Why Joe Miller Won

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“You can accomplish much, if you don’t care who gets the credit.”
— Ronald Reagan

Frankly, I’ve been patting myself on my back all morning about the prescience of my July 6 American Spectator feature about Joe Miller:

Any disinterested political observer would be tempted to rate Murkowski a lead-pipe cinch for re-election. The incumbent has only one major problem, and that problem can be summed up in two words: Sarah Palin.

Read the whole thing and tell me I didn’t nail that one, OK? But there’s a couple of things you ought to know. I never would have done that interview with Miller if it hadn’t been for frequent commenter (and longtime tip-jar hitter) Miss Sharon. She was an early supporter of Miller’s Senate campaign and pushed hard to get me to pay attention to his primary, then helped me get hooked up with his campaign staff.

Miss Sharon — her Twitter name is WooHooYoo — isn’t famous or influential. She’s just someone who has stopped asking, “What can I do?” and started doing what she can. (Good advice.)

Some people are giving Sarah Palin all the credit for Joe Miller’s miracle win in Alaska, but there are a lot of volunteers like Miss Sharon who deserve credit. And somebody pointed out today that Mark Levin did a lot to boost Joe’s campaign with this July 23 interview:

Levin helped Joe Miller get his message to a huge national radio audience and guess who turned that interview into a YouTube video? Miss Sharon.

Small world, you see? But let’s face it: The guy who did the most to help Joe Miller win was . . . Joe Miller.

He is a fine candidate with strong principles who isn’t afraid to speak the truth and speaks it clearly and intelligently. He is the kind of guy any American should be proud to support.

JOE MILLER for U.S. SENATE

77 comments

  1. The incumbent has only one major problem, and that problem can be summed up in two words: <Sarah Palin.

    Read the whole thing and tell me I didn’t nail that one, OK?

    No you didn’t. There’s another major factor that you haven’t taken into account/foreseen/underestimated: Prop 2.

    But the “tea party”-backed Miller was boosted by an endorsement from Murkowski’s longtime foe, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R), as well as a controversial ballot measure, Proposition 2, that would require doctors to inform parents in order for a teenage girl to undergo an abortion.

    The measure appeared to be turning out conservative-leaning voters in record numbers: As of early Wednesday morning, total turnout on Prop 2 exceeded the combined turnout in the Republican and Democratic Senate primaries by more than 10,000 voters, with 55 percent voting in favor and 45 percent opposed.

  2. The incumbent has only one major problem, and that problem can be summed up in two words: <Sarah Palin.

    Read the whole thing and tell me I didn’t nail that one, OK?

    No you didn’t. There’s another major factor that you haven’t taken into account/foreseen/underestimated: Prop 2.

    But the “tea party”-backed Miller was boosted by an endorsement from Murkowski’s longtime foe, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R), as well as a controversial ballot measure, Proposition 2, that would require doctors to inform parents in order for a teenage girl to undergo an abortion.

    The measure appeared to be turning out conservative-leaning voters in record numbers: As of early Wednesday morning, total turnout on Prop 2 exceeded the combined turnout in the Republican and Democratic Senate primaries by more than 10,000 voters, with 55 percent voting in favor and 45 percent opposed.

  5. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch. This thing is probably going to drag on into September.

  6. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch. This thing is probably going to drag on into September.

  13. Btw, Joe Miller hasn’t won yet. Given Miller leads by only about 2000 votes, there is still a chance that he can lose if Murkowski gets a 10 point lead in the 16,000 or so ballots that are yet to be counted.

  14. Btw, Joe Miller hasn’t won yet. Given Miller leads by only about 2000 votes, there is still a chance that he can lose if Murkowski gets a 10 point lead in the 16,000 or so ballots that are yet to be counted.

  17. Should read: “16,000 or so absentee ballots that are yet to be counted.”

    @Garym

    He who crows (see RSM) may have to eat crow.

  18. Should read: “16,000 or so absentee ballots that are yet to be counted.”

    @Garym

    He who crows (see RSM) may have to eat crow.

  19. Miss Sharron is example of just how out of touch the Ruling Class is with the American people.

    If Sen Murkowski were a gracious Republican she would be giving her concession speech by now; instead, she’ll fight to the bloody death to keep her appointed royal ruling-class seat from being overthrown by the will of the American people.

  20. Miss Sharron is example of just how out of touch the Ruling Class is with the American people.

    If Sen Murkowski were a gracious Republican she would be giving her concession speech by now; instead, she’ll fight to the bloody death to keep her appointed royal ruling-class seat from being overthrown by the will of the American people.

  21. Everyone did a nice job, here. The final outcome remains in doubt, but there is no question that the Republican Establishment just got kicked square in the ass. And deservedly so.

    And just because he does a good job, I’m gonna say it:

    HIT THE FREAKIN’ TIP JAR, PEOPLE! STACY IS DA MAN!!!!!

  22. Everyone did a nice job, here. The final outcome remains in doubt, but there is no question that the Republican Establishment just got kicked square in the ass. And deservedly so.

    And just because he does a good job, I’m gonna say it:

    HIT THE FREAKIN’ TIP JAR, PEOPLE! STACY IS DA MAN!!!!!

  23. …and guess who turned that interview into a YouTube video? Miss Sharon.

    And what a youtube sensation and a promotion of Miller campaign that video had since been! a million views! oops a hundreds of thousand! oops again. Yeah got it, hundreds!

  24. …and guess who turned that interview into a YouTube video? Miss Sharon.

    And what a youtube sensation and a promotion of Miller campaign that video had since been! a million views! oops a hundreds of thousand! oops again. Yeah got it, hundreds!

  25. waylay, you sound a trifle peeved, what with all your nitpicking and snide remarks. The outcome is undecided, so it remains possible that you could be chowing down on a bird.

    You might want to keep that in mind. Just in case, hmmmmmmm?

  26. waylay, you sound a trifle peeved, what with all your nitpicking and snide remarks. The outcome is undecided, so it remains possible that you could be chowing down on a bird.

    You might want to keep that in mind. Just in case, hmmmmmmm?

  27. What a pathetic joke waylay is and btw estragon you got your wish now Mcbailout can poke the right in the eye and vote with the democraps for 6 years

  29. What a pathetic joke waylay is and btw estragon you got your wish now Mcbailout can poke the right in the eye and vote with the democraps for 6 years

  33. Another important takeaway-John Mcbailout is going ot give the people of arizona another ass reaming thanks to the duped ones[Palin that includes you although i like you]

  34. Another important takeaway-John Mcbailout is going ot give the people of arizona another ass reaming thanks to the duped ones[Palin that includes you although i like you]

  37. @kojocaro

    What a pathetic joke waylay is and btw estragon you got your wish now Mcbailout can poke the right in the eye and vote with the democraps for 6 years

    Well, there IS something you can do — BEFORE you lash out…and then you might possibly not have to eat gamey tasting birds, like crows.

    You can take a tip from Jack, as in, Nicholson, in “Anger Management”.

    When you feel so angry that you are about to explode, or say things to someone that are hard to un-do, simply begin to sing….

    “I feel pretty, oh so pretty,
    I feel pretty and witty and gay….”

    you know, that song from “West Side Story”.

    If you are not in a car, you can combine that with ballet-type jumps around the house.

    Let me know how that works.

    😉

  38. @kojocaro

    What a pathetic joke waylay is and btw estragon you got your wish now Mcbailout can poke the right in the eye and vote with the democraps for 6 years

    Well, there IS something you can do — BEFORE you lash out…and then you might possibly not have to eat gamey tasting birds, like crows.

    You can take a tip from Jack, as in, Nicholson, in “Anger Management”.

    When you feel so angry that you are about to explode, or say things to someone that are hard to un-do, simply begin to sing….

    “I feel pretty, oh so pretty,
    I feel pretty and witty and gay….”

    you know, that song from “West Side Story”.

    If you are not in a car, you can combine that with ballet-type jumps around the house.

    Let me know how that works.

    😉

  39. @JeffS

    Well, i’ll tell you the secret of not having to eat crow …what i mean is how to be spared from the realization that you suck.

    Just have no opinion of yourself to begin with!

  40. @JeffS

    Well, i’ll tell you the secret of not having to eat crow …what i mean is how to be spared from the realization that you suck.

    Just have no opinion of yourself to begin with!

  41. waylay i feel flattered that yall woud quote me i’am sorely disappointed you did not play the racecard against me?

    and btw waylay here is how to be spared from the realization hat you suck try not to suck oh so badly which is an arduous task for you liberals of today

  42. waylay i feel flattered that yall woud quote me i’am sorely disappointed you did not play the racecard against me?

    and btw waylay here is how to be spared from the realization hat you suck try not to suck oh so badly which is an arduous task for you liberals of today

  45. Interesting to note that 5 of those top 10 Senate RINO mentioned in your article (every one who was up for election except for McCain) will not be returning to the Senate.

    Add in the new conservative recruits and we are going to have a unified, conservative caucus in the Senate.

  46. Interesting to note that 5 of those top 10 Senate RINO mentioned in your article (every one who was up for election except for McCain) will not be returning to the Senate.

    Add in the new conservative recruits and we are going to have a unified, conservative caucus in the Senate.

  47. Kojocaro, you are what you eat, so go eat crow, Crow. And i promise we will not judge you by the color of what you eat, but by the content of your diet.

  48. Kojocaro, you are what you eat, so go eat crow, Crow. And i promise we will not judge you by the color of what you eat, but by the content of your diet.

  50. Exactly if Mcbailout stabs us in the back again i hate to say i told you so but i did tell you so btw waylay why don’t you eat crow dumbass or why not eat keith olbermann

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