For the past week, the Alaska Senate race has been dominated by the story of Miller's tenure at the Fairbanks North Star Bureau and how his employment there ended. That's the story that prompted the increasingly petulant Miller to declare he would no longer answer questions about his past. That became impossible once his goon squad "arrested" a reporter trying to question Miller about the story. That action made it national news.
And it's what John King wanted to talk about last night on CNN. He finally forced Miller to admit what he's been trying to hide all this time--he was disciplined in that job for violating ethics policy.
On John King's show, Miller first dodged questions about his time at the borough: "I'll admit I'm a man of many flaws. I'm not going to sit back and say that I've conducted my life perfectly. I will tell you that anything that I've done that's not right, it's been accounted for and it's been taken care of and I move on and I learn from mistakes."
King later asked him more directly: "Is this a fair statement in your view? That at the time this happened, you were disciplined for something but it had nothing to do with the reason you left the agency down the road."
"Absolutely, that's a fair statement," Miller said.
That "something" Miller was disciplined for was organizing "a failed effort to oust state Republican Party Chairman Randy Ruedrich" in cahoots with the Palins. Using borough computers for political purposes was frowned upon, not that that would bother Miller. He's got his own rules, just like he has his own "security" force.
Alaska sure as hell deserves better than this, even if they did unleash Sarah Palin on the world. Help Scott McAdams let Alaska know he's the better bet, with $10, $15 or whatever you can kick in.