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To: Snowshoe who wrote (83335)	9/21/2010 8:12:41 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

Its amazing what bald faced lying hypocrites these people are. Miller, the senatorial candidate from Alaska, is ready to close down the fed gov't and wants Alaska to never take federal aid again....and then we find out that he had a farm in KS that received subsidies in the 1990s. When confronted with these FACTS, he claims its another Joe Miller......except it wasn't. He's lying. AK-Sen: Joe Miller took farm subsidies, endorses Clinton economic policies by Joan McCarter Tue Sep 21, 2010 at 04:46:04 PM PDT Last week, Mudflats posted about the $14,000 in farm subsidies Joe Miller took for his barley farm. Miller denied it saying it was that other Joe Miller who took the subsidies. While Mudflats continues to explore that situation, the report spurred the Alaska Dispatch to do some more investigating. Guess what they found? Alaska Republican Senate candidate Joe Miller, an outspoken critic of federal funding, has in the past obtained federal farm subsidies in the amount of more than $7,000 for Kansas farmland, an Alaska Dispatch investigation has revealed.... After Alaska Dispatch received Miller's farm subsidy records under the Freedom of Information Act and told the Miller campaign about them on Monday, Miller's staff confirmed he received federal payments for 140 acres of cropland he owned in Kansas between 1990 and 1998. "Like the vast majority of farmers in that region, Joe received payment from the USDA in exchange for managing his crops according to government standards," said campaign spokesman Randy DeSoto in an e-mail Monday night. The best quote, though, comes from what DeSoto told the Anchorage Daily News. “This was back in the 90’s, the situation the country was in was far different than now,” he said. Yep, the situation was far different then. We had a Democratic President, and a huge budget surplus because of his policies. But, aside from Miller's new endorsement of Clinton policies, it looks like Joe Miller has situational principles. So while he says "The growth of stimulus programs, the growth of basically government bailouts to industries that are failing, it's not the American way. It's not the free market way. And it's killing the competitive edge." it was the American, free market way back in the 1990s, when he did it. It's just it's not any more, when he's running for office with the backing of a bunch of government-haters. Good to know.

To: Snowshoe who wrote (83335)	9/21/2010 8:41:23 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

Most of we liberals down here wanted French. I gave Berkowitz $100, but his was a self serving Bullshit answer aimed at the hope he can strip a few right wing votes. We liberals need to support McAdams to the hilt. And Murkowski voted with the right wing lunatics on every vote, so what the hell is Berkowtiz talking about. If he is that soft on the dem, maybe I will be that soft on him in the election booth and vote for Bugs Bunny. Now there is a leader.