New Alaska Senate Poll Reveals Lisa Murkowski Neck-and-Neck With Kelly Tshibaka

[Eskimo]

Murkowski needs to hang by the neck. Until it pulls out of her spine.

‘It is an understatement to call that within the margin of
error,’ the pollsters wrote of the final vote count.

Anew poll out Thursday shows GOP incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski
in a dead heat to keep her seat against Republican candidate
Kelly Tshibaka, who has been endorsed by former President Donald
Trump. According to the poll from Fabrizio Ward and Impact
Research, commissioned by AARP, Murkowski leads on the final
round of balloting by a mere three votes among the 1,050 likely
voters surveyed.

“It is an understatement to call that within the margin of
error,” the pollsters wrote in their report, noting “10 percent
of voters did not rank either of those candidates in the final
round.”

The survey was conducted by phone with a +/- 4.4 percent margin
of error between Sept. 6-11.

Under Alaska’s unusual and complicated ranked-choice voting
system first used this year, the top four candidates from the
open-party primary compete in the general election among voters,
who “rank” their preferences on the ballot. If no candidate
receives a majority, or 50 percent of the first-choice ballots
case, the votes are re-tabulated again after eliminating the
lowest vote-getter. The lost candidate’s ballots are then
counted towards the voters’ second-choice pick, and the process
is repeated until a candidate reaches more than 50 percent.

According to the AARP survey, Tshibaka holds a 13 percent lead
over Murkowski with 43 percent of the vote to 35 percent, while
Democrat Patricia Chesbro comes behind at 13 percent followed by
Republican Buzz Kelley at 1 percent. Seven percent reported they
were undecided.

Kelley dropped out of the race Monday and endorsed Tshibaka, who
is also running with the support of the state party.

After eliminating Kelley on the second round of ballot
tabulation, the race remained virtually unchanged, with Tshibaka
in the lead with 46 percent to Murkowski’s 38 percent and
Chesbro’s 14 percent. On the final round of ballot counting,
however, Tshibaka and Murkowski are tied, with the incumbent
lawmaker edging out her Republican opponent by three votes after
Democrat ballots from Chesbro largely flow to Murkowski.

The AARP poll closely matches an internal survey the Tshibaka
campaign told supporters about on a statewide call Monday,
moments after Kelley dropped out of the contest and threw his
support behind Tshibaka. According to the campaign’s internal
poll conducted by Cygnal in August, Tshibaka leads on the first
two rounds of ballot tabulation, only to lose by 0.2 percent in
the final vote, well within the +/- 4.32 percent margin of error.

[READ: Alaska’s Ranked-Choice Voting Scheme Was A Plot To Save
Murkowski, But It Also Doomed Palin]

https://thefederalist.com/2022/09/16/new-alaska-senate-poll-
reveals-lisa-murkowski-neck-and-neck-with-kelly-tshibaka/

[Editor LA Times]

Every liberal is a narcissist. There are no exceptions.

Good parenting requires empathy, compassion and the willingness
to make some of your needs secondary — essentially, many of the
traits that you wouldn’t find in a narcissist.

But as a psychologist who studies the impacts of narcissism in
family relationships, I’ve noticed that many narcissist traits,
such as grandiosity, superiority and entitlement, are on the
rise.

Narcissistic parenting isn’t about bragging on social media or
forcing rigorous extracurricular activities on your kids. It
goes a lot deeper, and it’s one of the most toxic ways to raise
your kids. Narcissistic parents have a hard time allowing their
kids to become their own person, or have their own needs met.

You might know a narcissistic parent and not realize it. Here
are the common signs:

1. They see their child as a source of validation.
Narcissists will often loudly flaunt their children when they
score the winning goal or get the big part in the school play.
You might see them constantly bragging online or bringing up
their child’s beauty or talent in conversation.

Unless something involves their child’s achievements, the parent
is checked out, detached and disinterested in their child. They
generally shame their child’s need for connection or validation,
and instead see them as a tool to fulfill those needs for
themselves.

2. They are emotionally reactive, but shame their child’s
emotions.
Narcissists are often angry and aggressive when they feel
disappointed or frustrated. If they believe their child is being
critical or defiant, they can lash out. These reactions can
manifest as screaming, sudden bouts of rage or, in more severe
cases, physical violence.

Meanwhile, the emotions of others can make narcissistic people
uncomfortable and they may have contempt for them. They may
shame their child into not sharing their emotions at all with
phrases like, “Get over yourself, it wasn’t that big of a deal,”
or, “Stop crying and toughen up.”

3. They always put their own needs first.
Sometimes adults need to put real-world issues first — maybe a
late shift can’t be avoided or chores will take up an entire
afternoon. But narcissistic parents expect their children to
make sacrifices so that they can do or have whatever they want.

For example, if the parent likes sailing, then their children
must go sailing every weekend. Or if the parent has a standing
tennis game, then the parent will never miss it, even for
something important like a graduation ceremony.

4. They have poor boundaries.
Narcissistic parents can be quite intrusive. When they don’t
feel like it, they won’t interact with the child. But when they
want the child to validate them, they may feel they can
interrupt their child’s and ask them to do whatever they want to
do.

They may ask probing questions or be critical of their child in
a way that feels intrusive as well, such as commenting on
weight, appearance or other attributes that leave the child
feeling self-conscious.

5. They play favorites.
Narcissistic parents maintain their power by triangulating, or
playing favorites. They may have a golden child who they
compliment excessively, for example, while speaking badly about
another child in the family.

This can make children feel uncomfortable, disloyal and
psychologically unsafe. They may believe that they need to go
along with or impress the narcissistic parent to avoid their
wrath and maintain good standing in the family unit.

6. They shift blame onto their children.
Narcissists have the need to feel perfect, so they shirk
responsibilities for their own missteps and blame their
children. They can be cruel when they feel criticized, and their
comments often sting.

Common refrains from narcissistic parents might be something
like, “It’s your fault that I am so tired,” or, “I could have
had a great career if I didn’t have to deal with you.”

Over time, children of narcissistic parents internalize these
comments and begin to self-blame, believing: “When I have needs,
I make everyone else feel or perform worse.'

7. They expect the child to be the caregiver.
At a relatively young age, the message from a narcissistic
parent is that their child has to take care of them.

This often extends well into adulthood, where the narcissistic
parent can be quite manipulative. A common line might be, “I fed
and clothed you, so now you owe me.” Many narcissists expect
their children to provide care and support later in life.

How to change narcissistic parenting tendencies
If you find yourself relating to any of the traits above, don’t
worry. We all have a certain level of self-involvement. However,
there are several strategies you can use to change your mindset
and habits.

First, don’t gaslight your child. If they say, “You’re always
angry at me,” don’t say, “That’s not the case.” This will only
confuse them further. Instead, meet the child with empathy: “I
am so sorry. Do you want to talk about it? How are you feeling?”

Another strategy is to avoid forced forgiveness. Forced
forgiveness benefits the parent by pushing their bad behavior
under the rug but only fosters self-blame and confusion in the
child. Let the child have their experience.

Lastly, consider therapy; it’s one of the best places to explore
your parenting attitudes and tendencies.

You're wasting your time, doc. Most liberals are illiterate.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/05/a-psychologist-shares-the-signs-
of-a-narcissistic-parent-its-a-toxic-way-to-raise-your-kids.html

[The D List]

A whore who sucked her way to every job she ever had.

The Biden administration keeps trying to give Vice President
Kamala Harris something to do, but she keeps balking at the
opportunity. She complains about being "sidelined" by the White
House and complains when they give her a job she doesn't want to
do, such as handling the border crisis. It's as if the only
thing she is really passionate about is using the power of her
office to destroy the careers of her political rivals.

Harris was not enthusiastic about being tapped to lead the
administration's response to the Supreme Court decision
overturning Roe v. Wade. The Washington Post reported Thursday
that the vice president "had initial reservations about becoming
the face of the administration's response, worried she could be
pigeonholed on the issue because of her gender, according to
people familiar with the discussions who spoke on the condition
of anonymity to disclose a sensitive dynamic."

Ultimately, Harris signed on to be in charge of the White House
push to protect abortion rights across the country. If history
is any indication, the result will be a half-assed effort that
accomplishes nothing and inevitably devolves into finger-
pointing, recrimination, and anonymous leaks to the press. That
is precisely what happened after the administration tasked her
with leading the charge on the border crisis and on voting
rights.

Harris was not thrilled when Biden in March 2021 put her in
charge of the administration's response to the ongoing
immigration crisis on the border. The vice president "was
resigned to the assignment, but she and her team wanted to make
sure her role was depicted in the narrowest possible way,"
according to the authors of This Will Not Pass.

At one point, New York Times reporters Jonathan Martin and
Alexander Burns recount in the book, Harris corrected Biden
during a meeting with leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus.
When the president said she would do "a hell of job" handling
immigration, Harris immediately chimed in to say that her role
would be limited to U.S. relations with the so-called Northern
Triangle countries in Central America. During a subsequent visit
to Guatemala, the vice president fumbled a question from NBC
anchor Lester Holt about why she hadn't visited the U.S.
southern border. "And I haven't been to Europe," she cackled.

Days later, Politico published a story headlined, "‘Not a
healthy environment': Kamala Harris' office rife with dissent,"
which detailed the dysfunction in the vice president's office
and was riddled with anonymous quotes from former Harris aides
blasting her leadership style. That was around the same time
Biden tasked Harris with leading the administration's effort to
promote so-called voting rights. A similar fiasco ensued.

Martin and Burns report that after holding a series of initial
meetings with activists, Harris failed to marshal a significant
push for voting rights on Capitol Hill. Months after taking the
assignment, they note, she had not even spoken about the issue
with Sens. Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.) and Lisa Murkowski (R.,
Alaska), whose votes were crucial to passing legislation in the
Senate.

Voting rights soon became "another dead end" for the vice
president, who "continued to resist the exhortation to pick some
signature issues, partly out of concern that she would be
restricted to handling subjects closely linked to her personal
identity." Harris preferred to take ownership of "broad-spectrum
issues" that wouldn't be "mainly associated with women and Black
Americans."

This attitude is echoed in her response to being asked to handle
the response to the Supreme Court's overturn of Roe v. Wade. She
doesn't want to be "pigeonholed on the issue because of her
gender." OK, then. What, exactly, does she want to be doing?
According to Martin and Burns, the vice president's staff did at
one point propose that Harris could oversee "relation with the
Nordic countries," a suggestion that was "rejected" and
"privately mocked" by White House aides.

It is perhaps no wonder that Democrats are already panicking at
the thought of Harris being the party's presidential nominee in
2024. Even her former staffers are terrified at the prospect of
Harris becoming president.

WATCH: Veep Thoughts with Kamala Harris (Vol. 1)
<https://freebeacon.com/democrats/kamala-harris-deep-thoughts/>

WATCH: Veep Thoughts with Kamala Harris (Vol. 2)
<https://freebeacon.com/democrats/veep-thoughts-kamala-harris/>

Published under: Democratic Party, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Roe
v. Wade

https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/kamala-harris-
leadership-fail/

[grunts]

Milley is China's bitch.

I have a suggestion. Put Megan Rapinoe in a uniform, hand it a
weapon, teach it how to use it, then send it out in the field.

Recall there is now no difference between men and women as far
as the military is concerned.

Let's see if Megan can back up it's mouth in a real life or
death situtation.

If it can't, refuses, or hesitates, we'll just kill it and leave
it where it drops.

[The D List]

An idiot and a whore who sucked her way to every job she ever had.

Democratic candidates across the country are increasingly
reluctant to associate themselves with President Joe Biden and
Vice President Kamala Harris. Despite asking voters to send them
to Washington so they can vote in support of the Biden-Harris
agenda, Democrats in swing states want nothing to do with the
historically unpopular leaders of their party.

Cheri Beasley, the Democrat running for Senate in North
Carolina, is the latest candidate to give a mealy mouthed
response when asked about the prospect of inviting Biden or
Harris to join her on the campaign trail. "You know, I'm not
aware of what their schedules are," Beasley said on Wednesday.
"We are 62 days away from Election Day. And so we're going to
continue to run our race here in North Carolina."

The candidate's lack of enthusiasm echoes that of several other
Democrats running in close races. A spokeswoman for Rep. Tim
Ryan (D., Ohio), who is running for Senate against Republican
J.D. Vance, told the Washington Post that Ryan "wants to be the
face of this campaign" and does not plan to invite Biden or
Harris to campaign on his behalf. Sen. Mark Kelly (D., Ariz.)
deflected by suggesting "anyone" is welcome to "come to Arizona
and let me, you know, show them around the state." Sen. Michael
Bennet's (D., Colo.) campaign had "no comment."

Biden has an approval rating of roughly 42 percent, according to
FiveThirtyEight, while just 38 percent of Americans approve of
Harris's job performance. Democrats are unlikely to retain power
in the House next year but are hoping to keep control of the
Senate, which would ensure that Biden can continue to appoint
judges to the federal bench.

The Democratic incumbents in Arizona and Colorado are favored to
win in those states, whereas the Ohio and North Carolina races
are firmly in the "toss up" category. Vance leads Ryan by
several percentage points, according to the RealClearPolitics
polling average. In the Tar Heel State, Beasley and Republican
candidate Ted Budd are statistically tied.

Beasley's success in the Democratic primary marks the first time
that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) has allowed
a black woman to run for Senate in North Carolina. In 2020, for
example, Schumer backed white man Cal Cunningham's bid to face
Sen. Thom Tillis (R., N.C.), stomping all over the hopes and
dreams of primary candidate Erica Smith, who complained that
"Sen. Schumer, for whatever reason, did not want an African
American running for Senate in North Carolina." Cunningham was
on track to beat Tillis until a Washington Free Beacon alum
exposed him for having an extramarital affair.

SICKENING: Democrats Are Waging War on Diversity, Equity, and
Inclusion

Published under: Democratic Party, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris,
North Carolina

https://freebeacon.com/democrats/biden-harris-cheri-beasley/

[The D List]

A whore who sucked her way to every job she ever had.

Vice President Kamala Harris touted her pro-labor stripes this
weekend when she claimed in an interview that she did not eat a
grape until she was in her 20s because of union boycotts on
grape growers. But according to an analysis by the New York
Post, Harris's story of union solidarity is inconsistent with
the timeline of the grape boycotts.

"This sounds quaint, and so I'm reluctant to say it, but, you
know, I didn't eat a grape until I was in my 20s. Like,
literally, had never had a grape," Harris told the Nation. "It
was absolutely ingrained so deeply in me: Never cross a picket
line."

But Harris would have crossed a picket line if she ate non-union
grapes in her 20s. For all of her 20s, the United Farm Workers
union imposed a boycott on grape growers. And Harris would have
had ample opportunity to eat grapes during her childhood, when
the UFW negotiated settlements and ended its earlier boycotts.

The first UFW grape boycott took place from 1965, when Harris
was less than a year old, to 1970, when she was five years old,
the Post noted. The second boycott started in 1973, when Harris
was eight years old, and ended when she was 13 in 1978. Harris
could have eaten any grapes under a clean pro-labor conscience
from when she was 13 until she was 19, when the UFW started its
third and final grape boycott.

That boycott, which ran from 1984 to 2000, took place for all of
Harris's 20s. That means if the vice president was forgoing
grapes through her teenage years until she was in her 20s, as
her comments in the Nation imply, she would have gone from
needlessly avoiding grapes when there was no boycott to crossing
a picket line and disregarding the UFW's strike.

The Post linked Harris's grape story to another seemingly
anachronistic tale from her youth that she told during an
interview in 2019. When asked which artists she listened to when
she smoked marijuana in college, Harris said she listened to
Tupac and Snoop Dogg, both of whom did not release albums until
at least five years after she graduated from Howard University.

Published under: Kamala Harris, Unions

https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/harris-gets-caught-
in-bizarre-lie-about-never-eating-grapes/