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Murkowski Camp Claims Endorsement of Late AK Sen. Ted Stevens

Oct. 15, 2010 11:35pm Meredith Jessup

During her unsuccessful primary election battle for the Republican nomination, Alaska’s Sen. Lisa Murkowski received an endorsement from former Sen. Ted Stevens just days before the Senator passed away. Murkowski went on to lose that battle to tea party favorite Joe Miller, but that hasn’t slowed down her re-election campaign as she now fights to maintain her seat as an Independent, and polls show the two candidates in a tight race.

But with the primary election in the past, Sen. Murkowski has pulled out the old message from the late Sen. Stevens, claiming it as an endorsement for her current candidacy. Would Stevens have supported Murkowski’s Independent bid for re-election, or would he have supported the GOP nominee, Joe Miller? No one can say for sure, but this controversy isn’t stopping Murkowski and the Stevens family from using the late senator’s name to support her:

What do you think — is it appropriate for Murkowski to use the primary election ad for her general election campaign?

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leftylemn
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 2:28am
We have dead people voting, dead people receiving social security and stimulus checks. Dead Willy selling us products on tv…..What the heck, why not rip Stevens out of the grave for an endorsement.

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angrymob
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 1:48am
Didn’t Alaska choose Miller? Why is she running again?

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...............R..U..Kidding...Me
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 1:39am
Wow… Murkowski’s camp raised the dead and claims endorsement of Late AK Sen. Ted Stevens. Next thing to happen is, they will claim that he voted for her.

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alaskaformiller
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 1:24am
I find this so very sad, I always loved Uncle Ted, I believed he did the best for Alaska. And he did, but at what cost. There was a time for his type of politics, the money game. No one was better at it than Uncle Ted. We benefitted greatly from it. But now, our nation is at risk, our very survival. We cannot do this anymore. To all who watched the Memorial to our Senator Ted Stevens, remember what Vice President Biden said in Eulogy…”often Teds colleagues would come up to him in the hallways after a vote and say, how can you vote this way when it endangers our National Security? And Ted Stevens would reply, What is good for Alaska is good for the Nation. My question is…IS THIS REALLY TRUE?

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PappaJCD
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 1:16am
That is pretty good to render up an endorsement from someone who was in a coma, maybe?

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Itoldutheywerecommies
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 1:16am
I think Bill and Hillary probably called for a seance so everything is cool.

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Itoldutheywerecommies
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 1:14am
Well, has anyone checked to see if Hillary Rodham Clinton was called into to do a seance? LOL

http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1265.cfm

And just think, O’ Donnel only went on a date with a witch, Hillary and Bill are practicing witches. LOL

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nsblues
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 1:12am
This is tacky but not nearly as bad as back in 2002 when the DFL in Minnesota turned Paul Wellstone’s funeral into a democrat rally. Of course Stuart Smiley holds that seat now. Don’t know if Wellstone endorsed him but I’m positive he voted for him.

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Akscooch
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 1:11am
She’s running campaign ads from SIX years ago, when she was running for election for the first time after daddy appointed her Senator. Stevens would have supported the Alaska Republican Party’s nominee, Joe Miller. This is a disgusting ploy by a petty women throwing a tantrum.

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danlb0y
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 1:05am
She needs to be a good sport and listen to the voters! I have no respect for her position!

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RobertCA
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 12:53am
Barbara Boxer of Alaska :(

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drattastic
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 12:08am
Murkowski makes me sick on so many levels. Come on Alaska you can’t elect this disgraceful hack.

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ReneePA
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 12:05am
Could she go any lower? I can’t understand why anyone would vote for this entitled tw*t.

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Mermaz
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 12:01am
Ewww. Yes it’s creepy and inappropriate.

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GoingBeck
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:58pm
Woo ooh ooo ooo…

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American Pride
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:56pm
Whoa, that is kind of creepy…

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joseph Fawcett
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:54pm
She really is a diehard. I think she should give up and support the guy that won. But no there is a huge feud going on between the families. She is not an independant she is part of the establishment and intends to continue to be apart of the establishment.

http://www.josephfawcettart.com western artist

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Madisonian
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:52pm
Typical progressive tactic, make a statement that you can’t disprove. Sure, I was endorsed by Sen. Stevens, just like if we hadn’t done stimulus, etc., it would be much worse. As one who travels to DC, I can say, they don’t pass out the mind altering drugs at the airport, nor when you visit a government building, so I’m trying to figure out where they get them to make these types of statements with a straight face.

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red penny
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:50pm
Hey Sweaty,You got your **** kicked in the primary but you feel you have a right to the senate seat. Apparently, the Alaska voters feel differently!! Take a hike and get out of the way—you’re exactly the type of politican that the people are sick of!!!!!

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- snowleopard3200
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 1:00am
  Agree with you Red Penny, people running for a seat do not have a right TO the seat; they have a means to WIN or LOSE the seat. The people make the choice to vote them in or not – or for those canidates running for a second or tenth time (depending on the case) to keep them or send them out to early retirement.
  
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C. Schwehr
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:49pm
Next thing, she’ll be channeling Stevens in a tv commercial!

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M31Sailor
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:46pm
She just heard from Lifeguard Kennedy and Sheets Byrd . They each endorsed her and personally donated cash to her campaign

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neverending
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:44pm
When it comes to any of those scumbags – everything is okay. They are lower then the lowest.

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LUDWIKA BRONISLAWA
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:43pm
Did I say ‘kinda’ I meant really REALLY inappropriately poor taste.

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- snowleopard3200
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 12:58am
  Agreed, she is using extremely bad taste and dishonorable tactics to try and win back something the people did not want her to have.
  
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LUDWIKA BRONISLAWA
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:41pm
Soooooo, is she going for the cemetary vote? Kinda poor taste.

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- cheezwhiz
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 12:30am
  Since holloween is just round the corner, maybe she is
  ;-)
- BigDadio
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 11:32am
  So we have ACORN to thank for dead peoples votes. Now we have these geniuses using a dead guys endorsement??? Really?
  What’s next, an email from Jesus proclaiming Social Justice is what he meant to say?
  
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Contrarianthinker
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:41pm
What would you expect from someone who feels entitled to be Senator. No it isn’t appropriate. I thought she was writing a write-in campaign.

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- LUDWIKA BRONISLAWA
  Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:44pm
  She should be running tutorials on how to spell her name.
  
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- sharonheck
  Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:50pm
  Now she wants us to believe she was a friend to Ted Stevens but where was she when he was wrongfully accused when he was running for Senator. Hiding under the bed. This woman has no honor and doesnt know the meaning of the word. Shame on her
  
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- cheezwhiz
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 12:24am
  Why is her own dad not endorsing her ?
  
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- bookhound63
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 5:56am
  “…the seniority she’s earned”? Is that like Barbara Boxer’s “I worked hard for this title, don’t call me ma’am” speech?
  We don’t need her seniority because we are voting them ALL out!
  There will be new blood in Congress, in BOTH houses and it will be up to US to hold them accountable.
  
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- Polwatcher
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 6:06am
  Get out the hook. The lady doesn’t want to get off the stage.
  
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- walkwithme1966
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 6:35am
  Hey, all is fair in love, war and POLITICS!! http://wp.me/pYLB7-fg
  
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- Marcobob69
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 7:13am
  Let’s see, we have a write-in candidate being endorsed by a former senator that was killed in a plane crash just before the PRIMARY ELECTION. Did Ms. Murkowski consult her CRYSTAL BALL to find out if Mr. Stevens continued to support her candidacy??? Maybe he really didn’t support her. Maybe someone should do what THE PEOPLE told her they wanted, when they FAILED to ELECT HER to run in the mid-term election. Talk about people that can’t take no for an answer………!!!
  
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- Independent Tess
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 8:08am
  Seniority? Is that kinda like Tenure?
  Sorry, that’s not the way our system works,…. or at least not SUPPOSED to work that way.
  
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- JKN
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 8:39am
  This woman is a disgrace… She lost the primary but cannot accept her defeat… And then she exploits a deceased man for political gain… Ms. Lisa should be the Poster Girl for all that is wrong with Washington.
  
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- LSX
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 9:04am
  She’s acting just like Patrick Kennedy – Thinking they are entitled to a seat just because of their last name.
  
  The ruling class is having a hissy-fit since the T.E.A. Party gathered steam.
  
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- grandmaof5
  Posted on October 16, 2010 at 9:32am
  Dead man talking? Perhaps a seance.
  
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- woodyb
  Posted on October 17, 2010 at 3:27pm
  She worked long and hard for that Senate seat (appointed by her dad)!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
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