It's Just A Flesh Wound

Yeah, Joe "Noun, Verb, Unconstitutional" Miller is still trying to win in Alaska.

Republican Senate candidate Joe Miller announced late Sunday that he would continue his challenge in federal court of the write-in election of rival Sen. Lisa Murkowski, but added he would not oppose certification of Murkowski's victory by state election officials.

U.S. District Court Judge Ralph Beistline, who is hearing Miller's federal challenge, had already said he would probably lift his order staying certification, allowing Murkowski to assume office Jan. 5 without losing seniority or leaving the state short a U.S. Senator. In a prepared statement e-mailed to the media about 10:20 p.m., Miller said he planned to go ahead with his federal lawsuit "for the sake of the integrity of the election."

Integrity?

Miller's modern interpretation of the "Black Knight" from Monty Python isn't really helping him within the modern conservative movement - unless we are talking about people that think that anytime a conservative loses an election that it must mean that The Black Panthers, ACORN, Jeremiah Wright, and William Ayers met in a secret bunker in China to ensure that only the "socialist" would win.

Here's your visual aid for the day......

Highschool Locker Questioning

I was immediately invaded with the image of two girls after chemistry class standing next to their lockers when one says to the other, "O! M! G! Lisa! What's up the you and Sarah?!"



While Couric's framing of the question was leaned heavily towards the amateur, the intent was at least clear enough that I could divine what she wanted Murkowski to answer. And her answer was, from my perspective at least, a perfect example of what Sarah Palin most certainly is not.

I won't go so far as to say that Sarah isn't "curious", but she most certainly isn't so on an intellectual level that would be a benefit to her in that particular leadership position. One has to be able to ask the tough questions about how your decisions on policy are going to have a broader impact on the country, not just your personal q-score. The later is what Palin is more concerned in - why do you think she quit as Governor of Alaska?