Can He Stop 'Troopergate'?

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  • Posted By: dzemog @ 09/17/2008 9:14:30 PM

    As if this weren't already comical enough.....McCain, who's said he's the only one who can protect us from another attack, PULLS the co-chief of the terrorism and national security unit of the U.S. attorney's office in New York.....to handle Troopergate in Alaska. Yeah, that gives me SO much more confidence in his judgement. Not.

  • Posted By: notroubleatall1963 @ 09/17/2008 9:04:41 PM

    Palin bings a whole new dimension to this election - and I'm not sure it's that great overall. It strikes me as verging on the trailer tribe type.

  • Posted By: torresc @ 09/17/2008 8:59:48 PM

    How dare a women stand up to corrupt individuals that abuse their power, are under the influence while they protect the public, beat women, taser their kids to kill their curiosity, drive around in patrol cars with open containers and threat to kill people. What has America come to when we let a woman try to change the way our corrupt officials don't do their jobs. Next thing you could see is her go after our beloved Obama for having associations with criminals she needs to be stopped. I ask all the women of this country that are radicals like her and go back to your place at home, quit your jobs and do the one you were born to do and take care of your kids, let your husband taser them as much as we like, take our beatings and clean the house and make sure you never voice your opinions. We need CHANGE back to how our ancestors the caveman handled women, where they knew their place. Now this is how Obama will make this counttry proud. Michelle Obama will then be proud of the fact that she is American for the second time in her life.

  • Posted By: People For The Truth On Troopergate @ 09/17/2008 8:37:46 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: D_Smith @ 09/17/2008 8:28:53 PM

    Lets set the "tasering his stepson" comment into the right frame of mind. Imagine a 10 year old asking over and over what it felt like to be tasered. Imagine a bunch of adults sitting around the living room having a few drinks, minds not thinking correctly, but yielding to this kids request to feel what it was like to be tasered. He used the training clips and attached them to the kid, put in a training pack and not the official taser pack that would be used on you and...well maybe not me, because I rock, but then gave the kid a one second jolt. Everyone in the room laughed and praised the kid.

    So now, we keep hearing that this trooper "Tasered" a 10 year old boy. It sure sounds mean and evil spirited, hmmmmm, just like Sarah Palin and her half truths misleading people to believe that something more than what actually happened, happened. I call that a lie! Believe me, Sarah Palin is very good at that!

  • Posted By: shortjames @ 09/17/2008 8:25:04 PM

    Palin sounds just like George Bush. Zero accountability, like she is above the law. I can only imagine what she would be like as VP. Sounds way to familiar to me.

  • Posted By: limerica @ 09/17/2008 8:08:55 PM

    The Troopergate scandal is far from through,
    It has the Republicans singing the blues.
    Monegan claims
    Palin???s to blame.
    He better not stand close to a caribou

  • Posted By: limerica @ 09/17/2008 8:02:35 PM

    The Troopergate scandal is far from through,
    It has the Republicans singing the blues.
    Monegan claims
    Palin???s to blame.
    He better not stand close to a caribou

  • Posted By: Phoenix AZ @ 09/17/2008 7:45:45 PM

    If my comment makes it here about subpoenas, I retract the part about Sarah Palin.

  • Posted By: valark @ 09/17/2008 3:06:32 PM

    Sighhh...does anyone on this board read anything other than an opinion column on Newsweek to get their facts?

    Palin brought the ethics investigation on herself, requesting that the matter be investigated and resolved. THAT IS WHAT THIS ARTICLE SAYS. She wants it done quickly, as in now, not three months from now. You should be asking why they won't honor her request. For goodness sake, she filed the ethics case against herself...and she has some better attorneys joining her team.

    The complete lack of the ability to process what you read without the spin and slant is amazing.

    • Posted By: piinalu @ 09/17/2008 3:22:33 PM

      Well presented argument. Unfortunately, part of "processing" the piece includes reading the headline. The obvious interpretation would lead you to believe that the issue has now become her effort NOT to have it resolved as quickly as possible, hence the questions about covering something up - something manageable for a governor but damaging for the persona created for her VP run.

      You can call me a cynic but don't call me a Democrat. Some of us like to make up our own minds.

      • Posted By: valark @ 09/17/2008 4:23:01 PM

        If you are just reading headlines on an opinion column, you are only stressing my point.

        Truth is, she is aggressively trying to speed up the investigation and the previous investigating body has no subpoena for her. What exactly would these people like her to do? Both ways she is being aggressive in a positive way, only the headline and skew of the sentences make her into a deceptive avoider. If you leave Newsweek.com and read a non-skewed version, its very clear.

        Same here, I am not Republican. I don't necessarily support Palin/McCain or Obama for that matter. I know i don't support Biden for the very ethical issues that people are screaming about on here about Palin.

        • Posted By: LindaSue @ 09/17/2008 7:38:03 PM

          I beg to differ with you on this point of trying to speed this up. To summarize what this article says: On Sept. 2nd Palin filed an ethics complaint against herself with the Personnel Board (a panel selected by Palin and answerable to Palin). She did not bring this on to get it done quickly. Rather, her attorneys needed extra time to "look over the evidence." Simultaneous to this filing, the McCain people started repeatedly attacking the legitimacy of the Legislative Council probe that was started back in July. THEN, this week Palin's attorney filed a NEW motion with the Personnel Board arguing that after reviewing all of the evidence, there was "no probable cause" to pursue any ethics inquiry and, thus, the motion they filed on Sept. 2nd should be dismissed. PALIN'S LAWYERS have determined that there is no ethics violation and, thus, there is no need to go forward with this matter. Kinda like: I murdered my neighbor, I'm on trial for this murder, my lawyer looks over the evidence and proclaims that he doesn't think I did it, and the case should be dismissed BECAUSE HE SAID SO, and the DA and Judge are supposed to say, "Okay, fine, we'll take your word for it and drop this silly case." If McCain's thugs are successful in this matter and this whole thing gets swept under the table without a full and complete investigation, including compelling all those people (including the Dude) to sit down and talk, then the American people should be OUTRAGED and make sure these liars don't get anywhere near the White House or public office! I'm tired of listening to Pit-Bull Sarah hopping around the country spewing her crap about transparency and holding people accountable when she herself is preventing the truth from being revealed? Oh, yeah, "Do as I say but don't do as I do>"

        • Posted By: piinalu @ 09/17/2008 6:29:44 PM

          Sorry... I like a lot of your posts, but I'm going to have to take back the smartest person in class award. I did read the entire article (not just the headline) and many others regarding this story. The point isn't whether she's "aggressively trying to speed up the investigation" (which I'm not sure I'm buying into). The point is that bringing in an outside lawyer to slow the process negates any previous efforts. The headline makes it clear that whether she or someone else is doing it, they're trying to make this go away, not get resolved. To your point about waiting for a subpoena, while that may be legally correct, the other maneuvers from her Washington lawyers are making her look shady. Maybe not sound legally, but it's derailing the image that she's presenting. And unfortunately in our sad, shallow way of choosing a president, that may be proof enough - not the fact that while she's good, 8 weeks isn't enough time to make a thorough analysis of her fitness for office. .

        • Posted By: Phoenix AZ @ 09/17/2008 5:41:36 PM


          to valark: You sir or madam do NOT appear to read the entire post. It looks like you scan it and jump to conclusions.

          Where are you getting your information about Sarah Palin's full cooperation regarding "Troopergate" because what you're saying and the information 'out there' doesn't match up.

    • Posted By: Phoenix AZ @ 09/17/2008 3:30:46 PM

      Really? Gosh, I must be insane to think that her files have been turned over to McCain's people. She hired a private attorney at the taxpayers expense and Gov. Palin will not cooperate with the ethics probe "as long as it remains tainted." Tainted? Yes, something's tainted alright. And for your information, I have done quite a bit of research on my own away from the news / media. I CAN see when something doesn't sound quite right.

  • Posted By: hoop @ 09/17/2008 7:37:53 PM

    I guess Gov. Palin has changed her mind about cooperating to show that she is ready for the oval office. If past administrations are any indicator, interfering with ethics investigations is a job requirement.

  • Posted By: JacklynD @ 09/17/2008 7:26:51 PM

    I just hope that after November we never have to consider anything to do with McCain or Palin. A coverup and misdirection in progress even before they are elected. How can McCain possibly stand for change when he is already practicing the same bs as Bush Cheney? It is infuriating and it insults our intelligence... again and again and again and again.

  • Posted By: JacklynD @ 09/17/2008 7:24:24 PM

    Let us all hope that we don't ever have to discuss anything regarding the McCain/Palin ticket after November. Both are unfit and wrong for our country. The very fact that they are trying to cover up and misdirect makes them completely unsuited to take us off the horrible road the Bush administration has corralled us onto. Absolutely infuriating and it insults our intelligence... again and again and again and again.

  • Posted By: prettylady @ 09/17/2008 9:59:47 AM

    You know what is really amazing? That the Democrats say they want women to have the same pay rate as men, the same rights... Yet, they are going after a woman who did her job by firing a man who was being insubordinate. Also, the democrats are protecting a police officer who abused his step son and threatned his former father in law. You know why many people do not want to vote for Obama? It is because his actions (as well as the actions of his supporters) do not align with the image he is trying to portray.

    • Posted By: Donna1000 @ 09/17/2008 10:18:27 AM

      Sarah Palin is shifting opinions about women in mainstream America. In the last week, I have had two white-haired, confirmed Republican men admiringly tell me that Cindy McCain is a powerhouse, that they like Sarah Palin, and that they like that John McCain is not afraid of strong women.

      Compare that to Obama who would not share the ticket with a strong woman and who seems to have sent his wife to stay in a windowless basement until after Election Day.

      Mainstream Republican men are embracing the idea that strong men like strong women and that weak men cannot handle them. Thus, I think that Sarah Palin, and Cindy McCain, have done more for women in the last month than the feminist movement has done for us in years.

      BTW, McCain pays women on his staff 104% of what he pays men. Obama is somewhere below 70%. Cut through all the garbage words in the media and the blogs and look at behavior and McCain seems like a much better bet as President from a feminist's perspective.

      • Posted By: kshortSD @ 09/17/2008 5:24:33 PM

        Good lord, Donna, didn't you used to come on these boards and push us to vote for Hillary? I had heard about some Hillary supporters jumping onto the Palin bandwagon, clearly demonstrating no interest in policy or the issues. I was offended by McCain's attempt to sway Hillary's supporters with such an underqualified pick, but you fell for it hook, line, and sinker...

        • Posted By: Donna1000 @ 09/17/2008 7:23:28 PM

          I'm offended by the Democratic Party's underqualified pick -- Barack Obama.

        • Posted By: Donna1000 @ 09/17/2008 7:18:48 PM

          I like the candidates in this order: Clinton, then McCain, then Obama. While I don't agree with Palin on social issues, I'm not as concerned about social issues as I am about electing a team that responds to its constituents. With 80% plus approval ratings in Wasilla and Alaska, Sarah Palin seems to be in touch with and serving her constituents. That is refreshing. Obama is way too left for me. I don't want someone in the White House who listens to hate in his church for 20 years and has a financial relationship and friendship with a guy who tried to blow up the U.S. Capitol Building. While Sarah Palin is more socially conservative than I am, Barack Obama is way more socially radical than I am. Hillary Clinton isn't a choice. Between McCain and Obama, I will bet on McCain any day.

      • Posted By: careerdaytrader @ 09/17/2008 11:14:02 AM

        As a powerful business owner man I LOVE A STRONG SMART WOMAN! GO Sarah!

        You are creating and breaking barriers that Hillary only HOPED she would but the SEXISM in Obama prevented her from achieving!

    • Posted By: LifelongRepublican @ 09/17/2008 10:28:51 AM

      If you had read the article you'd know the Democrats had nothing to do with this:

      1. on Sept. 2, Palin essentially filed an ethics complaint against herself, arguing that the state panel should conduct an investigation into whether her firing of Monegan violated state ethics laws
      2. The swing vote to issue the subpoenas came from state Sen. Charlie Huggins, a Republican from Palin's hometown of Wasilla, who said: "I say, let's just get the facts on the table, the sooner the better."
      3. O'Callaghan, working with Van Flein (and for Palin), devised a plan that involved shifting the investigation away from the Alaska Legislative Council--a bipartisan panel that had authorized the probe in a unanimous vote on July 28--and into the hands of the Alaska Personnel Board, a body that is ultimately answerable to Palin herself.

      Palin started it but now that she's running for V.P. she wants any investigation into possible ethics violations ended. This kind of interference is very familiar - Cheney, Rove, etc.

  • Posted By: keeptrying10 @ 09/17/2008 2:35:18 PM

    Comment: You don't understand how unemployment figures work... you do? that's why you don't give us your insight?

    What in the HELL are you people smoking. 95% of ADULT AMERICANS ARE EMPLOYED. Many are very happy too. You miserable types make a small % if you were not aware. Help the 95% of employed productive Americans stay safe and keep more of their money. vote republican

    • Posted By: foggy hieghts @ 09/17/2008 7:13:40 PM

      Excuuse me but 8yrs of the Republican Whitehouse didn't stop todays troubles they added to it!!!!! Get a clue Don't vote Republican this time around it will just get worse!!

    • Posted By: score keeper @ 09/17/2008 2:53:43 PM

      YOU are the one that doesn't understand how unemployment figures work. The last number I heard (which likely has been updated since) reported the Unemployment figures at 6.1%. That number is taken from the number of jobs available versus the number of workers seeking unemployment benefits (referred to as "new" jobless claims filed). There is no consideration for those whose benefits have run out before they have found gainful employment or those who have been chronically unemployed and have given up on finding work. The real number could be and is much higher

      • Posted By: kshortSD @ 09/17/2008 3:01:05 PM

        Most people I know are suffering consequences of this economic downturn, whether or not they still are employed. With house prices declining and prices increasing across the board due to the energy crisis, I highly doubt that 95% of Americans are "very happy".

  • Posted By: hopkins1952 @ 09/17/2008 7:03:51 PM

    I know that everyone is innocent until proven guilty, but it does show that McCain picked her without knowing anything about what was going on in her life. The investigation is a distraction and after listening to people who have worked with Palin, she appears to be a Bush clone, only female. Abuse of her power seems to be evident, but proving it, may be impossible now that McCain has set out to stall justice.Getting even with someone because of personal matters have no place in the white house.

  • Posted By: Mimi13 @ 09/17/2008 6:54:01 PM

    It's not the crime -- it's the cover-up!!! Haven't we been through this enough to learn that one fundamental lesson?

  • Posted By: foggy hieghts @ 09/17/2008 6:44:21 PM

    If Sarah says "Hold Me Accountable" why is McCains lawyer trying to stop the investigation? They know she abused the power of Governor of Alaska and the people of the United States don't want another Cheney the most influental (Power Abusing) VP elected.

  • Posted By: quasqueton @ 09/17/2008 5:55:20 PM

    To Ms. Sabrina, and Ms. Obatala: Don't you think "fascist" is a pretty strong term!
    Unless you are 18 years old, and not wha't going on - Democrats have ruled Congress for the last 8 years.

    • Posted By: eileenk @ 09/17/2008 6:40:46 PM

      Sorry no get your facts straight congress has only had a democratic majority for less than the last two years....I just don't understand how so many that support the Republican party know so little and follow so blindly....and how few of them even benefit from a Republican govt.

  • Posted By: keeptrying10 @ 09/17/2008 3:51:01 PM

    Magical me, spinning the unemployment numbers which indicate about 95% employed. See what happens when you put the brakes on the dems spewing their miserableness. Wait, that can't be. There must be more miserable than that. Hey, well, it doesn't count the people who gave up. I absolutely love it. Abandon reason for emotion while trying to make everyone else miserable. Ain't working. Potential Dems, join the people who love their life, their country, their family. You are who you hang around.

    • Posted By: piinalu @ 09/17/2008 6:17:22 PM

      Regarding the last line... amen, and thanks for not living near me.

    • Posted By: AskPlus @ 09/17/2008 4:13:41 PM

      Are you still lying and whining? Come on it's Wednesday already.

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