Team McCain and the Trooper

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  • Posted By: People For The Truth On Troopergate @ 09/06/2008 5:40:33 PM

    Please sign this petition demanding the truth at www.alaskatroopergate.com that states:

    "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!

  • Posted By: keepitreal50 @ 09/06/2008 5:30:31 PM

    That's because this country has a history of not standing up for Blacks, Indians, Poor people, Handicap people, Women ect... I keep reminding people that this country was founded on the principles of hate and oppression and most people continue to ignore it like it will go away and the world will somehow look kindly upon America. But as long as Americans continue to allow this poison to exist, we will suffer.

  • Posted By: cae557 @ 09/06/2008 5:28:41 PM

    See here we go again Palin is right no matter what and Wooten and Monegan are wrong no matter what. First your forgetting there was an investigation into Wooten and was punished for his mistakes. Second you guys don't seem to care that Palin said she never called or had any contact. Well guess what there are emails from her so that is involvement. Second I never had anyone call well low and behold there is at least one audio recording of her people. Palin said me and my staff never did anything wrong strange since the Union and other sources say they did illegally look into Wooten???s records. Next she says I am cooperating well that???s not the picture the special investigator is saying that Palin or her lawyer will not return calls. That???s not even it She asks the Legislation to remove Special investigator and have the whole thing turned over to ethics Boards which she appointed everyone too. you may say that???s it but wait it???s not. Key Alaska allies of John McCain are trying to derail a politically charged investigation into Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of her public safety commissioner that could produce embarrassing information about the vice presidential candidate on the eve of the election. Not only are they asking the state legislators to remove the Special investigator removed but there asking that French, the one overseeing the probe be released. I bet that???s it right wait wrong there is more Key Allies of Palin and McCain suggested Friday that the investigation into Palin's firing of Monegan should be shut down entirely.
    My question is if you did not do anything wrong and have nothing to hide why do you run all over and *** on yourself to have the investigation just disappear. It???s because you are buried in it way over your head and the crap is going to hit the fan.
    If anyone is so biased not to think that there isn???t something fishy there your an idiot.

  • Posted By: SCCavie93 @ 09/06/2008 5:01:13 PM

    HOW predictable! When the mayor of Detroit goes to jail, there should be a group of Republicans joining him.from the President down.

    It makes me SICK to listen to McCain "brag" about "getting the surge" right.....Is he so stupid as to not know there would be no need for a surge if there was NO WAR!

    Members of the executive branch and legislative branch should be facing charges (Crimes against humanity).

    • Posted By: loriw @ 09/06/2008 5:20:10 PM

      The Mayor of Detroit got exactly what he deserved.
      Saddam Huessin was him self a weapon of mass distruction and deserved what he got too for murdering thousands and thousands of his own people and refusing to cooperate with the UN.
      I have a son-in-law who is serving in Iraq right now. Sen. McCain's son volunteered and served in Iraq. I think the McCains have another son that is going soon and Gov Palin's son volunteered and leaves 9/11.
      I have NO DOUBT that our presence in Iraq is THE BIGGEST reason that we have not had another attack since 9/11. Had we not been attacked on 9/11 there wouldn't have been a war so put the blame where it belongs...on the terrorists and on Clinton for mucking up our foreign affairs while he was having his affairs.

  • Posted By: NewsWkDickG @ 09/06/2008 5:14:44 PM

    When George W. Bush told the American people, the world and the congress that there was sufficient justification for attacking Iraq, he lied. Today the American people realize that, just as the world has all along. When he said that American drugs brought back into the U.S. would be unsafe, he lied to support his position, as he did when he said Global Warming wasn???t a real problem. He lied, as did many others in his administration, when he said his administration had nothing to do with releasing the CIA agent???s identity and again when he stated that squelching the wiretapping story during an election year was done for national security reasons and not just for political reasons. When he offered that Afghanistan was relatively secure, the War on Terror was succeeding and it wasn???t a problem to focus instead on Iraq and then frequently again throughout the Iraq campaign he used ???rational lies??? in reporting status. On and on, private accounts for Social Security, Tax Cuts for the wealthy, trade agreements resulting in exported American jobs and taxes, the humongous deficit isn???t a problem,,, George W. Bush and his staff have freely reverted to exaggerations, rationalizations, intentional deceptions,, simply lies while they pursued their own private agenda and now today everyone understands that to be the reality ??? but how often have we actually heard it said? When have you ever heard a reporter say, ???Well the president (or his staff) has told another whopper today???? Not the media, not the Democrats, not any whistle blower with merit, not any responsible Republican with a conscience, not even any Christian or community leader, not anyone with credibility has ever come out and exposed or condemned the flagrant and arrogant lying that the Bush administration has so consistently indulged in. Why? Is there that much power behind them, to control the media and put fear in everyone else? And if that is true, where does that leave us? One by one, separately the individual lies can be taken and rationalized, covered over and explained using more lies but together they tell the real story ??? we are simply being taken for granted and repeatedly lied to. Maybe it is felt that calling them on their lies or disrespectfully calling the President a liar would serve no purpose and might even be counter-productive but, as we have drastically seen, that then only condones and encourages more of the same. It is well past time for change! We desperately need change from the Bush-Cheney abuse and private use of our government and we really need change from Washington as usual!

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  • Posted By: NewsWkDickG @ 09/06/2008 5:13:54 PM

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    The above is something I wrote awhile back and now today we even have John McCain, the Republican nominee for president, sternly declaring that the last eight years have been a failure costing America greatly and that the Republican Party has lost the people???s trust and that we desperately need real change. He now says that he is for change (the Democrats long standing position) and that McCain-Palin is the ticket to shake up Washington??? BUT ??? he is still totally dependent on and is aggressively cultivating the support of all the same people and interests who supported and benefited from the Bush-Cheney positions. Then he, contrary to what he says, in all of his years in Washington has only given change some talk and no action and as a supposed ???Maverick??? has really only flip-flopped and then as it personally benefited him. And Palin is obviously their attack dog, she calls herself ???a pit bull with lipstick???, as she is extreme, aggressive and feisty and offers little else, including no diplomacy and only unrelentingly and without conscience attacks on Obama. McCain-Palin boldly state that the campaign is about personalities and they avoid talking about the issues where change is suppose to take place. There really isn???t much hope for the much needed change there, only more rhetoric aimed to steal the Democrats??? thunder ??? and remember even Bush ran with the promise for change. The lies simply continue to add up in an effort to disguise more of the same. Hopefully the people are less apt to be deceived this time.

  • Posted By: Omaar @ 09/06/2008 5:10:04 PM



    PALIN'S CASE IS A CASE OF A LACK OF MORAL AND LEGAL ETHICS AND A HISTORY OF ABUSE OF GOVERNING POWER !!
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    1. The Bill Ayers Story is retarded, the Man is a University Professor, is not this Terror to the Nation as you would assess him to be... If Ayers was this National Security or TERRORIST THREAT to AMERICA...

    Ayers would be... A.) In Federal Prison For Life or B.) Dead as a Door Knob...

    The CIA, The FBI and the President would make Bill Ayers REAL HISTORY !!

    So Stop the Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh & Anne Coulter A!! Wiping and Bull-Spitting..OK


    2.This Story is not about Mike Wooten, who has Admitted to his WRONGDOINGS, he's STILL an Alaskan Policeman. Wooten was only Suspended 5 Days. he's still a Policeman. Everybody knows that policemen by an large are Steroided Out, Mental Cases, with a Badge an Most have Citations of Varying Degrees, based on how long they've served and what Department.

    Note: Its the Alaskan Security Administrator, whom Palin Fired and Palin's Administrations Constant Harassment and Bullying, via Palin's ABUSE OF POWER, THAT HAS HER P-SSY IN A RINGER...

    NOT WOOTEN..I REPAEAT NOT WOOTEN....

    WOOTEN IS THE DISTRACTION...IT'S SARAH PALIN THAT IS THE FOCUS, BASED ON "ABUSE OF POWER"

    GETTING ILLEGAL ACCESS TO WOOTEN'S RECORDS.WHICH IS AGAINST ALASKAN STATE LAW, MAYBE EVEN FEDERAL LAW ?

    WOOTEN IS SCOTT FREE...PALIN SHOULD'VE LEFT IT ALONE, LIKE NOT LEAVING THAT LIBRARIAN ALONE, WHO SUED AND WON AND HAS HER LIBRARIAN JOB BACK.

    SARAH PALIN: IS A GOOD OLE GIRL POLITICIAN, WHO JUST LIKE ANY "GOOD OLE GIRL" IS DOING WHAT THE "GOOD OLE BOYS DO" NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL AND SHOULD BE SCRUTINIZED LIKE THE "GOOD OLE BOYS"

    "A PIT BULL WITH LIPSTICK."...

    HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A PIT BULL B!TCH DOG...AVOID A GOOD FIGHT..HMMMMM

    HE!! NO...

    THIS B!TCH IS A FRAUD, NOW THE PRO-REPUBLICANS ARE CALLING "SEXISM"

    WHEN PALIN SAID THAT "HILLARY WAS WHINING"

    THE B!TCH HAS BEEN ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOR 1 1/2 WEEKS AND ALREADY WHINING LIKE A B!CTH POODLE OPPOSED TO A "PIT BULL"

    "A PIT BULL WITH LIPSTICK" HAD THE DEMOCRATS BRANDED HER WITH SUCH A LABEL, SHE WOULD AND THE PRO-REPUBLICAN MEDIA, WOULD'VE CALLED IT A SEXIST TERM !!!

  • Posted By: SCCavie93 @ 09/06/2008 5:05:29 PM

    Palin needs time to get her lies together. (Its not like the media isn't giving her special treatment. It is ashame that she aspires to break barriers for women, while at the same time she represents all that is dangerous when it come to gender equality.)

  • Posted By: lisas @ 09/06/2008 4:53:29 PM

    How is a woman who is not ready to have a solo national press interview capable of being ready on day one to assume the Presidency? Perhaps the Repubs think that the Iranian leader might say- " Sure Ms. Palin, we will glady wait a few days until your handlers get you up to speed."

    If Ms. Palin is not ready to solo in prime time, she is not hardly ready to solo as the leader of the free world.

  • Posted By: oregeondreamchaser @ 09/06/2008 3:39:32 PM

    If you would like a copy of the letter of recommendation that Palin wrote (as mayor) to get Wooten his job, (political favor for a family member) then write me oregondreamchaser@yahoo.com. This letter totally refutes every claim that Palin is now making about Wooten.. She calls him everything but Jesus and highly recommends him. The URL was scrubbed where I copied this, so I have to offer by email...

    • Posted By: m.mcc @ 09/06/2008 3:56:49 PM

      Do you think it's even remotely possible that she may have written this recommendation before Wooten tasered the kid, threatened the family, drove his patrol car while drinking. blah, blah, blah? I don't see where this information "refutes" anything. I think the correct word is smear.

      • Posted By: SoutheastRain @ 09/06/2008 4:21:55 PM

        http://www.ktva.com/extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site163/2008/0721/20080721_111415_PalinLetterofRecomend.pdf

  • Posted By: SoutheastRain @ 09/06/2008 4:20:42 PM

    How Palin Made Wooten: The letter

    http://www.ktva.com/extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site163/2008/0721/20080721_111415_PalinLetterofRecomend.pdf

  • Posted By: SoutheastRain @ 09/06/2008 4:20:05 PM

    How Palin Made Wooten:

    The letter: http://www.ktva.com/extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site163/2008/0721/20080721_111415_PalinLetterofRecomend.pdf

  • Posted By: keepitreal50 @ 09/06/2008 3:59:47 PM

    This stinks to high heaven. It is the same Bush like cover-up that is indicative of the republicans willingness to obstruct justice for their own personal gains. Let the investigation go on. We do know that we don't know this woman and the McCain campaign is reckless and seems to be approaching, LAWLESS! Obama/Biden 08

  • Posted By: mccainsupporter @ 09/06/2008 3:21:58 PM

    Remember 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.

    • Posted By: oregeondreamchaser @ 09/06/2008 3:36:37 PM

      Why were there not multiple complaints by Molly when this was all going on. Wooten would be in jail if he had been found guilty of all that they claim.. And how come Sarah, and her dad got a third of the alleged illegal moose in their own freezers? It is typical for a man to shoot his wife's moose or whatever on her tag, especially if she is a lousey shot. Serious hunters that hunt for the meat don't take chances of going home emptry handed.. And Sarah's dad butchered the thing!

  • Posted By: People For The Truth On Troopergate @ 09/06/2008 3:35:46 PM

    Please sign this petition demanding the truth at www.alaskatroopergate.com that states:

    "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!

  • Posted By: pastor123 @ 09/05/2008 9:45:49 PM

    Well Ok, I will over look it just this one time. McCains speech wasnt anything compared to Huckaboo or Sarah Moose! Now those two Conservatives know how to give a speech. Sarah Palin is the new Obama, The new most famous person in the world. Uh Oh, Wonder if she is a Muslim too? Or worse, the anti-christ?

    This site has background info on sarah Palin Bio Pics Videos http://www.theveep.com

    This site has everything about her scandals and Levi BF of her daughter http://www.hotpres.com

    This site has the inside scoop about the Palin Dui Secret http://www.duihelpguide.com

    Its all about Palin for the next few weeks. It might be a bad thing that she is more Popular then McCain.

    • Posted By: oregeondreamchaser @ 09/06/2008 3:29:42 PM

      If you want a copy of the letter of reference that Palin wrote for Wooten to get him his trooper job, email me at oregondreamchaser@yahoo.com She either lied as the mayor to get him the job, or she was too stupid to realize she was doing a political favor for a family memeber who is a jerk. either way,, BAD judgment Sarah

  • Posted By: mccainsupporter @ 09/06/2008 3:17:27 PM

    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. Under new federal law, anyone subject to a protective order or convicted of misdemeanor domestic 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 servicewomen. It is a felony to violate the law and the penalty is five years in prison. If subject to a protection order as alleged, the trooper should have been ineligible to be a State law enforcement officer and it would have been a slam dunk to terminate him. It would be a felony for the brother-in-law trooper to wear his standard sidearm if subject to a protective order. 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.

  • Posted By: pasoccermom @ 09/05/2008 11:46:42 PM

    Unfortunately, most people won't care about the legal minutiae; they'll just see the the brother-in-law was an unsavory character and wonder why poor Sarah is being persecuted for trying to get him fired. Keep the focus on the economy. You can't hire a lawyer to protect you from job loss statistics. Undecided voters have a low tolerance for political coverage, so we need to use our 90 seconds where it counts!

    • Posted By: oregeondreamchaser @ 09/06/2008 3:15:06 PM

      I agree, and wonder why people don't see the pattern of Sarah firing everyone who disagrees with her. They tried to recall her mayorship when she fired the long standing and very loved police chief of Wasilla because he wanted the bars to close at 2 am instead of 5 am. Why, because they couldn't keep up with the drunk driving calls. That got him fired because the bar owners had Sarah in their pocket... Of course these are the evangelical bar owners????

  • Posted By: IndependentGranny @ 09/06/2008 1:59:25 PM

    After I read what this trooper did to his stepson and his ex-wifes family, he gets no sympathy from me. This guy is a loose cannon!!! What in the world is the police union thinking when they continue to cover for this idiot? Palin had every right to protect her family from this monster. I am an Obama supporter, but on this subject, I am a Palin supporter!!!

    • Posted By: Rosewalker @ 09/06/2008 3:14:59 PM

      The alleged things that Trooper Woorten did happened THREE YEARS BEFORE the situation under investigation -- so either the Palins did not think those things were important, OR they allowed these things to go on FOR THREE YEARS before doing anything about it. How likely is that??? NOT. The records indicate that it was only when Trooper Wooten was involved in a contentious custody fight with Gov. Palin's sister that they voiced these concerns.

      Gov. Sarah Palin has a reputation, based on a pattern of occurrences, of abuse of power and of "grudge actions" against those who oppose her.

      Gov. Sarah Palin also tried to fire the Wasilla city librarian because the librarian would not remove certain books that Palin wanted removed -- Palin not only supports but participates in censorship!

      Todd Palin and other members of Gov. Palin's family had no business using Gov. Palin's political position to pressure the Commissioner to fire Trooper Wooten. Invoking her name in phone calls and emails certainly does that.

      The McCain camp has also contaced Gov. Palin's church and told them not to speak to the media. What are they trying to hide?

      Most frightening of all, Gov. Palin was involved with the Alaska Independence Party, which as part of its platform and its published interviews, wants Alaska to secede from the United States and form its own Independent State or attach itself to Canada. This is treasonous! And her husband Todd was a registered member of that party until about 2002 -- for about 6 years. Gov. Palin spoke at the 2008 Convention of this Alaska Independent Party and wished them well in their efforts.

      How can she even be considered for the 2nd highest position in America? She does not put America first, she puts ALASKA FIRST and so does her husband.

      Write to your local officials, your local newspapers, the national press, and the national media and demand that this investigation into the Troopergate Scandal continue -- and without McCain's or anyone else's interference!!!!!!!! Don't sit there reading the comments on this page without doing something to make your voice heard. Please. The stakes are too high this time. There is too much at stake for our country.

  • Posted By: lmraskin @ 09/06/2008 3:13:35 PM

    A local political influence issue is finding itself in the big time arena of a Presidential campaign. This is simply an example of John McCain's shallow judgment and decision making process. Had thorough vetting been done, this issue would have been known and taken into consideration as would the other issues that have surfaced around Governor Palin. An example is her false claim that the Sate had sold its airplane on e-bay and reaped a profit.

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