1 So the AK court is handing the victory to Mrcraky. What happened in AK was exactly what was happening in FL in 2000. Mwwacky's people decided to change the rules while the game was in progress, and the Lt. Gov of AK said yes. Miller needs to take this all the way to to the SCt.

2 So do we get the election prediction contest results soon?

3 OK, can Miller just go away now (after getting a shave)?

4 Hey to bad they don't have betting on shit like this, I coulda retired already

5 As I posted this morning

As Expected; Alaska Senate Update: Judge Rules Against Miller

6 Now MooKow can vote for Dream Act and Amnesty

7 How the hell is this different from the bitch federal judge in OK interfering with state election certification.  Whey the hell can they (feds) do it in OK and NOT in AK.

It's B.S.

8 Hell hath no fury like a Kow scorned. Stand by GOP, this bitch is coming.

9 So the AK court is handing the victory to Mrcraky.

Bizarre idea: the voters handed her the victory.

10 The family has held that seat, for thirty years, since they beat Mike Gravel, like a two by four, in 1980, yes that Mike Gravel, You're telling me, they don't know how to spell her name, after all this time. The point of the exercise is to insure a Senator
too stupid to realize that the Food Security bill, some carbon tax, et al, gets in. The
fact that the judge, actually ignored the changing of the rules, doesn't bode well.

11 Now MooKow can vote for Dream Act and Amnesty

You mean DADT and Amnesty?

/just to keep our atrocities straight

12 How the hell is this different from the bitch federal judge in OK interfering with state election certification.  Whey the hell can they (feds) do it in OK and NOT in AK.

It's B.S.
Posted by: Sukie Tawdry

No. Miller's lawsuit made state law claims involving the state statute and the Alaska Supreme Court's interpretation of state law. The CAIR Oklahoma lawsuit involved claims under the U.S. Constitution's First and Fourteenth Amendments. Hence, Miller's case goes to the state courts, while CAIR's claim can go to either the state or to the federal courts.

As I wrote in the post, if Miller wants to make a constitutional challenge to this decision, he still can do that in the federal court. It's not B.S.

13 Fucking machine politics

14

If the AK law says you have to spell the name correctly, and you don't get to bring a cheat sheet... and then Mucko's name is spelled incorrectly and they got to bring a cheat sheet...

I don't even know why this is an issue.  Mucko's people rigged the game, it's obvious, and we need a fucking SCOTUS with fucking integrity to show Mucko the door for cheating.

15 I've already made peace with the fact that a majority of Alaskan voters are as happy to feed at the trough as the meanest Southside ghetto dweller.

Now I just hope the money fails.

16 Gabe, since there's still not a winner in your contest for guessing the number of Republican gains, I think I should win for not entering.

17 @12: Well, I really hope he doesn't. Look, he lost against a write-in candidate. He ran a lousy campaign, that's all there is to it. Now he just looks like a sore loser, and keeps reminding everyone Palin - our probable 2012 nominee - supported him. It's time for him to leave & get on with his life, sitting on a barstool somewhere next to Mondale & Dole and bitterly talking about old times in between margaritas.

18 One other federal issue that hasn't been explored here is that AK is under the auspices of the Unconstitutional Section V of the VRA.

They changed the election law without approval of the DOJ. If they had done this to support a Republican Holder would have been all over them like stink on shit.

19 We are stuck with the crooked Kow for six years.  The best revenge Miller could have is setting beside her after the next election.  Give it up Joe.  Start thinking about the next election.  Get your ducks in a row.  You should havewon this one handily.  Don't screw up the next election for yourself by beating this horse for too long.

20 19, Disagree. That's the right move for somebody who thinks he should be the next Senator from AK, but is not the right move for somebody who wants to repair the twisted election reality in AK. I say full speed ahead.

21 Don't screw up the next election for yourself by beating this horse for too long.

I think it's too late for Joe to run for the other Senate seat.  Once people have voted against you, your only hope is that the winner will do so badly that the voters will regret their pick.  I don't see Meerkowshi doing that.

That would be like me switching from pulling for Jeff Gordon to Jimmy Johnson just to get on the winning side.

22 But then again, he wasn't blown out in a three way race, beating the Democrat outright, maybe he can do it.  Unless the bulk of Meerkow's votes were from pragmatic Democrats who will return to support the sitting pork vendor.

23 I'm sure Senator Moopantski will enjoy working with President Palin.

24 we need a fucking SCOTUS with fucking integrity to show Mucko the door for cheating. Posted by: Truman North at December 11, 2010 11:02 AM

We need state election commissions that play by the rules, not courts getting involved in every friggin' election.

Moocowflopski "beat" Miller by something like 10K votes. I have to think the judge's ruling was influenced by that, and might have been different if the margin had been in the hundreds or low thousands.

Looks to me like AK voters wanted their pork-lovin' corrupt Senator, and Miller screwed the pooch. He has to carry some of the blame for this: he ran a shitty campaign, apparently believing Palin's endorsement would carry him to the win without any effort on his own part.

25 Really when a judge releases your personal file, and he was appointed by the father of the candidate, when the election department rewrites the rules, ignoring the law,
keep on pretending that elections are going to mean something, in the future

26 Didn't Jean write that Congressional staff assignments are made complete by Dec. 12th, that should Miller hold out that long, it would damage Madcow's station?

The time quickly approaches when Miller should take Fred Thompson's advice, let it go, live 'n learn, ready to fight another campaign all the better prepared for next time.

27 he ran a shitty campaign, apparently believing Palin's endorsement would carry him to the win without any effort on his own part.
Posted by: MrScribbler©

...catch your breath and let him "lose" without any kicking the dead horse shit.

28 I think it's too late for Joe to run for the other Senate seat.  Once people have voted against you,

Half full, half empty. The people voted for Murkowski.

Given another opportunity, against another non-incumbent, who is to say that this elective round is bound to repeat ad inifitum.

I'd give Miller another chance. Teh Fred has every confidence in Miller's political future, should Miller not persist beyond this point in his lawsuits that appear mean spirited, legitimacy aside.

29

I'm wondering, if all the ballots that had bad penmanship or misspelled the Cow's name by a letter were disallowed, because the write-in was not "as it appears in the candidate filing", what would stop the Dems from upping the ante next time a conservative tries a write-in campaign and disallowing any write-in vote that is not in 12 point Times New Roman, since that is how the name appeared on the filing?

This kind of hair-splitting, nit-picking bullshit will come back and bite you in the ass every time. Trying to out-fraud the Democrats is like a tee-totaler challenging a hard core alcoholic to a drinking contest, it just ain't gonna work. 

30 The AK Legislature has been told that the elections laws they pass mean jack shit. Yeah, a better campaign next time might get Joe Miller the win, but so what? Fixing how elections are done is more important. I think Miller should bite into Moopantski's ass like a coked-up pit bull and not let go.

31 The judge seemed troubled that Miller apparently sat on these claims from November 17 through December 2 without trying to pursue them.

Considering how difficult fraud claims are inherently to prove - remember we specifically try to make it hard to tie a ballot to an individual - this is a bit disturbing.

Overall the acceptance of fraud in the system is also a cause for concern. There is no particular difference between having your vote negated through some form of disenfranchisement, and having your vote negated by a fraudulent one, and yet as a country we treat the former as one of the greatest of crimes and the latter as an issue of no note.

32 what would stop the Dems from upping the ante next time a conservative tries a write-in campaign and disallowing any write-in vote that is not in 12 point Times New Roman, since that is how the name appeared on the filing?

What makes you think this ruling would stop them from doing that? The left has a "just win" attitude and could care less if they have to reverse their logical reasoning from one case to the next.

Remember how Gore's team was prepared to argue that popular vote counts don't matter when he thought he would win the electoral college while losing the popular vote?

33 ...catch your breath and let him "lose" without any kicking the dead horse shit.
Posted by: maverick muse at December 11, 2010 11:57 AM

All this babble about how Moocowflopski "stole" the election is the "kicking the dead horse shit."

It's time for Miller to decide that he'll run for AK's other Senate seat, or Governor, or mayor of Wasilla, or whatever the hell he wants to do and learn a lesson from this campaign: he has to work harder to win.

34 Posted by: 18-1 at December 11, 2010 12:20 PM

I'm no fan of Moocowflopski, but we also have to ensure that the candidate the people choose wins.

It's easy for us to say Miller was robbed, but maybe he wasn't. Even if the citizens pick a corrupt loser, that's their choice.

I don't know the truth, you don't know the truth, no one outside AK knows the truth.

If they feel cheated, it's up to them to force their election officials to abide by the law, and I'm not hearing much -- any -- outrage from Alaskans.

35 One man, one vote. Bwahahahahaha! It's more like one man, zero votes, and one other man, ten votes.

36

Oh, I knew he wouldn't win the election on this.

The major point is to get these precedents:

(1) Changing the rules of counting the ballots in the middle of the election

(2) Intent of the voter overrides the written law

overturned.

My understanding is that this judge's ruling is BS.  For one thing, he shouldn't be deciding on issues like whether or not it would make a difference in the election.

I am sick and tired of judges ignoring the law as written and talking about justice and trying to be wise.    We need civilian oversight of the legal profession.

37 If Obama gets primaried and loses he can run as a write in. Imagine counting those votes.

38 If they feel cheated, it's up to them to force their election officials to abide by the law, and I'm not hearing much -- any -- outrage from Alaskans.

Posted by: MrScribbler© at December 11, 2010 12:29 PM (Ulu3i)

No matter how many votes Morcooski really got, it is clear that Miller did not get a majority of the votes (since it was a three way election). So I would be shocked frankly to the "the people of Alaska" express public outrage in some fashion.

Anyway, I certainly don't see anyway Miller pulls it out at this point.

My concern isn't even so much this election though, but the acceptance of small scale fraud that we see again and again.

Fraud allegations should be only made in a serious manner and treated as a BFD in the public sphere. They call into question the notion of representative government in general. 

Add to that the hijinks we saw played in this election - repeated violations of the law on Morcokeski's behalf and the active involvement of the state bureaucracy in hleping to get her reelected and this election bodes serious ill for future elections. 

39

What makes you think this ruling would stop them from doing that? The left has a "just win" attitude and could care less if they have to reverse their logical reasoning from one case to the next.

Agreed.  The libs always push the ball in their direction.  Always. 

Besides, the law says proper spelling and that's what it means.  Period.

It's supposed to be impossible to win a statewide write-in vote. 

40
We'll go through this every election cycle until the Republican starts giving a shit and does something about it.

41 40, Yes, as we see Joe miller doing now.

42 Mookcowskie won the election fairly.

The Demtards teamed up with the idiots in the state. They know a Democrat can't win in Alaska, so they threw in with the princess.

Next time have your act together.

43 Next time have your act together. Posted by: Kristopher Such as beat Moopantski in the Republican primary?

44 Joe Miller is toast.

45 STFU, Master of the fucking obvious.

46 Don't worry about Joe. I'll take of care of my man crush.

47 Why should we bother with writing and passing laws anymore?  Let's just write whatever the fuck comes to mind and bring it to a judge since the judiciary apparently has all the power.

48 He seems to be trying to buy time to push true fraud allegations. Affidavit highlights Claims include that normal ballots and write-in ballots were delivered separately in some precincts and that many ballots appear to be the same handwriting. Does anyone in Alaska know how credible these claims are?

49

Alaska has one of these systems where judges are appointed by the governor, but the governor is only provided names by a pool provided by the bar association.

We're lucky if the list of judges is just partisan.

Most of the time the list is based on corruption at a variety of levels.

It violates the US Constitution, which entitles us to a republican form of government.

50 he ran a shitty campaign, apparently believing Palin's endorsement would carry him to the win without any effort on his own part.

Posted by: MrScribbler© at December 11, 2010 11:32 AM (Ulu3i)

Miller even screwed up the Palin endorsement by telling Chris Wallace he didn't think Palin was qualified to be President. Then the emails leaked from either his campaign or the Palins revealed a tiff that was smoothed over. But he looked fake and opportunistic after the whole incident.

Coming right out and refusing to answer questions about yourself during a campaign is poor strategy. Miller seemed to talk the tea party walk more than he walked it himself, which is what ultimately cost him the election.

51

I hope Joe Miller takes it to the Supreme Court.  Maybe loose, maybe win, I hope win.

 

52 If you lose a primary, you should be done. 

This is bullshit.  The Kow won only because of libtard dems voting for her RINO entitled ass.

53

Miller could easily crush Begich in 2014.  Unfortunately by keeping up this nonsense, he is destroying a lot of goodwill. 

 

 

PS.  Lose doesn't have two fucking o's in it, for fuck sake. 

54 You know who this benefits the most?  Mitt Romney. 

55

"Now MooKow can vote for Dream Act and Amnesty."

 

 

 

Uh, if those were brought up in the lame duck session, she would have been able to vote for them even if she had lost to Miller. 

 

56 eman: Such as beat Moopantski in the Republican primary?

Such as not assuming you have won because you have the Republican nomination in Alaska. Such as hammering all of the corrupticrat Republicans in Alaska out of local and state office, and neutering the lot of them.

The poll workers who supported her need to be removed ... this requires Tea Party prosecutors and head vote counters. Keep pushing until we own the state, and corruptocrats like the princess can't get aid.

57 First problem: Miller's campaign staff was infected with Huckabubba trolls who wanted him to lose in order to discredit Palin. 

Second problem:  Too much out of state influence.  Alaskans distrust outsiders.  Miller is an outsider whose campaign appeared to be run by outsiders. 

Third problem:  His message was tailored to lower 48 issues; not to Alaska issues.  Alaska is a public housing project / Indian reservation.  Telling people that government welfare is unconstitutional might play in Peoria; but in the Mat Su Valley, people just think you're nuts.   

Fourth problem:  Trying to distance himself from Palin (no doubt on the advice of the aforesaid trolls)  and doing it in such a clumsy way on national television turned off a large number of people.   Sean Parnell is the politician Alaskans associate with Palin.  It was Palin / Parnell that pulled off the hat trick of the century: wrenching the state government out of the hands of the oil companies while, at the same time, creating a business climate that allowed the oil companies to expand their operations, make more money, and hire more people.   Parnell won reelection in a landslide (59%) and out polled the Murk machine by more than 50k votes.  

Fifth problem:  Crossing Sarah Palin on national television.  Welcome to the tundra Joe. 

Never entrust power to anyone not willing to surrender it.