What Just Happened?
Contributed By Katherine Baker
Has anyone noticed how Alaska has political dynasty families? It has the look and feel of elitism and power entitlement, and yet, that is definitely not what Alaskans are about.
During the Alaska midterm primary, Nick Begich, of the Democrat dynasty Begich family came in third in the Republican primary. Begich then refused to step aside and let the race be between first and second place, Peltola and Palin. That guaranteed a win for Peltola as everyone paying attention had anticipated.
Then in the 2022 midterms Murkowski received by far, the vast majority of Chesbro's second choice votes. This indicates Murkowski's percentage base among Democrats is greater than her percentage base among Republicans! Her endorsement of Democrat Peltola, rather than Republican Palin, may have been intended to convince any holdouts among Chesbro's voters to make Murkowski their second choice. If so, that political strategy seems to have worked wonderfully well for Murkowski.
Also, announced by Murkowski, it was because of the Republican selected Justices to the Supreme Court who don't support abortion that there was no 'red wave'. Almost sounds like an attempt to nudge Senate Republicans to the left.
The newly re-elected Murkowski has wasted no time in providing a reason for herself and other Republican Senators (if she can persuade them) to not support or vote for Republican selected Justices to the Supreme Court who don't support abortion. That is-if they want to be re-elected. Yet, Murkowski has a record of voting for a radical activist Democrat Justice appointed by Biden. Seems hypocritical?
Meanwhile, Mitch McConnell, who as with Biden, has questionable China ties, climbed out on a thin, dry-rotted tree ranch and made the decision to use Republican campaign funds, not to campaign against a Democrat but to campaign against an Alaskan Republican who dared to run against the entitled dynasty daughter, Lisa Murkowski. An action inherently designed to divide Republicans in Alaska. It's not the first time McConnell has exhibited questionable objectives. McConnell's scheme could have damaged future Republican fund-raising efforts.
That does seem to indicate that they knew with 'Ranked Choice Voting' Murkowski could win by adding the inattentive Republican votes to the second choice ranked votes of Chesbro's in advance. Interestingly, several members of Murkowski's staff made the 'push' for 'Ranked Choice Voting' in Alaska. A northeast coast, Maine, I think, current voting fad.
That other darling dynasty daughter, Liz Cheney, is probably kicking herself and wishing her staff had 'pushed' for 'Ranked Choice Voting' in Wyoming.
A few years back when Palin was campaigning as vice-president and during her time as Alaska's Governor, she was inundated with mudslinging narratives, and a continuous stream of lawsuits. The noise sounded like a deafening hatred and disrespect of women to many ears. And many Alaskan women have not forgotten it. And many never will. Palin would have made history as the first woman vice-president of the USA. But Palin wasn't qualified according to the radical Democrats. And we know why. Palin is NOT an entitled, dynasty daughter.
When Palin ran for vice president, these radical political strategies of the Democrats were not yet realized by most of the American public. Palin was redefined as a person by nonstop radical noise. She was taught to fail. Everything she did, no matter what it was-got labeled as wrong. Palin was CANCELED before our eyes. It would have been impossible for her to be effective in that artificially invented environment which was nothing more than managed confusion. Everyone, everyone at the time was like-what is happening?
Sarah Palin with her experience and insight, and Kelly Tshibaka with her determination to represent the will of Alaska's people, lost the election before the polls were ever opened and before the people of Alaska ever cast a single vote.
When everything is politicized, everything is corrupted. And we can see it with our own eyes.
ALASKA DESERVES BETTER.