Scott McAdams: The Clear Choice for LGBTA Alaskans

[Blue_In_AK]

From ProgressiveAlaska http://progressivealaska.blogspot.com/2010/10/scott-mcadams-clear-choice-for-lgbta.html

Yesterday I attended the Alaska Pride Conference, an annual event sponsored by Identity, Inc. My main reason for attending this year came out of my involvement with the Alaska LGBT Community Survey; but I also got the opportunity to hear firsthand from two of the candidates for U.S. Senate, Frederick David Haase of the Alaska Libertarian Party and Scott McAdams of the Alaska Democratic Party. Conference organizers invited all U.S. Senate candidates, but neither Republican Party of Alaska candidate — official candidate Joe Miller and incumbent and write-in candidate Sen. Lisa Murkowski — accepted the invitation.

Which fit in pretty well with what has become obvious: Republican officials and candidates care little about the the issues of concern to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender citizens. Whereas Democrats, despite sometimes spotty records, do. Thus, this year’s Pride march in Anchorage saw the enthusiastic participation of two Democratic gubernatorial candidates (Hollis French and eventual primary winner Ethan Berkowitz) and Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Diane Benson… but nary a Republican candidate was to be seen. (No Libertarians that I can recall, either.)

Which goes far to explain why I, registered as nonpartisan, almost always vote for Democrats.

I kinda wondered about this year’s U.S. Senate race, though. After all, if there’s one thing that Alaska does not need, it’s a U.S. Senator named Joe Miller. Some undoubtedly will argue with me on that point, but I doubt they read this blog; and those who do, I trust to already know just why that is without me having to explain it further.

And so if we don’t want Joe Miller, what do we do? There’s a lot of people telling us that between Lisa Murkowski & Scott McAdams, Murkowski has a better chance of beating Miller, so we should vote for her. After all, even though, based on her voting record, Murkowski doesn’t give anymore of a squat about equality under the law for LGBT Americans than Miller does, & has veered increasingly rightwards even as the Republican Party itself has in order to pander to Tea Party and other right-wing extremists — well, at least she still retains some kind of foothold in consensual reality and real (as opposed to Joe Miller’s fancied) constitutional standards. If Scott McAdams can’t beat her and Joe Miller both, well… might those be right who say it’s safer to vote for her? And as I’ve watched conflicting polls & conflicting arguments, I’ve wondered.

Now that I’ve heard Scott McAdams in person, I wonder no more. He is clearly the candidate of choice for LGBTA Alaskans.

Not only that: he has a damn good chance of winning. Especially if moderate & progressive Alaskans don’t dilute his vote by making the mistake of writing in Lisa Murkowski. Even supposing you can remember to spell her name right.

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If you know any on-the-fence Alaskans who are considering writing in Lease-A-Murkowski or if you're looking for a good candidate to send your money to, please consider Scott. He's the real deal and would do us all proud in DC. http://www.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/24825

[GodlessBiker]

1. Good luck, Scott. I'd vote for you if I could.