Joe Miller: 'I Lied' About Accessing Computers For Political Purposes

[Joanne98]

Amid a political firestorm of controversy surrounding Alaska Senate candidate Joe Miller's ethics violations while working as a government attorney in 2008, new details emerged on Tuesday night revealing that the Republican hopeful himself admitted to lying about his complicity in the matter.

"I lied about accessing all of the computers," wrote Miller in an e-mail to Fairbanks North Star Borough attorney Rene Broker in March of 2008 in the wake of allegations he used the office technology for political purposes. "I then admitted about accessing the computers, but lied about what I was doing. Finally I admitted what I did."

The remarks from Miller came to light in a 60-page dispatch of records released (PDF) by the Alaska borough after a judge issued a court order for the files to be made public.

Miller detailed the incident at the core of the controversy in the same e-mail to Broker disclosed in the documents:

Over the lunch hour this past Wednesday, I got on three computers (not belonging to me) in the office. All of them were on and none of them were locked. I accessed my personal website, for political purposes (participated in a poll), and then cleared the cache on each computer. I did the same thing on my computer. Jill asked the office what happened. I lied about accessing all of the computers. I then admitted about accessing the computers, but lied about what I was doing. Finally, I admitted what I did.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/26/joe-miller-documents-i-lied_n_774472.html

[SpiralHawk]

1. Typical Republicon

Lies lies lies.

Then a weasel ass excuse to avoid responsibility.

Sooo Republicon. So 'Family Values."


"Ptoooooey." - Americans

[FSogol]

2. Republican 10 Commandments: Thou Shall Not Bear False Witness (Except for Political Purposes or

to aid in Republican Aims)

:puke:

[14thColony]

3. Or to make money. Or to be spiteful. Or just 'cause it's natural. nt

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. Joe Miller statement: 'I Lied'... now

you need to apologize to me for my lying
because everyone does it and that includes you or the next time
I will have you arrested and held by my goons.

[DirkGently]

5. What's appalling is how little cheating, or lying, or outright violence affects the RW.

Their supporters don't care. They applaud it, in some cases. There really appears to be no ability to shame politicians for evil behavior any more.

I think it's the result of the sports-fan version of partisanship we've been building up for years here. "My side can do no wrong. Your side can never be right."

Yay. We win.

Edited for the grammars.