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Team McCain and the Trooper

Nominee's ally moves to curb probe of Palin

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  • Posted By: The Eagle Spirit @ 09/23/2008 8:47:37 AM

    The Palin Probe is a very important issue and should be resolved quickly and efficiently. We do not need more corruption in National Govenment. Nor do we need husbands or kids running loose and disrupting meetings where we depend on the attention of our govenment officials

  • Posted By: dripdrop @ 09/20/2008 9:59:06 AM

    "Trooper Scooper"
    You decide to take your lipsticked pet pit bull for a walk in the park and chance to notice your precious pet has soiled the soil; it would seem that the politically correct thing to do is get out your ???trooper scooper.??? Bag the offensive mess less it offend the general public. Call me sick, but I am curious as to what got scraped off the dirt.

  • Posted By: Zedcar35 @ 09/19/2008 10:25:57 AM

    AK - and the change you are looking for is a Vice President who turns a blind eye to rape victims while making sure she has a nice golden tan during those mild Alaskan winters?

    Thanks for the newsflash, too...$100K, huh? I would have a problem with this if the government did not bail Fannie and Freddie out and miliions of investors suffered the worst. If they folded like Lehman and did not get bailed out, the repercussions would be much more severe for the economy. But you probably believe what's been fed to you about the fundamentals being in good shape. Or not. Eh, I forget what the position is today, haven't watched much TV.

    $100K for the presidential race? Wanna talk numbers? For whatever amount of "pork barrel" earmarking was cut by the Alaskan governor, wasn't another $197MM (that's MILLION) requested JUST THIS YEAR? I believe that statistic is the highest, per capita, of any state's figure.

  • Posted By: People For The Truth On Troopergate @ 09/18/2008 10:16:18 PM

    Please support our petition at www.alaskatroopergate.com to help us stop the GOP corrupt tactics trying to stonewall the emerging Troopergate investigation.

    Our goal is to obtain at least one million signatures we are after to expose the Nixon like tactics that are being pulled here.

    This will be THE MAJOR STORY the rest of the campaign and this petition born of the citizens of the USA will help shine a light on it!

    The petition reads:

    "We, the undersigned, call on Sarah Palin to fulfill her promise to cooperate with the Alaska Troopergate investigation.

    We demand that GOP operatives stop stonewalling the investigation.

    We as Americans say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH and demand the information we are entitled to know to make an informed decision before election day!"

    Please help get the word out!

    Thanks and Keep up the great work to bring democracy back to the people!

    People For The Truth On Troopergate

  • Posted By: ak267 @ 09/18/2008 7:36:44 PM

    This "investigation" is DOA. You can thank State Senator Hollis French for this. He just couldn't keep his big yapper shut nor his hands off the investigation (subpeona tampering).

  • Posted By: ak267 @ 09/18/2008 7:35:21 PM

    Newsflash: Obama has taken over $100k in fannie mae and freddie mac political contributions. He's second overall (Only Senator Dobb received more). Also, two of Obama's top political aides are Fannie Mae execs....one was actually forced to resign under accusations of FRAUD.

    Obama...not the "change" I was looking for.

  • Posted By: Zedcar35 @ 09/18/2008 5:55:11 PM

    My new goal is to make everyone who backs McPalin blindly and ventures to generalize about ANY opposing party or politician with heresy and opinion take a quick peek over at www.factcheck.org. See for yourself Davole, and "willnotvoteobama".

    Who cares who does the investigation - the fact that there even needs to be an investigation as deep as this should cause some unsettling, why is it dismissed so readily by staunch supporters???

  • Posted By: Davole @ 09/17/2008 7:20:48 PM

    John McCain knew that Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac would collapse, and thereby unjustly burden the American public!

    In 2005, Senator John McCain cosponsored the Federal Housing Enterprise Reform Act to regulate the powers and procedures of Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac.

    These 2 massive federal finance agencies had been operating without controls in a blatant irresponsible manner, and had been found guilty in court of falsifying financial records and statements in order to provide supposed justification for bonuses to be given to their higher echelon administrators.

    These 2 organizations had been coerced by Democrats, who because of political opportunism, wanted them to grant mortgages to individuals who would be unable to make their required monthly payments. That would be in accordance with the irresponsible Democrat belief that everyone should be entitled to have their own home, irrespective of their actual ability to afford that luxury.

    Both of these mortgage lending institutions have contributed massive financial sums to support the political aspirations of Chris Dodd and Barack Obama.

    Senator John McCain realized 3 years ago that fraudulent transactions were rampant within these 2 enterprises, and that they would soon collapse if remedial action was not undertaken.

    Their bankruptcy would result in the American taxpayers having to go into debt to resurrect or ???bail-out??? these fraudulent Congress protected entities.

    As was to be expected, this proposal to institute meaningful financial reform measures was obstructed by the Democrats in the Senate, and the proposal failed to be adopted.

    This year, due to the Democrat furor over the collapse of Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac, the American taxpayers are burdened by having to pay a minimum of 450 billion dollars to ???bail out??? these 2 recklessly managed lending companies.

    John McCain exposed and opposed the corrupt lending practices of Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac.
    Barack Obama ???milked the system??? and profited by obstructing reform of their corrupt lending practices.

    Democrats have demonstrated that they can wreck the mortgage industry.

    Are you willing to vote them into office, and give them a blank check to mismanage the American economy, security, and health care?

  • Posted By: concho rose @ 09/17/2008 11:41:44 AM

    I'm still scratching my head, trying to figure out ole McCain could pick such a bimbo for his VP.. makes me wonder is is playing a full deck. Don't worry boys, we will get to the bottom of her scandal. By the way, who is taking care of her 4mo old special needs baby while she is cramping before she can open her mouth. I'm a 60 year old white woman, and I'm not impressed,rather insulted

  • Posted By: nsemn8r @ 09/16/2008 12:05:45 PM

    Hey Davole - if McCain is SO disabled that he can't even use a typewriter, he's the only one on the trail right now who is clearly not qualified to be in ANY elected position - retire that old dog now! Palin's activities are shameful, and the closer McCain gets to her, the greater his folly. You Repubs should have chosen Palin for the presidential nominee - at least she draws a crowd. If for the last 8 years my Ford truck has been giving me problems and costing me a fortune, why would I buy another Ford to fix the problem? I'm buying a Chevy!

    • Posted By: Davole @ 09/17/2008 10:24:23 AM

      nsemn8r -

      Why do many of the obamabots regularly post their rants more than once on the same discussion board?

      Are they so insecure in their opinion that they think (no, change that word to feel) that if they post the same rant more than once, it will somehow magically gain more validity and importance?

      Do you have any rational reason for posting your 2 identical blogs within less than a 30 second interval?

      Are you demonstrating that the attention span of an obamabot is severely limited?

  • Posted By: ladybmore @ 09/16/2008 8:27:09 PM

    It's depressing, that John McCain and the Bush administration are putting thier selves above the law, and is hindering a investigation of a VP candidate. Palin and McCain cares less about ethics reform, and change. He vetted her ,and didn't know she had a load of sh.... in her pants, now he has to stop it from hitting the fan.

    • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/17/2008 8:04:34 AM

      YEAH THATS REAL FAIR LET THE DEMOCRATS INVESTIGATE A REPUBLICAN GEEZE YOU ARE STUPID HOW ABOUT A INDEPENDANT INVESTIGATION LIKE THE McCAIN CAMP ASKED FOR !

  • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/17/2008 8:02:48 AM

    i remember when hilary tried everything to knock obama down even the kitchen sink and it did not work! now the obama camp is trying everything including the kitchen sink on palin and its not working ! she gets bigger crowds at her rallies and he gets small ones his ego is crushed and he is worried that he will lose the white house ! and he should be ! McCAIN / PALIN 08 ! >>>>>>>>>> OBAMA / BIDEN BACK TO THE SENATE !
    as history suggests issues of policy will ultimately trump the politics of identity. obama is all about who he is and nothing about what he has done ! McCain is all about what he has done not who he is ! the choice is clear !

  • Posted By: willoe1 @ 09/16/2008 3:49:36 PM

    So she isn't going to cooperate with the investigation now because its too partisan. What a copout. If there is nothing to hide, why be afraid there will be any "October Surprise"? So the latest back peddling here makes me wonder if the McPainlin campaign doesn't know something we don't yet. Maybe there's a "Surprise" to be found, hope someone finds it before October. It would be great for someone to bring the truth to us in a timely fashion for once in our fine quality republican government.

  • Posted By: nsemn8r @ 09/16/2008 12:05:26 PM

    Hey Davole - if McCain is SO disabled that he can't even use a typewriter, he's the only one on the trail right now who is clearly not qualified to be in ANY elected position - retire that old dog now! Palin's activities are shameful, and the closer McCain gets to her, the greater his folly. You Repubs should have chosen Palin for the presidential nominee - at least she draws a crowd. If for the last 8 years my Ford truck has been giving me problems and costing me a fortune, why would I buy another Ford to fix the problem? I'm buying a Chevy!

  • Posted By: Davole @ 09/16/2008 10:38:50 AM

    The Obama Campaign Sinks to a New Low in Decency

    The Obama campaign, as it continues to flounder and sink in the polls, has descended to a new low, even for itself.

    Recently it has launched a new TV ad in which a mocking narrator alleges that John McCain is so out of touch with the current generation because of his inability to use a computer.

    The narrator does not admit that the reason John McCain doesn???t use a computer is because 5 and a half years of torture as a POW in the Vietnam war cause him to experience severe pain by attempting to do many of the day to day menial tasks which most of the American population take for granted.

    Obviously the Obama campaign does not demonstrate any appreciation and respect for the veteran and current members of the US military!

    The obamabot ship is sinking, and the crew are sure grasping at straws in their pitiful attempt to deceive the voting public. Yes, Obama approved that deceitful ad - it is consistent with his decrepit morally corrupt standards.

    Obviously that empty suit has no heart, courage, sincerity, honour, and respect!

    Do you expect a presidential candidate to be truthful in striving to win the election?
    If so, Obama just doesn???t ???measure up??? in that consideration!

    Obama is an unscrupulous do-anything community agitator who has revealed his true previously hidden self!

    On November 4, you, the legal American voting public, have the opportunity and ability to cast Obama back to that slag heap of Chicago manipulators who permeate the slum areas of that city.

  • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/16/2008 8:17:56 AM

    BREAKING NEWS ............Obama taps Barbra Streisand

  • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/15/2008 8:01:48 AM

    McCAIN HAS BEEN RUNNING ON CHANGE FOR 30 YRS.. HE HAS GONE ACROSS PARTY LINES TO GET THINGS DONE (IE;CHANGE!) HE HAS WAITED A LONG TIME TO HAVE THIS CHANCE TO MAKE REAL CHANGE IN WASHINGTON! IF ELECTED HE WILL HAVE A CABINET OF DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDANTS AND REPUBLICANS THAT HE HAS WORKED WITH OVER THE LAST 30 YRS! HE KNOWS THOSE IN WASHINGTON THAT WANT CHANGE BUT WERE TO AFRAID TO SPEAK UP FOR FEAR OF THIER PARTIES REPRISAL.. SO THOSE FOLKS WILL BE APPOINTED TO HIS CABINET ! NOW A QUESTION FOR YOU WHO WILL OBAMA PUT IN HIS CABINET ? WHO HAS HE WORKED WITH IN HIS SHORT TIME AS A U.S. SENATOR? AND WHO DOES HE KNOW IN WASHINGTON THAT WANTS REAL CHANGE ( NOT THE LIBERAL VERSION OF IT ) WHO ? IF YOU WANT A NSWER TO THIS YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS (1) GO TO MOVE ON .ORG AND SEE WHO IS PAYING HS WAY INTO THE WHITE HOUSE ! OR (2) LOOK AT THE COMPANY HE HAS KEPT FOR THE LAST 20YRS ! THAT???S WHO HE WILL APPOINT TO HIS CABINET MAYBE NOT THOSE FOLKS .. BUT ONES EXACTLY LIKE THEM !

  • Posted By: mccainsupporter @ 09/14/2008 8:38:24 PM

    There is likely no merit in the ethics complaint against Governor Sarah Palin and Sarah Palin should not have to wait until her sister disappeared before she intervened. Even if there was any merit to the complaint one could argue convincingly that it would have been prudent for her to intervene in this case given the recent publicity regarding the disappearance and death respectively of the last two wives of former and now retired police Sergeant Drew Peterson in Bolingbrook Illinois a Chicago suburb, the apartment shooting deaths during a homecoming party last October of six young adults including the former girlfriend of a 20-year-old Crandon Wisconsin deputy and Crandon police officer Tyler Peterson who took his own life before his apprehension, the death of the nine-month pregnant girlfriend of convicted former Ohio police officer Bobby Cutts whose two year old son broke the case with the statement that mommy is in the rug, and the pending murder trial of Pennsylvania State Trooper and homicide investigator Kevin Foley for the stabbing murder of the soon to be dentist ex-husband of his live-in girlfriend that occurred two days before the effective date of the final divorce decree. Sarah Palin should not have to have waited until her sister disappeared before she intervened in the trooper case. In the Foley case, Pennsylvania Trooper Kevin Foley lived with the estranged wife of a dentist who was viciously stabbed to death and thrown through the window of his own home two years ago. Pennsylvania State Trooper Foley specialized in homicide investigations and allegedly had been quoted as repeatedly stating in a State Police barracks break room in front of other State Troopers and supervisors as wishing that the dentist ex-husband would be killed in a car wreck or would otherwise die. Reportedly, his fellow state troopers did not take his threats seriously although they told him to stop making the threats against the now deceased dentist. Remember also in the Drew Peterson case, there were 18 eighteen separate domestic disturbance calls to the Drew Peterson residence outside Chicago.

    In the eighteen separate domestic disturbance calls to his home, Drew Peterson was never arrested or charged by his fellow officers with whom he worked. The only person ever charged by his fellow officers in all of Petersons domestic violence cases was his now deceased ex-wife. Any investigation into the conduct of her ex-brother-in-law trooper by his own department, the Alaska State Police and Pubic Safety Commissioner, should have been viewed with the same skepticism as the eighteen separate investigations into the conduct of Drew Peterson by his fellow officers. It clearly can be argued that the prudent course of action was for Governor Sarah Palin to intervene given the almost near universal blue wall of silence that often prevents investigation of police misconduct by their fellow officers, superiors, and even other outside law enforcement agencies.

  • Posted By: mccainsupporter @ 09/14/2008 8:37:49 PM

    It is no coincidence that revelations of police misconduct from the Rodney King beating to CBS news Katey Couric recent expose on corruption in Chicago City Police drug task force involves video camera documentation of misconduct including separate incidents of beating up of innocent bar patrons and a female bartender by the officers involved. A Chicago Police officer implicated was audiotaped later conspiring to murder his fellow officers to prevent further investigation of wrongdoing that included multiple and systematic thefts of drugs and money from drug dealers and falsification of police reports and sworn affidavits. The revelation of misconduct did not come from so-called good officers coming forward to report on the misconduct of their co-workers. Only when there is videotape footage documenting police misconduct or dead bodies turn up as in the Atlanta wrongful drug bust and shooting murder of a 95 year old grandmother in her own home does a successful investigation and prosecution go forward.

    With Sarah Palin sister there will not likely be any videotape and no bodies found so it not likely that any of her brother-in-laws co-workers are going to come forward on their own to document any misconduct. Sarah Palin should not have had to wait until her sister disappeared before she intervened.

    Ten domestic violence related deaths in four different states involving four different sworn law enforcement officers is more than enough reason for Governor Sarah Palin to not have had to wait until her sister disappeared before she intervened. Alaska in the winter is a big state in which it is easy for someone to disappear. In light of the recent murders of spouses and girlfriends by police officers in four other states, any alleged intervention by Governor Sarah Palin involving her ex-brother-in-law was not unethical or unreasonable, rather it was probably the more prudent course of conduct. Sarah Palin should not have had to wait until her sister disappeared before she intervened.

  • Posted By: RealityReallyBites @ 09/14/2008 7:07:19 PM

    More of the same from McSame. The Bush clone McMaim the McSame
    Rebubbalicans can't help being stupid, it's the way they are put together.
    You can't screw the head on that tight and not have some damage to the brain.
    Palin, take away the L and you get what repugnantcans cause.

    Pa

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