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Sarah Palin and Nick Begich Continue Political Food Fight, while Mary Peltola Will Be In The House. [1]
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Date: 2022-09-04
I’m still savoring Mary Peltola’s win in the Alaska special election for the U.S. House seat, and many prognosticators do not give her any hope for a victory this fall. It’s assumed that Alaskan Republican voters will figure out how to coalesce with ranked choice voting and elect either Palin or Begich this fall. However, I think someone forgot to tell Palin or Begich that the plan is to elect a Republican, and this means that a majority of Palin and Begich voters have to rank the other as the number two preferred candidate. I think that may be difficult while Palin and Begich are launching grenades at one another.
And it is fun to watch.
‘Sarah Palin Instructed Supporters Not to Rank Candidates’: Alaska’s GOP Candidates Point Fingers after Special Election Loss
Looks like there is going to be lots of breaking of Reagan’s Eleventh Commandment.
Republican congressional candidate Nick Begich reprimanded his rival, Sarah Palin, for Democrats’ Wednesday win in Alaska’s special election for its at-large seat, saying she cost the party by instructing “supporters not to rank candidates” in the state’s ranked-choice voting system. Democrat Mary Peltola’s victory “really boils down to Sarah Palin,” Begich told National Review. “Sarah Palin’s unfavorables in the state of Alaska are so astronomically high, so high in fact, that the only other more unfavorably thought of politician in Alaska is Joe Biden,” said Begich, who insisted that Palin “cannot win statewide in Alaska.”
I don’t see why Sarah Palin would be unpopular in Alaska. It’s not like she quit her gig as governor shortly after losing the 2008 Election with her wingman John McCain to pursue a reality star grift. Oh wait! That’s what she did!
Palin got bored with just being an Alaskan governor, so she quit and went off to do something else. When something else didn’t work out, Palin decided to suck up to the Orange Ape and get back into politics. Sadly for Palin, Alaskan Republicans did not want to give Mama Grizzly a bear hug.
But don’t count a Mama Grizzly out!
“Nick Begich is now a three-time loser. His ego-driven insistence on staying in Alaska’s congressional race after repeatedly failing to garner a majority of Republican votes, while I have consistently won the vote, has just cost Republicans a seat in Congress. Fortunately, there is still time for Begich to do the honorable thing and withdraw before the November election,” Palin said.
Loser! Take that!
What have you to say for yourself Mr. Begich?
“Unfortunately, Sarah Palin instructed her supporters not to rank candidates, and this had a spill over effect across the electorate. I on the other hand, ranked Sarah Palin second on my ballot and encouraged people to do the same. Either Sarah Palin doesn’t understand the ranked-choice voting system, or is more interested in herself getting elected than supporting other Republicans,” Begich said.
Translation: You dumb b****!
And Palin did provide proof for Begich’s charge that she is an idiot.
Ranked-choice voting comes kicking in and then it becomes convoluted, complicated, like oh ‘how many second place votes you get? How many third place votes you get?’ I don’t know! I was telling people all along, ‘don’t comply!'” Palin told voters at a campaign event. In another video, Palin can be seen pointing at Peltola when she’s asked who she would put as her second choice on the ballot. Palin issued a statement after the special election, blaming the “confusing” ranked-choice voting system for disenfranchising “60% of Alaskan voters.” “Ranked-choice voting was sold as the way to make elections better reflect the will of the people. As Alaska — and America — now sees, the exact opposite is true. The people of Alaska do not want the destructive democrat agenda to rule our land and our lives, but that’s what resulted from someone’s experiment with this new crazy, convoluted, confusing ranked-choice voting system. It’s effectively disenfranchised 60% of Alaska voters,” Palin said.
And I can still see Russia from my house! (Yes, I know she really didn’t say that).
Frankly, I don’t think much of Begich because he did tell his voters to place Palin as their second choice. If she is so stupid and selfish, why on hell Mr. Begich would you want to ELECT such a person? Is a Democrat like Mary Peltola just to icky for you? It’s not like you don’t know a few Democrats yourself, seeing as most of your family are Democrats.
Interestingly, half of Begich’s voters could not bring themselves to vote for Palin. The other half did act like all good Republicans and ranked Palin as their second choice. But the other 50% said, “Fuck it! I’m not voting for Palin!”
I suppose the fact that Peltola beng in office may make that other 50% to rethink their choices come the fall. But does anyone really think they will think more fondly of Palin after her attacks on Begich? And I doubt that Palin’s idiotic voters will think warmly about Begich.
By the way, Begich is not going to change his strategy for the fall. And it worked out so well for him in August. Being third place is always something to be proud of.
Meanwhile, Congresswoman Mary Peltola will be in the House.
Popcorn.
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