Saturday, December 11, 2010

Anchorage judge squeezes the last bit of hope out of Joe Miller's political teabag.

From the ADN:

Superior Court Judge William Carey ruled against Joe Miller on all counts.

The judge found there was no evidence of election fraud and that there was nothing wrong with the state considering "voter intent" and counting misspelled write-in ballots for Murkowski.

"In interpreting statutes in election law contexts, the Alaska Supreme Court has emphasized the importance of giving effect to the will of the people as expressed in the exercise of their vote," the judge wrote in his ruling put out this afternoon.

The Miller campaign argued state law didn't allow misspellings to count.

State law says write in votes should be counted if the name "as it appears on the write-in declaration of candidacy, of the candidate or the last name of the candidate is written in the space provided."

The judge focused on the fact that the law includes the word "appears."

"The definition of 'appears' in this context does not require perfection or precision, but rather a close, apparent approximation known to the viewer upon first look. This seems to the court the far more reasonable interpretation of the term than the rigid meaning attributed to it by (Miller)," the judge wrote in his ruling. "If exact spellings were intended by the legislature, even with respect to the most difficult names, the legislature could have and would have said so."

Is this dog and pony show finally over?  Can the state of Alaska finally move forward and confirm our disappointing, but relatively sane, Senate choice Lisa Murkowski?

Miller spokesman Randy DeSoto just said the decision on whether to appeal to the Alaska Supreme Court is “under advisement.”

DeSoto also sent out the following email in response to the judge's ruling:

"The purpose of the legal action is to ensure that the integrity of the vote is upheld. The Miller Campaign believes that every valid write-in ballot should be counted, but not those that fail to meet the standard established by the state legislature. Additionally, the core American values of equal protection under the law and fundamental fairness in this election require that the Miller ballots are counted and reviewed in the same fashion as Lisa Murkowski's, by hand, and that the final count includes only those who are eligible to vote. When we've ensured that these issues have been addressed, then we'll have an accurate count, and if Lisa Murkowski's tally is greater than Joe's, then he will certainly honor that result."

You know I think that somebody is going to have to LITERALLY walk up to Joe Miller and stick a fork in him to let him know he is done. The moron is clearly not the sharpest tool in the shed.

(Okay I am not REALLY advocating that anybody stab Miller.  I know you might be tempted, but all we need is for the idiotic teabaggers to have proof that Miller really DID need those goose stepping "Drop Zone" yahoos for protection.)

16 comments:

  1. Anonymous5:33 AM

    FUCK YOU JOE! you lost!

    Sell the office curtains on Ebay, let Sarah lick your wounds and then go home to your mistress.

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  2. Anonymous5:43 AM

    Palin will drop him like a sack of rotten Potatoes. He is of no use to the "money tour" now.

    Bye, bye "Joe the Nazi",...go back to obscurity,... Good riddance.

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  3. Anonymous5:57 AM

    Joe the Fascist is giving great comfort to everybody who didn't vote for him.

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  4. Anonymous6:01 AM

    One of the best headlines ever written:

    "Anchorage judge squeezes the last bit of hope out of Joe Miller's political teabag."

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  5. Anonymous6:21 AM

    OT-

    I mentioned something about Track lacking a CIB on his discharge papers and immediately got harassed by two guys who write for C4P. They are a seriously delusional lot, it is almost sad!

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  6. yukonark7:06 AM

    I think Joe's keeping up the fight until Fox News offers him a contract. Or, maybe they have, but they told him he'd have to shave and he refused.

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  7. teutonic138:02 AM

    Well written gryph- one of your better pieces.

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  8. Lynne8:18 AM

    I have to wonder who the fools are who are throwing their money down the rat hole for this pointless nonsense...a further demonstration of serious delusions.

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  9. Anonymous9:20 AM

    Hey Gryphen, whatever happened to those "goose stepping 'Drop Zone' yahoos"? Were well-deserved charges ever filed against them?

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  10. Anonymous9:51 AM

    Joe's gonna run this thing out til he sucks the last penny from his supporters. It's all about getting more money at this point. He knows it's his last chance too as he'll never be in a position to be a credible candidate ever again.

    Rick

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  11. Forever Anonymous10:04 AM

    with the same reverence that Sarah approached the fallen Caribou: He is done.

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  12. Anonymous11:25 AM

    I'm someone who thinks what Miller is doing is OK...Murkowski got away w/murder basically and is back at the Senate voting exactly the opposite of what she said she would. She's a disgrace to Alaska as is Palin.

    The law needs to be determined and set or cleaned up by our Legislature. The people who are voted for in a 'write in' should know who they are voting for and how to correctly spell their name. That is very basic and something I would be sure I could do prior to voting...spell the name of my choice correctly.

    We are continuing to dumb down our society even in the voting booth...and to think that voters had all they did available to spell the Murkowski name correctly...a list (if asked for), a bracelet...

    Come on folks!

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  13. Anonymous11:55 AM

    Every time I see that picture of Nazi Joe I think, Tweaked!!!
    I wonder if he buys from Palins?

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  14. Anonymous12:26 PM

    The actual decision is worded rather clearly: here is one example.

    "Miller's interpretation of AS 15.15.360(a)(11), despite his claims to the contrary, is inconsistent. According to Miller, minor misspellings are not permitted based on the term "as it appears." However, Miller admits the following write-in votes are appropriate: "Lisa Murkowski" and "Murkowski, Lisa." If "as it appears" means what Miller Contends it means (36), then only "Murkowski, Lisa" would be appropriate because that would be exactly replicating the write-in declaration form of the name. Miller's interpretation provides latitude, claiming " Lisa Murkowski" would be sufficient to meet the statutory standard or where poor penmanship and wide loops were used by the voter. Miller claims the latitude can be attributed to the statute including "or the last name" so that the first name does not even need to be included. But the "last name" requirement does not include any reference to "as it appears" or any other restrictive language. His analysis ends there, with no adequate explanation for why misspellings, and in particular of the first name, are not permissible while the order of the names would be permissible. Only by considering the policy stated in Carr and permitting flexibility in order to deter voter disenfranchisement can this matter be reconciled.

    If the legislature intended that the candidates name be spelled perfectly in order to count, then the statute would have included such a restrictive requirement."

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  15. Anonymous12:33 PM

    11:25-

    I see the dispute about this election as having two part to it.

    First part- Miller's claims about how to spell and so on. PFFFT.

    Second part- Counting of non write-in ballots by Diebold machine.
    This has been raised by Dems in Alaska in the past.

    THE PALIN ADMINISTRATION FAILED TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE ACTIONS AGREED TO IN THE SETTLEMENT OF THE 2006 SUIT.

    These machines need to be audited- and done away with. At least there are paper ballots that should be manually recounted. I'll back anyone even Teabagger Joe Miller in questioning and verifying these results.

    If there is something wrong, the Miller campaign might be in a position to know.

    C'mon Joe It's time to call out Sarah for stalling on election reforms.

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  16. Anonymous4:49 PM

    Joe Miller has a tougher row to hoe, now. However, since Miller is DeMint's ho, Miller will keep doing what he's paid for, that is, keeping Alaska hostage as long as the donations hold out.

    Sarah, thanks for unleashing crackpot Joe Miller on us. You're a real peach. Sarah, if you hate Alaska that much, why don't you just move elsewhere? That'd make Alaskans as happy as when you quit.

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