I just had a twitter discussion with a Conservative twitter buddy. He accused me of hating Conservatives. I hate no one. Some of my best friends including one of my sisters is a Conservative and I love her dearly.
My issue is I have yet to find a conservative who understands the tenets of their stance. They seem to turn a blind I to their use of many social programs they claim as unconstitutional or socialist as they continue expound the evil of these same programs. This inconsistency does not only apply to Joe Miller but to all Conservatives in general.
It is this dishonesty that makes their policies in general dangerous to our country. After all, while Democrats acknowledge the need to raise taxes to fiscally responsibly pay for social services, infrastructure, and other necessary governmental services, our conservatives attempt to cut taxes without a reciprocal untenable reduction in governmental spending. After all every Republican since Reagan sans Bush I’s broken promises, have acquiesced to policies that have blown the budget.
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Alaska Senate candidate Joe Miller admitted Monday that his wife had received unemployment benefits in 2002 after she left a job serving as his aide. At the time, Miller had been serving as a part-time magistrate judge in the Fairbanks District Court, a position that he held from June 21, 2002 through June 1, 2004, according to the Alaska Dispatch. His wife, Kathleen Miller, was hired to be his part-time clerk for six months, between June 2002 and December. When she left the position at the end of that year, she briefly went on unemployment insurance, Miller said Monday.
Miller made the following statement to Alaska blogger and Lisa Murkowski supporter Andrew Halcro:
My wife, Kathleen, did work for me as a magistrate judge clerk/secretary while I was a part-time Federal Magistrate judge from 2002 to 2004. Before 2004 there was a long-standing practice, both in Fairbanks as well as other areas in the United States, that due to the time commitments of being a lawyer and a part-time Federal Magistrate judge the same individuals that worked in your private law offices also worked in your federal magistrate office – many of those being family members. Before even applying for the Fairbanks Magistrate judgeship I spoke with members of the federal court concerning the employment of Kathleen. It was confirmed that she could work for me in my office. After leaving my office Kathleen did receive unemployment benefits for a short period of time.
According to Halcro, Kathleen Miller was terminated because of a violation of nepotism rules, a claim that adds an extra wrinkle in the Alaska Senate race due to the criticism of Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who was granted the seat in 2004 by her father, Frank Murkowski, who had vacated it to serve as the state’s governor.
"According to sources, a few years back, a judicial magistrate hired his wife in violation of nepotism rules. He had to fire his wife, who then went on to claim unemployment benefits," Halcro wrote in a blog post.
Despite Joe Miller Calling Federal Aid Unconstitutional, His Wife Received Unemployment Benefits