Nominee's ally moves to curb probe of Palin
Comment: 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
Comment: "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.
Comment: 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.
Comment: 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
Comment: 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).
Comment: 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.
Comment: 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???
Comment: 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?
Comment: 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
Comment: 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 !
Comment: 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.
Comment: 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 !
Comment: 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.
Comment: 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!
Comment: 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?
Comment: 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!
Comment: 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.
Comment: BREAKING NEWS ............Obama taps Barbra Streisand
Comment: 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 !
Comment: 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.
Comment: 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.
Comment: 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
Comment: You can't stop the National Enquirer. Like it or not. They tell the truth. We need model First Families in the White House to be role models for our youth. Don't let the trash enter. Joe Biden has model children for all to see. Jill is gorgeous. Jill is beautiful on the outside and the inside. Biden is more qualified to be President than McSame, Palin or Obama.
Comment: The Trooper should have been fired and not suspended when he used a stun gun on his own stepson. The Governor should have put pressure on somebody to get him fired. People like that do not need to be in law enforcement. You liberals scream about police brutality all the time but you don't think the Governor should have pressured someone to have this guy fired. What a double standard!
Comment: Hey Isikoff, the next time you are on MSNBC, why don't you mention that the State Trooper in question was suspended for using a stun gun on his stepson. I guess if you did that it might change people's views on the situation. All you mentioned was that he shot a moose illegallyand decided not to mention the stun gun part. No wonder you are such an unbiased reporter. Tell the whole truth and the whole story about everyone involved.
Comment: Anyone following this story knows that the trooper admitted in a tv interview that he tased the kid -- but he said that the boy asked him to do it so that he could see what it felt like. Anyone who has raised a boy child knows that this is entirely within the realm of possibilities. Boys think weird things are fun. Anyway, it does not seem to have been done in anger or as some sort of punishment. Outrageously bad judgement, no doubt. But not especially menacing,
Comment: Not especially menacing? What if the boy had wanted to know what it felt like to get punched in the face? I guess in your world that would be ok . I have four children, two of them are boys. My ten year old son has never asked for anything that crazy. With that kind of judgement he should not be in law enforcement. There is no exscuse for it.
Comment: I think we agree, at least in part. I think the trooper used horrifically bad judgement. I think there is no excuse for it. I think he probably should not be a trooper. I also think tasers have turned out to be a very bad idea because law enforcement people feel very free to use them under the supposition that they are not a lethal force (but that's another issue). My comment was only that Palin's ex-brotther-in-law is not some sort of monster. A bit of a dim-wit, maybe -- but a monster, no. In any case, as governor, she should have butted out and let the normal procdures handle things. You obviously think that the man's transgressions were enough to relieve him of his gun and his badge. Why not do it through the normal channels? Why have the governor throw her weight around, if there is another more legitimate course of action? It's the Dheney doctrine of "end justifies the means" played out on a smaller, domestic scale and it does not bode well for a candidate who seeks to follow Cheney into office. I am sick to my soul of chief executives who think they are above the law. This is not the principle upon which this country was founded. But if it is not stopped, it will be the principle that destroys our republic.
Comment: How do you presume to know that he is not a monster? Anybody who would use a stun gun on their own stepchild, no matter if they asked for it or not, is as close to a monster as you can get. What would you think if someone did that to one of your children? The guy is trash. This is a case where a higher power should have stepped in. Due process didn't work, he still has his job.
Comment: 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 Bollingbrook 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.
Comment: McCainSupporter, MY BUTT" This Turkey is a pain spin artist working for McStupid. These are the BS Talking Points spun out this morning by the Kermit McCain - Ms Piggy Campaign. Don't buy this Moose Poop. from Ms Piggy. It's obvious that Ms Piggy, is a true descendent of either The Hatfields or the McCoys. For she knows how to feud. PS Was her parents closely related befor they got marry? .
Comment: So, you're advocating vigilante justice? Forget the courts. Forget due precess. When you know a guy is guilty just take him out and string him up? What happened to the concept of being a country of laws?
Comment: The recent ten domestic violence deaths committed by law enforcement officers can become very relevant if you happen to be one of the victims or a relative of one of the innocent victims. With prevention you always look at the magnitude of the harm and risks to be prevented against the measures that one might undertake. The magnitude of the harm death or serious bodily injury justifies extraordinary measures of prevention. As to violating due process or a court order, would it not be better to be cited with contempt of court and save the life of her sister or to sit and do nothing and possibly watch her sister disappear. I would be disappointed to hear that a President or Vice-President could have acted in such a way to have prevented the World Trade Center attacks on 911 but did not do so for fear of being cited with contempt of court or violating the due process rights of an individual.
Comment: 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???s 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 resident does a successful investigation and prosecution go forward.
With Sarah Palin???s sister there will not likely be any videotape and 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.
Comment: 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. In light of the recent murders of spouses and girlfriends by police officers in 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.
Comment: Newsweek reports that Wooten had once been the subject of a court-imposed domestic-violence protection order. Newsweek further reports that a court filing by Wooten's lawyer indicates that within months of being issued, the violence protection order was dismissed.
There is no language in the federal criminal statute Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban that states or provides that Alaskan State Troopers are exempt from its provisions. Anyone including State Troopers are guilty of a federal felony punishable by five years in prison and a $100,000 fine for simple mere possession of a firearm if they are subject to an ordinary protective order for domestic violence. Importantly the reports state that the estranged spouse filed for divorce and a domestic violence protective order on April 11, 2005 against the State Trooper. This article reports that a protective order had been issued for a period. In most cases protective orders are customarily issued. Under new federal law, anyone subject to a protective order or convicted of misdemeanor domestic assault or felony assault is subject to a ban on possession or use of a handgun for a minimum of five years or at least to the end of the protective order. Some have argued that the ban is forever even after the protective order expires. The Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban is a federal law that applies to everyone including police officers and servicemen and servicewoman. Anyone in the military is subject to a discharge if a protective order is issued against them. It is a felony to violate the federal law Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban and the penalty is five years in prison. Every day that the trooper wore his sidearm or rode in his patrol car with a shotgun in the trunk, he was committing a felony and violating the federal law. If a protective order was issued and the trooper became subject to the order, the trooper should have been ineligible to be a State law enforcement officer and it would have been a slam dunk to terminate him. The State Police Commissioner should have been aware of this law and should have terminated the brother-in-law without being asked. The State Commissioner failure to uphold the federal law should have been enough grounds for his own termination.
Comment: Your post misses the point because it focuses on what a bad guy that Wooten is. The issue is whether Palin used the powers of the public office the voters entrusted her with to settle a personal score. For someone who claims to be a "reformer," this is a problem.
It should also be pointed out that a judge in her sister's custody case stated that continued harassment by Palin and her family of Wooten would be legally regarded a form of child abuse. It was also discovered that Palin billed Alaska for 312 days of travel when her family stayed in her own house. She calimed to hve sold the State plane on e-bay-she didn't.
Wooten is not the focus of this scandal; Palin is.
Comment: Columnist::::
Your post misses the point and my post is on point. My post with regards to the Federal criminal statute Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban has nothing to do whether Wooten is a ban guy or not. Wooten could be a saint or the greatest person on earth and it would not matter. Wooten became subject to a domestic protection order whether justified or not as reported in the article. Once subject to a domestic protection order, he was ineligible at that point to be a law enforcement officer. He committed a felony under federal law every day he wore his sidearm to work. The Alaska Public Safety Commissioner should have given Wooten a leave of absence or suspended him until the domestic protection order was lifted. Even if there was no basis for the protection order, Wooten and the Commissioner were violating federal criminal law by continuing to maintain Wooten on the force while he was subject to a domestic protection order.
Comment: If this is actually the case, Gov. Palin has nothing to fear from a full investigation. I'm sure that her husband will honor the subpoena. Aren't you? ;-)
Comment: 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 Bollingbrook Illinois a Chicago suburb, the death of the nine-month pregnant girlfriend of convicted former police officer Bobby Cutts in Ohio, 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 Peterson???s domestic violence cases was his now deceased ex-wife.
Comment: You will bring in anything to justify Palin's misuse of her powers. There is not way that the Peterson case is connected and can be used as a justification for a blatant misuse of power. Besides, How in the hell does firing Wooten make her family safer? It is more logical to argue that Wooten would go beserk and harm her sister because of Palin's actions.
That is a new one. The use of the Scott Peterson case to justify breaking the law. Dick Cheney would be proud of this.
Comment: 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 Peterson???s 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. In light of the recent murders of spouses and girlfriends by police officers in 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.
Comment: Newsweek reports that Wooten had once been the subject of a court-imposed domestic-violence protection order. Newswek further reports that a court filing by Wooten's lawyer indicates that within months of being issued, the violence protection order was dismissed.
There is no language in the federal criminal statute Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban that states or provides that Alaskan State Troopers are exempt from its provisions. Anyone including State Troopers are guilty of a federal felony punishable by five years in prison and a $100,000 fine for simple mere possession of a firearm if they are subject to an ordinary protective order for domestic violence. Importantly the reports state that the estranged spouse filed for divorce and a domestic violence protective order on April 11, 2005 against the State Trooper. This article reports that a protective order had been issued for a period. In most cases protective orders are customarily issued. Under new federal law, anyone subject to a protective order or convicted of misdemeanor domestic assault or felony assault is subject to a ban on possession or use of a handgun for a minimum of five years or at least to the end of the protective order. Some have argued that the ban is forever even after the protective order expires. The Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban is a federal law that applies to everyone including police officers and servicemen and servicewoman. Anyone in the military is subject to a discharge if a protective order is issued against them. It is a felony to violate the federal law Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban and the penalty is five years in prison. Every day that the trooper wore his sidearm or rode in his patrol car with a shotgun in the trunk, he was committing a felony and violating the federal law. If a protective order was issued and the trooper became subject to the order, the trooper should have been ineligible to be a State law enforcement officer and it would have been a slam dunk to terminate him. The State Police Commissioner should have been aware of this law and should have terminated the brother-in-law without being asked. The State Commissioner failure to uphold the federal law should have been enough grounds for his own termination.
Comment: Some people are just neoMORONS
Comment: Barry must be talking lessons from Joe.
Remarks by Sen. Barack Obama yesterday leading up to his controversial "lipstick on a pig" jab at the McCain campaign mirror almost word-for-word a political cartoon published last week in the Washington Post.
Much has been made of Obama criticizing McCain's idea of "change" by stating, "You can put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig." Taking it as an attack McCain's vice-presidential running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin, the campaign responded with a video on the Internet today.
But less attention has been paid to Obama's statements just preceding the lipstick reference, which appear to be an un-attributed copy of the caption in a Washington Post political cartoon by Tom Toles Sept. 5.
Obama stated:
"'Watch out, George Bush, except for economic policy, health care policy, tax policy, education policy, foreign policy and Karl Rove-style politics ??? we're really going to shake things up in Washington!' That's not change ... you know, you can put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig."
The political cartoon, also mocking McCain's and Palin's concept of change, stated four days earlier:
"Watch out, Mr. Bush! With the exception of economic policy and energy policy and social issues and tax policy and foreign policy and Supreme Court appointments and Rove-style politics, we're coming in there to shake things up!"
The similarities between the cartoon and Obama's speech were first noticed by users at the Free Republic website.
Comment: Folks Please... The VP pick is the sole decision and responsibility of the Nominee (Obama and McCain). We should honor and respect the political process - even if we don't like it.. What the hell happened to "A Nation Of Laws"?
Personally, I don't think Gov Palin is ready for the job - but that's my opinion.. Remember Dan Quale responding to a character on Murphy Brown tv show? So this country has endured and survived some strange political times.
The issues facing the country now are just go big for intelligent people like yourselves to waste time on silly stuff like this.. Let's collectively demand that all of the candidates be held accountable and address the issues we all face (Economy, Education, Healthcare, Immigration, Border Security Gasoline, etc)...
I personally don't care who is president as long as the country moves forward..
"Are you better off today than you were 4 years ago"?
... Ron Reagan
Comment: HECK NO!!!!!!
Comment: WHY SHOULD SARAH PALIN BE EXEMPT FROM THE INVESTIGATORY SCRUTINY THAT EVERY OTHER POLITICAL CANDIDATE MUST ENDURE. IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS A SMOKE AND MIRROR GAME GOING ON. SHE IS FRESH, COMPARED TO JOHN MCCAIN AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE I SEE A PRESIDEMTIAL CANDIDATE FOLLOWING HIS VP CHOICE BECAUSE HE CANNOT DRAW A CROWD WORTH ANYTHING. SARAH PALIN IS NOT MOTHER MARY OR MOTHER THERESA, SHE IS A POLITICIAN WHO IS ADMITTEDLY A "PIT BULL" . AND WE ALL KNOW HOW WE FEEL ABOUT PIT BULLS, THEY HAVE VERY SHAKY PERSONALITIES AND CAN TURN ON ANYONE INCLUDING THE ONE WHO FEEDS IT, WATCH OUT MR MC"CANT" , YOU MIGHT BE BITTEN BY YOUR OWN PET!
Comment: I TOO AM AN AVERAGE AMERICAN, AND I AM APPALLED THAT ANYONE WOULD THINK THAT SARAH PALIN'S HISTORY SHOULD BE OFF LIMITS. EVERYONE GETS THEIR TURN BEING DRAGGED THROUGH THE INVESTIGATORY PROCESS. THE MORE I HEAR PEOPLE WHINING ABOUT IT, THE MORE I BELIEVE THERE IS SOMETHING TO HIDE AND I, TOO WAS ON THE FENCE. HOWEVER, MCCAINS CAMPAIGN IS NOT AS TRANSPARENT AS IT SHOULD BE. ANY AND ALL INFORMATION SHOULD BE DISCLOSED AND INVESTIGATED. WHO IS SHE THAT SHE SHOULD NOT BE INVESTIGATED.
THERE IS DEFINATELY SMOKE WHICH MEANS THERE IS PROBABLY A FLAME OR TWO BEING "PUT OUT".
SHE STEPPED INTO THE GAME, ALL IS FAIR. STOP WHINING!!!!
Comment: I am a white middle class female who had not made up my mind about the election until the mainstream newsmedia began trying to push the election in a certain direction. Listen up newscasters (or whatever you prefer to be called). As long as you continue to push McCain/Palin in the ground you are helping people like me make up their minds. Most of us average Americans don't like to see people like you gang up on people. Stick to the issues if you are real journalist and not trash mongers. Both parties have plenty of baggage. You do yourself and OBama an injustice. Look at the numbers rising for McCain/Palin (count me in here) and keep on talking/digging trash and you will be looking at a McCain/Palin win for sure. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!! Put yourself in the average American's shoes (like me) and pull some of your clips and look/listen and you will see how utterly ignorant you are. WE ARE NOT STUPID JUST BECAUSE WE ARE YOUR AVERAGE AMERICAN CITIZENS!!! We love our country and we want to hear from each candidate what they have as a plan. A PLAN NOT JUST SOME GENERAL NUMBERS! WE DON'T WANT O'BAMA TELLING US ABOUT WHAT MCCAIN/PALIN IS GOING TO DO AND WE DON'T WANT MCCAIN TELLING US WHAT O'BAMA/BIDEN IS GOING TO DO!s!
Comment: What a garbage article. It concludes without stating the facts, that a corrupt police agency has circled the wagons agound a person who admitted child abuse, has numerous reports of threatening and abusing cittizens, threatening what was then a local Mayors family members with harm, reprimanded for dereliction of duties and crimanal misdemeanors and possibly felonies while on State Police business, and who at least once had to have a restraining order placed against him. The entire upper echelon of the Alaska State Police would seem to need to resign and the legislature put through a character and ethics policy for persons armed by the state while charged with protecting all citizens. Clearly this trooper was not properly disciplined and that demonstrates a need for the Gov. to address the issue to the appointed head of that organization and demand a response, policy changes, and legislative proposals to ensure that corrupt officials, even low level troopers, are held to high standards of personal conduct on and off the job.
Comment: SARAH PALIN IS NOW BEING JUDGED FOR ALLOWING ARIEL WOLF HUNTS IN ALASKA ! SHE HAS SIGNED A BILL THAT WILL ALLOW WOLF HUNTS AND THE PETA PEOPLE ARE GOING NUTS ABOUT IT AND THE LEFTIST LIBERALS TOO !! ITS NOT OKAY TO FLY A PLANE IN A STATE THAT IS ALMOST ALL WILDERNESS TO HUNT DOWN WOLFS THAT HAVE BEEN DEPLETEING THE OTHER WILD LIFE IN THE STATE ! THESE WOLFS HAVE GROWN IN POPULATION SO MUCH THAT THEY ARE NOW COMMING INTO CITIES AND TOWNS TO HUNT THEY ARE KILLING OFF LIVESTOCK AND DOMESTIC DOGS AND CATS PLUS LAST YEAR IN THE STATE THERE HAVE BEEN 19 REPORTS OF HUMANS BEING ATTACKED 14 OF WHICH WERE CHILDREN ! (GOOD THING SOMEONE WAS THERE TO HELP THEM ) SO THE LIBERALS AND PETA ARE IN A UPROAR !! BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT LIKE I DO YOU WILL COME TO THIS ......... WOLFS HAVE AS MANY AS 12 PUPS AT A TIME BUT NO FEWER THAN 5 AND IN A PACK 85% OF THE PUPS SURVIVE ! SO THAT BEING SAID THE WOLF POPULATION IS VERY HEARTY NOW MOST PEOPEL HAVE 1 KID AT A TIME SOME TIMES 2 OR 3 RARELY MORE ! WHY IS IT WRONG TO KILL OFF SOME WOLFS THAT ARE NOW BEING REAL BOLD AS TO ATTACK HUMANS BUT ITS OKAY FOR THE LIBERALS TO SAY HEY IF YOU DON'T WANT THAT KID GO GET RID OF IT ! SO WHAT I SEE IS ITS OKAY TO KILL BABIES IN THE LIBERAL POINT OF VEIW BUT IF YOU KILL A WOLF THEN YOUR A BAD PERSON !
Comment: Posted By: HarleyisHere @ 09/09/2008 01:18:09
Comment: Palin brought on victory herself when she laid claim to "18 million supporters" whom were betrayed by Obama! Women. everywhere said. It is not about Palin; it???s about Hillary! How could Obama care less, about women sure he knows that if he picked Hillary he would be winning right now! But he picked biden who said that Hillary would have been a better pick! But because Obama is a sexist fool who can???t come to terms with having a woman on the ticket even if it costs him the election! Too bad we as women of this great country will stand behind Palin for support of women all across this land!
Comment: As a woman, I can't stand Palin either and see no similarity between her and Senator Clinton, apart from their chromosomes. I find it insulting that anyone would think we will automatically vote for a woman, especially one who has been foisted on the american public so precipitously. Of course she should be scrutinized like everyone else has been. Don't you recall Obama's kindergarten writing being held up as proof that he had always wanted to be president?
The republicans as usual are doing a good job at getting themselves elected, because the country is suffering from collective amnesia, forgetting that we didn't have to be at war in Iraq; that those 4000 plus Americans didn't have to die for the neo-cons radical idealism and government mismanagement; that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac didn't have to fail, but was allowed to fail as a result of the laissez faire attitude of the right wing. A good strong president, intelligent, compassionate, prepared to listen and act on behalf of the Americvan perople, and not just the rich would make this country immeasurably stronger and more respected around the world. Think back 8 years. Are we better off now? are we safer?
Palin and McCain will keep us going in the same losing course and W. We will get poorer - the rich will get richer , and we will be back in the dark ages. Please America - wake up and vote for Obama/Biden!
Comment: Speak for yourself, I'm a woman and I will not stand behind Palin. She had not done anything to help women move forward in this society. Why don't you take your head out of your behind start researching what this woman stands for.
Comment: Blah Blah Blah Blah, keep doing what you're doing. Thanks!!
Comment: It's bad enough that Bush and his cronies have been able to evade investigations into their activities during his presidency. Are we really going to let the Republicans ramrod through a VP candidate who most of us hadn't even heard of 2 weeks ago without demanding answers on possible corruption? If this investigation goes away and we are foolish enough to elect Bush - Palin (OOPS...I mean McCain - Palin), the Executive Branch will get the message they can have another 4 years of free, unchecked, do-anything-you-want activity. This "democracy" is already a sham; it will be all the more so if we don't demand answers now.
Comment: It's bad enough that Bush has gotten away with not cooperating with investigations RE: his and his administration's actions. Are we REALLY going to let the Republicans get away with this to ramrod through a VP candidate who most of us had never even heard of until 2 weeks ago? If this investigation goes away and this country elects Bush - Palin (oops...I meant McCain - Palin) we will see another 4 years of no checks and balances on the Executive Branch. Not that we live in a democracy today even - but that will only get even worse.
Comment: The National Inquierer is reporting that Palin's oldest son, the one who is going to Iraq, was a heavy Oxycontin, user. Usually I wouldn't pay too much attention to an article by them, but since the Edwards scoop, they've attained some credibility. So what's the story?
Comment: Good job Mike Isikoff too bad you're not working for the McCain campaign. So they have the husband exerting influence on a government employee, and they have her on tape, not good and the McCain campaign is pressuring them to put the kabash on the investigation. Sooner or later someone is going to crawl out of the woodwork with some really bad news..
Comment: I think that in a democratic society (The United States of America) that this investigation should go on without obstruction. The public has a right to know what the truth is and the republicans should not be trying to thrwart the ability of this non-partisan investigation. There is too much at stake and we the people have a right to know the character and ethical decisions and behaviors of someone that is running for a high level position such as the vice presidency. Let's face it if this person (Palin) is guilty of unethical conduct should she be one of our leaders in the free world? This is very disturbing to me and if she indeed tried to use her power to fire someone out of a personal vendetta for her sister, what can we expect from her if she becomes vice president? I am concern about our rights as US citizens under McCain/Palin leadership. These are questionable ethical behaviors that we need to fully investigate before voting for Palin.
Comment: If they have nothing to hide, Why try and block the investigation
Comment: I can not believe the republicans are trying to push this under the run. This investigation was going on with the approval of the governer..until she got put on the ticket. Now the republicans want to add there muscle behind it...see this is why there is so much that needs to be learned about Palin before she is even thought of in a position to run this county
Comment: I personally am happy to see the results by Oct. 10th rather than Oct 31st -- let's get the truth out there for the early voters, too!
It may sound cliched, but "where there's smoke, there's usually fire" and this isn't the only accusation or proven attempt of using political power to fire, punish or otherwise harass someone who disagreed with Gov. Palin.
The October Surprise will be that she steps down and McCain gets to have the person he really wanted - Joe Lieberman, plus... HE GETS TO KEEP ALL THE RIGHT-WING CHRISTIAN DONATIONS TO HIS CAMPAIGN!!
That's McCain for you. McCain = BUSH = MORE OF THE SAME.
Been there, Done that. TWICE.
And as Sarah the pitbull would say: Thanks, but NO THANKS.
Comment: typical,desperate attempt to suppress the truth. Reminds me of Watergate when Nixon and his crowd circled the wagond and tried to bury the facts behind procedural shenanigans such as executive privilege. The truth will emerge, as it usually does, and the efforts of the McCain-Palin desperadoes will only serve to heighten the curiosity of the public .Ahab Greenbloom
Comment: Why are republicans unable and always unwilling to look at the truth, first most of the retards believe in a imaginary friend that speak to them personally and no one else, then they steal, lie and cheat at everything they do. Then the morons wonder why the rest of the world want's to put a price on their head and hunt them to extinction. Stupid should hurt..... punch a republican today.!!
Comment: We can see where this is headed. Palin will be found to have done nothing illegal in firing Monegan, since public safety commissioners serve at the governor's pleasure. But the media will frame this case in vague but sinister terms: Think "abuse of power." It will also bury the back story that explains why Palin was so concerned.
So here are some key facts to keep on file (for a full report on Wooten, see adn.com/front/story/476430.html). You may not be seeing much of them from here on
Heath and Sarah Palin, who was not yet governor, said that Wooten had threatened to kill Heath ??? telling McCann that Heath "would eat a f***ing lead bullet" if he hired a lawyer for her. They also charged that he had used a Taser on his own 11-year-old stepson, had drunk beer in his patrol car and had shot a cow moose without a license (the latter a crime in Alaska, where such licenses are not easy to come by).
??? The state police investigated these charges and substantiated all of them. Col. Julia Grimes, then head of the Alaska State Troopers, suspended Wooten for 10 days and wrote, "The record clearly indicates a serious and concentrated pattern of unacceptable and at times, illegal activity occurring over a lengthy period, which establishes a course of conduct totally at odds with the ethics of our profession." She warned him he would be fired if he didn't shape up. The troopers' union got the suspension cut to five days.
Now ask yourself this: If you were Sarah Palin and had such a revealing look at Mike Wooten, would you have wanted him on the force? Palin was acting as any concerned citizen should after a close encounter with an unfit cop. If there's abuse of power in this story, it lies on the side of bureaucrats and unions protecting officers whose behavior makes them a danger to the public.
Comment: Rev. Wright at it again:
More than 20 years after Rev. Jeremiah Wright allegedly stole the wife of a man whom he was counseling, he reportedly moved on to another married woman.
Dallas church worker Elizabeth Payne, 37, claims she had a sexual affair with Wright. When rumors of the relationship began to surface, Payne's husband left and she lost her job as a secretary to the Rev. Frederick Haynes III at Friendship-West Baptist Church, according to the New York Post.
"I was involved with Rev. Wright, and that's why I lost my job and why my husband divorced me," Payne said.
Members of the church "found out about the affair in the spring," Payne said.
Payne had organized several Texas appearances for Wright after Barack Obama denounced his 20-year pastor for his controversial sermons.
Nothing to do with Obama, but still too funny.
Comment: correction=Gov. Palin is not a pig /with a lipstick , In her own words she is a pitbull with a lipstick. She is extremely dangerous and can not be trusted. Even in her early political life, she is already expert incircumventing the truth, claiming the credit ,for which so many others work hard to eliminate THE BRIDGE TO NO WHERE! Actually Palin supported the project until it became unpopular and she was running for governor.She is obsess with power to others at any means. she is under investigation for abuse of power. It seems AMORAL to collect thousands of money per diem expenses for her family while staying at home!
Comment: So is calling yourself a "BITCH" more flattering than a pig?
Comment: If someone has nothing to hide, as Palin has previously stated, then why would the McCain campaign & fellow GOP members try to stop the investigation now? Sounds like Ms Palin might not be as pure as the driven Alaskan snow after all!
Comment: Sarah Palin's life is like an episode of the Jerry Springer show. She has a pregnant 17 year old daughter, her future son-inlaw has an appalling myspace page, and her sister's divorce from her second marriage would makes Brittnany Spears look classy. I am all in favor of historic canidacies-but the firsr white trash VP-not so much.
Comment: I'd rather know before I cast my vote what kind of person I'm voting for. So, no, it is improper to quash an investigation at this stage. Crying "foul" about efforts to find the truth about any politician's record suggests that we voters have no obligation or right to be informed--with facts, not hearsay or innuendo or propaganda, etc--before we mark our ballots. Previous posters might like living in the dark and accepting at face value the pretty tales they hear, but I've had enough of being lied to. Why aren't you tired of the lies, too?
Comment: Senator Obama has been in the news for months. People have been challenging things ranging from his heritage to his religion. This Governor Palin is new and thus newsworthy (to some). Why is everyone so offended because there are "untruths" out there. Get over it. It is called politics and the only way some chose to uplift themselves is by putting others down. I have often that these responses are used as a medium for those people to really display the hate in their hearts. Rachel Maddow's sexual preference is none of my business or concern, but then again she is not running for a public office either (you have the option of turning your channel). When you put yourself out there in the arena with the prospect of running our country you have opened the doors to your life no matter how pretty or ugly it is.
Comment: Exactly. When you enter the world of politics, you subject your life and family to be under scrutiny.....Fox in particular continuously pounded Barack's charater, religion, values and church affiliation. He came under a lot of scrutiny. Now the republicans want to throw a rock and hide their hands....Why are they trying to call off the investigation. You damn right.....she needs to be investigated....McCain put her out there so people have the right to know....He whinned about not getting attention, well now you got it....It has nothing to do with her personally...this is all about principle and character....I can believe she had her brother -in law fired.....that's the kind of stuff politics that go on in smaill towns.....the powers that be think they can get away with it....in other words, she was trying to push her weight around....if she's so great then let the witch answer questions from the media without McCain or his staff supervising.....IF they wanted to supervise, they should have supervised her when she met her husband 20 yrs ago before they got married.
Comment: If there is no there there, it should be allowed to come out in an investigatigation that began BEFORE Palin became a candidate for VP. If ther is a there there, the Amaerican voters have every right to know in a timely way, in other words. before she has a chance to actually receive any votes for VP. What's so hard about that?I think McCain is hiding behind Palins apparently extremely feminine skirts, which makes her, in a very sexist way, off limits for any sort of real criticism (you don't hit a girtl if you are a real man, meaning Obama and Biden) and fears losing that apparently very flimsy shield. Do you honestly believe he draw those big crowds
on his own? Let the investigation continue. Do you think McCain would have cared two cents worth about it if he had chosen someone else to run with? He shouldn't be allowed to wiggle out of what I suspect, was a very poor job of vetting Ms. Palin.
Comment: palin is not a pig w/ lipstick , she in her own words a pit bull w/lipstck SHE is extremely dangerous and can not be trusted . at an early phase of here potical life .she is already expert in circunventing the truth. claiming cridit for which many otter harder to eliminate THE BRIDGE TO NOWHERE! She is obsess in power control of others . She is under investegation for abuse of power.It seems amoral to charge gob for staying at home. THANKS N.L.M. D/L//N.D.
Comment: Pain is a fast-track, small-time politician being introduced to the big time. Most politicians running on a national ticket have been vetted through their record and their public appearances. Some survive the trip-ups they make and continue to hold national office (Biden, McCain, Kennedy,etc.), other do not (George Allen, Larry Craig, etc.).
My image of Palin becoming vice president of the United States is that should she be called upon to occupy the oval office - she will be surrounded by a multitude of unknown individuals (some of whom would be professionals, others would be small time themselves) running the executive branch and calling the shots on all foreign and domestic matters - and that is a fearful thought.
As for the argument that Obama has no more experience than Palin - Obama became the nominee based on the choices of some 18-20 million primary voters. Palin became the nominee based on the determination of one person that she is qualified to be one heartbeat away from the presidency. Her selection makes me question whether 'country first' is something McCain really believes in - or just uses as a campaign slogan.
Comment: TYPICAL, I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN, sweep it under teh rug because it might effect the outcome?! I t's important to know whether she abused this power in office. Each of the candidates has been under srutiny for things, why should she be spared if she did wrong? I say keep going and produce a fair report, if it exonorates her, great. But, let's get real, is she is ready to be the president if McCain would be unable! ? I don't see it, in fact it's scary! And the fact that he picked her has nothing to do with her ability, It's an obvious, shameless attempt to bring the women voters over, to them and I for one am smart enough NOt to fall for it. Wake up women! You're being duped by a master. He won't even let her be out on her own! And quit with teh discrimination already! EXCUSES, EXCUSES...She'll take women back aeons! And I don't think aprading your 17 y.o. teenage pregancy issues are a badge of honor either, does it tell you teaching abstinance isn't working????
Comment: TYPICAL, I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN, sweep it under teh rug because it might effect the outcome?! I t's important to know whether she abused this power in office. Each of the candidates has been under srutiny for things, why should she be spared if she did wrong? I say keep going and produce a fair report, if it exonorates her, great. But, let's get real, is she is ready to be the president if McCain would be unable! ? I don't see it, in fact it's scary! And the fact that he picked her has nothing to do with her ability, It's an obvious, shameless attempt to bring the women voters over, to them and I for one am smart enough NOt to fall for it. Wake up women! You're being duped by a master. He won't even let her be out on her own! And quit with teh discrimination already! EXCUSES, EXCUSES...She'll take women back aeons! And I don't think aprading your 17 y.o. teenage pregancy issues are a badge of honor either, does it tell you teaching abstinance isn't working????
Comment: I totally agree. All this is throwing the dog off the scent. I want to know what she knows about the issues that the enire country is facing and what her plans are for that.as appose to what she has done in the little community she governs.
Comment: So she has troopers, McCain tossed his first wife for an heiress, Obama has Rezko, and Biden tinkered with plagiarism.
These are politicians - none of them are choirboys or girls.
I don't care about her ex-brother-in-law, her wayward 17-yr old daughter, or the fact that she can skin a moose.
What I want to know is what does she think about Afghanistan; what does she want to do about the trade deficit, the budget deficit, and medicare; how do we lower the price of gas; and why she is ready to be a heartbeat away from the presidency?
My fear is that we will never know, and that she doesn't know, either.
Comment: The official website of the Democratic Party has a blog posting entitled, "McCain's Selection of Palin is Lipstick on a Pig," illustrated by an altered photograph of a pig with makeup, designer glasses and pearls.
"Palin is a red herring, lipstick on the Republican pig to distract Americans from the real issue that under the leadership of the Republicans the last 8 years, our country is falling apart," writes the blogger, Elizabeth Berry, a self-described 49-year-old "progressive" from Texas.
Comment: So what is the fear. Let the investigation continue and the public will sort it out. Seems that where there is smoke there is fire....heard that a lot with the Clinton scandal.....the Republicans used that line several times to increase the funding for the investigation.....this on the other hand is in a state where the Governors husband used to be in favor of seceding from the union. Oh well...Let them and make her Queen of Alaska. Just keep her out of Washington DC. What a joke.
Comment: Barack Obama said in an interview in 2004 after he won the senate seat that he will not run for president because he believes in "knowing what you are doing when applying for a job and if I were to consider running on a national ticket I would have to start now before having served a day in the senate, some people might be comfortable doing that but I'm not one of those people. (Nov. 2004)" -- Interview on CNN
I guess he is caught up in the hype of himself too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BnLozS-TnM&NR=1
Comment: Then whats the problem,let them do thier job.She doe want to Secede Alaska,so she could be a mole for the movement.This group means business,who know what they will do next. Americas at risk until we find out.McCain gave her a Goggle backround inspection.I don't trust someone who told this group KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.That is close to Treason.
Comment: I am so glad that someone here can at least think for themselves...it shows there is at least a spark of hope left for the other half of Americans.
Joking aside, I salute you in having the ability to see through some of this garbage, of having the wisdom to search for the truth and the courage to admit that you were mistaken in your original assumptions of the so called facts of this story!
Comment: I orginally posted some nasty stuff about Palin (Troopergate) earlier on the Newsweek site....Now that I have some real info, I'm sorry for jumping the gun and condeming her before I knew the whole story. Sorry.
