Sarah Palin loses special election for Alaska House seat...will she concede?

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Sarah Palin loses special election for Alaska House seat...will she concede?

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https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/31/politics ... index.html

Democrat Mary Peltola won the special election to fill Alaska’s House seat for the remainder of 2022, according to unofficial results released by the Alaska Division of Elections, thwarting former Gov. Sarah Palin’s bid at a political comeback – at least for a few months.

Peltola emerged as the victor Wednesday when Alaska’s Division of Elections tabulated ranked-choice ballots in the state’s first use of the system.

With her victory, the former state lawmaker will fill the remainder of the term of the late Rep. Don Young, who died in March after holding the state’s House seat for 49 years, and is set to become the first Alaska Native to represent the state in Congress.
Someone bookmarked board con (s) who laughed at the very idea dems could retain the House or Senate, hopefully...It is a long way from over, but if it goes the way of the patriots, I wonder what the excuse will be.

Most experts now say Biden has outperformed any administration in 50 years at this point in his presidency. Remarkable what he and Kamala have achieved. All patriotic Americans will be happy about that.

There is hope we will turn back these vile, vicious killers.
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Libertas wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 7:17 pm https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/31/politics ... index.html




Someone bookmarked board con (s) who laughed at the very idea dems could retain the House or Senate, hopefully...It is a long way from over, but if it goes the way of the patriots, I wonder what the excuse will be.

Most experts now say Biden has outperformed any administration in 50 years at this point in his presidency. Remarkable what he and Kamala have achieved. All patriotic Americans will be happy about that.

There is hope we will turn back these vile, vicious killers.
Any chance if a link to any of the experts who claim Biden have outperformed any administration in the last 50 years?
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Glennfs wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 7:36 pm Any chance if a link to any of the experts who claim Biden have outperformed any administration in the last 50 years?
He actually has higher poll numbers than most Presidents at this point in his presidency, including Reagan.
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gounion wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 7:46 pm He actually has higher poll numbers than most Presidents at this point in his presidency, including Reagan.
I have to laugh

Only Presidents Johnson, Carter, and Kennedy enjoyed stronger GDP growth in their first term.
https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-e ... wer-2021-8

I was wrong
, :lol: CARTER was better :lol: ... three were better, ALL DEMOCRATS :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Remember dumbshit saying Carter was the worst prez of all time or in the 2oth century :lol: :lol: :lol:


right now THIS is happening in board con kitchen


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Despite being just one full quarter old, the Biden economy is already outpacing those of most past presidencies.

anybody else notice the SILENCE...this proves what we know, cons have no clue which party is better for our economy without exception...
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Oh, and i predict Palin will not concede and will demand a recount.

I did a poll about it at DU.
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What a stupid bigot.
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carmenjonze wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 8:55 pm What a stupid bigot.
Did you see my post

viewtopic.php?p=36399#p36399


after board con challenged my comment?

Notice the best performance by presidents are ALL DEMOCRATS, and con has nothing to say. He does NOT know this! He believes the opposite is true.

This is why we are in such trouble, this amount of ignorance is DEADLY!
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gounion wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 7:46 pm He actually has higher poll numbers than most Presidents at this point in his presidency, including Reagan.
Link please
Here is mine plus 42 minus 55 upside down by 13

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epoll ... -7320.html
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Mary Peltola set to make history as the first Alaska Native in Congress
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/31/politics ... index.html

[snip]

Peltola, who turned 49 on Wednesday, is the daughter of a Yup'ik mother and a Nebraskan father who had moved north to teach school and later became a bush pilot.

[snip]

The Yup'ik people, she said in an interview with CNN on Wednesday ahead of the ranked choice tabulation, are "holistic" thinkers.

"Everything is interconnected," Peltola said. "When we talk about community wellness, we talk about the entire community. I do think of things in very broad terms, and I do recognize that in Alaska, even though we have a huge footprint, we are a very small in numbers population, and we are all related."

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Yupik, BTW, live in both Siberia and Alaska.
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Glennfs wrote: Thu Sep 01, 2022 7:03 pm Link please
:lol: there are at least 10 link requests your miseducated ass is still trying to ignore in this thread: viewtopic.php?p=35350
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PAlin is now saying she won but for the voting...I knew it.
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If anyone here believes the clown boy voted for Biden, well then I know of a bridge to a circus you can purchase.
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Drak wrote: Thu Sep 01, 2022 7:43 pm If anyone here believes the clown boy voted for Biden, well then I know of a bridge to a circus you can purchase.
Biden has performed miracles as my thread points out.

4 yrs of a pandemic and the dumbest prez of all time and in less than 2 yrs he has, well, performed miracles.

Con hates that, knows it, and hates it and lashes out about it.


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Glennfs wrote: Thu Sep 01, 2022 7:03 pm Link please
Here is mine plus 42 minus 55 upside down by 13

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epoll ... -7320.html
https://news.gallup.com/poll/398117/bid ... -year.aspx
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ProfX wrote: Thu Sep 01, 2022 7:16 pm Mary Peltola set to make history as the first Alaska Native in Congress
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/31/politics ... index.html

[snip]

Peltola, who turned 49 on Wednesday, is the daughter of a Yup'ik mother and a Nebraskan father who had moved north to teach school and later became a bush pilot.

[snip]

The Yup'ik people, she said in an interview with CNN on Wednesday ahead of the ranked choice tabulation, are "holistic" thinkers.

"Everything is interconnected," Peltola said. "When we talk about community wellness, we talk about the entire community. I do think of things in very broad terms, and I do recognize that in Alaska, even though we have a huge footprint, we are a very small in numbers population, and we are all related."

[snip][end]

Yupik, BTW, live in both Siberia and Alaska.
Palin's ex-husband is part Yup'ik Alaska Native, which is how her grandkid collects benefits.

HuffPo: Palin's grandson receives care through IHS - Indianz.com

Personally, I have no problem with her grandkid collecting benefits, or Todd, should he want to. That's what they're there for.

But Todd Palin to me is a classic white-assimilated Native American of the type that's eager to play up his white side to appeal to the worst people in this country. Whether that's how he's actually lived his life, IDK, but he would not be the first by any means to respond to forced assimilationism in this way. Imposed, forced assimilationism really does a number on people. And it is violent as hell.
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carmenjonze wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 10:37 am But Todd Palin to me is a classic white-assimilated Native American of the type that's eager to play up his white side to appeal to the worst people in this country. Whether that's how he's actually lived his life, IDK, but he would not be the first by any means to respond to forced assimilationism in this way. Imposed, forced assimilationism really does a number on people. And it is violent as hell.
From what I read of Todd, he's 1/4 at best, but never lived in a Yup'ik reservation or community. Weird how you could hear a pin drop when Todd mentioned this, but Elizabeth Warren.... I just find that funny.

Interestingly, I also know Todd Palin was active in the Alaskan Independence Party (AIP), who are essentially separatists. That is unusual for indigenous Alaskans, because BTW most of them don't usually think they would fare much BETTER if Alaska was not under the federal protections for indigenous of the U.S.

Anyway, Mary and Sarah know each other and are friends. I'm not surprised. It's really a small state. :mrgreen:
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Alaskans voted in 2020 to establish a top four primary for state executive, legislative, and congressional offices. As a result,
Alaska has a different voting system than most states. In the primary, any number of candidates can run and the top four candidates with the most votes go on to the general election if no one candidate received a majority of the votes.

In the general election, voters rank their choices for candidates 1 - 4. If no candidate wins a majority of the votes, the fourth candidate is eliminated and the second choice votes for the fourth placed candidate are allotted to the other three candidates. Once this is done, if no candidate receives a majority the third placed candidate is eliminated and the second choice votes for the third place candidate is allotted to the remaining two candidates. The candidate that has 50% plus 1 votes is the winner.
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IMHO, ranked choice voting is a really good system we should use more in the U.S., especially in elections where there are more than 2 candidates. If you care about third parties, it would help them get more traction. (There's really nothing that Constitutionally mandates the plurality/"first past the post" voting system we use; it's more tradition than anything else.)

But yes, Palin and some of her supporters are complaining the ranked choice vote Alaska is using was somehow mischievous or "robbed" her of what she should have rightfully won. No surprise: Sarah Palin is wrong. :mrgreen:
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ProfX wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 11:46 am From what I read of Todd, he's 1/4 at best, but never lived in a Yup'ik reservation or community. Weird how you could hear a pin drop when Todd mentioned this, but Elizabeth Warren.... I just find that funny.

Interestingly, I also know Todd Palin was active in the Alaskan Independence Party (AIP), who are essentially separatists. That is unusual for indigenous Alaskans, because BTW most of them don't usually think they would fare much BETTER if Alaska was not under the federal protections for indigenous of the U.S.

Anyway, Mary and Sarah know each other and are friends. I'm not surprised. It's really a small state. :mrgreen:
Yes I am not versed in Yup'ik standards of tribal membership at all. But for mysef I don't really question if Todd is Yup'ik. Warren - that's a different issue because that's a different tribal government for one, and for two, the Cherokee tribes have a WAY different history to this country than Alaska Natives.
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ProfX wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 2:31 pm IMHO, ranked choice voting is a really good system we should use more in the U.S., especially in elections where there are more than 2 candidates. If you care about third parties, it would help them get more traction. (There's really nothing that Constitutionally mandates the plurality/"first past the post" voting system we use; it's more tradition than anything else.)
Although I'm not opposed to rank choice voting I'd like to see a couple more general elections before jumping into it full force. I've used rank choice voting in the AF when our hospital group commander and his four squadron commanders had to figure out
the order of which equipment list they wanted the Major Command to fund. Instead of them spending a couple of hours in a meeting trying to compromise which must be bought, I'd send them the list and ask them to rank them on a scale of number 1 (most important) to the last one least important). I'd get their lists back with their rankings and I'd add their input to a spreadsheet, total each item, and the item with the lowest number (most 1s, 2s,3s, etc.) was the number one priority and I'd continue down that way with the list. This form of rank choice voting as efficient and didn't leave any of the commanders with hurt feelings in that their squadron wasn't getting the equipment they needed. Fortunately for me, my last year Major Command funded our entire equipment list and we were able to make everyone happy, especially everyone in my shop because we got our entire office new desks, chairs, cabinets, etc.. to replace ones 30-plus year old.
But yes, Palin and some of her supporters are complaining the ranked choice vote Alaska is using was somehow mischievous or "robbed" her of what she should have rightfully won. No surprise: Sarah Palin is wrong. :mrgreen:
From the primary three candidates emerged for the general election and two of them were republicans. Palin got more votes in the general election than the other republican so he was eliminated and the second votes from him were added to Palin and
Peltola's numbers. After Palin lost she pointed the finger at the other republican for causing her to lose and he pointed the finger at her saying she told her supporters not to filling in a second choice.

Bottom line is Palin knew what the rules of the election were and if she can't accept the outcome then that reflects on her as a person. There were a lot of Alaskans who voted for the other republicans and whose second choice wasn't Palin.
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