Frank Murkowski, who, as senator, spent 23 years in Washington, DC keeping a cheap gray suit from collapsing, came home to inflict his brand of leaderless government upon Alaskans first-hand. Since he was elected three years ago, his star has fallen to new depths even among the Republican constituency that he purports to represent. In a national poll, he was ranked 47th in popularity.
Now, in a humorous and appropriate (if sophomoric) twist, people have taken to planting small flags with his photo attached on every pile of dog poop along Juneau’s trails. I have to say that Alaskans have gotten exactly what they deserved by blindly pulling the lever on the right and ignoring the candidate who was clearly better qualified and more in touch with our issues. C’est la merde.
Since you’re so terribly disenchanted with the current state administration, I recommend that you take a stand against it and send your Permanent Fund check back to them.
Or to me.
I was sort of proud of Frank this winter when he took a congressional delegation up to the ANWR and showed them all the snow. I can imagine him: “…and, Congressman, look out there… NO ARABS !”
Is he the governor who appointed his own daughter to serve the rest of his Senate term?
I’m not sure what the permanent fund has to do with Frank the Bank, but okay, let’s talk about the Republican raid on the Fund this year. Anything to say in defense of this? I mean, Frank needed that jet, right, while other programs go unfunded? And the “special session” at $30,000 per day? Any comment? No?
Baldwin: Yes.
You live in a state that has no state income tax, has no sales tax, and actually crosses your palm with silver every year.
Alaska is the “flyingest” state in the Union and you begrudge the Governor a jet ? What’s he supposed to do, mush a dogsled up to Fairbanks ?
So get to the point: what’s your pet program that went begging ?
Hey, just be glad you don’t live in Ohio.