I find it amusing that Lisa Murkowski wants Alaska stations to not air “Tea Party Lies”. Every Democrat, every American have been enduring Republican & Tea Party misinformation and lies for years. The reality is the GOP, FoxNews, and Right Wing talk radio have made the misinforming of and lying to Americans an art form. They are extremely skilled at it. It is amazing how fast Republicans complain when it is used against them by one of their own.
I think now is the time for pseudo guerilla warfare on the airwaves. After all what Republicans are likely to either attempt to get effected or prevent from being effected presents a war on the middleclass, a clear and present danger. Repeal of healthcare reform will hurt people. Watering down further of finance reform will hurt people. Loosening regulation further on corporations will hurt people. Tearing down the safety net to ensure the wealthy is taxed at marginally lower rates than tax paying middleclass Americans will hurt people. If that is not war on the average American, I really do not know what is. We must call a spade a spade.
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s campaign is warning Alaska broadcasters not to air ads by a national tea party group that the campaign says are "littered with lies and intentional mischaracterizations" about her and her write-in campaign.
Attorney Timothy McKeever, in a letter to broadcasters Monday, said they are under a "legal and moral obligation" not to air the new ads from Tea Party Express, which is supporting Joe Miller, the political upstart who defeated Murkowski in the August GOP primary.
A Tea Party Express spokesman said his initial reaction is that the group stands behind the ads.
At issue is an ad the group unveiled Monday, entitled "Arrogant Lisa Murkowski — You Lost!" It seeks to paint Murkowski as more interested in political self-preservation than in serving the interests of Alaskans. It also claims she didn’t "earn" her Senate seat and that she "tried to manipulate the Libertarian party into giving her their slot" on the ballot — claims McKeever called "materially false."
Watch the ad:
Murkowski was appointed to the seat her father held when he became governor in 2002; she won it in her own right in 2004.
Murkowski has said friends — without her direction — approached the party to see what it would take for her name to appear as a Libertarian candidate and that she was not about to change her beliefs for political expediency.
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Scott Kohlhaas, the Libertarian party’s chairman, said he did have a "get-to-know-you" with Murkowski’s then-campaign manager, John Bitney, who could not immediately be reached.
Libertarian leaders waited for Murkowski to ask for a ballot line but she never did, Kohlhaas said.
The party didn’t feel manipulated by Murkowski, he said. "Tempted, another story," Kohlhaas said Monday. "But manipulated, no."
Tea Party Express also made claims about Murkowski’s record during the primary that she called mischaracterizations or lies.
For example, it repeated the claim — which Miller also stated — that she opposed repealing the federal health care overhaul. Murkowski vehemently denied that and pointed to her record to back her up. Both Tea Party Express and Miller have stood behind the claim, and the campaigns they ran.
Lisa Murkowski Warns Alaska Stations Not To Air Tea Party Express ‘Lies’ (VIDEO)
