Lisa Murkowski: I’ll Give Up Power When They Pry it From My Cold Dead Hands
Murkowski: Like a Zombie Undead Hack
Like the queen of the undead political hacks, Lisa Murkowski refuses to go back to private life. She’s going to try and convince the folks back home to write her way back to DC.
LISA MURKOWSKI:
“Because my campaign the Republicans the Libertarians my dad The People Demand it!”
Spurned by Republicans, turned down by Libertarians, Lisa Murkowski looks like she’ll be pinning her hopes at retaining her Senate parking spot by convincing enough Alaskans to write her name in the ballot for the November election.
Like some undead political hack from a grade B horror flick, Murkowski won’t quit Washington until they pry Alaska’s U.S. Senate seat from her cold dead hands–or until the hero stakes her through the heart.
Murkowski Weighing Write-In Bid
Sen. Lisa Murkowski is strongly considering mounting a November write-in campaign to keep her seat and could make an announcement as soon as tomorrow, according to a source with knowledge of the situation…
Should Murkowski pull the trigger on a write-in campaign, GOP sources say she would face opposition from the National Republican Senatorial Committee. The NRSC endorsed Joe Miller immediately after Murkowski conceded the primary, and the GOP committee intends to stick with the Fairbanks attorney and provide him with the full weight of its backing…
While waging a write-in campaign is a daunting proposition for any candidate, the one source noted that with Murkowski’s strong name identification, fundraising ability and the state’s election laws, she could pull it off.
Lisa Murkowski: Queen of the Undead Pols.
Lisa got her Senate seat when she was appointed by her father, Frank Murkowski, who had just become governor. He gave up his Senate seat, moved to Juneau and appointed his daughter to his Senate seat.
Nothing like keeping it in the family.
Like a junkie who just can’t live without that next fix, what would Murkowski do without the power and perks of DC?
The Murkowski’s are betting that Alaskans are so hung up on DC pork that they’ll trash their values and climb over each other on election day to send Lisa back to Washington.
We’re betting that the people of Alaska have more principles than that–at least enough of them to keep Murkowski down in her political grave.
Murkowski couldn’t convince Republicans to nominate her; she couldn’t convince Libertarians to drop their candidate in exchange for naming her to the ballot; now she’s going to try and convince Alaskans to write her way back to Washington.
Third time’s a charm?
UPDATE: It’s positively raining tears over at the Washington Post today for Lisa Murkowski. The boo-hoo-hullabaloo links below.
* Who had the worst week in Washington? Sen. Lisa Murkowski
* Why we should all mourn Lisa Murkowski
That should tell Alaskan voters all they need to know about how independent-minded Lisa Murkowski is. The WashPo is the company paper for DC and DC’s only industry is extracting money from people’s wallets and giving it to other people. You may get a goodie today–if you’re a nice doggie–but you’ll be paying for other people’s goodies the rest of your days.
by Mondo Frazier
images: DBKP file
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