DaveS wrote:
daytripper wrote:
If he does in fact "win", it is quite possible (I won't say "likely") that he
will be summarily drummed out of the Senate. And if that happens, Palin may
take that golden opportunity to appoint herself to fulfill Steven's term.

/daytripper (irony is everywhere you look for it)

Actually under Alaska law they will hold a special election to fill
the post. She could get it that way. They changed the appointment
business when Frank Murkowski (SP?) died and his daughter got
sappointed. (Not certain of my last sentence.)

You're right about Alaska being one of only three states that does
not allow the governor to appoint US Senators, but Frank Murkowski,
like Abe Vigoda, is still alive. He was elected governor in 2002,
resigned his Senate seat, then as governor appointed his daughter
Lisa to fill his vacant Senate seat. This blatant nepotism occasioned
the passing of a ballot measure in 2004 stripping the governor of
the power to appoint US Senators.

I was ranting about this just awhile ago. My wife likes to watch
Rachel Maddow on MSNBC and during her Ms. Information segment she
delivered the same bit of misinformation 'tripper did. Ironic, huh ?

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Ken Fortenberry