-election campaigning for free, under the guise of performing official gubernatorial business. The man who brokered a semi-secret deal with the oil companies and then sent out glossy full-color brochures promoting said deal, paid for again with taxpayer money. The man who fires people in the government who disagree with him, tries to prevent reporters who ask him tough questions from attending his press conferences, and so forth.
With about half the precincts reporting, he's currently pulling a laughable 18% of the vote. The REPUBLICAN vote. 80% of the Republicans in the state are voting against the INCUMBENT Republican governor.
Hahahahaha! Karma's a bitch, isn't it, Frank?
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I mean it is, but what's up, Alaska?!
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One down...
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As much as I can't wait to see them out, though, it's going to be a trifle disturbing to me when our Congressional delegation changes. Alaska has had the same three since I've been alive. Literally. And I was born in the mid-70s! (Okay, yes, Murkowski retired, but since his daughter is in there now, we still have Stevens-Murkowski-Young just like we have for my entire life.)
I think we need fresh blood. Soon.
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