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Tweeting Ahead of Himself: Joe Miller Slammed for Prophetic Posts on Twitter

Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:27am by Jonathon M. Seidl
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Alaska GOP Senate nominee Joe Miller has deleted at least four tweets published on his campaign’s official Twitter account Wednesday night. The tweets were deleted after Miller came under fire for the prophetic nature of the messages, which hint at an all-but-certain win come November, according to CNN.

The controversial tweets read:

“Think I‘ll do some house hunting while I’m in DC.”

“Guess I should pick out some office furniture, as well, while in DC.”

“Then there’s matter of a name plaque for the door.”

“My sincere appreciation for the warm welcome, including from future colleagues in DC.”

Miller’s opponent, Democrat Scott McAdams, didn’t take too kindly to the predictive tweets. He fired back Thursday with his own message via Twitter:

“[Joe Miller:] While you’re in DC picking out office furniture, I’m in Anchorage introducing my plan to get Alaskans back to work,” the tweet read.

CNN also reports that a spokesman for Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who lost to Miller in the GOP primary and is now running as a write-in candidate, said, “for someone who wants to be a freshman senator, this is pretty sophomoric.”

And according to The Hill, Murkowski released a radio ad on Friday attacking Miller for drape measuring: “Wait a minute, Joe … you might want to wait until you hear from the 88% of us back here in Alaska who didn’t vote for you. That plaque on the door still reads … MUR-KOW-SKI.”

Miller’s campaign spokesman, Randy DeSoto, told CNN on Thursday that “a volunteer was responsible for the tweets last night and will no longer have access to the account.”

Miller was in Washington for fundraising events and meetings with Republican officials.

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jose wasabi
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 8:23am
This is liberals have to resort to, because they can‘t and won’t run on their records!
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El Scorcho
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 12:07am
Seriously guys?

We’ve got socialists at the highest levels of our federal government openly calling for the destruction of our cherished freedoms that we as Americans inherited from God and The Founding Fathers, and yet we’re already willing to throw Joe Miller under the bus because he got a little cocky on Twitter?

WE NEED COCKY RIGHT NOW. In case you haven’t noticed, the nice guys (aka The Republicans) always finish second in Washington DC. John Boehner and Mitch McConnell do not inspire confidence.
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pajamash
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 6:10pm
Is there something in the air, water or food in DC that makes politicians lose all sense of sanity when they are in the city confines?
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MsCamelot
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 2:41pm
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MsCamelot
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 2:40pm
Anyone that has been around Twitter long enough… knows that anyone of any importance rarely tweets themselves. They usually have a tweet person for this. Yes, they still do tweet themselves…but this is rare. I think it sounds like this temp they hired… could have been a plant by McAdams/Murkowski?? Why else would he have responded to this so quickly?
Besides, this type of tweet doesn’t sound like anything that Joe Miller would actually say or do. Think about it.
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- Question with BOLDness
  Posted on October 2, 2010 at 3:28am
  I agree. I think Joe is a great candidate. I’ve watched him on Fox and he seemed pretty humble to me and stuck to the issues. He refused to make negative comments about oponents. This doesn’t change my mind about him.
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bakerpasd24
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 2:13pm
Same old same old.

Beware of those masquerading as conservatives. It is time to rid the government of these type of people.

Dem., Rep., or Independent vote for those of moral character (if there is any), not just because of a party.
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Nalora
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 1:44pm
There is an entire hacker network on twitter and elsewhere (left blogs) that have plans to sabbotage any and all identifiable/identified “tea party accounts” or “tea party candidates” before the election. There are screenshots of lists that have been made on twitter of accounts to be hacked/and or attacked.
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Contrarianthinker
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 1:06pm
Desperation cause these smiley posts to be turned into an issue???? Boy are the DP and MSM really stupid.
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Truth be told
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:59pm
Confidence is a good thing, over-confidence can hurt bad. Hope people forgive this mistake.
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MCGIRV
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:48pm
Hey Joe! Quit tweeting! That was stupid!
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GodsCrotalSaconuts
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:45pm
Verily I say unto you all, ye fools of men, go and sin no more, lest ye die.
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Mr.Nick
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 11:56am
“[Joe Miller:] While you’re in DC picking out office furniture, I’m in Anchorage introducing my plan to get Alaskans back to work,” the tweet read.”

My response to that^^ would be – “Good, go pander your generic and failed DNC policies. My plan to grow jobs is already known – I don’t have to be redundant with it, I’m not an Orwellian and 2+2=4, yeah – what a shocker.
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joek
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 11:53am
It just drives home the point that the Republicans don’t understand what is happening either! You would think, maybe not the right word, they would pay some attention to the people that voted for them. And just maybe reflect some of the values and sentiments of those people.
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- Mr.Nick
  Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:01pm
  I dont know why one has to tell people over and over with redundancy that the platform is – less taxes, less government [if you're not a Rino] and less government regulation on industry.
  
  That will grow jobs, Reagan kinda proved this…
  
  Or maybe I’m just overestimating the general populace – maybe they do need to be told these ideas multiple times.
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Mr.Nick
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 11:48am
Why did he delete them?

If I were him I’d be writing more….

It seems every time the DNC gets outraged some on the right just “correct” what the outrage is about.

Is he really that weak??
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- slwolfgram
  Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:01pm
  It probably wasn’t him that wanted to delete them I would bet some of his “advisors” told him to do it. Just like Sarah Palin had tape put over her mouth when running for VP. The professional politicians have their rule book and the advisors know it by heart.
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beekeeper
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:44am
I like how Murkowski points out that this “freshman hopeful” is already acting “sophomoric” – last I checked, sophmore refers to a second year student, and freshman is a first year student – he‘s already operating at a higher grade than he’s hoping for.

Murkowski likes to point out that 88% didn’t vote for Miller – how many Alaskans didn’t vote for her, relegating her to an also-ran write-in plea for attention? If Miller won the primary with 12% of voters, she had to lose with an even smaller percentage, right?

You may want to take a sign on the door in the next few weeks Ms. MUR-KOW-SKI – it won’t be there in January!
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judy1270
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:23am
ALL tweets to the Library of Congress, And we should all know now………We are being watched!!!
How do ya like you Government now….?
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EqualJustice
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:20am
I think he should have LEFT the TWEETS, as they have every reason to be optimistic! I think it’s great that his supporters are so enthusiastic and sure that he belongs in DC more than the RINO. :) Go Joe!
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- slwolfgram
  Posted on October 1, 2010 at 11:56am
  I agree with you. We are the prophets of our own lives. Where we are today is pretty much what we said yesterday. So go Joe and keep prophesying but make sure the Word of God is in your mouth as well.
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- Question with BOLDness
  Posted on October 2, 2010 at 3:25am
  I think Joe is a great candidate. I’ve watched him on Fox and he seemed pretty humble to me and stuck to the issues. He refusted to make negative comments about oponents. This doesn’t change my mind about him.
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Marylou7
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:08am
I thought the tweets were funny. If I were in Alaska I would still vote for him.
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- PatriotDaze
  Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:15am
  the problem is, ML, that on that basis you would be voting for his volunteer staffer.
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- Marylou7
  Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:27am
  PATRIOTDAZE. Why would I be voting for the staffer. Because I think the staffer is funny doesn‘t mean I’m going to write them in. My vote is for Miller.
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Freedom fighter
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:06am
Man up stop beign an internet ganster and pick up a dam phone or confront people face to face. Their is nothing worse than a coward with power and an internet connection grow up.
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TinkerBrendie
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:57am
With “volunteers” like this, who needs enemies?
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Reggabaet
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:47am
You know the left will run with THIS one! Why don’t people just use their God given brain and THINK before they pull stunts like this!!! IF Mr. Miller wants to ‘represent’ the good people of Alaska, doesn’t he know he will be fodder for the left for ANYTHING he does? Conservatives need to be ever so careful because the leftist media will pounce like a lion on them!!!!!
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- PatriotDaze
  Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:01am
  Leftist Media? C’mon ReggaB ! Miller needs to worry about closing the deal with Alaskans. To do that, he has to win. The media didn’t roll our those two ads counterpunching the arrogance of his campaign. His opponents did. Sometimes it really isn’t about what the leftist media does, or thinks, or who they pounce on !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (love the Ex Marks by the way!!) Sometimes its about flawed and/or inexperienced candidates and their campaigns. The first sign of true leadership, or lack thereof, is for them to ‘fess up’ to their imperfections instead of predictably searching for the leftists behind it all.
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N37BU6
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:44am
Bad judgment.

People really don’t think sometimes…
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heidi586
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:41am
Nothing like the appearance of arrogance to destroy a campaign. Why does a volunteer have access to his twitter account? Not a smart move. The game just changed to defense.
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- NotaLemming
  Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:51am
  Are we sure it was a volunteer and not a plant from the other side. I would not only remove access to the Twitter account I would make them get their health care through the public option.
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- Dustyluv
  Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:53am
  I guess he will also have volunteers reading the bill for him too?? Arrogance is such an awful thing. What the hell is he thinkong. He needs to run an apology commercial to put out the fires and take full responsibility.
  
  People will vote for you if they KNOW you are humble. Time to get that way Joe! You screwed up, now admit it and take your lumps so you can still pull this out…
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- tobywil2
  Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:56am
  The “Wannabe Tyrants” will publicize the irrelevant using their “preponderance of the propaganda” to avoid a discussion of the issues. Pay no attention to the smoke screen. http://commonsense21c.com/
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Areyoukiddingme
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:38am
Ouch! good slam though.
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- pscully17
  Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:42am
  thats why I deleted my twitter account– and also this apparently is why Twitter is archiving ALL tweets to the Library of Congress, so thay can be quickly retrieved by the Communists for thier personal gain
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- MAULEMALL
  Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:34am
  Wow Mr Miller..
  
  The first thing a public official should learn is when to STFU!
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- CoFX
  Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:51am
  He may fit in perfectly in DC if he survives the election. Rule #1: Always blame someone else!
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- Beckofile
  Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:42pm
  He forgot to erase the tweet that says.
  “And let the sleepy dumb citizens know that I will be using their money to buy the new furniture”
- hopin society
  Posted on October 2, 2010 at 6:33pm
  watch the hubris, pal – keep it in your pants — like the others say STFU and GOOD LUCK
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