Murkowski has failed as a faithful defender of conservative values
To The Editor:
Referring to Larry Persily's opinion column, "Sen. Murkowski did her job" (Wrangell Sentinel, Feb.18), I agree we should be civil and respect the opinions of others. Yes, bullying has no place in a civilized society with democratic aspirations as well, even under one-party rule promoting censorship and the cancel culture.
OK, so Ms. Murkowski did her job, but has she represented faithfully the values of her fellow Alaskans and the Republican Party?
We all know that just doing a job does not mean the job was done well (I hesitate to use the word right). If the word "liberal" while speaking about Ms. Murkowski does not fit at all, how come she was previously labeled by The New York Times (not exactly a conservative media) and GovTrack as "the second-most liberal Republican (behind Susan Collins) to the left of a Democrat Joe Manchin"?
I am sorry, but what I see is a pro-abortion politician who voted against emergency declaration at the southern U.S. border and is often grandstanding with the Democrats, not a defender of conservative values.
Ms. Murkowski is a member of the legislative branch, yet she has proven that the cornerstone of U.S. judicial system, the presumption of innocence of principle, is foreign to her. Yes, I am talking about the shameful Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings where she joined the lynching mob. I am aware she later removed herself from the voting, but was not her job to stand up for a presumably innocent person?
What about her "yes" vote to stop the nomination of a "Christian zealot" Amy Coney Barret? How about both impeachments of President Donald Trump, which were nothing but witch hunts on the level of political show trials in communist Eastern Europe and Russia under Joseph Stalin, with which I have a first-hand experience? Where did she stand then?
Let's face the facts and judge her according to her deeds, without getting emotional or nasty.
I think Sarah Palin's tweet, "I can see 2022 from my house," says it well. Let's show our displeasure or appreciation of Ms. Murkowski in midterms 2022. We can still be friends, cant we?
Ivan Simonek
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