Sarah Palin: Murkowski has "Gall" in Attacking Miller

U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R) Alaska and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Joe Miller.

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The ongoing feud between the two most famous women in Alaska politics - Sarah Palin and Sen. Lisa Murkowski - continued today with a Facebook post by Palin in which she says she has "never seen a candidate stoop as low as was seen last night in Alaska's senatorial debate."

In the post, "Lisa's Gall vs. Miller's Honor," Palin complains that even though Murkowski lost the GOP primary to the Palin- and Tea Party-backed Miller, she "reneged on her primary vow to not contest the will of the people."

Palin refers to Murkowski throughout the note as "the sitting Senator," as in, "[Miller] called out the sitting Senator's involvement in racking up the massive debt burden on our children and grandchildren, as well as her plan to barter over the destructive job-killing cap-and-tax legislation."

She went on to write that "the most shocking part of all in this debate was when the incumbent Senator used Joe Miller's distinguished military service as a means to attack him."

"I find it astonishing that a sitting U.S. Senator from Alaska would challenge the honor of a decorated combat veteran," wrote Palin. She added: "We need to send a message that we're not going to stand for this arrogant sense of entitlement and business-as-usual Beltway corruption."

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin speaks to the crowd during the kickoff of the nationwide Tea Party Express bus tour in Reno, Nev., Monday, Oct. 18, 2010.

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When she endorsed Miller earlier this year, Palin insisted there was no "feud or bad blood" between the two. But they have a contentious history.

When Palin resigned as governor, Murkowski released a terse statement about how she was "disappointed" that Palin quit. Palin first made it to the governor's office by defeating Murkowski's father Frank, the Republican incumbent, in the 2006 election. Four years earlier, in 2002, Frank Murkowski elected to appoint Lisa Murkowski to the Senate, passing over Palin. 

When Murkowski announced her write-in bid, she promised to be "a Republican woman who won't quit on Alaska" - a not-so-subtle shot at Palin for resigning the governorship before the end of her term.

In a separate fundraising letter to Miller supporters today, Palin wrote that "Public service should be an honor not a family dynasty" -- a not-so-subtle shot right back.

Polls suggest a tight race between Miller and Murkowski, with Democrat Scott McAdams polling a somewhat-distant third. While Miller has trumpeted his desire to cut down on federal spending and government regulation - he opposes the minimum wage - Murkowski has stressed her ability to bring home the bacon for heavily-subsidized Alaska.

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Team Palin 2010

[scheideman]

At one time Palin had real morals and values, money changed everything! This isn't Dancing with the Stars, it's our state at risk.

[brian_norwood]

Let's see, Sarah palin has evil demons exorcised by an African witch doctor. Christine O'Donnell had a date on a satanic altar and "dabbled" in witchcraft.

And we are supposed to take anything either of these two bimbos have to say seriously?

[saintpeterii]

Palin has said that she finds some of the information coming out about senatorial candidate Miller to be out of sync because who had the right to say such things about a decorated combat vet. Palin either forgets or doesn't know and it's impossible to differentiate between which, that Tin McVeigh was also a decorated combat vet. Little if any of Palin's dialogue can stand in the face of any examination and then be taken seriously. This is only one example of the nonsense that she spouts. We have some people in this country who are justifiably angry and fed up with the beltway bureaurats and it's just a shame that Palin&Co has cashed in on their grievances as she can do nothing but cause them more grief. For free no log-in editorial cartoons on this and related subjects http://www.saintpeterii.com

[rickwarre]

Sarah Palin: A person who thinks they are important, followed by lemmings.

[Bisk1]

When will Murkowski respond to these accusations froma quitter and put her in her proper place. Dumb Dumb repugs !!

[strikerF2]

Never seen such fear of a Person who is not even running for office.Why are the bedwetters so afraid of Sarah Palin? SHe is more qualified and has more experience than Obama or Biden together when it comes to Executive decision making,and she is not even on a ballot.

[JV1970]

I agree!

[PyTyr]

Yeah, in that week and a half that she was governor she got just tons of executive decision making experience. Oh, yeah.

[worldasweknowit]

These comments are so stereotypical of those who really know nothing of Sarah Palin and are clueless as to why she is so influential in the political scene. Do they think it is from mass hypnosis? The greatest advantage Sarah Palin has is the ignorant underestimating of her political astuteness. The woman electrifies a crowd the same way Bill Clinton can electrify a crowd and the way Barak Obama used to be able to electrify a crowd. She has brought the Tea Party to national prominence and may bring it to the point of more candidates running under its banner than running under the Republican banner. So keep up the smug, ignorant contempt while Sarah continues to astound.

[sf49ers80]

If President Obama can't electrify a crowd, I'd sure like to know how he continues to pack in thousands on top of thousands of people that keep coming to large events to be bored by him. Clinton does up to 5,000 and it's called packing them in, but I guess 20,000+ is just a minor number.

[Amusedbyitall]

Murkowski did not challenge the primary election as she promised. Miller is the Republican candidate. Where's the loss of honor?

[strikerF2]

Marine,.. Obama can resign at any time,if he feels the job is too tough for his community organizer experience to handle.

[scheideman]

The PEOPLE OF ALASKA asked her to write in, THE PEOPLE, AGC,AFN,UNOINS, ect...Thats why she changed her mind ! Are you even Alaskan ??? It's our state not yours...

[1atticus]

You can have her, please get her out of Alaska. Take the mama grizzly(!? joke) to the lower 48 and keep her there and let us Alaskans have some peace. Alaskans don't exploit our wonderfully well kept secret corner of the globe. Palin made us visible, how dare she take the lovely anonymity that we used to enjoy away! You all freaks from the lower 48 take her, get her out of our Alaska!


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[lv_mike]

You know, I would comment, but after reading all of these posts, by God I can't see much more I can say about the "Queen" and her honorable ways. I'm trying to understand how the people of Alaska don't run her out of the state. Maybe....just maybe, if they offer her enough "money" she'll leave on her own. I don't know....would that be "honorable"?

[JV1970]

They don't because you don't bite the hand that feeds you! They are enjoying the $1,200 check they get every year that she got for them from the oil companies!