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Miller Refuses to Talk About His Background

Alaska U.S. Senate nominee Joe Miller (R) said that "he will not be answering any more questions about his personal background for the remainder of the campaign," the Anchorage Daily News reports.

Said Miller: "We've drawn a line in the sand. You can ask me about background, you can ask me about personal issues. I'm not going to answer."

Miller "has faced scrutiny in recent weeks on a number of fronts involving his personal background, including that his family received low-income medical benefits, low-income hunting and fishing licenses and that his wife drew unemployment benefits. Miller has been critical of such programs at the federal level, saying the nation suffers from an 'entitlement mentality' and is on the brink of bankruptcy."

U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller, accompanied by his wife,
Kathleen, talks to the press in a press conference at the
Dena'ina Center in Anchorage on Monday, Oct. 11, 2010.
BILL ROTH/Anchorage Daily News

What the hell else is this hypocrite & whore* hiding? Or is this just an illustration of "Stupid voters, you have no right to know who represents you?" No official position on the Seventeenth Amendment (Sure would make it easier on ol' Joe though, just having to buy a few votes in the statehouse, instead of selling a whole lotta rubes on himself.) on his virtually content-free issues page. Candidates on the "Lizard People Are Here! NOW!!" ticket have more info on their issues than this sad joke. (Amendment-wise, he does admit to being a Tenther.)

MORE INFO (0230PDT 12 October 2010): Big surprise: Joe is anti-democratic.

*"Slut-shaming"(?): Not progressive. Shame on US!