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Caught on Video: Federal Contractor Tells Employees to Vote for Murkowski
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Jethro212
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 8:04amThis is what Sarah Palin was getting rid of in Alaska… It is so comical how the Left AND progressives on the Right hate her, this is why, she was actually getting rid of corruption.
Think it through, if you know a politician that is against Sarah, more than likely, they have their hand or friends/family in the cookie jar.
17th Amendment messed this country up so much, its easy to dupe the public, look at Harry Reid, that guy is such a tool it says Craftsman on his back, yet he got elected. Do you think the Nevada State House would have let him keep his job? Think of Lindsey Graham, McCain, shoot Roland Burris?! The 17th was a means to put people in that would support big money interests, just like Lisa does.
Report Post »jake_hm
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 3:44amcompletely agree with you, thats why it’s important that the states hold a constitutional convention and repeal it, and don’t forget article one, section seven of the constitution: ‘if the president vetos a bill he must send it back to the house it originated, than that house must reconsider it (with/out presidents suggested changes) vote a majority for it, then it goes to the other house where it again must reconsider the bill with the presidents suggestions, and get a majority vote then the bill will become law.’ dispite the veto of the president.
Report Post »NHBuckeye
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 3:31pmAgreed, the 17th Amendment allows for serious corruption in the Senate. BUT there was serious corruption in the Senate before the 17th Amendment, and there were other problems too. This particular problem is like deciding between hitting or staying on 16 when the house has 10. It’s a loser bet either way, just one way is SLIGHTLY better than the other. Reducing the structural size of government, imposing term limits, ratifying a balanced budget amendment, and ending earmarks forever will work very well to limit corruption.
Report Post »mikenleeds
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 7:47amdo you guys really expect any different from the obama good ole boy system of twisting arms ,, we need to vote out all dum-o-rats and vote in some tea party people .. real Americans
Report Post »stinkybisquit
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 7:05amI think I know where Keith Olbermann can get a job.
Report Post »paul6012
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 7:02amNew Rules…first, any government employee heard talking to his or her workers about politics is fired forever…second, this happens on a daily basis at every level of government, by both the repubs,and the dems… to them, taxpayer dollars are theirs, to be spent to enrich themselves… We need a third party, since the republican national commitee refused to help tea party canidates, they need to leave along with the democrats that take the people’s money to enrich themselves…
Report Post »Romanticpoet
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 7:14amAgreed.
Report Post »Romanticpoet
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 6:53amIsn‘t Lisa Murkowski’s Dad one that Sarah Palin took on in Alaska when she was Governor?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Murkowski
Lisa is one bitter woman; mad at Palin for handing her Daddy a loss in the Governor race.
Also, the Appropriations Committee is controlled by who? Democrats. Is this a Democratic Ploy to make Joe Miller lose? Murkowski a RINO; Miller a Patriot.
Lisa Murkowski = Charlie Crist Will say ANYTHING to win
EXPOSE this with FLOODLIGHTS!
Report Post »EP46
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 7:54amYou are correct ..Princess Lisa was given the job by her father…not the people. And the people said this time they did not want her. Who trusts the votes ?
Report Post »suzg60
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 8:25amhaha funny you should mention Charlie Christ!! Both of these children are plain and simply SORE LOSERS!! Didn’t anyone ever teach them to walk away GRACEFULLY!!! LMAO
Report Post »dizzyinthedark
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 6:21amWell if what was said by this Federal employee is suspect and they won’t have a re-vote, then all I can say is Murkycowski should be thrown off that committee or better yet, funds to Alaska should be severely cut.
The people of Alaska have voted and they wanted the same crap, let’s give it to them–crap. The next time they can vote her out perhaps they then will do the right thing and vote for the candidate who has CONTENT OF CHARACTER! She obviously has none!
She should have stepped down and she knows it. She didn’t EARN her position she was HANDED her position by her father. I have no respect for her.
Report Post »NHABE64
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 6:06amHe should be fired immediately. Of course Obama would rather see the Chrisitan flag removed in North Carolina than see this guy fired. Sure hope somebody stands tall and dumps this guy.
Report Post »benrush
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 6:04amEveryone vote for the money. That’s what we have government for, ok? Get the money, and think about your own state, how poor it is, and how you need that taxpayer aid for your own state.
Why have we come to this in America? Why do we view government as the money pot? Why why why? There‘s something very wrong with our education system if that’s the worldview that’s been taught.
Report Post »justice
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 5:45amyou hear about dirty politics. i knew when she could not handle the primary vote, and became a write in candidate. something would come out like this. another corrupt election, and now a possible senate seat that will be corrupt. republicans beware of this women, and we will be watching her every move if she gets in. in my book, shes a loser all the way. if she makes it alaskans get her the hell out next time..
Report Post »BJAlexandria
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 5:42amVIOLATION of the Hatch Act – plain and simple. The contractor should be fired and the Attorney General in Alaska needs to investigate, prosecute and disable AST.
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 7:26amYes exactly, that‘s what I’ve been saying too. This is a clear violation of it.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 12:52pmThis didn’t pass the smell test even without knowing about the hatch act. You watch it and you immediately know it’s wrong. After looking at the hatch act however; it’s clear this was a gross violation of the law. This guy should absolutely be fired and prosecuted.
Report Post »Randyrocker
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 4:26amJust wait until the Mama Grizzlys get a hold of this!
Report Post »Makes one wonder what the union leaders said to their union members in California, too bad there isn’t any tapes at this moment to show what they did. With Boxer and Brown around, California’s going $ down.
jake_hm
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 4:15amThis is clearly wrong, here is the boss trying to influence his employees vote by saying that ‘without this candidate you wouldn’t be working today…so I think you should vote for that person instead of this person.’ There is no rationalizing this it is clearly illegal for a federal employee (let alone any other employee) to do this. I think lisa Murkowski should be disqualified from the race because of this b.s.
Report Post »jake_hm
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 4:20amSorry correction folks I mean employers
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 4:00amThis is a Federal employee on Federal land telling his employee’s that basically if they did not vote for Murkowski they would not have a job, I personally do not think it is approppriate to do this and I don’t think it is legal either.,He is almost guaranteing them that Miller will not be on the appropreations committee and they would not get the money no money no job vote Murkowski
Report Post »EP46
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 5:09amVery well stated. You hit the nail on the head. Reading other comments it appears that this happens so often that people think it is ok. It is not…it is against the law.
Report Post »adifftake
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 3:55amAnd this is news? They been doing it for years all over the country.
Report Post »EP46
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 7:49amYes they have, and it is in violation of the law.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 9:37pmThe more things change the more they stay the same.
Report Post »Mickeyd
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 3:23amCorruption! Has this guy been fired??
Report Post »Will they be stopped from using federal dollars to promote candidates in an election? This must stop. If you live in Alaska, file a complaint and get this stopped. Decent people cannot win if they let indecent, dishonest people get away with this stuff.
New-American-Saviors
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 3:09amAfter watching the tape…it’s no different than the 3- Democratic Voter Cards…in one week.
Report Post »One being an absentee,that I received in the mail. Now let’s talk about the Nevada Harry Reid Vote.
Fox didn’t tape it,so it proves once again that Fox is fair and balanced.
New-American-Saviors
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 3:01amLike the Leftists always say…..it’s just Politics…Done all the time. We’d better let Gibbs handle this one LOL !
Report Post »RavenGlenn
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 2:48amI see nothing wrong here. I’m not sure why anyone is making this a story. I‘ve worked all sorts of jobs and it wasn’t abnormal at all to have my employer tell me who they are voting for and why.
He isn’t telling them who they have to vote for…he’s just giving them his opinion and trying to encourage them to vote for his candidate. It’s a non-story.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 3:17amSorry I disagree. Have I had a boss tell me who he’s voting for? Sure. Have I had a boss tell me how great or how crappy he thinks whoever was president was? Sure. I have no problem with that. If it’s just me and him shooting the breeze and the topic just happens to come up then whatever.
But this was a company meeting. It wasn’t two guys sitting in the break room talking about politics. It wasn’t somebody simply uttering their opinion of something in normal conversation. They rounded up all the employees and made them listen to a stump speech. Is it illegal? No. Is it insane? Yes. If I had a boss pull a stunt like this I would tell them where they could stick their opinion in no uncertain terms. Even if they were rallying for a candidate I supported. This is not a free expression issue. He’s preaching to a captive audience that he holds undue influence over. Of course intelligent free thinking people won’t care who their boss thinks they should vote for. But unfortunately intelligent free thinking people are the minority, and stunts like this are what keep stupid people voting for people they don’t know the first thing about.
Report Post »ozz
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 4:39amThis is wrong because it happens all over the place in large numbers. He may have padded it allot but he basically said…….vote for her or there will be no job to have..in a workplace meeting that is unacceptable behavior from leadership.
Report Post »Vince Vega
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 5:28amNothing wrong here….these are not the ‘droids you’re looking for….move along.
Report Post »Vince Vega
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 5:33am@ROWGUE:
Report Post »You, sir, are making WAY too much common sense….you are scaring me sir. We make have to revoke your privileges…
BlazingBlonde
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 5:43amWrong! IT was wrong because every one of those people, no matter how each of them thinks they own their own thoughts and ideals, will go into that voting booth with only ONE thought rolling around in their minds… Feeding their families and FEAR that the money wont come flowing in for their own jobs if they Dont vote for this or that candidate. Thats what makes it WRONG WRONG WRONG!
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 7:24amHatch Act. This is a clear violation of it.
Report Post »starman70
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 8:44pmWrong! These people were on COMPANY time, at an employee meeting, listening to the boss give his istructions on how they should vote. True, they didn’t have to vote for Murkowski but he used scare tactics to try to sway their vote. All the time, these workers, including the boss were collecting,as salary,dollars to do a job for the Air force.
The sad part is that if the country goes broke and there is no more money for projects such as this, they will all be out of a job.I hope they had enough sense to understand that. How would they like working for the Chinese?
Report Post »GadsdenGurl
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 2:39amNow that the tea party has prevailed, let’s hope we can curb military spending and interventionistic wars.
Report Post »susi
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 3:18amYou sound like a troll.
Report Post »ozz
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 4:35amNo she sounds libertarian. They are for small government in ALL areas.
Report Post »Vince Vega
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 5:22amInterventionistic? That’s why you lost 60+ House seats.
Report Post »4jschaefer
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 7:37amI agree. I am not a libertarian and I say bring our troops home and stop defending other countries on our dime.
Report Post »bigbro
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 10:32amwhat about foreign give aways, you never hear about cutting this.
Report Post »blacksmith
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 2:34amThis is just one of the many reasons that pork barrel spending must be stopped. This was done on our dime for if it had not been during regular work hours this guy would have been talking to himself.
Report Post »FBPDPLT
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 7:57amMurkowski …= RINO WOMAN……a female Arlen Specter
Report Post »Lunar
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 2:21amThis smacks of desperation. This is being done all the time, many schools practice sending info packets to there staff on who should get the vote.
People know that guy talking to them wont be watching them when they pull the lever. If there opposed to that candidate there probably going to be more-so now. Your boss telling you todo something with your home life and it actually happening… How often does that happen?
Report Post »IHeartConservatism
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 1:59amThis federal contractor didn’t tell anyone they had to vote for his candidate. He didn’t say, “If you don’t vote for her, you will be fired.”
Come on Huckabee! This is overblown, exaggerated, and it looks like a political trick to make her loose some votes. . . . and I am a conservative. We are better than this, and to let people that are supposed to represent us get away with this nonsense it not right.
Report Post »MsUnderestimated
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 3:02amAre you kidding me? He said he had CARDS with her name on them they could take to the polls to help them vote!?!? He also indicated that if they DID NOT vote for Lisa, they wouldn’t be receiving those federal dollars from the Appropriations Committee! Are you SERIOUSLY saying he was not promoting Murkowski’s candidacy? You’re fooling yourself, clown.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 3:02amThe lack of a threat of being fired is irrelevant. He is their employer and is using his position to attempt to electioneer for a political candidate. He is spewing rhetoric and lies in an attempt to sway their opinions. It would be just as outrageous if the CEO of Kraft foods gave a similar monologue in support of a conservative candidate in similar circumstances.
If he had stood up and said this at a town hall meeting as a private citizen set up for political discussion fine. But you don’t gather your workers up at the workplace and prod them to vote for the candidates you favor. Giving a ten minute speech on why you should vote for Lisa Murkowski has no place in the workplace. An employer has tremendous influence over their emplyees and saying “I’m not telling you who to vote for” after you’ve just spent ten minutes telling them who to vote for does not make this ok.
Report Post »PatriotMomof5
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 3:34amIHeartconservatism- It is a Federal contractor paid with Federal $$$ and using dues from Federally paid employees to support one candidate. Clearly this guys view is ONE-SIDED! BOTH candidates should have been represented! Huckabee has made a very clear point of view on this.
Report Post »We had this happen in our school district. Someone put a flyer in all the teachers mailboxes solely supporting the Democrat candidates. The Republican Women’s organization brought this to the attention of the District Superintendent who agreed that was one-sided and as the teachers are paid by the government, then both sides should have been represented!! Period.
rundoubt
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 5:05amThis is how modern corrupt politicians operate. They can’t get your vote on principals so they appeal to your pocketbook. . I loved his reasoning I won‘t tell you how to vote BUT Joe Miller won’t be able to bring home the bacon. How would you vote especially in this economy if you thought there was a remote chance your job ( which was probably at union scale with full benefits) might go away. It worked for Harry Reid and it appears to have worked for Lisa.
Report Post »Vince Vega
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 5:12amOK IHEART, I take you at your word…you’re a conservative. What part of “I‘m just makin’ a suggestion here” don’t you understand? I once worked for a company that wasn’t happy that their truck drivers in the southern part of the state were considering joining the union that covered the employees in the northern part of the state. The message was basically “You guys are free to make a choice but, man it sure would be a bummer if the extra expense caused us to have to shut down these southern outlets….but hey, it’s your choice…it’s a free country!” Different sides of the coin, I know, but still the same coin and, on this one, it’s our tax dollars running the table for the incumbent. Doesn’t make ME too comfy.
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 7:20amIHeart, two words. Hatch Act. Look into it.
Report Post »4jschaefer
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 7:36amThe key to this is that it is a superior person on the job instructing inferiors what the election could mean to them. The problem is that this superior is being paid by tax dollars. The footage is proof that our tax dollars are being used to force people who are being paid with our money to listen to someone “suggest” to them how to vote. Under federal law this is a crime and should be prosecuted.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 8:42amEvidently you haven’t held a job before!!! That‘s like your boss telling you to do something but you don’t have to do it. Now if you don’t do it. How long do you think you are going to keep your job? He isn‘t going to just come up and fire you for not doing whatever he told you to do but didn’t have to do it. But you will be gone just the same.
Report Post »drbage
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 9:59amThis is a clear violation of the Hatch Act. And do you not think that the same conversations did not take place in union halls throughout the country? Remember the Dems think we are all angry, stupid unwashed Homer Simpsons incapable to making a decision of our own.
Report Post »ed0315
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 11:29amWow are you that much of a tool? A FEDERAL employee on FEDERAL land handing out cards for only ONE candidate? Why didn’t he just say “Don’t forget to vote today?” Are you that delusional you can’t see how he was trying to sway them on how to vote. Please, go back to the MSNBC boards.
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 1:51pmIf you believe that the tyrants act in the best interest of the individual, consider the following quote:
“If the government is to tell big business men how to run their business, then don’t you see that big business men have to get closer to the government even than they are now? Don’t you see that they must capture the government, in order not to be restrained too much by it? Must capture the government? They have already captured it.”
The quote is from an early wannabe tyrant, Woodrow Wilson in 1913. Since then each encroachment on our individual liberty has caused problems that have been used to justify more tyranny.
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Chet Hempstead
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 4:11amLast week this site ran a story about supervisors at McDonalds in Ohio telling their employees to vote for Republicans, and most people had pretty much the same reaction as IHeartConservatism – as long as the workers didn‘t have to follow their employers’ suggestions there wasn’t really anything wrong with it The Same story + the Opposite party = Opposite prevailing opinion on whether it was right or wrong. Clearly, the left has no monopoly on hypocrisy
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 1:50amWe want pork and screw the country….. We the people can make sure this contractor never gets another tax dollar.
Report Post »Down2TheC
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 10:01amNot to mention… maybe that guy should have had his guys working instead of that little speech. Looked like quite a few guys and how long was he chatting them up before the tape started?
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 1:47amIt’s a sh$t show alright.
Report Post »ron the veteran
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 1:59pmive about had it with all these commie kowskis. they been comiting voter fraud and playing games for years now is time we put a stop to it.
Report Post »spikebu
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 1:46amI want to be surprised and outraged but I keep remembering my Mother telling me if you make that that face enough, it’ll freeze like that!
Report Post »leftinruins
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 2:43amFigures, even republicans get caught acting like progressives once in a while. Tea Party candidates all the way.
Report Post »Jimt
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 3:45amSen. Lisa Murkowski’s write-in candidacy was inspired by, and is funded by, an insular but bipartisan network of lobbyists, corporation and political operatives who have enriched themselves on taxpayer money through close political relationships that clash with ethics rules.
These Murkowski cronies are concentrated in a new million-dollar, corporate-funded organization called Alaskans Standing Together.
AST is a “Super PAC” formed last month by a handful of Alaska Native Corporations. These are government-created, for-profit businesses that profit from unique privileges in federal contracting, and they pass much of their earnings on to non-native consultants, subcontractors and lobbyists.
Report Post »rebel
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 4:56amI’m not seeing how this is bad. She is on that committe and would joe miller be on that committe? maybe? I see nothing wrong with this at all. The man clearly stated you don‘t have to take the material you don’t have to vote for her.
Report Post »and if the people write her in then obviously they want her in.
i wasn expecting something sinister. This is super tame compared to progressive Get Out The Vote
yougottabekidding
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 6:21amLet me ask this question which I don’t hear any where!
Report Post »How much of my tax dollars was spent by the president and vp to campain for dems? The security, fuel(their precious carbon foot print), wages, we pay for that is there an off set for fedral spending?
This also cost so much money on local levels for security.
hifi74
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 7:14amRebel, he is clearly violating the hatch act. It is illegal to promote any partisan candidate on government time. Well here I’ll do this.
These federal and D.C. employees may not:
use official authority or influence to interfere with an election
solicit or discourage political activity of anyone with business before their agency
solicit or receive political contributions (may be done in certain limited situations by federal labor or other employee organizations)
be candidates for public office in partisan elections
engage in political activity while:
on duty
in a government office
wearing an official uniform
using a government vehicle
wear partisan political buttons on duty
also
The Hatch Act also applies by extension to certain employees of state and local governments whose positions are primarily paid for by federal funds. It has been interpreted, for instance, to bar employees of state agencies administering federal unemployment insurance programs, or appointed local law enforcement agency officials with oversight of federal grant funds, from political activity. So long as some federal funds support the position, the Hatch Act bars state and local government employees from running for public office even if their position is funded almost entirely with local funds.
That is what is wrong about it. On the surface it seems harmless and non-descript but is a clear violation. And on top of all that IF it can be proven that Murkowski was involved in the criminal act it can ultimately effect the turn out of the election. That last part is a bit of a stretch but would not be unheard of.
Report Post »GodfatherofBlog
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 8:09amLeftinruins:
Report Post »That is the problem with both parties, they are full of progressives. The Republican party doesn’t show it as blatantly as the Dems. that is why we need to flush them out and Target them for dismissal~!!! Murkowski, Castle, Christ, McCain, Graham to name a few. These and some others need to go ~!!!
cbaileybg
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 8:48amUnfortunately it makes the listeners look stupid and they are if they voted for someone because they were told to. This is sad regardless if you are a Democrat or a Republican.
Report Post »WireWizard
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 9:58amThe guy didn’t violate the Hatch act, he isn’t a government employee. He made a reasonable statement and all that he said was true. Of course, none of what he said addresses the larger moral issues promoted by the TEA party movement.
Report Post »These aren‘t the droids you’re looking for.
The issue now is in the counting of the ballots and will they be counted lawfully.
bobby535
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 10:01amI must be honest, I don’t like it, but also like with the McDonalds story I don’t really see anything wrong with it. They did not threaten anyone’s job for voting the other way. The only thing I see that would be intimidation is the “reminder card”. Wonder if they feel different about the people who decided not to get the “reminder card” They should have just handed them out to all employees, that way they could not tabulate who took, and didn’t take.
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Report Post »Anarcho Capitalist
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 10:44amThis is funny.
Report Post »He says
This economy up here would not exist in a free market. Government is funneling cash from healthy sources of the economy into a project that is not economically viable. You benefit from this. If you want to keep your jobs and continue to live off the rest of the people then vote!
hifi74
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 4:36pmWire reread the last part of my post, by extension people who are contractors paid by federal funds are subject to the Hatch act. It is a clear violation
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