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Conservative Patriots Group all about defeating Lisa Murkowski
By Dan Fagan
Publisher
The Alaska Standard
There is a phrase making its way around these days that I am not very fond of but in this case it applies perfectly. The phrase goes, “ It is what it is.”
The Alaska Conservative Patriots Group withdrawing its support for Lt. Gov. candidate Mead Treadwell is what it is. It speaks volumes about what really drives the Conservative Patriots Group.
The doorway to the organization’s endorsement begins with a very simple question. What say you about Lisa Murkowski? Fail that test and you are out, no matter your record, positions, or character. Answer the question wrongly and it doesn’t matter who your opponent is, no endorsement for you!
We saw this with gubernatorial candidate Ralph Samuels. Samuels is clearly the most conservative man running for Alaska governor. Bill Walker is a shill for big labor and just adores ACES, the state’s job killing tax regime. And then there is Sean Parnell with his ten percent increase in the state’s operating budget, illegally hiring lawmakers, lying about cutting 33 million he didn’t cut, spending five times more for a crime lab than he should have, and his absolute love affair with ACES and AGIA.
Any group working to elect conservatives would be shouting from the rooftops, Ralph Samuels for governor! But not the Conservative Patriots Group. Samuels failed the “what say you about Lisa” test.
The group now has pulled its endorsement of Mead Treadwell because he dared to give Murkowski a campaign contribution before her Republican opponent Joe Miller entered the race. Imagine that, trying to get a Republican incumbent elected. Treadwell the communist!
The beauty of all this is the pulling of the Treadwell endorsement was sparked by perennial candidate Eddie Burke. Burke believes he should have gotten the endorsement of the Conservative Patriots Group.
Of course if the group endorsed Burke it would have instantly become irrelevant. Bending to pressure by Burke to reverse the Treadwell endorsement means the group is now on the brink of irrelevancy.
If the Conservative Patriot’s Group wants to be nothing more than a get Joe Miller elected organization and launch an all out jihad on Lisa Murkowski than it has every right to. But the group should state this on its website so Alaskans understand this is a one issue organization.
The group's website describes itself this way,
CPG is a nonpartisan, grass roots independent advocacy organization that is committed to electing conservative candidates, advancing conservative ideas, promoting traditional American values, advocating responsible resource development and supporting a strong military.
What it should say is,
CPG is a nonpartisan, grass roots independent advocacy organization that is committed to electing Joe Miller, advancing Joe Miller, promoting Joe Miller, advocating for Joe Miller. Any Lisa lovers need not apply.
I wonder how much money CPG is getting from Sarah. If they were intellectually honest they would not support the candidates she endorses.
This is a tempest in a teapot.
CPG decided early on that they would not endorse anyone who supported Murkowski for re-election because she has such a liberal voting record.
They were up front about this in the vetting process.
Mead said he knew and liked both Murkowski and Miller but was staying neutral in the election.
CPG found out that he gave $500 to Murkowski and nothing to Miller, which is not neutral, so they yanked their endorsement.
The only way this story goes anywhere, is if he also gave Miller $500 and it didn't get credited.
In his defense, Mead is such a regular giver to Republican candidates and causes he probably didn't even remember giving the money to Murkowski in March.
With one exception Mr. Treadwell consistently hedged his conversations regarding anthropogenic global warming by expressing scientific positions, something we all know is severely questionable at this point, thus avoiding any statement of his personal views. The exception is a reply to a questioner in a Florida forum where Mr. Treadwell responded that his goal for government intervention in respect to global climate change was "to reverse the trend of climate change caused by humans."
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I have wasted much time corresponding with Lisa attempting to influence her to a more conservative viewpoint. I am going to vote for a conservative republican in the primary hoping to replace her. If she survives the primary I will hold my nose and vote for her, but she is a RINO, not a fiscal conservative, believes in global warming, and a poor representative for the state of Alaska in the senate. That said she is still far better than Begich or the like.