Wont'cha help a DU'er with a local poll?

snowbear

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Fri Jun-22-07 10:21 PM
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Wont'cha help a DU'er with a local poll?

HELP!!!! (I put this on DU/Politics.. but wanted to add it here as well)

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--- Our local MSNBC affiliate is asking if the Democratic Mayor of Anchorage, Mark Begich, should run against the CORRUPT Don Young. ---

Just some of Congressman Young's history:

- Earmarked $223 million for building an enormous bridge from Ketchikan to Gravina Island (pop. 50) .. better known as "The bridge to Nowhere"

- Is linked to the Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal (details- http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Don_Young )

On February 15, 2007 Congressman Young attributed to Abraham Lincoln "Congressmen who willfully take action during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs, and should be arrested, exiled or hanged."

Young later had to admit that Lincoln NEVER said this!

- Young is currently under investigation for what is referred to as the "Coconut Road Scandal in Florida"

In 2006, Young added to a transportation bill a $10 million earmark for toward the construction of an interstate interchange for a short stretch of road (known as "Coconut Road") near Fort Myers, Florida. A June 2007 article in the New York Times connected the earmark to a $40,000 fund raiser for Young held by a local real estate developer, Daniel J. Aronoff, who owns 4,000 acres along the road. Young's spokeswoman Meredith Kenny initially said that the local Republican congressman, Connie Mack, had requested the funding; in fact, both Mack and local Republican politicians opposed the funding

- And if that's not enough to know what he's like -- here's a direct quote from Don Young:

"Environmentalists are a self-centered bunch of waffle-stomping, Harvard-graduating, intellectual idiots" who "are not Americans, never have been Americans, never will be Americans."

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Congressman/LIAR/Asshole Don Young (R)

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Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich (D)

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~~~ The results of the poll will be aired tonight on our local news, and again on tomorrow morning's news.

P.S. Another awesome thing about Mayor Begich being elected for this seat... is that his his father, Nick Begich once held that seat until he was killed in an airplane crash.. It would be awesome if he was able to hold his late father's seat.

Mark Begich (born 1962) is an American Democratic politician and the current mayor of Anchorage, Alaska.

Born in Anchorage at the old Providence Hospital, Begich is the city's first Alaskan-born mayor. He is the son of U.S. Representative Nick Begich, who died in a plane crash with U.S. House Majority Leader Hale Boggs in 1972, and Pegge Begich.

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Please tell Mayor Begich ==YES== KICK Don Young OUT!!

Poll is Right here: http://www.ktuu.com/

(p.s. Don Young is VERY unpopular in Alaska right now.. Mayor Begich has a super high approval rating.. but polls here are easily freeped

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Thank you!! ~~~~~

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babylonsister

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Fri Jun-22-07 10:22 PM
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1. You're too cute! And DONE! nt

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Nite Owl

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Fri Jun-22-07 10:24 PM
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2. Done!

Should Mayor Mark Begich run for Rep. Don Young's seat in the U.S. Congress?

Thank you for participating in our poll. Here are the results so far.
Yes 55%

No 42%

Undecided 3%

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IDemo

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Fri Jun-22-07 10:25 PM
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3. Yes - 55%, No - 42%

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snowbear

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Fri Jun-22-07 10:29 PM
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4. YayYyYY.. Thank you guys! Mayor Begich will hear all about these results on talk radio tomorrow !!

C'mon gang... polls close in 2.5 hours!

http://www.ktuu.com/

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1620rock

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Fri Jun-22-07 10:35 PM
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5. Done...gee, those fires up your way look pretty bad.

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babylonsister

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Fri Jun-22-07 10:35 PM
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6. Oh, and BTW, Rec'd! nt

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robinlynne

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Fri Jun-22-07 11:15 PM
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7. Good luck up there!

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