Alaska GOP Considering Whether To Throw Murkowski Out Of GOP For Opposing Kavanaugh

**pjohns** · 10-09-2018, 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by Cannons Front

I oppose party line voting, I think the people in Alaska will decide if she did as they wanted or not, she may have taken a chance in her vote, or maybe she knows what the people in Alaska want and voted that way.

Alaska is a quite red state; so I would be very surprised if the majority of Alaskans opposed Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court.

But perhaps she is just going after the suburban-mom vote.

I confess that I am just guessing; I really do not know.

**Peter1469** · 10-09-2018, 03:27 PM

I am not sure why she voted the way she did considering how red Alaska is. I would be against the local GOP "kicking" her out of the party- just run someone against her in the next primary. A real conservative.

**Cletus** · 10-09-2018, 04:08 PM

The 17th Amendment should never have been passed.

**ripmeister** · 10-09-2018, 04:17 PM

Originally Posted by Peter1469

I am not sure why she voted the way she did considering how red Alaska is. I would be against the local GOP "kicking" her out of the party- just run someone against her in the next primary. A real conservative.

Uhhhhh.......personal integrity perhaps?

**Cletus** · 10-09-2018, 04:19 PM

Originally Posted by ripmeister

Uhhhhh.......personal integrity perhaps?

Since we are talking about Murkowski, I am pretty sure that is not it.

**Peter1469** · 10-09-2018, 04:31 PM

Originally Posted by ripmeister

Uhhhhh.......personal integrity perhaps?

How could they "kick" her out. Take her to court when she runs for reelection with an (R) behind her name?

Anyway demanding party members to vote in lockstep is the integrity issue here.

**ripmeister** · 10-09-2018, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by Cletus

Since we are talking about Murkowski, I am pretty sure that is not it.

I don't really know that much about her. Are there examples of her behavior that indicate she has no personal integrity?

**ripmeister** · 10-09-2018, 04:52 PM

Originally Posted by Peter1469

How could they "kick" her out. Take her to court when she runs for reelection with an (R) behind her name?

Anyway demanding party members to vote in lockstep is the integrity issue here.

You wrote "I am not sure why she voted the way she did considering how red Alaska is." That's what I was responding to. Sometimes one does what they consider to be right even if its not popular. Its up to her constituents to have the final say on that so we agree with regard to your last sentence if I understand what you mean.

**Captdon** · 10-09-2018, 05:27 PM

Originally Posted by ripmeister

Uhhhhh.......personal integrity perhaps?

Forgetting you represent the people and not yourself is not integrity.

**ripmeister** · 10-10-2018, 08:44 AM

Originally Posted by Captdon

Forgetting you represent the people and not yourself is not integrity.

So just as a thought experiment if the "people" support something that is morally reprehensible to you, you should ignore that? What if the majority want a lynching. Do you accept that as a case of what the majority wants and not try and prevent it even if that means going against the majority that put you in office?

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