This Tuesday’s Roundup:

The Good:

Joe Miller pulls off a big win in Alaska, defeating Lisa Murkowski in the GOP Senate primary. Marco Rubio rolls in the GOP Florida Senate primary.

The Bad:

John McCain rolled to victory with a convincing victory over former GOP House member J.D. Hayworth

The Usual:

The next spokesman for Depends, Patrick Leahy rolled to an easy primary victory in the Vermont. He will face Len Britton in the November election.

The Omen:

Bill Scott defeats long-timer Bill McCollum in the Florida GOP governor’s primary.

First off, what everyone is talking about, Joe Miller. This could almost have gone under “The Omen” heading, as this is just one more in a long running pattern of long-serving, incumbent careerists in both parties being lead out to pasture by an electorate that is at the boiling point. Sick of spending, sick of taxes, sick of being used, abused, called names while being pickpocketed on a daily basis and then being called stingy for not paying their “fair share”. This has been going for 10 months now and will approach hyperdrive come November.

By the way, Murkowksi is said to exploring an independent run, but it may already be too late.

From The Daily Beast: (Hat Tip: Hot Air)

The ongoing battle for who won the Republican primary in the Alaska Senate race will come down to the absentee ballots, but in an exclusive interview with The Daily Beast, a source within the Murkowski campaign says they know of one possible legal option to pursue a third party run. If Murkowski is not victorious when the absentee ballots are counted and decides to wage an independent party bid, they might consider using this option, which the source wouldn’t describe, but did confirm they were seriously looking at…

Although it’s not exactly clear what the options the Murkowski camp are now exploring, one possibility is running a write-in campaign, which would be very difficult and unlikely option. According to the Elections Coordinator in the Alaska Department of Elections, Murkowski has until October 28th to file as a write-in, in which case write-in votes for her would be counted if the aggregate total of all write-ins is greater than ballots cast or within the range that would require a recount. In the coordinator’s 14 years, this has never happened in a state race.

The other possibility: the Alaska Independence Party. Former Governor Wally Hickel lost the Republican primary in 1990, but won in the general by being on the Alaskan Independence Party (AIP) ticket. A third party run could work for Murkowski as the Democrat’s candidate is largely unknown Sitka mayor Scott McAdams, but she would have to overcome the main reason the AIP exists in the Last Frontier: they are a secessionist party calling for Alaska to leave the United States. Obviously, Murkowski is not a secessionist, which Alaskans know, and an aggressive PR campaign promoting her independence rather than the AIP may be her only route back to Washington this fall.

AllahPundit mentions it probably will not matter anyway:

I poked around the Alaska secretary of state’s webpage this morning and it looks like Murkowski’s too late to run as an indie. Alaska is one of the 46 states with a “sore-loser law” requiring independents to register for the ballot by the date of the party primaries (Connecticut is one of the four without one), so the window on that is closed. A write-in campaign is possible — Bob Bennett considered it after losing in the Utah Republican caucus — but how likely is it that she’ll convince 75,000 or so supporters, many of whom will necessarily be Democrats, to take the time to write her in instead of flipping the switch for a party nominee? As for the AIP, I won’t even pretend to know how that might work. Looks like they don’t yet have a nominee for Senate this year, so presumably Murkowski would make some sort of deal with them in which they nominate her and she … pushes for Alaskan independence? Man, blogging these midterms is going to be fun.

Speaking of fun, here is a little giggle.

Via Michelle Malkin:

Oh, by the way, someone on Slate.com needs to change her pantyhose. The former pair is as full of holes as their predictions were.

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Well, well, well.

How interesting. But hardly surprising.

With all of the focus on Michelle “60 Rooms” Obama’s Marie Antoinette-like Spainish vacation, featuring all of the Mercedes Marxist trimmings, including expensive food, private beaches and an army of Secret Service muscle, it looks like one thing went unreported by the Obama State Media (OSM).

That being Michelle continuing the Obama’s obsession with mosques.

From Canada Free Press: (Hat Tip: a Michelle Malkin commenter)

While President Barack Obama was “forcefully” endorsing the Ground Zero Mosque, Michelle Obama was paying homage with her presence to the Great Mosque at Granada, which overlooks what was once Islam’s most important outpost in Europe, the Alhambra palace in Granada.

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Built in 2003, the Great Mosque in Granada, like the mosque planned in the shadow of Ground Zero, was born in controversy.

“The land on which the mosque has been built was bought 22 years ago, but city authorities continually objected to the planning proposals.” (Victory News Magazine, July 17, 2003). “When it was finally accepted that the land could be used for religious purposes, objections were raised to the layout of the building. Planners had to rethink the height and design of the building’s minaret but opposition to the scheme, which received financial backing from Libya, the United Arab Emirates and Morocco, gradually subsided.”

Back in 2004, the mayor, a member of Spain’s ruling right-wing party, attended the inauguration.

“The King of Spain was also offered an invitation but “prior engagements” meant he was unable to accept,” wrote Victory News Magazine.

On inauguration day, a muezzin called Spanish Muslims to prayer at the first mosque to be opened in Granada since the 1492 reconquista, the culmination of a 22-year project.

Sounds rather familiar, now does it not?

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Well, those tin foil hat wearing X-Files nerds and their chip implant conspiracies sound a little less kooky nowadays, not don’t they, yes?

If it is not bad enough that they soon, under the guise of the Global Climate Warning Change Hoax, want to regulate the amount of energy you use by use of government-approved meters (something that failed to pass in California last year) and cut you off if Al Gore is offended. Now we have “chipped” recycle bins that will tattle-tale on you if you have not recycled all of your plastics, cardboard and metal cans.

From The Cleveland Plain Dealer: (Hat Tip: Michelle Malkin)

It would be a stretch to say that Big Brother will hang out in Clevelanders’ trash cans, but the city plans to sort through curbside trash to make sure residents are recycling — and fine them $100 if they don’t.

The move is part of a high-tech collection system the city will roll out next year with new trash and recycling carts embedded with radio frequency identification chips and bar codes.

The chips will allow city workers to monitor how often residents roll carts to the curb for collection. If a chip show a recyclable cart hasn’t been brought to the curb in weeks, a trash supervisor will sort through the trash for recyclables.

I can just see it. SEIU thugs, in green and purple shirts, all emblazoned with Obama’s face on the front and Gore’s (minus his straight-jacket) on the back. Going through your garbage, just to make sure you help Great Leader lower the oceans and lower Gaia’s temperature (while looking for credit card and bank statement records that anyone was foolish enough not to shred).

One question. Does a city or county worker going through bags of used kitty litter count as a “shovel ready” job?

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You cannot tell me that God does not have a sense of humor.

No way.

In a rather fitting piece of irony, it looks like The Eternally Vacationing President and his cadre of commissars might want to either swim elsewhere or maybe order some Boy in a Plastic Bubble modules and do a little deep sea Cousteauing.

On the other hand, it is fitting that the Kennedy Playground is literally full of sh**. Then again, we have known that all along, now haven’t we?

From the Boston Herald:

Welcome to Martha’s Vineyard, Mr. President – but don’t go in the water!

President Obama, who took a plunge in the Gulf last week to show Americans it was safe to swim the oil spill-plagued area, arrived on this supposedly pristine island yesterday in the midst of a rash of bacteria-induced beach closings.

Portions of Tisbury Great Pond, the salt-water lagoon fronting the first family’s vacation estate Blue Heron Farm, were closed earlier this week due to high levels of enterococci, an indicator that the water is contaminated with fecal coliform bacteria. Ew.

High levels of enterococci can cause skin irritation, vomiting or diarrhea in swimmers. Which could ruin anyone’s vacation!

West Tisbury health agent John Powers said Long Cove Pond and Sepiessa Point Beach on Tisbury Great Pond were closed to swimming Tuesday after both failed water-quality testing. The two beaches are public and located not too far from the Obamas’ private beach. Because the beach on Blue Heron Farm is not accessible to the public, it is not subject to water-quality tests, Powers said.

Granted, all of this could be Teddy K’s leftovers from 1969. You never know what you might encounter when a Kennedy has been there.

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You know, when I first got wind of nancy pelosi’s threatening suggestion that those who oppose the “Ground Zero” mosque should be “investigated”, I was miffed…But not shocked.

Granted, I’ve been a bit desensitized by the whole name-calling rhetoric this administration and their political goon-squads have used against those of us who dare to be in the opposition, on any given topic.

Still…The impact of pelosi’s threat didn’t quite make an impression on me, until I watched this:

Kinda brings it all home, doesn’t it? It also brings it all back….Memories and emotions of that day, all come flooding back when I watch something like that.

For me, September 11th 2001 is a “hinge-pin” in the history of my life.
There’s my life before 9/11. And there’s my life after 9/11.
Everything changed, for me. Nothing will ever be the same.

But for all the emotion and pain that I felt (and still feel) because of that day, nothing can obviously compare to the emotion and pain felt by the family and friends of the victims lost.

So I await more “clarification” from pelosi, as to whether or not she would truly “investigate” the families and friends of victims lost. But until then, I have a few choice words for “madame” speaker:

Nancy dear – you have no idea what you have done.

The political ‘firestorm’ that you have ignited by your tyrannical edict, (no matter how many times you attempt to ‘clarify’ or ‘walk it back’), is one that has irritated an already raw and exposed nerve. Couple that with the statement made by obama, in support of the mosque,…And you have the makings of a citizenry about to march their way to ‘Ground Zero’ themselves, and physically stand guard so that no one can defile the losses suffered on that day.

HOW DARE YOU….HOW DARE YOU “madame” speaker….Even give the impression that you will use your governmental powers and influence, to investigate, or even ENCOURAGE investigations, against those who oppose this mosque, which include a majority of the family and friends of those lost!!!!

How quickly you forget, “madame” speaker, that were it not for the heroic efforts of those on Flight 93…Your life may have ended on that fateful day as well. Had that plane made it back to Washington D.C., and hit it’s intended target…That big building YOU work in…You may have ended up being counted among those lost on that day. And now you DARE to suggest investigating the families and friends of those people who saved your sorry ass??!!??

The word “gall” doesn’t EVEN begin to describe your insanity, “madame” speaker!

Just remember this…And make sure you pass this along to all those in your party who would agree with your suggestion to investigate these poor people:

You can demean, degrade, and damn regular ol’ citizens as much as you’d like, when it comes to this subject.
Go ahead…You do it anyway. You’ve already had plenty of practice pissing all over the constitution and the citizenry in general.

But don’t you dare….DON’T…YOU…DARE…Even remotely imply that the families and friends of those lost on 9/11 should be investigated for their opposition to this mosque! Their words are NOT merely rhetorical opposition. No. For them, the motivation for opposing this mosque comes from a pain that is so deep, and so real, it cannot be fathomed by the regular mind. Many of them didn’t even get so much as a piece of clothing or strand of hair recovered from their lost loved one. They have no grave to go to. They have no headstone to lay flowers on. And a majority of them believe that this mosque should NOT be located that close to the only piece of ground they have left in this world, where they can go visit the spot where their loved one was last alive…And perished all too soon.

YOU will eventually have to run for re-election one day…And political karma is a bitch.

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While there are a lot of things to avoid in today’s charged climate, there is one thing that a few hundred wish they could avoid altogether in this election year. That is, being an incumbent. In any race, local, state or federal.

According to some recent polling, incumbents are looked at with more disdain and with more disgust than the local serial puppy killer.

How bad is the news for incumbents? Let us count the ways…

From Rasmussen Reports:

Just 27% of Likely U.S. Voters think their representative in Congress is the best possible person for the job, down six points from November of last year. Only 37% think their local congressional representative deserves reelection, compared to 42% who felt that way last fall.

The money line…

Forty-four percent (44%) say their member of Congress is not the best possible person for the job. Another 29% are not sure.

If that was not bad enough for the Democrat majority, the newest Generic Ballot should lead to a run on Tums, Rolaids and Kaopectate.

From Rasmussen Reports:

Republican candidates have jumped out to a record-setting 12-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, August 15, 2010. This is the biggest lead the GOP has held in over a decade of Rasmussen Reports surveying.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 48% of Likely Voters would vote for their district’s Republican congressional candidate, while 36% would opt for his or her Democratic opponent.

This means punishment, indeed.

One more from Rasmussen:

With midterm elections less than three months away, nearly two-out-of-three U.S. voters (65%) remain at least somewhat angry at the current policies of the federal government, including 40% who are Very Angry.

(snip)

Yet while 83% of Mainstream voters are angry at the government’s policies, 92% of those in the Political Class are not.

There will be need to be a suicide-watch in some Democrat districts come about 11PM on November 2.

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As I have said 1,000 times before over the last 18 months, there is no such thing as a safe seat in today’s political climate.

We saw that in last year’s elections in NJ and VA, this year where many prominent politicians either were beaten in primaries or decided to retire rather than face the voter’s wrath.

And of course, the Brown election sent shudders down Democract backs the nation over.

Well, next up to bat in The Great Cleansing is Sean Bielat who is running against Barney Frank in MA.

A Marine and currently a reservist. A man with three Masters degrees and a background in business management, including innovative companies like iRobot among other impressive accomplishments.

You notice that I do not mention any past political experience. Which is one of the major tenets of The Great Cleansing. That is exactly the cancer that we are trying to remove from the American body politic. No more screaming ala Barney for Americans to “give us more power”, or running illegal prostitution rings from his home, or ass-grabbing on Fire Island on your dime.

Visit http://www.seanbielat.org/ to donate to Mr. Bielat’s campaign and help rid Congress of one it’s most biggest crooks.

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