Mayor Whitaker endorses Obama
Published Tuesday, August 12, 2008
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Stumble It!FAIRBANKS — Republican Mayor Jim Whitaker has said he is endorsing Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama.
“My goal is to let Republicans have a clear understanding that their right to vote should not be restricted by any party affiliation,” the borough mayor said. He said the economic and political challenges facing the state and country are broader than political parties alone can address and suggested Republicans should consider crossing party lines by focusing on the strongest candidate this year.
Obama spokesman Jeff Giertz on Monday called Whitaker the “highest-profile” Republican in the state to endorse the Democratic senator.
Whitaker, a former state lawmaker, said a comparison of Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain — neither of whom he has personally met — leads him to believe Obama has the stronger “intellectual capacity” and a greater ability to manifest it. He said his endorsement should not be viewed as one of the Democratic Party, noting that absent criminal convictions of Republican Sen. Ted Stevens or Rep. Don Young, he would be supporting their respective re-election campaigns.
Whitaker, who as a politician has often focused on energy issues, said he sensed an open-minded approach in Obama’s campaign toward traditional, alternative and renewable energy issues that can benefit resource-rich Alaska.
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Wow. Pigs are flying. I am shocked. I am also very pleased. This is amazing. Are we on the edge of a new era where people will start using their judgement to make decisions rather than just rooting for their team and pooh-poohing all others? Good job Mayor Whitaker. I think I might have found a republican to vote for.
Wow. I always thought Whitaker was unstable unless giving one of his friends a high paying job. First he dumps on the Port Authority and now the Republicans. Good job Mayor Whitaker your true colors just keep getting brighter for every one to see. Soon the only people who will want you around is the head of FEDCO and Obama and they are welcome to you.
maybe he is trying to become Barry O's VP???
focus on some real borough issues, mayor, and get your head out of the clouds...
while we're at it - maybe cut back on the commercials also....
hmmmmm...if not VP...maybe he wants the governorship...
I would have had more respect for him if he said he supports neither
oh oh thats not good ! Obama has some questions that need to be answered !. if you go to Barnes & Noble and look up the book The case against Barack Obama and look at some of the topics of the book you will understand.
He has been very vocal on creative approaches to many issues around the area. I'm disappointed to see people bashing him for voting for the person he feels more fit to lead.
Everyone has opinions, and the creative approaches of Obama seem to appeal to him.
I don't care if you want to support somebody from a different party, but make sure they're better suited to be president than Obama. He is scary. Bad move Whitaker. I will not support you in your re-election. Don't like McCain? Fine. Neither do I. But Obama?
Not surprised with the uncontrolled, always increasing spending of our borough budget; you have no concept of money when you are spending other peoples money. Obama co-sponsored the Global Poverty Act which would increase the already billions of dollars spent on foreign poverty by an additional $845 BILLION dollars and plans to implement a national health care system which will increase our taxes. Hey, Mayor Whitaker, you also speak with a forked tongue like Obama, have you pursued legal action against the State yet regarding the unconstitutionality of Anchorage paying less than Henry Hub price for Cook Inlet gas?
You just lost my vote Mr Whitaker, Good luck. Obama is not good for America. He will tax us all into poverty and take any availabe surplus from any state making money and give it out to the world...
I just don't understand why people follow endorsements, and why public officials feel it is necessary to make them. I don't care which party you belong to; If you are in public office, keep who you're voting to to yourself. It's nobody's business, and in most cases damages your capacity to lead properly.
Who really cares who Mr. Whitaker votes for. Tax and spend can be done by anyone. Mr. Obama has spent 147 in Congress and now wonts to run the country, sure sounds like someone I would hire to run my business.
Fedco, Port Authority, Energy whatever, just get me job and keep the cash comming my way, I cant do much else. Obama and Jim are made for each other, LEACHES... get a real job...
I see more support for Obama around town; the ones that make me look closer are the local unions. Local 942 is supporting both Stevens and Obama. I believe over the years Stevens has helped the state more than hurt us with his special interests. Obama has a proven record of creating jobs and supporting working families, ( not as in welfare ) making sure we get paid what we deserve and have a job to go to everyday. The taxes that Obama will support should be a relief for the middle class and go after large business. I am not saying who to vote for. Just to get out and vote isn't good enough, make an educated vote, do your research and make the best choice
Good job Jim. And nice nonsense posts from the anti-Obama Hannity crowd. Either way what he says won't sway anyone.
One more year of his nonsense and he terms himself out. I guess the Governor appointing his wife to the Arts Commission wasn't what he wanted from the Republican Party. Always though he would become a socialist, not a Democrat the way he thought he could get public money to finance his future income. Glad to see his treasurer for the Port Authority got in the first comment. Those socialist stick together.
Red Coats, Blue Coats and Poke-a-Dot Ties,
Half Truths, No Truths and Out-Right Lies.
Come on Alaskans, lets get to the election poles and make our choices count.
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"Obama has the stronger “intellectual capacity” and a greater ability to manifest it."
By electing George Bush twice as President of the United States, and Frank Murkowski as Governor of Alaska, Republicans have amply demonstrated that intellectual capacity of a person is not a selection criteria when they cast their votes.
Now, do you suppose he's just endorsing against McCain?
OMG. Who's going to break this to glacierles?
Obama has a proven record of creating jobs??? In his 147 days as a senator? What spending tax dollars to make work? Is that how capitalism works? Take from the rich and make work for the poor? Equality of outcome not equal opportunity?
A vote for Hussein is a vote that's INSANE!
Agreed Lakloey. Praise Obama all you want but not on his "record." At some point you have to get real and admit that the support for him is based more on hope for what he might do than proof of what he has done. I'm not saying that isn't a legitimate reason to support him, we do it all the time.
Wow, Obama should be president because of his "stronger intellectual capacity... and open minded approach". I tend to disagree... The facts are that Obama is brilliant enough to try hard drugs like cocaine but refuse heroine, still be addicted to cigarettes, give us energy solutions like "inflating yer tires", have rolemodels of racists and antiamerican's (jeremiah wright), believe that late-term abortion is a good thing, believe that reparations doesn't go far enough.. etc, etc. and all this from a Harvard Educated grad. Let's put down the resume, stop believing the hype and listen to what he is actually saying and doing.
Good job Jim Whitaker, way to defect...
fbkreader---
Could you tell me what jobs Obama has ever created. I've been studying his past, and I havn't seen such a thing. When he was a "community organizer" he did get a summer job center moved from downtown Chicago to the black neighborhood where it was needed. I give him points for that. But I've yet to hear of any jobs he actually created.
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The mayor, like everybody, is free to his opinion. He now joins Hamas,
Hugo Chavez, the Communist Party of America, Iran and a cast of Chicago extremists in endorsing Obama.
I love the last paragraph of the article, where Mayor Whitaker "sensed an open-minded approach". I "sense" that the mayor is wrong. "Sensing" is an unusual way to pick a candidate, in my opinion.
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Imusuallyright - LOL, Very funny.
How can a person endorse Obama or McInsane?
Don the tinfoil hats!!
With all the whining taking place in this thread, who's manning the local Republican talk radio shows??
Whitaker... Whitaker... Isn't he the guy who played Idi Amin in that one movie?
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Tomorrow he will endorse the Pope.
IUR---
Believe it or not, I sent a contribution to a local Dem last week (it's not the first time). I'm not going to say who, as extremists might want to kick him out of the Dem party. At the very least, I wouldn't want to hurt his chances.
So contrary to your opinion, I am probably more open minded toward candidates that are not members of the same political party as myself than yourself. Have you ever voted for a Republican, much less sent in a contribution? I think that you owe me an apology, dont you?
Sorry, g'les. You're the most open-minded rightie who ever graced this earth. Everyone knows it. ;)
glacierles: Could you tell me what jobs Obama has ever created. I've been studying his past, and I havn't seen such a thing. When he was a "community organizer" he did get a summer job center moved from downtown Chicago to the black neighborhood where it was needed. I give him points for that. But I've yet to hear of any jobs he actually created.
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Ummm... You do realize that job creation under Bush has resulted in fewer jobs created in 7 years than were created in a SINGLE YEAR of Clinton's presidency, don't you?
Just because you are provided with talking points doesn't mean they're worth uttering, glacierles...
Let's face it folks . . . Jim Whitaker has never been a "Republican" except in name only . . . commonly called a "RINO." He has always acted in his own best self interest and now continues to do so. Here's what it looks like:
Mr. Whitaker knows that his term of public office is just about over and he's looking for a job. First, he thought it could be as CEO of a gas pipeline company (Port Authority). He worked hard to get Democrat Joe Thomas (Port Authority Board Member) to the State Senate so he could get some influence in the right place. (Joe couldn't get the Port Authority job done - and, on top of that failure, got Fairbanks the very shortest shrift in the state capital budget on the Senate Finance Committee. Check it out.) When the Port Authority fell apart, he joined with a couple of other RINOs working on coal to liquids. It seems there could be a chief executive position in that project if everything works out all right and they get the billions in state and federal money they've asked for.
But, here's what it looks like. Mr. Whitiaker doesn't want anyone in office who will do anything to increase oil exploration. Why? Because he has always been against any and all oil companys and because increased oil production would threaten his current coal to liquids project. Since Mr. Obama is the strongest against off shore oil exploration, strongest against ANWR and strongest against oil shale harvest in the western states, he is the best candidate for Mr. Whitaker's coal to liquids project. McCain just might screw it up.
All the rest of the hooey about "intellectual capacity" is a smoke screen. The "open-minded approach . . . toward alternative (coal to liquids) and renewable energy issues (no oil and gas development) . . ." is what it is all about.
Me - myself - and my next high paying job - financed by billions in state and federal dollars.
Republican? No. Democrat? Maybe. Whitaker Party? That hits the nail on the head. And Obama is just the guy who can help.
glacierles: you missed the point :
"Just to get out and vote isn't good enough, make an educated vote, do your research and make the best choice:
I bet you stoped reading once you had enough to argue about.
Sounds like you might have some Bush tendencies to me.
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Nothing more venomous than a republican poster who is forced to realize that most forward-thinking people have figured out that feeding at the oil companies trough is a good way to starve to death. Obama has some good idea, some not so good, but it's a darn sight better than the same ol, same ol we'll surely get from McCain. Do any of you republicans out there actually believe that McCain actually has anything new to offer, or are you just peachy with outrageous prices and fighting any war that can possibly spend more American lives and money? Guess what, If McCain gets in, we'll probably be nose to nose with Russia again over their issue with Georgia. That stale old mantra of "who can we attack next?" would still be the prevailing thought process...
Mr. Whitaker must also endorse how screwed up America is since Obama said so in Germany. Us veterans will also remember how Obama failed to visit wounded American troops while in Germany. I really beleive he did so because no cameras were allowed.
Question Mr. Whitaker; Do you also dont care about our troops? I would really like an answer and for you to explain how you endorse someone who does not.
If you are going to crap on veterans, like Mark Begich did, then why dont you just convert now?
fbkreader---
I guess that your reply means no, you cant back up your claim of Obama creating jobs. Making false claims about your candidate does not qualify as doing your research and making an educated vote, even when you repeat yourself.
Oh_please---
What are you talking about? Do you know who the candidates ARE? Here's some news. Bush and Clinton are not running for president. Neither are Lincoln, TR, FDR, Truman, JFK, Carter, or Reagan. It's on tv and in the newspapers every day. This is 2008. Obama. McCain. Obama. McCain.
Nevertheless, most economists that I've read agree that economic results lag 5 to 10 years from economic policies. Having said that, I do agree with you that Bush has made a mess of the economy, by not vetoing Congress more.
IUR---
Thanks for your gracious apology. You forgot to answer my question though.
I suppose that DID seem gracious to you, g'es.
Yes. No.
Compared to other posts of yours, yes, it DID seem gracious.
Well Fairbanks and the borough can kiss goodbye to any perks from the State government again this year. Turning your back on your party doesn't get much support from them. Or does he think the Dems are going to take over the State and he will be first in line with his hand out for paybacks for supporting their candidate. To all of you who wonder why I was so hard on this guy, you are finally beginning to see what a con artist he is.
AlaskaDi725,
There is more to this country and this world than veteran issues.
I'm glad that Mayor Whitaker has decided who he supports without regard to political party; it seems like people on both sides of the fence are too eager to demonize each other by hurling epithets (for example, the fearmongering about Obama being a Communist/socialist above), which is the last thing America needs right now.
It's refreshing to see a political figure make a decision on their own without checking to see if there's an R or a D on their voter ID card.
fbkreader
Obama has a proven record of NOTHING outside of reading prepared speeches well. He hasn't created job 1. He hasn't had creative idea 1. What, proper tire inflation? If the 30-40% of the people who aren't already inflating their tires properly would do so it would equal all the oil America has in the ground? Balderdash! Even if it were so, why not do BOTH? Are you kidding me?
Hmmmm,I wonder who,former city mayor Jim Hayes would endorse?
Jim,
I agree with you 100%.
Dave Stone
Jim,
I agree with you 100%.
Dave Stone
Let me clarify, I did not say who I was voting for. I did say that I believe voters need to educate themselves before voting. I am not here to debate who ANYONE should vote for or why. I believe that we each need to determine the issues that are important to us and go with the candidates that will work for us.
Get over yourself, just because you think one person is the best suited for you does not mean that he (or she) is the best choice for me.
AKNATUFF: ANYONE WHO THINKS ENDORSING OBAMA OSAMA HAS NO PARTY AFFILIATION IS AN IDIOT. BINLADEN IS ALWAYS HAPPY WITH THE MORE SUPPORT OBAMA OSAMA GETS; ESPECIALLY SINCE THATS WHO HE WOULD VOTE FOR AND WILL BE MORE HAPPY IF ELECTED.
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ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT CONSIDERING BUSH GAVE BIN LADEN EVERYTHING HE CLAIMED HE WANTED BEFORE HE ATTACKED AMERICA I.E. GETTING US INVOLVED IN A QUAGMIRE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND BUSH REDUCTION OF AMERICANS' CIVIL LIBERTIES VIA THE PATRIOT ACT. I MEAN, BIN LADEN DOES HATE US FOR OUR FREEDOMS, SO ISN'T THE EROSION OF SAID FREEDOMS A VICTORY FOR BIN LADEN?? WHY ARE WE YELLING!?
I don't think Mayor Whitaker has a "clear understanding" of just what Barak Obama's plans for Alaska are. I certainly don't
But I do know that bankrupt, socialist nanny-states don't build gaslines, provide living wage jobs, or keep homes warm in the winter on just tourist dollars.
Bitch, bitch, bitch.
some of you folks that were in for saving the bases a few years ago have forgot and especially ole whitaker. Get obama the negotiator(cant we all get along and talk) and you will lose your bases.
On Mayor Whitaker's endorsement, who cares? If he wants to go out and "prositute" himself for a job, that is his business. Not sure what "intellectual capacity" he is talking about, though. Every time I hear Obama without his speaker notes, he either trashes our great country (reference his answer to a question from a 7 yr old on why he wanted to be president,"America is no longer what could be, what it once was." Why not say something positive, like, "Because I love my country!" ), or he cannot come up with a coherent thought, which is why he says, Uh....uh.....uh..." all the time.
Mayor Whitaker endorses Huissen OBOMA,also endorsed by Castro,Chevace,Rev wright,Jesse Jackson & the communist party,to name a few, MAYOR ,get a life!IF YOU ARE THAT BORED, Do something on the local level.You may start by getting rid of the BOGUS I & M phony RIP OFF PROGRAM!!!!!!!!!!
Oh man what a fake! It's all image people see what others do and take flight. I think i would vote independent than i would for republican or democrat.
The Alaska for what i know it is republican and we all agree what we feel in our hearts are right. we all (used) to work together as a state help one another and be good stewardships.
Take care of hunting/fishing (controlled) and work together on issues that impact the livelihood of each Alaskan. Now we are undermining each other. "Cheat the other guy and pass the savings on to you"! Literally kicking the next guy in line to get ahead. Wrong work together to achieve one or many major objectives.
There are just no morals anymore people are strange. We need to start HELPING PEOPLE HERE in our community and an OBAMA VOTE would be catastrophic for our country let alone the STATE OF ALASKA. Leave the state the way it has always been pristine god knows it is the only place left.
God bless this great state i call home!
It does not surprise me whatsoever that he has endorsed Obama. He hasn't done anything to curb spending as you can see with the over-inflated borough's budget, and the high property tax.
If bam-bam-bama gets elected for president, then we might as well fly our flags at half mask, because America is dead & it will fall. We are hanging on by a thread as it is. Better wake up America..."THERE WILL BE A TEST LATER". This ain't got nothing to do with the color of his skin. bam-bam-bama is an "IDIOT"!!! So are you Whitaker..."TRAITOR". So why don't you and bam-bam-bama go live in the other 7 states that bam-bam-bama mentioned, since he says he's been to all 57 states!!
I do find it hard to believe, that with 300,000,000 people in this country, that McCain & bam-bam-bama is the only choices we could come up with. Pretty scary!!
The only thing coming out of Obama is "Change!". His followers shiver with excitement and blather with "this is better than Bush". People that look at the facts, shiver with dismay and beg people to look his record. You're going to elect a man that doesn't qualify for a government security clearance? Look up "James H. Cone", "Frank Marshall Davis","Bill Ayers", "Larry Sinclair","Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr","Michael Pfleger", "Tony Rezko", "Rashid Khalidi", I'm tired of typing names. Just do a search for "Obama mentor".
So you say you don't care about the people he learns from & associates with? What about Obama's plans for the country? "U.S. Senators Barack Obama (D-IL), Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) have introduced the Global Poverty Act (S.2433), which requires the President to develop and implement a comprehensive policy to cut extreme global poverty in half by 2015" current estimated cost: $835 BILLION. Obama's support to "Ban the sale or transfer of all forms of semi-automatic weapons. Increase state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms." What about his voting record? "Most liberal senator in 2007", 130 "present" votes?
Obama's record of socialist voting, one-world speeches and racist, anti-American associations ARE scaring me into voting for McCain.
I agree with dalton.....when was the last time we had a decent candidate to choose from? I'm getting tired of choosing the least objectionable person for the job. Why is everyone who runs for national office a crook or a hypocrit? Gees, even the lily white morally superior ones turn out to be scum. Read any good John Edwards press lately? Another thought, if I type in all caps does that make me more correct than everyone else? JUST WONDERING.
The national infatuation with Obama is similar to an Internet romance. With little actual knowledge of the object of their affection, people fill in the blanks and create someone they can love.
I believe Republican Mayor Jim Whitaker was also supporting Benedict Arnold’s bid to turn against his countrymen.
Good job, Mayor, putting country ahead of party.
I'm amazed how many people out here in Fairbanks swallow up and repeat the baloney talking points from right-wing pundit hacks off in New York somewhere. Obama is scary? Has questions that need to be answered? Please. Comparing to an Internet romance? Isn't that straight out of some quack McCain speech from last week? And Bill Ayers? Come on. "He knew a guy who knew a guy who had a cousin who went to school with a guy who blah blah blah blah..." It doesn't matter. If somebody tried to assign you all the opinions of everyone you've ever known or been friends with, how do you think that would turn out? Are you only willing to be around people who agree with you 100% on everything? Obama is his own man, and always has been.
Saying Obama supporters have "little actual knowledge" of the candidate is a stupid, arrogant insult. I've supported him for President since before he even started running, because I read his book. When he ran, I read his other book, and his biography. What Obama supporters have is knowledge of the REAL Obama, not the cartoon version of him that John McCain is trying to create. We know Obama as the smart, hard-working Constitutional Law professor, the down-to-Earth family man, and the unflappable, even-tempered leader... not just a charismatic speaker. We know him as someone who genuinely considers all views and weighs them according to their merits... not some cartoon liberal ideologue from the 1970s. We like the idea of a professor of Constitutional Law coming in to clean up the mess made by an administration that treats the Constitution like a nuisance. We realize Obama is not just the lesser of two evils, and for once we've got a really great candidate for the job, and you're damn right we're excited about it!
How many of those qualities does McCain have? Smart? He graduated 894th out of 899 at the Naval Academy. Family man? He cheated on and the dumped his first wife when she got crippled, so he could marry a skinny heiress 25 years younger and run for office with her money. Down-to-Earth? John McCain wears FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR SHOES. Even-tempered? He's the most famous hothead in Washington, prone to saying and doing all kinds of stupid things under pressure. Worse than all that, his policy ideas are horribly empty... it's all just, "Let's keep doing what isn't working." These are the reasons Alaska rejected John McCain so badly in the caucus. Now don't let him win you over just by tearing down Obama with a bunch of lies and innuendo.
A vote for Obama will further the march of Marxism in this country that the Democrats seem to think is the right direction for America. How anyone could vote for a candidate that endorses late term abortion or even the death of an infant that somehow survived late term abortion, as Obama did in the Illinois senate is beyond my scope of consciousness. In actuality Obama voted three times to make it legal to let doctors allow the child to die of neglect if it somehow survived late term abortion. Our mayor is not crossing political lines for ethical reasons but because the media is telling him Obama will win because that is who the media wants to win.
"If bam-bam-bama gets elected for president, then we might as well fly our flags at half mask, because America is dead & it will fall. We are hanging on by a thread as it is."
You can blame the current state of our country on President Bush. Voting for John McCain, with his like-mindedness to Bush, would more likely cause a further decline in this country.
People talk about Obama's acquaintances because that is all there is to him. Other than that he is all talk and promise. Change Change Change....
Does this mean that he isn't getting his syn gas plant and the billions he wanted. By the way what ever happen to the "energy crsis" declaration and the assembly giving him unauthorized power. Maybe it's time to give the public a complete accounting of where the money went.
Some of these comments are scarier than Senator Obama. Senator McCain equals more Bush. Who wants that?
Setec---
Autobiographical material, especially for a person looking to run for a powerful office, can be a little biased and misleading. It's not gospel.
Obama has a startling lack of a paper trail on constitutional issues for an expert. There is no published material. Even when he was Harvard Law Review president, he published none of his own material, which is unusual (or so I've read).
His years as guest lecturer and professor at Chicago Law School were popular with liberal students, but not noteworthy to other staff members for any scholarly contributions. Again, no legal paper trail.
Finally, his years as a representative and politician are noteworthy because of his stands on post birth abortion, and gun control in D.C. Many people, myself included (not that I'm a scholar), find his stands on these two issues absolutely in opposition to the Constitution. Obama did change his position on D.C. gun control AFTER the Supreme Court decision.
If you would like to elect a constituional scholar, I would suggest drafting Clarence Thomas.
G-les: Nor has Obama any particular legislative trail. He has used every office he has been elected to as a stepping stone for the next one. Never learns the job he has, never accomplishes anything. What will Obama do if elected president? Start angling for Secretary-General of the UN? Or perhaps pope? Who knows?
BTW, Obama's half brother has emerged from the backwoods. He's worse than Billy Carter:
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/oba...
Also, AKNATUFF: THERE'S A KEY ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR KEYBOARD THAT SAYS "caps lock." PLEASE HIT THIS ONCE, AND NEVER AGAIN.
Dr. C.
Obama Obama Obama if you look past the mainstream media smokescreen you will see who this man realy is read the book The case against Barack Obama thats the same publisher that printed the book Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak out against John Kerry . Obama is bad news! for are country! he's barely a US citizen that was born in another country. look at the people he associated him self with the likes of Reverend Jeremiah Wright,Bill Ayers,Tony Rezko just to name a few. he even opposed a bill banning infanticide-by-neglect #0151 this is a man I would not have ANYTHING TO DO WITH with this man period....!!!@!
How many of those qualities does McCain have? Smart? He graduated 894th out of 899 at the Naval Academy. Family man? He cheated on and the dumped his first wife when she got crippled, so he could marry a skinny heiress 25 years younger and run for office with her money. Down-to-Earth? John McCain wears FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR SHOES. Even-tempered? He's the most famous hothead in Washington, prone to saying and doing all kinds of stupid things under pressure. Worse than all that, his policy ideas are horribly empty... it's all just, "Let's keep doing what isn't working." These are the reasons Alaska rejected John McCain so badly in the caucus.
I respect John McCain to the highest. I am not an Obama fan, but with the choices given, I cannot vote for John McCain. There are just too much that scares me about him and he is way too much like Bush.
My memory is faded but I thought election to the office of mayor was not conducted along party lines; i.e. republican vs democrate, or other. Someone can clarify this. But, if its so, is there a misrepresentation of stating "republican mayor..."?
streitig: Candidates for mayor and the assembly don't run under party affiliations, but Whitaker was in the legislature for awhile as a Republican and also has long been a member of the party. So calling him a "Republican mayor" isn't unwarranted, although I suspect there's quite a few Republicans who would dispute this (see numerous above comments).
Whitaker just lost my vote the next time he comes up for re-election. He must not be paying attention to the issues. I had mild respect for the man and now I think that is all gone.
I think Jim is out of touch. Obama he can't figure out if he wants to drill in Alaska. The only change he thinks of is changing his mind. You don't know what he stands for because he changes his mindI don't vote by party but only for the person that refects my views so Jim's endorsment doesn't mean anything to me. I really don't have any respect for any political figure.
Oh well. Whitaker's endorsement doesn't mean sh*t anyway. It just shows us how we have to change our vote in the next mayoral election.
Whitaker,You have turned your back on your Party, your State and your Country. You are a traitor to Alaska. You are supporting a man that would lock up this state and put your town out of business. You are supporting a man with CLEAR ties to William Ayers a domestic terrorist. You are supporting a man whose election was bought and paid for by 16 times convicted felon Tony Rezko. You are a disgrace, and you did this for a possible appointment as Ambassidor? God help you man, you just traded your soul to the Devil.
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