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Edwynn -> RE: Three excellent recent developments. (11/20/2010 1:54:01 PM)
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ORIGINAL: DarkSteven
3. Murkowski's election. Technically, she's a Republican, but she owes nobody, especially not the GOP that endorsed Miller over her. She will vote the way she damn well pleases, and only toe the party line if it jibes with her beliefs. We need more senators who don't care about party.
Anything that disrupts the existing party structure, either party, is a good thing in my book. And, I can't thank you enough for saying "jibes with" instead of "jives with," which even supposedly educated reporters annoy us with.
My own estimation of things has Murkowski as being wrong on energy policy (that "drill baby, drill!" is just an Alaska thing, the rest of us can't be expected to understand local culture all the time), but she seems to be spot on in most other areas.
It is a shame, and I mean a real shame upon this country that there are so many straight ticket voters. No one looks at actual policy statements or voting record. The media has us trained to be single issue and "face" voters.
My own enlightenment came when the corporate ankle-grabber Jesse Helms threw Sue Myrick under the bus when she tried for the other NC US Senate seat some years ago. Sue Myrick had "traditional values," but actually listened to all constituents, and voted for their best interest as best she could. She got on the wrong side of Republicans as a result.
Hard as it may be for those in rest of the country to understand, Sue Myrick keeps getting re-elected by wide margins because it's the only way for North Carolinians to give Jesse helms the bitch slapping he deserves, even after he's gone.
Jesse Helms died in face-down, ass-up position for corporations, and provided his constituency for the same trade to his masters. Sue Myrick will die with that sweet smile on her face, dignity intact, and at least some number of people better off for her efforts.
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