Sarah Palin backed Teabagger Joe Miller accuses Sarah Palin appointed Lt. Governor of bias against him. Doesn't this guy ever take a break from paranoia?

Politicsdaily.com reports that during a blogger conference call Joe Miller said the following:

There are a number of fights that are going to have to be undertaken, in part, due to the fact that the division of elections (is) headed up by the lieutenant governor.

The lieutenant governor is effectively the same [as] what you might see in other states as the secretary of state. His statements are policy. He was appointed by Murkowski . . . (I hate to split hairs here, but in fact Craig Campbell was appointed Lt. Governor by Sarah Palin after the sitting Lt. Governor, Sean Parnell, moved up to replace her after she quit.  Did you follow all that?) has connections to the Murkowski family. In fact, when he, last summer, spoke at the time Sean Parnell was sworn\ in as governor, spent five or ten minutes praising the Murkowski Family. It was really kind of a curious thing given the lack of popularity at the time of Frank Murkowski. (Yeah, because Alaska Republicans are so likely to call each other out for their criminal behaviors!  How long has Miller been up here?)

But in any event, it appears that his bias is playing out in the decisions that he's making, especially those that are directly contrary to the law.

Now for the record, Craig Campbell is a HUGE douchebag.  But he is a Republican douchebag who has ties to BOTH Murkowski and Palin, and currently serves as the Lt. Governor to Palin-bot Sean Parnell, so the idea that he is biased against her butt-boy Joe Miller seems somewhat unlikely.

As you can imagine Campbell's people are none to happy about this allegation.

Reached for comment, lieutenant governor Campbell's press secretary, Renee Limoge, tells me, "It's unacceptable for anyone in this process to call into question the character of lieutenant governor Campbell."

So just why DOES Miller think there might be bias against him during the vote counting?

Here is an official statement from Lt. Governor Campbell:

“To provide clarity on the issue of write-in votes for U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller, if the write-in votes are cast properly, they will be counted.

“As the write-in vote count proceeds next week, we want to assure that the public has accurate information regarding the process. All decisions made are based on state statute and vetted through the Alaska Department of Law.”

Ohh, I see!  Campbell wants to follow the RULES, and as we all know Miller is not much of a "rule follower."  (Especially since doing so will definitely cost him this election!)

"Don't use your fellow employees computers, and then delete their passwords, while they are out to lunch." 
"Don't have your hired thugs handcuff pushy reporters."
"Don't blame a car accident on the guy you rear ended." 
And now, "Don't try and cheat your way into the US Senate."

Gee how many rules can they expect one vaguely bearded man to follow?

Legislature calls special session to undo even more damage done to our state by exiting quitter and chief.

The Alaska Legislature has called itself into a special session to consider overriding Gov. Sarah Palin's veto of federal stimulus funds for energy-related projects.

Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, said the one-day session will be Aug. 10 in Anchorage instead of the Capitol in Juneau.

Only one other special session has been held in Anchorage, in June 2007. The one-day session cost nearly $112,000, according to Pam Varni, executive director of the Legislative Affairs Agency.

Apparently this is yet another example of how Palin's quitting is going to save Alaska money.

I could spend this post railing on how full of shit everything Sarah Palin says turns out to be, but I would rather talk about the booby-trap she is leaving behind in her wake.

And that would be THIS guy.

Lawmakers also will consider approving the designee for lieutenant governor.

Palin has announced she will resign July 26, and Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell will take the oath of office at the Governor's Picnic the same day in Fairbanks.

In her announcement, Palin said Military and Veterans Affairs Commissioner Craig Campbell would become the new lieutenant governor, even though the Legislature had previously named Corrections Commissioner Joe Schmidt as the designee.

After receiving an opinion from the attorney general, Parnell on Monday named Campbell as the lieutenant governor on a temporary basis, saying he would serve in that capacity until he could be confirmed by the Legislature.

Craig Campbell is one of those oily opportunistic politicians that Alaska seems to produce at a break neck pace. He is of the same school as Don Young, Frank Murkowski, Ben Stevens, Tom Anderson, and our new mayor Dan Sullivan. These guys have little integrity and seem instead to view politics as a way to gain power and line their own pockets.

Craig Campbell sold what little integrity he had back when, after first criticizing Sarah Palin for saying she "ran the National Guard in Alaska" during the 2008 campaign, he came out and defended her statements after the McCain people had a little "talk" with him.

First he made this statement to the Boston Globe:

And while the Alaska National Guard operates a launch site for a US anti-missile system at Fort Greely, about 100 miles south of Fairbanks, the Alaskan governor is not in the site’s chain of command and has no authority over its operations, according to Maj. Gen. Craig E. Campbell, the adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard who commands the roughly 3,800 state militia members.

Yet after a trip to the McCain/Palin woodshed he goes on FOX News and tells Greta Van Susteren (yes she was carrying Palin's water even back then) this:

(You can see the full story here.)

After Campbell made these remarks he mysteriously managed to get a promotion from Major General to Lieutenant General which many of his peers believed was wholly undeserved and which he then used to bully them into submission.

Here are just a few comments which express grave concerns about Campbell's abilities and leadership style:

There are valid concerns about possible retribution for speaking out and the prospect that some will not speak out at all about the rogue Genera Campbell. He received an unprecedented and undeserved promotion to three-star ran. Guardsmen think it’s a travesty. The problem is that he forces true leaders out and surrounds himself with people who won’t outshine him. He can’t follow the leadership principles that he likes to hear himself quote. That is why he has a recruiting problem. I know of a Guardsmen who suffered retribution from him after returning from Afghanistan. He is a highly decorated Guardsman and an outstanding leader. Campbell is so self centered that he refused to recognize this soldier and instead had investigation after investigation placed on him. Campbell is a rogue General who should be investigated himself. Where is justice? I know there is a travesty of justice with this rogue General.

And then there is this:

I am one of those Guardsmen who has suffered under the Alaska Guard leadership of General Campbell. He has two sets of rules when applying to promotions. Whoever doesn’t outshine him can get ahead. You need to “kiss up” and play his game. He isn’t a leader but a self proclaimed politician.

THIS is the type of person that Sarah Palin feels should be place in the role of Lt. Governor. She has a history of placing unqualified people in leadership positions and she is certainly not going to changer her modus operandi now.

However I urge the Alaska legislators to kick Craig Campbell to the curb and select somebody who will serve the people of Alaska, and not their own selfish desire for power.