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This page links to conservative and Republican websites
in Alaska. Explanation below.
These initial reference lists will grow and be adapted
into custom search tools for quick research across such websites on any
topic.
Suggestions are welcome |
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December 23, 2010 -
Alaska court refuses to overturn sen. vote results - Given the
way that Murkowski has already been voting like a Democrat to empower
Harry Reid's agenda in the lame duck Congress, Alaskans should be
embarrassed by their choice. When even Sen. Lindsay Graham is
critical of Republican capitulation in the lame duck Senate, you have a
real problem. |
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November 24, 2010 -
Feds set aside 'critical habitat' for polar bear - Everybody who
voted for Murkowski, don't whine about what this administration is going
to do to Alaska. You're on your own. |
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November 17, 2010 -
Murkowski becomes 1st write-in senator since '54 - Lesson
learned? The so-called, self-appointed national Tea Party
"leaders" need to recognize that their national agenda as an interest
group may not match the agenda of state or local voters as they choose
their own representatives for state or federal government positions.
The victories in 2010 did not come from national
endorsements and money, but from effective local organizing to develop
strong voter relationships in support of principled candidates, whether
"experienced" or well-funded or favored by the media or GOP party
insiders or not. If the GOP organizations in a state or district
are really effective, such as through precinct committeemen who have
developed strong voter relationships and support, then they deserve
respect. If not, the local groups need to become better organized,
better funded, and more responsive to voters to earn their trust at
election time with good candidates rather than slick or vague campaign
rhetoric or ad campaigns.
There were many victories in 2010, but we can and must
do better in 2012 - and that doesn't mean giving more power to "leaders"
who want to influence elected officials in Washington like any other
lobbyist. The key is to build more responsive local voter networks than
either the GOP or Democratic organizations. Rather than rely on the
media or party organizations to inform voters about issues and
candidates, we need to organize volunteers as the watchdogs and create
our own communication channels online to share information and ideas
directly, as thie Tea Party movement has done. |
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November 8, 2010 -
Murkowski on cusp of win; how will she legislate? |
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October 20, 2010 -
After Alaska primary upset, missteps cost Miller - It's not hard
to figure out who the liberal media want to win, given their relentless
efforts to discredit Joe Miller. |
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September 21, 2010 -
Senate GOP moves to strip Murkowski of Energy post GOP
donors should also ask for their money back, as with Crist in FL. |
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September 18, 2010 -
Sarah Palin: Primaries are over, GOP must unite |
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September 18, 2010 -
Murkowski mounting write-in bid for Alaska Senate - Sore loser.
Hopefully Alaskans will completely reject her this time as a clear
signal to others in the GOP. If she won't respect the primary
voters, then voters should show no respect for her campaign. |
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September 1, 2010 -
Write-in option poses challenge for AK senator - If she tries a
write-in campaign, Alaskan voters should send a clear message by not
voting for her. If she pulls in less than 1% of the vote, that would be
ideal as a signal to other Republican losers to respect primary
elections. Nobody should be anointed by party leadership as though the
seat belonged to them. Elections should be competitive, rather than
rigged, so that voters have a meaningful choice. If it looks like a game
of marked cards, controlled by party insiders, then new talent won't
emerge except through leadership deals and special interest money rather
than tough competition. That's bad. |
September 1, 2010 -
Sen. Murkowski's defeat marks major tea party win - If Murkowski
was such a class act, it sure didn't show recently when she lost.
Many politicians who earned some respect in the past have lost it by
their actions in recent years. McCain is a good example. When it takes
$20 million to buy enough votes to win a primary, it's time to do the
honorable thing and retire. A Senate seat is not a career
entitlement program.
In business, professionals groom their successors for leadership and
then pass the baton. They plan to step aside as a smooth transition so
that the organization can keep moving forward.
In politics, arrogant individuals cling to power at any cost - leaving
problems in their wake when they are eventually defeated by a critic in
the other party, rather than a well-prepared successor who has a proven
track record. That's like leading a company to the point at which a
hostile takeover and disruptive reorganization under new management is the only way out. |
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June 2, 2010 -
Palin endorses GOP challenger in Alaska Senate |
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February 4-6, 2010 - Did you miss the
first National Tea Party
Convention in Nashville? If so, links to coverage of the
event are shared at the above.
Sarah Palin was the featured
keynote speaker at this event arranged by
Tea Party Nation
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Independence Day Tea Party on July 4
2009
See
Alaska Tea Party |
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May 28, 2009 - Obama moves to curb road-building in forests -
Comment: Note that, buried at the end of this story, is the point
that the main impact of this change is to block a project in Alaska.
Of course, that's not politically motivated. Which part of the
Constitution provides this authority? |
Tax Day Tea Party
protests were held in many cities nationwide for April 15. These
were locally organized through personal and online networking.
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Anchorage, AK Tax Day Tea Party -
Facebook group - April 15 at noon, Federal Building |
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Fairbanks, AK
Tax Day Tea Party - April 15 - 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. — Corner of Airport
Way and Noble; 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. — Federal Building, 101 12th Avenue |
| Haines, AK Tax Day Tea Party - April 15 - 4-6pm |
| Homer, AK Tax Day Tea Party - April 15 -
noon, Veteran's Park |
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Ketchikan, AK Tax Day Tea Party - April 15 -
4-6:30pm - Corner of Tongass and Jefferson |
| Kodiak, AK Tax Day Tea Party - April 15 - 12-1pm at
the Y downtown |
| Soldotna, AK Tax Day Tea Party - April 15 - 5pm at
the Y |
| Wasilla, AK Tax Day Tea Party - April
15 - 2-4pm Wasilla Lake |
| Alaska -
check for updates or comments on the Tax Day Tea Party website |
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The
2012
Draft Sarah Committee participated in various Tea Party and MeetUp events. |
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The
Tax Day Tea
Party website listed events associated with
the
Nationwide Tea Party Coalition sponsors, who supported the organization of
most of the first Chicago Tea Party protest events on February 27.
New sponsors include
American Solutions (ties to Newt Gingrich) and other groups. |
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Tea Party protests were also
sponsored by FreedomWorks in many cities on various dates. |
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American
Family Association also set up a new website -
TEA - Taxed Enough
Already - which listed over 1000 local "Tea Party" protest
organizers nationwide prior to April 15. This was followed by
another new website for their own July 4 Tea Party protest plans -
www.TeaPartyDay.com |
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Another source of information about Tea Party protests
and other local initiatives or contacts in many states can be found
through the "Patriotic Resistance" -
http://www.resistnet.com . |
| Alaska -
Governor Sarah Palin |
http://gov.state.ak.us/
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| US
Senator Lisa Murkowski |
http://murkowski.senate.gov/public/
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US Representative Don Young (AK) |
http://donyoung.house.gov/
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Alaska Republicans |
http://www.alaskarepublicans.com/ |
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Alaska state government website.
http://www.state.ak.us/ |
| Team Sarah
is an independent social networking site aimed at women who remain
supportive of Governor Sarah Palin.
www.TeamSarah.org |
| Another
site promoting Palin for President in 2012 is We Need Palin
www.weneedsarah.org |
| There is
also a "SarahPAC" site at www.sarahpac.org
but it seems dubious, with little real content. |
| "How
Obama Got Elected" is a website promoting a "Media Malpractice"
documentary film by talk show host and author John Ziegler, including
interviews of Sarah Palin about the election. It also promotes his 2005
book, "The Death of Free Speech", which also addresses broadcast media bias. |
