Why we should all mourn Lisa Murkowski [EnviroNitwit Sobs Helplessly as Beloved RINO Goes Down)

Washington Post ^ | 09/01/10 | Stephen Stromberg

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) conceded her primary race Tuesday night. And despite the crowing from the enviro left and the climate-skeptic right, this is bad news.

Covering energy issues, I've often disagreed with Murkowski and her staff, particularly on whether the Environmental Protection Agency should have the authority to regulate carbon emissions. But she is one of the last few Republicans in Congress who favors addressing climate change robustly. She has even -- in her tortured, elected-from-a-deep-red-state way -- favored putting a price on carbon emissions, a rational policy that the rest of her party has demagogued to death with dishonest implications about how much it would cost Americans.

As enviros will point out, her more responsible approach did not translate into support for the climate legislation that the Democrats aimed to pass in the Senate earlier this year. She had some substantive objections, and she was in a tough position knowing that almost none of her GOP colleagues would have backed her up if she voted for the bill. But if she remained in the Senate, she may have found a way to support carbon curbs in the future.

[SoFloFreeper]

yes, I mourn that she was in power for so long.

[VRWCmember]

She has even -- in her tortured, elected-from-a-deep-red-state way -- favored putting a price on carbon emissions, a rational policy that the rest of her party has demagogued to death with...

Yo, Stephen, what price should be charged for every breath you exhale, moron?

[Adder]

If he dies, can I have his credits?

What jerks these people are.

[Scythian]

[ClearCase_guy]

[ClearCase_guy]

ten seconds!

[bboop]

Evidently We the People do not want Carbon Credits and etc. crammed down our throats.

Deal with it.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Another One Bites The Dust

[Mr. K]

Red used to be the democrap color- it was appropriate that they be commie red

in Bush’s election some stupid TV person switched it

Let’s NOT use it any more- refer to the commie states as commie states (I dont think they will like it)

[Smokin' Joe]

Evidently We the People do not want Carbon Credits and etc. crammed down our throats.

Somehow, I think the targeted orifice is on the other side...

[ClearCase_guy]

My understanding is that the incumbent party was always Red. In 2000, the party of communists Clinton and Gore would have normally been Red and the party of patriot George Bush would have been Blue.

It seems pretty clear to me that the TV people got together and said, "Ahhhhhhh, this awkward. What do you say we change it up this year and just make the Republicans the Red guys? And why don't we make that permananet. M'kay?"

These people are not really stupid. They know what they're doing. They know how opinions can be influenced.

[Adder]

That would be methane I think....

[Blood of Tyrants]

A “rational policy” for people dedicated to destroying the United States.

[Texas Eagle]

Dang. Too bad for Stephen that he won't get a chance to talk Murkowski up in the general election against her would've-been DEMOCRAT opponent.

Ahem.

[Smokin' Joe]

That would be methane I think....

Now, now, all those little bacteria should get the credit for that...

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

Her loss is another nail for Cap & Tax. How can that be a bad thing?

[Jack Hydrazine]

Lisa Murkowski - Al Gore in drag.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Lisa Murkowski - Al Gore in drag.

Definitely wouldn't want to see those chakras close up! ;)

[Venturer]

If the Washinton Post is crying for Murkowski, then there can be no doubt left that the people of Alaska made the right move.