Oh yes, I remember all of those threads very well where that stuff was posted. Then there was that effort to try to drown her out of the list by having many dozens of other people being encouraged to file as a write-in candidate by the deadline and I remember a story about an old lady wheeling in with her oxygen tank to sign up to get on the write-in list. Jim Miller unfortunately self destructed as the campaign progressed, however, giving Murkowski juicy sound bites to put in her own ads to make him sound crazy.
Also remember all of the nonsense, which continues to this day, the NRSC was supporting Murkowksi with Joe Miller as the nominee. You could see the expenditures, the ads themselves being posted online, etc. all clearly supporting Joe Miller without any mention of Murkowksi, but people continue to insist the NRSC was supporting her in 2010. It is simply a falsehood. Of course, if you point out the reality of this falsehood, you are “praising” Murkowski and the NRSC...when you are only stating the facts.
The fact remains that MILLER was the nominee. She was running against the GOP nominee. That is why I do not consider her to be a Republican.