A Police Chief, A Lawsuit And A Small-Town Mayor

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  • Posted By: Clarity Now @ 09/16/2008 6:15:46 PM

    Where is the outrage that Stambaugh treated Palin like a second class human because she was a woman in a position of authority? "Little lady, if you think you have our respect, you don't. " I would have fired him on the spot too. From all other accounts I have read and video interviews of others on the city council at the time said it was a loyalty issue. Newsweek should be ashamed of this witch hunt they continue to pursue. Why not do some equal digging for dirt on Joe Biden? Oh wait, that might hurt your favorite candidate. This assumption that everyone knows Joe Biden because he has been a US Senator from the tiny state of Delaware for years is wrong.

  • Posted By: reality speaks @ 09/13/2008 5:24:30 PM

    Wasn't she a beauty pageant winner of sorts? Where are the photos of her in the bathing suit competition? Post those with the underlying slogan: Your next president....and watch her numbers fall.

    • Posted By: jeff101 @ 09/16/2008 5:15:03 PM

      Enter Your Comment
      Actually she came in 2cond in the Miss Alaska Contest and thats where the GOP will be in November

    • Posted By: GD38 @ 09/15/2008 1:37:55 PM

      The bigger point of this comment is: Don't vote for a new PRESIDENT based on his beauty, trophy running mate for Pete's sake. People are actually saying because of Palin they will now vote for McCain? Seriously? Come on America. Why because she will be whispering in his ear on how to run the country and he'll listen? Did you like that practice with Cheney? With Ashcroft? OMG wake up. If that were true we'd all be doubly screwed AND (more importantly) if it would NOT be the case, then all those tunnel visioned conservatives, will have once again, wasted their votes.

  • Posted By: Noboma 08 @ 09/16/2008 5:12:45 PM

    Isn't it funny that this BS is all you libs have to grab onto? Your messiah is an associate of a known terrorist, (never reported) and is the biggest fraud in the history of politics and when it's all said and done the suicide crisis lines will probably go down with all of the lib media calls flooding in.If experience is what the media wants and what is most important than Noboma doesn't even get to run the local supermarket.I wouldnt expect any lib to understand, just sit around thinking happy happy thoughts and watch the election slip away.

    Obama-Biden...The real bridge to nowhere.

  • Posted By: TruthForward @ 09/13/2008 1:43:28 PM

    Palin knows scandals and bias.

    Palin has disgraced her entire family with all her lies. It's sad.

    By the way, Biden has an excellent family: Very happy and stable: Despite the enormous tragedy they have had in their past.

    • Posted By: Lee Holmes @ 09/13/2008 3:00:04 PM

      Then why did Bidens daughter get busted by the cops,in Chicago,of all places,when she was involved in an assault-and-battery on a police officer?[for which she was made to apologize to the court in order to be let off]. Very ''happy and stable'' indeed,especially when you count Bidens son and brother,who are the targets of two fraud lawsuits.

      The Washington Post Aug.24,2008:''Bidens Son,Brother,Named In Two Suits''.

      • Posted By: DemocratsCaused9.11 @ 09/13/2008 5:19:15 PM

        Not just lawsuits.
        Biden's relatives were indicted last week.
        I'm not surprised you haven't heard, since Obama-controlled "news" outlets haven't reported on it.
        Magazines like this one are suppressing it for him, like they tried to with Lewinsky.

        • Posted By: Bloodhound @ 09/16/2008 1:51:50 PM

          Democrats caused 9/11?! You're out of your mind. Republicans controlled both houses of congress and the White House and you blame it on Democrats. It's your party's incompetence that caused 9/11, deal with the reality. Bush on vacation after 8 months on the job and unable to get his head around, "Bin Ladin Determined to Attack the United States"...pathetic. Your part has failed on all levels and its leadership should be hung for treason.

          • Posted By: Bloodhound @ 09/16/2008 2:35:15 PM

            Couldn't get your hot news item aired on FOX?! Odd, I'd think that there'd be some room for it through one of Rupert Murdoch's media outlets. No?! Maybe it's bullsh*t like you and your party.

            • Posted By: jeff101 @ 09/16/2008 5:12:33 PM

              Enter Your Comment
              Speaking of Rupert Murdoch on Fox , he and Bill O'rielly both praised the invasion of Iraq and talked every day about the WMD that they were going to find. Almost once a week they showed what was supposed to be weapons of mass destruction. I remember some soldiers looking at and standind over some barrels that were claimed to be chemical weapons of mass destruction. They were standing without any protection from these chemicals , and Fox had this bs on for a week,until they realised it was a fertilizer plant.
              Rupert Murdoch and O'reilly both stated that the best thing we will get out of Iraq $ 20 a barrel oil and that's better than any tax cut.

        • Posted By: Cazador1972 @ 09/13/2008 6:15:03 PM


          Yeah, yeah, yeah, just like "Holly Roller" your "news" never seem to make it into the media... How about Fox News, is that Obama controlled too? Can anyone doubt that if half the things people say about Obama on the internet were at least plausible that the media, any media, would be all over it? Media outlets are only concerned with making money.

          • Posted By: GD38 @ 09/15/2008 1:08:38 PM

            Um, NPR is a non-profit. How does that factor into your assumption?

        • Posted By: AlanTuring @ 09/13/2008 8:47:43 PM

          Yeah Yeah Yeah the liberal media but they're getting caught. Check it out!
          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gh6r5ALVMo&feature=related

      • Posted By: Cazador1972 @ 09/13/2008 6:20:42 PM


        Really? How about Reagan's daughter posing nude for Playboy in the '90s. How about Bush's niece (Jeb Bush's daughter) who was a crack addict? How about her brother, who spoke on the '04 convention getting busted for drunk driving? How about Palin's daughter getting pregnant and only "marrying" her baby's father when Palin was selected as VP? How about Cindy McCain's addiction to pain killers? Do you really want to go down this road?

        I agree that a candidate's family is off limits, I certainly wouldn't want my parents help responsible for any of the things I did as a teenager, but don't be too quick to cry foul. Your side has more skeletons than ours.

        • Posted By: Pain @ 09/14/2008 6:33:01 AM

          I don't care about "skeletons" I care about ideas and Obamas stink.

          • Posted By: GD38 @ 09/15/2008 1:06:22 PM

            Wait, what? Reagan's daughter posed for Playboy? What issue? Is she hot? These are the important issues during an election cycle. Come on man, details, details!

      • Posted By: AlanTuring @ 09/13/2008 8:57:13 PM

        Let's see Palin's son is an IV drug user. The daughter is going on her second baby at age 17 and unmarried, she's being indicted and disobeyed a court order to pipe down, She continuouse lies about her support for the bridge, she charges the state for staying at home, she was mayor of a town smaller than most streets in my state, she's in bed with the oil companies, has no belief in science, thinks we can drill for oil even though the U.S. government isn't an oil company and even if they could dictate to drill at maximum production it would lower gasoline prices only $0.02 a gallon but yet she continues with the lie. She thinks you can be energy independant by mining %7 of the worlds oil supply when the U.S. uses 25% of the world oil. She lies about the daughter's first baby as being hers when the videos of Bristol confirm what everyone already knew. Yeah the VP pick of moral integrity! You deserve her because you're an idiot!

      • Posted By: TruthForward @ 09/13/2008 4:34:13 PM

        That is not true.

  • Posted By: Virginavoter @ 09/16/2008 4:37:29 PM

    What the McCain campaign refuses to admit among many other things, is the their VP candidiate was not properly vetted, and they left it up to the media, (ALL MEDIA), not left or right, to do the public vetting. Everyday more skeletons come out of Sarah Palin's closet , to the point where this woman is a joke, and should be an embarassment to McCain and the Republican party.

    What could have a minor smear on her record has now blown up into a media circus because of Palin's past coming to light, and her refusal to cooperate with the investigation which she said she would openly and transparently talk about berfore she became the VP nominee. Monegan was only one of many chopped down in her ruthless rise to power in Alaska.
    Richard...this Wooten case was done and closed before Palin became governor. His case was reviewed and he was given a suspension. You are right that it is sour grapes, but by the Palin's. Once Sarah became governor, she decided she could now get rid of the guy who wouldn't fire Wooten.

    Almost everything she has said in her repetitive stump speeches has been a lie or a serious stretch of the truth, except for the comment in which she described herself as a lipstick wearing dog. She can't even manage her own family with a pregnant teenager and meth/cocaine addicted son. She is a counter culture extremist whose idea of fun is chasing down wolves from an airplane until they're exhausted, then shooting them with rifles so she can decorate her home with their carcasses...oh, right, this is because the wolves who's natural prey are moose, don't leave enough moose for the humans to kill themselves.

  • Posted By: rockola @ 09/16/2008 1:29:01 PM

    Lawyers are some of most manipulating people I know. That's their job. Being a Lwayer doesn't qualify to do anything but charge large fees for little work and have the gift of gab. Mr. Lyons: Some of the most out of touch with reality people are those with College Degrees.

    • Posted By: AnAverageAmerican @ 09/16/2008 4:31:05 PM

      Enter Your Comment: Being a lawyer also means you have some clue about the Constituion, something that is very useful when you are trying to get a job running the country.

      What is wrong with you?

  • Posted By: RichardDB @ 09/16/2008 4:13:14 PM

    This reporter needs to report the rest of the facts. This is mostly about sour grapes. By taking on corruption, there are going to people that don't like you very much. This is about a Trooper who has been reprimanded by his supervisor's numerous times for infractions to include using a tazer on his 11 year old step son, hunting and shooting a moose without a permit, driving his patrol car while drinking including having an open container of beer, speeding, unsafe driving etc. He has been warned about his behavior, reprimanded and ultimately suspended. Is this the kind of guy you would want carrying a gun as a law enforcement job in your town. This is about getting a bad cop, at least one that exercises very poor judgement, off the streets. Frankly, I would want a leader willing to take on a corrupt system that would allow a bad cop to stay in his job.

  • Posted By: rockola @ 09/16/2008 1:37:09 PM

    Obama has been riding the coat tails of his fellow Senator's. He has NEVER created nor introduced his own bill in the Senarte. He one of those individuals that has sat back and let everyone else do the work and when to work of others was a success he immediately jumped to the front of the class and says "look at what I have accomplished". He has done nothing.

    • Posted By: AnAverageAmerican @ 09/16/2008 4:00:09 PM

      Enter Your Comment: Number 1: Only a Repug would lie about Obama's proven accomplishments. Unlike Palin we have been vetting him longer than she has been governer, and Biden was making a name for himself before she was an itch in her daddy's pants! Number 2: If you are going to lie, use better vocabulary.

  • Posted By: Larr @ 09/16/2008 3:55:19 PM

    Ummmm......If it quacks like a duck; and it walks like a duck; then it must be a duck!!!!!

    There are obvious skeletons in Gov. Palin's closet. If she and her Republican supporters have nothing to hide, then the obvious thing to do is clear up this matter by going on record with her version of the facts. Why feed into the "appearance of have done something wrong"?

    The best advise for the Governor would be step forward with the facts, and remove this cloud of suspicion from hers and Sen. McCain's candidacy for the highest office in the land.

    Remember...If it quacks like a duck; and it walks like a duck; then it must be a duck.

  • Posted By: onceiwasarepublican @ 09/16/2008 3:53:41 PM

    Palin has got to go. She is blowing this election. Too many lies and now, not opening up to troopergate? If she has nothing to hide stick it to them.

  • Posted By: onceiwasarepublican @ 09/16/2008 3:52:20 PM

    Palin should bow out while she has a chance. She is blowing this race.

  • Posted By: pinpin1 @ 09/16/2008 3:47:00 PM

    Billing the state for sleeping on her own bed? Legal, perhaps, but smacks of petty greed. This alone speaks of her character.

  • Posted By: gowiththefloe @ 09/16/2008 3:43:51 AM

    Good grief, Sheryll; how in the round world did you get this story so screwed up? Former Wasilla Police Chief Stambaugh had nothing to do with Palin's ex-brother-in-law, who was, and still is, an Alaska State Trooper. AST is a state agency; whereas, WPD is a municipal one.

    This "Trooper-gate" story has become so twisted and distorted by media and bloggers that it little resembles the original charges - and, in particular, with regards to the 'tasering' incident. "Taser" - the word itself elicits a horrified "ooh" res[onse. Fear and ignorance will getcha, every time. I'm going to step out on a limb and say that the incident was less harmful than alot of activities that parents engage in with their children on a daily basis. For example, did you know that the unit was a training tool, used to teach officers on its use? Did you know that the trooper's step-son asked for a demo to see what it felt like, and did you know that the training tool was set to its lowest test setting when administered, and did you know that the boy and the family thought it was fun, and the boy asked to do it again? Did you know that the family didn't think it was at all dangerous until after the marriage disintegrated and the bitter custody battle got underway?

    You should probably also know about the illegal moose hunt, too; that, it was a legal hunt until Palin's sister decided that she didn't want to shoot the moose and had her trooper husband shoot it for her. You won't get an argument from me, that Wooten should have known better than to shoot without his own permit; in retrospect, he might have realized that the wife was setting him up for the later acrimonious divorce. The ridiculous thing about the matter is how the family took the moose home to Wooten's in-law's garage, dressed and butchered the meat, and the entire family, Palin included, proceeded to eat the evidence.

    The question begs to be asked: If Palin had such righteious indignation over her brother-in-law's infractions, WHY didn't she turn him in then, insteaf of waiting a couple of years when her sister's marriage went to hell in a hen basket? Also, for all the ugly press that the trooper has received, can anyone explain how the only complaints against Trooper Wooten have come from the Palin/Heath families?

    There is a lot more to the Palin character than has been revealed to the nation. There are plenty of us in Alaska who are still blown away that Palin was even considered for the VP candidacy. After a couple of weeks with the Washington drill seargents, she has emerged as a tool of "the Establishment" - an irony,, considering her frequent claims of reform and getting rid of "the good ole boy" system. You people who have been sucked in by her expertly delivered scripted speeches have no idea what you're blindly adoring.

    IF the McCain/Palin ticket wins the election, I have just one piece of advice for McCain: Hire a taste tester. At the very least, fi

    • Posted By: jiml1956 @ 09/16/2008 3:51:36 AM

      Easy answer to why she didn't complain right after the Taser inciden happened - She waited until she became governor and was in charge of the troopers.

      • Posted By: valark @ 09/16/2008 3:44:31 PM

        So if you hit your kid on the head and they like it and ask you to do it again, then you should? Parents should protect their children, not give in to a potentially harmful situtation just because it was 'fun".

  • Posted By: AnAverageAmerican @ 09/16/2008 3:38:19 PM

    Sarah Palin also charges rape victims for their rape kit. What kind of women kicks another when she is down? It's bad enough she is against a women's right to choose. I do not have a problem with the fact that she went after her brother in- law for hurting her sister, she just should not be doing it on the taxpayer's dime. She is also not qualified to be VP.

  • Posted By: FRANLEMPA @ 09/16/2008 3:07:05 PM

    LETS GET TO THE CRUX OF THE MATTER;SARAH PALIN HAD EVERY RIGHT TO GO AFTER HER BROTHER-IN-LAW;A STATE TROOPER WHO PHYSICALLY ABUSED HIS WIFE.I AM AN ER NURSE AND I AM AN ADVOCATE FOR WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN ABUSED. SARAH PALIN HAD EVERY RIGHT TO PROTECT HER SISTER AND CHILDREN; YOU JUST SEEM TO MAKE IT SOUND LESS IMPORTANT BY SAYING A CUSTODY MESS. I HEARD YOUR CNN INTERVIEW AND I HAD TO REPOND.WOMEN WILL NOT TOLERATE ABUSE PLEASE REPORT ACCURATELY.IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE FOR OBAMA. I AM A DEMOCRAT WHO WILL SUPPORT SARAH PALIN.

    • Posted By: AnAverageAmerican @ 09/16/2008 3:31:59 PM

      Sarah also makes rape victims pay for their rape kits. She wasn't looking out for women-if that was the case she would understand the importance of prochoice-she was taking care of her family business on a tax payers dime.

  • Posted By: guamarcy @ 09/16/2008 3:07:09 PM

    If it is true that Palin supported such things as concealed weapons in schools and bars, and bars staying open until 5 a.m. and "poker run" games, then I wonder how much such policies contributed to Wasilla's current status as the Meth Capitol of Alaska. The stock market crash and forclosure crisis and war tragedies will be the good ole days when McCain Palin govern this country.

  • Posted By: janiebabe @ 09/14/2008 8:50:29 PM

    The more That comes out about Palin a pattern is developing, Deceit, lies about the bridge and earmarks, and it would seem a somewhat vengeful bebehavior. Have you read while she was home sending her son off to war, she gave a campaign speech. Turns out there were more folks picketing against her in front of the library in her home town than were at her campaign speech. Why isn't the press picking up on that?

    • Posted By: TOM TOM @ 09/14/2008 8:58:44 PM

      SOONER OR LATER PEOPLE WILL REALIZE THE CONSTANT PRESS ABUSE AGAINST ONE PERSON HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING BUT STOPPING THE NEXT REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT AND HIS RUNNING MATE..THATS ALL THIS IS .AND THE MORE THEY POUND PALIN THE MORE REPUBLICANS RISE IN THE POLLS ......BYE BYE DEMS LOL

      • Posted By: Bloodhound @ 09/16/2008 2:26:31 PM

        WHAAAAA! WHAAAAA! WHAAAAA! If you don't want to answer questions or be challenged stay on FAUX NEWS! WHAAAAAAAA! WHAAAAAA! Pathetic.

      • Posted By: tmcongdon @ 09/15/2008 11:46:42 AM

        Go back under the rock in which you crawled.

    • Posted By: kshortSD @ 09/14/2008 9:06:53 PM

      Worse than the fact of her campaign speech was the content. She told the troops to remember that they were going to Iraq to fight the terrorists that attacked us on 9/11. This proves that she KNOWS NOTHING about our foreign policy. Bush has been trying to persuade us for years that we only went there because of WMD. There has been no evidence linking Iraq to 9/11.

  • Posted By: joe_mama @ 09/15/2008 7:56:29 AM

    blah blah blah more distractions from the reality that this woman has no business in the the Veep's office.

    Let's focus on the fact that she's never left the country and doesn't even own a passport (even though she has both Russia and Canada right at her "doorstep" as the Republican's like to say).

    Or the fact that she couldn't even answer simple foreign policy questions in her interview despite having weeks to study.

    Or the fact that runs a state smaller than most cities (population....not size), and she's been running it for about as long as Obama has been running for president.

    Or the...well you get the idea.

    Don't take the bait....stick to the issues and the case is closed.

    JM

    • Posted By: rmelone @ 09/15/2008 1:16:24 PM

      state that is smaller than most cities? The population of Alaska is over 673,000! Do you know the population of Deleware where Joe Biden is from? Try 1,900. I would say that's pretty small. Look up Teddy Roosevelt and find out what he did before becoming VP. He was Governor for just one year. He became a great president.

      • Posted By: Bloodhound @ 09/16/2008 2:23:34 PM

        God Melone are you a freaking moron! Stop posting and spare yourself more embarassment! The population of Delaware is MORE than Alaska. Your candidates have a combined IQ of 85 and if they could add you to the ticket it'd be about 110.

      • Posted By: jiml1956 @ 09/15/2008 1:57:10 PM

        Delaware population of 1,900????

        What happened to the other 851,000 people (according to the 2006 census bureau estimates)?

  • Posted By: Bloodhound @ 09/16/2008 1:39:57 PM

    rmelone, please try to get facts straight, which I know is next to impossible for a Republican. Delaware has a population of 843,756. You no doubt Googled "Delaware", which gave you the population of a city named "Delaware". The fact that you believed the population of the state of Delaware to be under 2,000 people should make it clear that you lack the intellect to evaluate candidates for public office.

    I may be going out on a limb here, but I'm assuming both yourself and Floridave were as clueless in 2000 and 2004, no doubt supporting GW. After 8 disasterous years, which have included the collapse of our financial systems, the destruction of the twin towers (the failure of an incompetent administration and Republican party to "keep us safe"), two wars, enormous defecits and expanding debt, PLEASE do this country a favor and don't vote. An apology for your poor judgement would also be appreciated.

  • Posted By: utkrose @ 09/16/2008 12:51:06 PM

    Speaking of EDUCATION.......John McCain graduated from the Naval Academy, with little more than a degree in hand saying he "met the requirements", In HIS own words, he jacked off and did not study, Sarah Palin had to go to "5 COLLEGES" to get a degree!!!!! A "4" year degree in WHAT, Journalism? Obama has a LAW DEGREE from COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY!!!! Hell, even his WIFE has a LAW DEGREE..... And Joe Biden? He TOO has a LAW DEGREE!!!! Am I missing something here? Oh, I know.... EXPERIENCE.... Hummmmmm.... Lets see... John McCain can shoot an AK47 and Sarah can "bag a moose" from a plane.....Think THAT qualifies them for the WHITEHOUSE??? Ok, then there is Obama and Joe.... Yep, they don't have presidential EXPERIENCE either, BUT, WHO DOES unless they have already served..... Well, for MY MONEY, I'll vote for the BRAINS..... Atlease they have proven THEY can LEARN!!!! GO OBAMA / BIDDEN "08-"16......

    • Posted By: rockola @ 09/16/2008 1:32:37 PM

      Let's see Obama went to College and got high on Drugs. Biden is a Lawyer. Lawyers are not the individuals that most people look upto. Actually, they charge huge fees, for very little actual work. McCain on the other hand went into the service of his country, unlike Obama who is a "closet Musilm".

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