This happy looking woman is Lisa Murkowski. She was outed, fair and square, in the GOP primary, but she decided to not play by the rules and now, she is angry because some have called her out for this misbehavior. JUNEAU, Alaska -- 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." >>>>>
Editor's notes: Murkowski cannot stop the TEA Party ad anymore than Meg Whitman can stop the slander that passes for a political ad from the Jerry Brown camp. It is a little known fact, but the 1st amendment was written, in part, to protect political speech with its lies and supposed lies. The problem is this: who gets to determine what is a lie, a misconception or a truth in a political ad?? Besides, the TEA Party ad appears to be right on, from our perspective.
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