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What’s the Air Fare to Anchorage? UPDATE: Miller Campaign ‘Urgently’ Seeks Funds to Fight Murkowski Recount

Posted on | August 26, 2010 | 67 Comments

Yesterday I told you the NRSC advised Lisa the Loser to “go negative” on Joe Miller. And today we learn that John Cornyn’s National RINO Subversive Conspiracy has sent lawyers to Anchorage to try to steal the election from Joe:

Sean Cairncross, the general counsel of the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, is headed to Alaska at the request of Sen. Lisa Murkowski to help provide guidance to the GOP incumbent finds herself trailing attorney Joe Miller by roughly 1,600 votes.

Even a GOP team player like Allahpundit is outraged:

Let me get this straight. After taking loads of abuse from the grassroots for endorsing Charlie Crist before Rubio’s campaign got off the ground, and with Murkowski already pointedly refusing to rule out a third-party bid . . . John Cornyn and the NRSC are . . . . sending their top lawyer to help her out?

Indeed, given the possibility of Lisa the Loser becoming The World’s Least Plausible Libertarian — she’s certainly not a real Libertarian like my new BFF David Nolan — I’d hope the only reason the NRSC would speak to Murky at this point is to communicate five words: Quit now, you pathetic loser.

They could send that message with an e-mail, so why is Cornyn spending Republican money to fly his legal hatchet-man to Anchorage?

Trust me, I’ve just spent a few minutes looking into the cost of a flight from DC to Anchorage. I’m freaking serious. We’ve got the 8/28 event coming up — preceded by Friday evening’s Smittypalooza — but after that? I’ve got nothing scheduled.

So what the heck? If the tip-jar hitters want some shoe-leather reporting with an Anchorage dateline, who am I to say no?

UPDATE: If Mrs. Other McCain is reading my blog again: Yes, dear, I know about the car payment and the rent and, to paraphrase Scarlett O’Hara, “We’ll worry about that tomorrow at Tara.” As a lady told us when Kennedy was just a baby, we’ve got so much love.

Meanwhile, thanks to the lady in Alaska who just hit the tip jar for $20 — if we can get about 30 more like that, you can meet me at the Anchorage airport next week and I’ll deliver your Certified Tip-Jar Hitter mug personally. And thanks again to my $50 friend in Walla Walla.

UPDATE II: Oh, my goodness, I haven’t seen this kind of fired-up grassroots enthusiasm since NY-23! Thanks to Joe in Maryland and Joe in Virginia — you Joes sure stick together, huh? A tip-jar hitter from Kentucky sends $10 and this message:

Find that NRSC lawyer and ask him straight up what he’s there for, then meteor-kick him in the face.

LOL! Keep it up, y’all.

UPDATE III: And a big $20 worth of “Roll, Tide!” thanks to a fellow in Arkansas who previously helped out on that crazy Pasadena trip for the BCS game. Thanks for the linkage from Ran at SVP, who’s angry at the GOP Senate candidate in Ohio.

UPDATE IV: Message from Walla Walla:

Say . . . could you score (yes, a poor choice of words) an interview with Levi “Dead Beat Dad” Johnston?  Might be a real scoop! 

Heh. Be glad to do it, assuming “Ricky Hollywood” isn’t in New York or LA, doing interviews with his buddies in the MSM. But if he’s in town, maybe I’ll see Levi hanging around a trailer park. I’ll tell him Dan Riehl says, “Hi!”

If y’all keep hittting the tip jar, I guess I can get a rental car and take a trip to Joe McGinniss’ neighborhood.

UPDATE V: Thanks to Dana in Ohio and Stephanie in Louisiana. Every $10 or $20 helps, and the same is true for Joe Miller’s campaign. Bracing for Lisa the Loser’s NRSC-funded demand for a recount, the Miller campaign sends out a fund-raising letter:

Thousands of absentee voter ballots were sent out by the Division of Elections and those votes will not be fully tallied until September 8th. A recount is imminent and Joe Miller URGENTLY needs your help . . .

Many of you have already contributed to Joe Miller, and certainly Joe needs your help again. Meanwhile, the L.A. Times reports:

Gail Fenumiai, director of the state Elections Division, said that 9,500 of the 16,000 absentee ballots requested had been received so far. She cautioned that not all of those ballots would be guaranteed to be counted, and that many may not include votes in the Republican Senate primary.
None of those ballots will be opened until Tuesday.

It’s a closed primary, so only Republican absentee ballots matter in this particular fight.

We’d all save a lot of money and hassle if that stupid RINO Murkowski would just admit she’s beat.

UPDATE VI: Lisa Murkowski ‘Lawyers Up’

Comments

67 Responses to “What’s the Air Fare to Anchorage? UPDATE: Miller Campaign ‘Urgently’ Seeks Funds to Fight Murkowski Recount

  1. Joe
    August 26th, 2010 @ 8:51 pm

    The Dems are in denial too.

    But seriously, the GOP needs an asswhooping if it engages in crap like this. If Miller won (and it appears he did) the party needs to back him and tell Lisa to pound sand (or snow as the case may be).

    And Stacy it is time to shut up about Mac Daddy too. We want the majority in the Sentate. And as bad as McCain may be, the Democrat opponent running against him is worse.

  2. Joe
    August 26th, 2010 @ 4:51 pm

    The Dems are in denial too.

    But seriously, the GOP needs an asswhooping if it engages in crap like this. If Miller won (and it appears he did) the party needs to back him and tell Lisa to pound sand (or snow as the case may be).

    And Stacy it is time to shut up about Mac Daddy too. We want the majority in the Sentate. And as bad as McCain may be, the Democrat opponent running against him is worse.

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  4. Ran
    August 26th, 2010 @ 9:05 pm

    Joe is right. Long past time for an internal Republican revolution. Time to send Cornyn back to fueling-up lawn tractors or whatever the heck he did in real life.

  5. Ran
    August 26th, 2010 @ 5:05 pm

    Joe is right. Long past time for an internal Republican revolution. Time to send Cornyn back to fueling-up lawn tractors or whatever the heck he did in real life.

  6. Bannor
    August 26th, 2010 @ 9:07 pm

    maybe the RNSC will send in the team that handled the MN recount, if that’s the case Miller has nothing to worry about.

  7. Bannor
    August 26th, 2010 @ 5:07 pm

    maybe the RNSC will send in the team that handled the MN recount, if that’s the case Miller has nothing to worry about.

  8. JeffS
    August 26th, 2010 @ 9:11 pm

    Have ’em pound ice, Joe. You can always find that in Alaska.

  9. JeffS
    August 26th, 2010 @ 5:11 pm

    Have ’em pound ice, Joe. You can always find that in Alaska.

  10. The Underground Conservative
    August 26th, 2010 @ 9:14 pm

    “…it is time to shut up about Mac Daddy too. We want the majority in the Sentate. And as bad as McCain may be, the Democrat opponent running against him is worse.”

    Who’s to say the Libertarian candidate won’t caucus with the GOP? He sure as heck isn’t going to caucus with the Dhimmicrats.

    Prediction: John McCain will put on his walking shoes once again and walk on over across to the other side of the aisle and help advance progressivism in the name of “bipartisanship.” Be it another bill to silence free speech in campaigns when it comes to opposing the PIG (Party In Government) or to grant amnesty to illegal aliens, who will all vote Democrat and make the GOP a permanent minority party.

    John McCain would sell his own mother if it got him an “Atta boy!” from the state-run media.

  11. The Underground Conservative
    August 26th, 2010 @ 5:14 pm

    “…it is time to shut up about Mac Daddy too. We want the majority in the Sentate. And as bad as McCain may be, the Democrat opponent running against him is worse.”

    Who’s to say the Libertarian candidate won’t caucus with the GOP? He sure as heck isn’t going to caucus with the Dhimmicrats.

    Prediction: John McCain will put on his walking shoes once again and walk on over across to the other side of the aisle and help advance progressivism in the name of “bipartisanship.” Be it another bill to silence free speech in campaigns when it comes to opposing the PIG (Party In Government) or to grant amnesty to illegal aliens, who will all vote Democrat and make the GOP a permanent minority party.

    John McCain would sell his own mother if it got him an “Atta boy!” from the state-run media.

  12. Americaneocon
    August 26th, 2010 @ 9:32 pm

    It’s not that warm up there, so bundle up McCain.

  13. Americaneocon
    August 26th, 2010 @ 5:32 pm

    It’s not that warm up there, so bundle up McCain.

  14. Ric Locke
    August 26th, 2010 @ 10:10 pm

    It just occurred to me what the problem is.

    The Republican Party is a sports team. The Democratic Party is an army. Putting points on the scoreboard gets harder when the “other team” fortifies the 20-yard line and installs machine guns.

    Regards,
    Ric

  15. Ric Locke
    August 26th, 2010 @ 6:10 pm

    It just occurred to me what the problem is.

    The Republican Party is a sports team. The Democratic Party is an army. Putting points on the scoreboard gets harder when the “other team” fortifies the 20-yard line and installs machine guns.

    Regards,
    Ric

  16. Red
    August 26th, 2010 @ 11:02 pm

    Count me in *clink* 😉

  17. Red
    August 26th, 2010 @ 7:02 pm

    Count me in *clink* 😉

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  19. Red
    August 26th, 2010 @ 7:16 pm

    Like gag me with vanilla pudding, you’ve just beenTotally linked.

  20. Red
    August 26th, 2010 @ 11:16 pm

    Like gag me with vanilla pudding, you’ve just beenTotally linked.

  21. jefferson101
    August 26th, 2010 @ 11:31 pm

    I’m not altogether sure this is a good idea.

    Y’all realize, of course, that if Stacy gets arrested for stalking Levi Johnson and Joe McGinnis, there will be another hat being passed around for bail money, don’t you?

    Just saying….

  22. jefferson101
    August 26th, 2010 @ 7:31 pm

    I’m not altogether sure this is a good idea.

    Y’all realize, of course, that if Stacy gets arrested for stalking Levi Johnson and Joe McGinnis, there will be another hat being passed around for bail money, don’t you?

    Just saying….

  23. Robert Stacy McCain
    August 26th, 2010 @ 11:48 pm

    Y’all realize, of course, that if Stacy gets arrested for stalking Levi Johnson and Joe McGinnis, there will be another hat being passed around for bail money, don’t you?

    There’s no such thing as a bad excuse to rattle the tip-jar, except for my funeral expenses. Let’s just pray they don’t have any roulette wheels in Anchorage, OK?

  24. Robert Stacy McCain
    August 26th, 2010 @ 7:48 pm

    Y’all realize, of course, that if Stacy gets arrested for stalking Levi Johnson and Joe McGinnis, there will be another hat being passed around for bail money, don’t you?

    There’s no such thing as a bad excuse to rattle the tip-jar, except for my funeral expenses. Let’s just pray they don’t have any roulette wheels in Anchorage, OK?

  25. Lisa Graas
    August 26th, 2010 @ 11:58 pm

    Your wife reads your blog? Poor thing. I’m broke but encourage anyone who can to please donate to the shoe leather fund.

  26. Lisa Graas
    August 26th, 2010 @ 7:58 pm

    Your wife reads your blog? Poor thing. I’m broke but encourage anyone who can to please donate to the shoe leather fund.

  27. Joe
    August 27th, 2010 @ 12:04 am

    Looks like you are safe. Unless you have uncontrolable impulses to engage in high stakes bingo or pull tabs. Stay off the cruise ships, however.

    You did give us that lengthy primer on how to game roulette safely in Las Vegas. But you never gave us the follow up of your Vegas trip, other than saying you barely survived the wrath of Mrs. McCain upon your return from the Silver State (presumably with a lot less silver). Dare we ask what happened?

  28. Joe
    August 26th, 2010 @ 8:04 pm

    Looks like you are safe. Unless you have uncontrolable impulses to engage in high stakes bingo or pull tabs. Stay off the cruise ships, however.

    You did give us that lengthy primer on how to game roulette safely in Las Vegas. But you never gave us the follow up of your Vegas trip, other than saying you barely survived the wrath of Mrs. McCain upon your return from the Silver State (presumably with a lot less silver). Dare we ask what happened?

  29. Joe
    August 27th, 2010 @ 12:10 am

    To The Underground Conservative, if a libertarian candidate can beat John McCain and the Democrat running, more power to him or her. If it only results in the Dem winning it is not a good idea. I am not saying try.

    McCain may be the scorpion on the back of the frog, but he is the only option right now in Arizona.

    Or maybe I am just a masochist.

  30. Joe
    August 26th, 2010 @ 8:10 pm

    To The Underground Conservative, if a libertarian candidate can beat John McCain and the Democrat running, more power to him or her. If it only results in the Dem winning it is not a good idea. I am not saying try.

    McCain may be the scorpion on the back of the frog, but he is the only option right now in Arizona.

    Or maybe I am just a masochist.

  31. Robert Stacy McCain
    August 27th, 2010 @ 12:11 am

    Dare we ask what happened?

    Dare not. I blamed everything on Yates Walker.

  32. Robert Stacy McCain
    August 26th, 2010 @ 8:11 pm

    Dare we ask what happened?

    Dare not. I blamed everything on Yates Walker.

  33. Agnes B. Bullock
    August 27th, 2010 @ 12:35 am

    It takes someone with CLASS to concede and let the winner move forward. Murkowski lacks this ingredient.

  34. Estragon
    August 27th, 2010 @ 12:35 am

    This is beginning to border on silliness. I’m as mad at Cornyn as anyone for his bad decisions like Crist, but what is the evidence to support this charge?

    Murky IS a duly elected Republican Senator whose term doesn’t expire to January. She is fully entitled to every service NRSC provides.

    So far I have seen NOT A SINGLE SHRED of evidence which suggests the NRSC lawyer will be helping her plan an independent or third party run. NONE. It’s being manufactured out of whole cloth – far more likely the lawyer will advise her to quietly drop the challenges.

    If that’s what happens, we’ll see who has the honor and decency to apologize to Cornyn.

  35. Agnes B. Bullock
    August 26th, 2010 @ 8:35 pm

    It takes someone with CLASS to concede and let the winner move forward. Murkowski lacks this ingredient.

  36. Estragon
    August 26th, 2010 @ 8:35 pm

    This is beginning to border on silliness. I’m as mad at Cornyn as anyone for his bad decisions like Crist, but what is the evidence to support this charge?

    Murky IS a duly elected Republican Senator whose term doesn’t expire to January. She is fully entitled to every service NRSC provides.

    So far I have seen NOT A SINGLE SHRED of evidence which suggests the NRSC lawyer will be helping her plan an independent or third party run. NONE. It’s being manufactured out of whole cloth – far more likely the lawyer will advise her to quietly drop the challenges.

    If that’s what happens, we’ll see who has the honor and decency to apologize to Cornyn.

  37. Robert Stacy McCain
    August 27th, 2010 @ 12:46 am

    She is fully entitled to every service NRSC provides.

    Ever since the Toomey-vs.-Specter ’04, I’ve said that the NRSC needs to stay out of contested primaries. These Senators have their own campaign funds (Murkowski was still sitting on $1.8 million three weeks before the primary) and ought to be required to rely on that in the case of primary challenges, rather than calling in the NRSC to tilt the playing field.

    Notice that it is always — always — the RINOs who get special help from the NRSC: Lincoln Chafee, Specter, Crist, etc.

  38. Robert Stacy McCain
    August 26th, 2010 @ 8:46 pm

    She is fully entitled to every service NRSC provides.

    Ever since the Toomey-vs.-Specter ’04, I’ve said that the NRSC needs to stay out of contested primaries. These Senators have their own campaign funds (Murkowski was still sitting on $1.8 million three weeks before the primary) and ought to be required to rely on that in the case of primary challenges, rather than calling in the NRSC to tilt the playing field.

    Notice that it is always — always — the RINOs who get special help from the NRSC: Lincoln Chafee, Specter, Crist, etc.

  39. Bob Belvedere
    August 27th, 2010 @ 12:49 am

    WOLVERINES!

  40. Bob Belvedere
    August 26th, 2010 @ 8:49 pm

    WOLVERINES!

  41. TR Sterling
    August 27th, 2010 @ 12:55 am

    (posted above by mistake)
    Sarah Palin looks in at Richard Trumka. Sends down 2 sweet tweets high and tight. Count is 0-2. Then winds and delivers Facebook Knockout
    http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2010/08/governor-palin-union-brothers-and.html

    Trumka swings and falls down in a cloud of dust. Murky your’re still on deck?

    As Michael Jackson said “got to be there in the morning” or something like that, spicoli.

    Stacy, billy-joel would be envious since I too, will be putting bread in your jar!

    Go man go!
    -TR

  42. TR Sterling
    August 26th, 2010 @ 8:55 pm

    (posted above by mistake)
    Sarah Palin looks in at Richard Trumka. Sends down 2 sweet tweets high and tight. Count is 0-2. Then winds and delivers Facebook Knockout
    http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2010/08/governor-palin-union-brothers-and.html

    Trumka swings and falls down in a cloud of dust. Murky your’re still on deck?

    As Michael Jackson said “got to be there in the morning” or something like that, spicoli.

    Stacy, billy-joel would be envious since I too, will be putting bread in your jar!

    Go man go!
    -TR

  43. Pat
    August 27th, 2010 @ 1:20 am

    Wish I could afford to go with ya McCain

  44. Pat
    August 26th, 2010 @ 9:20 pm

    Wish I could afford to go with ya McCain

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  47. Thomas L. Knapp
    August 27th, 2010 @ 3:03 am

    “The World’s Least Plausible Libertarian”

    ???

    I was unaware that Bob Barr and Wayne Allyn Root had bolted the Libertarian Party. Surely that development deserves a feature article!

  48. Thomas L. Knapp
    August 26th, 2010 @ 11:03 pm

    “The World’s Least Plausible Libertarian”

    ???

    I was unaware that Bob Barr and Wayne Allyn Root had bolted the Libertarian Party. Surely that development deserves a feature article!

  49. Nathan Cossey
    August 27th, 2010 @ 4:58 am

    I hit it stacy you should be able to go soon.

  50. Nathan Cossey
    August 27th, 2010 @ 12:58 am

    I hit it stacy you should be able to go soon.