Can He Stop 'Troopergate'?

This "consulting" by O'Callaghan to Thomas Van Flein smells like a coverup in the making. If indeed, Governor Palin has nothing to hide then let's get it out in the open right now. Why the delaying tactics?

How can people believe this woman's promise to reform Washington when she is doing her damnedest to block a legitimate investigation in her own state? More of the same from McCain/Palin.

for someone that said they wellcomed an investigation...doesn't seem like she told the truth on that one...how many other lies are being told by both parties....its time for the truth from both sides instead of this mess.

I would think if she has nothing to hide then by all means then work to get it cleared. I personally don't think she's spoken the truth about anything and if McCain blocks this then we'll never find out.

Why is Palin struggling so hard against an investigation? If I were she, I would readily submit to any investigation and inquiries to settle the matter, so she and McCain could move on to discussing what they intend to do to help Americans. Why is she fighting this?

If I were innocent of all charges, I would instantly want to prove my innocence. By her struggling so much against any questions about abuse of power, she gives everyone the green light to believe she is guilty as charged. What is she trying to hide? This, alone, gives credibility to the inescapable fact, she has alot to hide! Come on, Palin, what are you sooo afraid of?

Is she going to abuse power, again, by shoveling her past under the carpet, playing hide and seek with America? If she is innocent, she has nothing to hide! Does she believe she is beyond the law, unlike the rest of us? Bare it all or face the consequences like the rest of Americans!

This guy Wooten sounds like a real knuckle head. Using a tazer on a child? His defense - the child asked him to do it. What a moron. It scares me that a guy like that was not fired.

I don't blame Palin one bit for trying to get him fired. If that guy was married to my sister, I would try to do the same thing.

But much as I would want to do exactly what she is being accused of doing, as Govenor, you can't. If anything, you have to be extra careful when it comes to issues like this. Even dirt bags like Wooten are entitled to fair treatment under the law.

Everything I have read indicates the investigation was started before she was selected as McCain's VP candidate and that the investigation is proceeding as originally planned and within the original scope. A republican from her home town cast the deciding vote to move forward with the supeonas. If that's the case, then the lawyers for McCain are making a big mistake. Their actions make her look guilty.

Of course, if I am wrong, and the pace of the investigation has increased after the announcement or the scope has been widened, then McCain's actions are appropriate. But if that is the case, then that is what this attorney's should be arguing - that they should stick to the original time table or retain the original scope of the investigation - instead of all this legal manuevering to try to get it moved to the personnel board. That just looks slimy.

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THE BUBBA & BUELAH VOTE . . .

It doesn???t matter to 'Appalachia Bubba' that the housing market and foreclosure crisis is hammering Wall Street, and the little retirement Bubba once had just went up in smoke!! Bubba's got his marching orders and they tell him NOT to think for himself. Bubba's orders are to vote against his own family, and his own interest.

It doesn't matter to 'Appalachia Buelah May' that her son is on his third tour in Iraq for a war over WMDs that was never there. She is too stupid to understand the real enemy was hiding in Afghanistan, NOT Iraq; and that her son was called into harms-way because of the incompetence of Bush and his sidekick McSame. She is too stupid to understand her son and his friends are not coming home from Iraq if McSame becomes President.

It doesn't matter to 'Appalachia Bubba' that the services his private company provided around town has just vanished when the last big factory left town for overseas slave-labor. Bubba is clueless and don't understand how Bush/McCain policies has ripped our national economic, domestic, and international financial prowess.

It doesn't matter to 'Appalachia Buelah May' that McCain defines middle-class as anybody making just under $5,000,000.00 and he can't remember how many homes he has. This helps explain why McCain is out of touch and has NO educational policies to help Buelah get low interest loans for a college education.

GOD Bless America!
GOD Bless Obama!
GOD Bless Biden!

We'll be seeing a lot more illegal activity if McCain is elected.

We'll see a lot more illegal activity when McCain is elected.

@holmantx: What are you talking about?? This investigation was starteted by a majority of GOPers, before she was nominated. The only one attacking anyone is Palin, and her attorneys.
You people are delusional... and as usual, supporting lawlessness.
If she did nothing wrong, she'll be exonerated.

Tell it to the chicks who are going to eat you alive for sliming Palin (ha!).

Your bit is lost in translation.

@loriw... you just don't get it. Wooten was investigated, and disciplined. Case over.
That Wooten is a slimeball, has nothing to do with this.
This case has only to do with abuse of power, by Palin. And teh GOP is doing it's best, as usual, with it's *we're above the law* garbage. One would think that a *patriot*, such as yourself, would want the truth to come out, since you're so sure that Palin did nothing wrong.

The committee investigating this is composed of 8 Republicans and 4 Democrats... And the swing vote in issuing the subpoenas was a Republican from her own town... How is this a partisan attack with so many Republicans involved?? The longer this goes on, the less I think of Palin... not because of the investigation itself or her actions in firing Monegan, she had the right to fire him for any cause... what bothers me is all the action she is taking to avoid or end this investigation after she agreed to cooperate fully with this same investigation. Seems to me she has something to hide. She seems exactly like Bush protecting Cheney and interfering in the investigations into the firings of 9 US attorneys. Her current tactics strike me just like Bush... promises of cooperation, then stalling, threats, and diversions when thinks aren't going their way.

Nothing new for McCain, he brought in top lawyers when his wife had stolen drugs from her charity organization and she got a slap on the wrist. McCain is the rich and powerful, they do what they want regardless of laws or ethics.

Of all the possible choices, McCain chose a running mate whose views and values are the same as Bush.
PALIN IS BUSH!
I want change!
McCain/Palin: The Bridge to Nowhere.

This is the America, the GOP stands for!
It's amazing that the GOPers blame Obama for this, when the investigation started, before Palin was nominated.
Furthermore, it was a majority of Republicans, that called for the investigation, and issued subpoenas, last week.

Accountability is for Democrats.

First of all, the actions of the trooper are IRRELEVANT. He may or may not have been a real jerk, but that is a separate issue. The issue here is whether Gov. Palin abused her power and violated the law. THAT is what needs to be investigated and cleared up, and having a phalanx of McCain-sponsored lawyers trying to pull a Jedi mind trick ("You don't need to investigate this") adds an enormous degree of suspicion.