A Need-To-Know Situation For The Know-Nothings

Alaska GOP Senate candidate Joe Miller has decided that he's simply not going to talk about his past to the media, because they (and Alaska voters apparently) don't need to know about what kind of person Joe Miller is, you just need to vote for him because shut up, that's why.

"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 said.

Miller made the statement to reporters following Monday's Anchorage Chamber of Commerce candidate forum at the Dena'ina Center. Standing with his wife, Kathleen, Miller delivered a seven-minute address in which he complained he had been mistreated by the Alaska news media and announced he would no longer be answering personal questions. He took no questions, then quickly left down a nearby stairwell.

Miller said he has been the victim of "journalistic impropriety."

The statement came as new questions were being raised about Miller's time as an attorney for the Fairbanks North Star Borough. Miller spent seven years as a part-time borough attorney before leaving in September last year.

The statement followed the Alaska Dispatch quoting an anonymous source Sunday night saying that Miller used borough equipment in the unsuccessful 2008 attempt to oust state Republican Party Chairman Randy Ruedrich. Several Alaska news organizations, including the Daily News, have been asking for borough records about Miller's employment since summer, including information related to any disciplinary action Miller faced while employed there. The Dispatch and the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner filed a lawsuit Monday seeking their release.

But never mind that because if you're a Republican, the media is not allowed to ask you tough questions about your background, your history or your past dealings. Only FOX is allowed to talk to Republicans, so they can ask questions about puppies and freedom and why the Democrats are the most evil people on Earth.

Alaska voters, you don't need to know if Joe Miller was campaigning while working for the state or what he was doing while employed as a part-time attorney because really, Joe Miller's not a Democrat, so anything in his past is out of bounds, see?  The less you know about them, the better off they are, so only Democrats have to answer questions.

Clearly the Alaska media and Alaska voters aren't aware of the rules the rest of the country has to follow on IOKIYAR, despite Moose Lady perfecting the rules two years ago.  You don't need to know anything about Republicans other than they're all patriots, so stop asking questions, citizen.