Croft vs. Sullivan – The Torture is Over.
No longer tortured by which candidate to support, moderates and progressives across Alaska are breathing a sigh of relief today. Yesterday’s mayoral election came down like this:
Dan Sullivan – 43%
Eric Croft -19%
Sheila Selkregg – 16%
Walt Monegan -9%
Matt Claman -6%
Paul Honeman – 5%
Lone conservative candidate Dan Sullivan walked away with 43% of the vote. Less than 45% was enough to continue this race into a May 5th runoff between Sullivan and Croft. This is good news.
I spent much of last night at election central pacing the floor, and hoping that Sullivan wouldn’t somehow pull off the 45% needed to clinch it. A detailed post of the evening will come later in the day.
And now moderate and progressive voters in Anchorage who voted the “anyone but Sullivan” ticket, have a clear choice. Sullivan may pick up some votes from the non-partisan candidates Monegan and Honeman, but those who voted for Selkregg and Claman will doubtful hop the fence in the next election.
It’s going to be a nail biter, and Anchorage is going to have to do better than the 25% voter turnout yesterday if they want to have a real say in what happens to their city.
On a lighter note, let’s just say I came across a box of something I thought Mudflatters might enjoy. These:
Ironically, they are quite refreshing.
So, for the first motivated Mudflatter that can show up where I hid them, they are all yours.
They are located downtown right in front of the Atwood Building at 550 West 7th Ave. If you stand facing the building, you’ll see a row of large concrete planters. The mints are hidden in the one containing a spruce tree, all the way on the right, at the corner of 7th and F. Look near the base of the trunk.
Hopefully the resourceful Mudflatter who gets them will email me and let me know!
And yes, I know that the fleeing deer (instead of moose or wolves) and the oil pumps (instead of platforms) indicate that the designer of the tin was most definitely NOT from Alaska….but they get an A for effort nonetheless. And the back of the tin sports a pit bull in red lipstick.
Happy Hunting!
Wow, 25% voter turnout! Don’t Care seems to have won.
Well… did not find the tin in ohio….but I did google Sarah’s Embarrassments…and found this on her e-mail usage….does that count for something:
http://www.techcult.com/top-12-tech-embarrassments-in-2008/
3. Most Embarrassing E-Mail Revelation
Goes to: The Sarah Palin-Yahoo Mail Saga
In case our next winner didn’t have enough public humiliation this year, the Internet brought her one more dose. We’re talking, of course, about Sarah Palin and the now-infamous Yahoo Mail hack.
Palin, it had been discovered, was using a couple of Yahoo accounts for official government business — a move questioned by activists who claimed her Alaskan administration was trying to avoid laws requiring government e-mails to be placed in public record. Seemingly, it also didn’t sit well with a hacker.
The guy used Yahoo Mail’s simplistic security protection to pose as Palin and reset her password, then proceeded to post images from her account onto the Web. Whoopsie daisy.
This, my friends, is why we don’t use low-security Webmail services for official government messaging.
Whew.
I say! The skeletons are very miffed that they aren’t pictured somewhere in the background in their closet. They happen to think that THEY play a very big role in the Palin image, and just because they are hiding in the dark doesn’t mean that folks should forget about them!
They have even been discussing the possibility of designing a coat of arms for the Palins which would show the world just how many skeletons make up the family crest! They are a proud bunch – still missing their naughty monkey shoes and a little mad at Mercede, too, also.
Since their location is on a public blog, I would caution the lucky winner to keep the tin and discard the contents. Can’t be too careful when dealing with GINOphile wackadoodles, you betcha!
The package is shrink-wrapped.
AKM
Also, too, regarding the last thread: I trust that the Possibly Perfect Legal Fund is taking pains to inform prospective donors that their donations are not tax deductible.
Congrats on the small victory of not allowing Dan Sullivan the 45% of the vote. Now good luck with the BIG victory of getting the turnout and votes to elect Eric Croft.
Anchorage voters must have forgotten that not ALL races are about waving wildly at dogs – some races require stepping into a voting booth and pulling a handle rather than a sled. ARRRGH!
To clarify, I wasn’t trying to imply AKM would put out tainted mints– just that some nutjob my see it as a solid to the GINO to swap out the refreshing mints with some kind of nasty, mint-shaped surprise and then replace them for a true Mudpuppy to find.
Yeah, the GINO and her minions definitely up my tinfoil-hatiness.
I like that brigde to nowhere on that tin!
Turnout was pretty good in my precinct on the hillside. There were too many candidates, my SO and I were discussing it up until an hour before we cast our ballots. Now we can choose, I bet turnout will be better. Apparently, life in this free state is still too expensive for people that think we shouldn’t fund defibrillators for the medics and training for our policeman. Very sad.
sorry about the typo
I think we should raise money for Eric Croft by selling those Sarah Poo Flags, but market them as muffin toppers to the unwary. Then the wary will know what to do next! We just need to be progressin’ the Croft in any way we can!
I could add them to the others on my desk: National Embarrassmint (Bush holding a bible and a bag of money) and Indictmints (Libby, Rove and Cheney in prison stripes.) If anyone finds out where they’re sold let us know.
Where’d you find those? I want them…
Great representation of how big her head would be if it physically matched her ego…
Sold here:
http://www.philosophersguild.com/index.lasso?page_mode=Product_Detail&item=0317
Well, I am very disappointed that Monegan only got 9%. Do love that tin though.
An enormous {PHEW} from all the way down here in Ol’ Virginny. I was biting my nails waiting for this post. So, let’s go Eric Croft!
Love those …mints!
Martha UYS, thanks for the link to the mints web site – they have some great stuff there (and the Highly Instructive Video is hilarious!). I am definitely getting some Sarah’s Embarrassmints for myself and lucky members of my family. Sorry, AKM, much as I would love to go on your scavenger hunt, I don’t live quite near enough to Alaska to find your goodies.
Went to look for the tin since I work across the street from the Atwood Building. Checked the planter and the tin is gone.
@ Cynder
Dang – someone went early to beat the lunch crowd! Will a mudpuppy step forward as the lucky winner, or did the bad guys go steal the tin so they could try and keep Sarah’s Embarrassmints away from the public eye? If the latter, they have their work cut out for them cause she’s not going to be stoppin’ anytime soon!
OT OT OT
You know what is funny? SP raising money for Murkowski just so she can stop the speculation of the folks wondering if she would run for Lisa’s seat. Since they were taking polls and constantly writing about it, saying NO WAY JOSE would SP win – she had to shut them up by workin’ to progress the Lisa! She NEEDS to do some work since she sure isn’t doing anything in Juneau except trying to re-mold both the state and federal constitutions. She thinks no one will notice – HA!
Thanks M.U.Y.S!!
Now I know how to raise some money for my keep SP off my TV fund. I just love that mint sight, thanks for the link.
Was either of these finalists awry with their signage? Just curious. 3/4 of the population doesn’t care? Was it frigid, ashy, and inhospitible out?
No to be too picky but those are pumps not dericks on the mint can. Dericks look kind of like the Eiffel Tower.
You’re right…my bad. Will fix. AKM
There was also a line of National Embarrassmints for George Bush, as well as Impeachmints. Glad to see they are also now available in Palin GINO flavors!
Has anyone seen the (2) huge IMPEACH PALIN signs in downtown Anchorage yet? One sign is on 4th Ave near Eagle Street the second is further down the road heading towards the industrial Ship Creek valley by 4th Ave and Karluk. I’ll try to take some pics and send them in.
They put a smile on my face every morning on my drive to work.
Yes you can, Anchorage. Yes you can, Anchorage. Yes you can, Anchorage.
Alaska’s embarassing moMINTS! Hopefully, we’ll be a sadder, wiser state in 2010 and not reelect her.
16 Martha Unalaska Yard Sign
I just checked out the mint site. We could all sent Sarah and box of Atonemints. They are only 3 bucks.
Think she’d take the hint?
Why not a surprise for Palin-spy-visitors?
(they do boost our visit count after all)
VidO…..you still with us?
http://www.philosophersguild.com/index.lasso?page_mode=Product_Detail&cat=stickies&skip=2&item=0612&sortby=rank%20DESC
PS the watches are ALL v. cool, and not expensive.
Eric Croft has a website: http://www.ericcroft.com
I expect he’s in peak listening mode at the moment.
Go Anchorage.
WAR is on Gavel to Gavel right now. What a lard….. He doesn’t seem like the brightest bulb on the planet and come to find out, he’s always been a lawyer. Not some military bigwig.
I just made a contribution to Eric’s campaign fund. I figured every little bit probably helps!
Thanks for that support, Colorado Gal.
With that kind of voter turnout, you should only need about ten or twelve more people to vote Croft in. No?
Sad really sad.
Dang. The mints must have been picked up by someone from the OtherSide, or we would know by now, right? My friend works right inside that building, and just now went searching. Would have called if still there, plus there’s a report in an earlier post that they are gone. It looks like we can get them at Cyrano’s in downtown Anchorage…worth a try! Also2, very much worth trying, to get the word out to friends and neighbors to vote croftily, especially young people and the elderly… in order to continue to ‘progress the city’…..
@ alaskaliberal
“Alaska’s embarassing moMINTS”
That is just TOO funny! We could have multiple “guests appearances” on those mint tins; all of the Corrupt Bastards Club, Ted Stevens, even good ol’ Codpiece! We could do a “star” appearance of Jindal on the tin burning volcano research while Redoubt erupts in the background!
You are clever! Maybe it’s time to go to work for The Philosophers Guild – I’m sure that we need Alaskan representation there, too since we seem to have the Creme de la Creme right now (if only Blagojevich would move here!). If Blagojevich lived in Fairbanks, think about it – in the winter his hair would FREEZE that way permanently and he wouldn’t need any product.
since i’ve been correcting fagan’s spelling errors i might as well get this one, too: derrick.
Alaskaliberal-
IF you go to work for the Philosophers Guild, would you take my request to figure out a way to get Sarah’s Poo Flag on a tin? That would be so lovely, and my fourth grade mind would be FOREVER indebted to you!
Totally OT
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/08/mens-underwear-sales-gree_n_184863.html
That great god of financial wisdom Alan Greenspan used the sale of mens undies as an economic indicator.
The article is actually serious but its hard to read without hooting out loud a couple of times.
Expecially since Greenspans legacy is now in the gutter. Maybe he should have spend less time studying men’s drawers.
Not to worry – there was a hidden camera.
We’re keeping an eye on you Alaskans, from outside. Down below, and all that.
Mudflats is a national treasure. We love you.
41 Marnie Says:
April 8th, 2009 at 2:17 PM
That great god of financial wisdom Alan Greenspan used the sale of mens undies as an economic indicator.
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Todd needs to go shopping for some more silk boxers. On someone’s dime of course………
Hopefully the AK dems can now consolidate behind their man, and vote.
OT – Over on c4p they are forming an increasingly hostile circular firing squad on the legal fund/pac thread, well worth a look if you want a good laugh.
Hahahaha, you are so cool.
New thread open!
I received my Annonymoose t shirt today and it is awesome! I wish it did not make so many angry to see it where I live though (tee hee)!
Can’t believe what I just did, too. also. Started my Xmas shopping. Lotsa Mints gonna be stuffed in the stockings! Well, OK, so I doubt I could ever wait until Xmas… Maybe I will just declare my OWN holiday and have a Give away.
Thanks for the heads up on the most fun site I have seen since Bushwatch, also. Just sayin’.
Guess they can add a lot more products if they read this blog! I did give y’all a plug in the comments section.
Could even use Brian on the mugs… Levi could have his own embarrassmints along with his mother and sister… then there is Todd’s sister… Shoot, they couls start an Alaska collection! But on the serious side, isn’t that a shame?
Hee hee! Some conservatives seem to think she’s going underground and will reappear after licking her wounds, writing her propaganda and raising money, stronger and better than ever! Please don’t puke on your keyboard – but if you do, they wash up nicely in the dishwasher (tape the end w/ elec tape first):
http://theagedp.blogspot.com/2009/03/governor-palin-going-de-gaulle.html
“As an outside observer, however, it strikes me that she is intelligent enough and shrewd enough to make up her own mind. I think that maybe she has already decided on a course – I believe she is going de Gaulle.
“…tiring of the political rat race in 1953 he withdrew from public life and retired in self imposed internal exile to his home in the village of Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises to write his war memoirs, and many pundits wrote him off as a man whose time had passed.”
There are several serious problems w/ this scenario – one is the INTERNET. Another is AGING – de Gaulle didn’t try to run on his looks! Can you say WASILLA for another? I can list several more but I will save you all from a VERY long post!
Just a line or two about the low turnout in your election:
In Australia where I hail from we have compulsory voting (one of the few countries in the world to have it) and it always sets me thinking when I hear about the turnouts in various countries/states around the world.
Our voting is always on a Saturday (so is quite convenient) and people can also vote before the date or use a postal vote. When I hear grumbles in Australia itself or from other countries it seems to me that what we are being asked to do (as our responsibility in a democracy) is to actually just go the the voting place and take a ballot paper (thereby having our names crossed off the electoral roll).
Hopefully we vote thoughtfully but really we are just being asked to give a few minutes to take the opportunity to register our judgement on those standing for election and their platform.
It seems a shame that the other democracies in the world don’t have “compulsory” voting.
@ Carolina Girl — Congratulations and seriously?!? People where you live 1. know mudflats and 2. bother to tell you? You must be in the heart of C4P country.
I am sorry that you seem to be grieving over Dan Sullivan’s win last night. It Would appear to me that Mr. Croft’s reheoric did not fly very well. It is time for a reasonal mind to now be in office. It is far past the time for inane entitlements, vast spending with no accountability and under the table tax increases without public oversite (ala Prop 9).
I am a moderate. I do not like what is going on re our our fiscal situation. Neither here nor in D.C. I am not alone. That much is obvious. Wonder boy left a 17m deficiet……..Cuomo chronically wants more money while the student enrollment has been static for decades while the student scores are amongst the lowest in the Nation.
It is time for a Fiscal Revolution. We need to put people in office that demonstrate the ability to experience neural synapses. Obviously, we see none of that in DC and did not with Mark Begich either.
If you care about the future of this community, you need to vote for Dan Sullivan (should a run-off be nececessary).
Gee is the tin in the mudgear? That’s funny.
The mints are from the line of the Unemployed Philosopher’s Guild (www.philosophersguild.com). They have great products (!), so a bit of forgiveness for not getting full Alaskan details right are in order.
Despite Sarah’s extension of her olive branch, we aren’t seeing much of an Alaskan group hug or any words of thank you or encouragement from the people she’s trying to woo onto her bus…I mean how dumb can she think Alaskans are anyway. Do you think they forget road rash that quickly? She’s painted herself into a far right corner and has even managed to fracture that corner. There is not a doubt in my mind, however, that the palintologists will continue to follow her like a bunch of lovesick muskox and respond to her public panhandling efforts. I wonder when Levi is going to start his legal defense fund anyway. Can’t wait to donate! HaHa
Why are members of the Alaska Legislative Body so spineless?? Gov. Palin
has left an open book in her “dictator style” of governing Alaska. She
makes her own rules for everything she does. The Alaskan Constitution
means nothing to ‘Ego Driven’ Gov. Palin. As long as she can continue to
duck under the radar, she doesn’t give a damn what her Alaskan Citizens
think. Gov. Palin has only one goal in mind…advance Sarah to the next
level. Whatever it takes!! She has no morals! She will use every political
trick in the bag to remain in the politial spotlight. Diva, Sex Kittten, will
walk any runway as long as it opens doors for Queen Sarah. Ethics, that
is not a word in Gov. Palin’s volcabulary. It sure didn’t take Illinois
Legislative Body long to impeach a corrupt governor. What is taking so long
in Alaska? Has the Mega Church attended by Gov. Palin brainwashed
Alaskan voters into silence? Will the Cult take over the governing of
Alaska? Will this welfare state (Alaska) be remembered in the lower 48,
as the most corrupt government in the USA? Alaskan Taxpayers & Voters,
why haven’t you investigated House-Gate? The Palin home is a mini
copy of the million dollar sport complex. So many flags…new home
built within a couple months at the same time sport complex is under
construction. Same type of expensive industrial type materials used in
the Palin home as the sport complex. Location of Palin home…was this
piece of ground part of the sport complex property? Why no building
permit? Another rule changed by Mayor Palin. (There was a red flag
flying…corruption!) Why was this not investigated? Todd Palin and two
buddies built a 3500.00 sq. foot home in two months?? Who is kidding
who? Rather, who is lying…Todd Palin or Gov. Sarah Palin…or both??
And now the latest, creating a special legal defense fund to pay Gov.
Palin’s legal bills. Why? If she was governing with ethics, following
state guidelines, state laws, etc., why does she need a private lawyer?
I think all the legal problems, the Palins brought on themselves. Had
they been more honest, from the moment McCain’s committee apprached
Gov. Palin to be the VP candidate, a legal defense fund would not be
necessary. The Palin’s can well afford to pay their own legal bills. Take
out a loan on their $600,000.00 house that was built with taxpayers
monies. Gov. Palin is operating way out of her league. She is not
fit to be governor of the small area know as Alaska. (63% of the state
of Alaska is owned by the United States of America Government.) It was
a big embarassment to the National Republican Party that Gov. Palin
was not vetted before she and her family were paraded across the lower
48, Those sexey legs walking in “naughty” red shoes did not represent
the best woman candidate that America had to offer to the world. Gov.
Palin was being used by a bunch of dirty old republican men. She could
have taken control, and refused the offer. No, because Gov. Palin has
such an inflated ego and is so arrogant in her self-absorbed “me centered”
world. In many ways, Gov. Palin’s ignorance is a blessing.
Alaskan Voters, stand up and take control of your government.
Impeach Gov. Palin!!!!!!!