Sarah Palin Abused Power In Troopergate
A legislative panel in Alaska has concluded that Governor Sarah Palin abused the power of her office in firing Alaska’s public safety commissioner, Walter Monegan.
Among the findings of the mostly Republican panel:
“Governor Palin knowingly permitted a situation to continue where impermissible pressure was placed on several subordinates in order to advance a personal agenda.”
The charge brings with it up to $5000 in civil fines by the state ethics board.
Funny, I wonder of the conservatives who had a probem with the Clintons because of a too-involved spouse in the White House feel the same way about a too-involved spouse in the Alaska statehouse.
Palin had been accused of dismissing Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan, a career law enforcement official, after he rebuffed attempts by her, her husband and Cabinet officials to reopen an investigation into Wooten’s conduct.
The report said Palin knew that “the disciplinary investigation was closed and could not be reopened. Yet she allowed the pressure from her husband, to try to get Trooper Wooten fired, to continue unabated over a several month-period of time.”
Fascinating is the spin put on this by the McCain campaign, which issued this statement:
ARLINGTON, VA — McCain-Palin 2008 spokeswoman Meg Stapleton issued the following statement on today’s release of Stephen Branchflower’s report:
“Today’s report shows that the Governor acted within her proper and lawful authority in the reassignment of Walt Monegan. The report also illustrates what we’ve known all along: this was a partisan led inquiry run by Obama supporters and the Palins were completely justified in their concern regarding Trooper Wooten given his violent and rogue behavior. Lacking evidence to support the original Monegan allegation, the Legislative Council seriously overreached, making a tortured argument to find fault without basis in law or fact. The Governor is looking forward to cooperating with the Personnel Board and continuing her conversation with the American people regarding the important issues facing the country.
But Palin, who originally said she’d cooperate, has actually been stonewalling the investigation. The panel leaned right, not left, and whether Tooper Wooten conducted “violent and rogue behavior” is a matter of dispute.
And that legislative panel is BI-PARTISAN. Democrats AND Republicans.
October 10th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Amazing its the top story on the BBC the NY Times, but go to drudge and Fox and the only story close to it is about a photo of Palin’s leg. Fair and balanced??? Don’t make me laugh.
October 10th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Surely Palin has to resign now. And to be honest McCain is probably glad of that.
October 10th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Finally
I called Alan awhile ago about this, I hope this is the nail in the coffin!
Obama/Biden ‘08!
Chris
Anchorage, Alaska
October 10th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Amazing its the top story on the BBC the NY Times, but go to drudge and Fox and the only story close to it is about a photo of Palin’s leg. Fair and balanced??? Don’t make me laugh.
You are amazing.
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/10/panel-palin-abused-power-firing-commissioner/
October 10th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Not saying a word. Just waiting in the wings to see my great Conservative friends explain this one to me. T.Mason, Bradley aka “Nixon was a good guy in Watergate”, The Conservative. Please tell me how a panel of legislatures “mostly” made up of Republicans, came up with this decision. Please give me the spin, it’s been a long week and I need a laugh.
October 10th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Alan, a new Fox News opinion poll shows Obama in the lead once again. This Ayers story isn’t doind the McCain campaign any good. With the McCain camp spreading lies, its fair to say that McCAin believes his own campaign is a lie. McCain is neglecting the worst financial crisis in history since the Depression. We will win this!
OBAMA/BIDEN in 2008!
October 10th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
The panel consisted of 10 Republicans and 4 Democrats.
October 10th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Sarah’s political career is OVER!
October 10th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Ok, I do have to say one thing, I guess you can’t just fire “Joe Six Pack” whenever you want to. Let’s keep a count of how many times Ayers and Rev. Wright are mentioned in this blog. Since I know, NOT one of the McCain supporters will respond to this with facts. Or maybe they will use the excuse that “she is not running for the top of the ticket.” Waiting for a Obama “You Tube” video about him being a terrorist, or something copied and pasted from Wiki about Radical Islam.
October 10th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Ding dong the witch is…<<>>
I would love to hear what Sean Panty Boy has to say about this.
October 10th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Her career will not be over. Her conservative followers will defend her to the death as well as her fans in Alaska.
They will spin this as a witch hunt even though there were 10 Republicans on the panel.
She will not step down and McCain will make no changes. But it reflects very badly on her and her unfavorability ratings will continue to go up. The majority of Americans are no longer swooning over her.
October 10th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
I love saying this and I wanted to last night but, I CAN HEAR THE FAT LADY SINGING!
October 10th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
So when is McCain calling the press conference - Saturday is usually a slow news day and he can have Romney ready for the Sunday talk shows. Actually now I do feel a bit worried - at least Romneyt has the veneer of someone who knows what he is talking about when it comes to the economy - but with Palin gone we have lost our best punch-bag.
October 10th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Her supporters will finesse this, make it seem trivial. It’s not but hardly earth shattering, either. It’s almost inside baseball…except she was the Gov. But, her holier-than-Obama stance has been undermined. Too bad it came out on Fri., PM, following another market debacle.
October 10th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
I once thought Alan Colmes had the worst job ever. But now that our government has just partially Nationalized our banks(It was kind of nationalized anyway),I realize that he has the best job ever.
Alan gets to sit in front of Sean Hannity for 8 years and watch intolerant Sean Hannity SEETH while the whole world globalizes and becomes EQUAL and one.WITH A BLACKMAN AS PRESIDENT.hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Truth is stranger than fiction lol.
Oh and by the way,Once again McCain is WRONG.
Paulson is going to buy stock and invest in American Banks instead of “Buying 300 billion worth of bad mortgages NOW.” When Lou Dobbs agreed with Paulson,our next treasury:RUBIN,Volker,and Obama,I thought: WOW!
Can’t you people see that the writing is on the wall. Once I found out that Zbigniew Brzezinski endorsed Obama a while back, I automatically knew that some very powerful white men in some very powerful positions(The Man) were going to let a blackman get some limelight.
There theory is that the first black president will improve Americas image around the world,which will make it easier for them to accomplish their goal: Equal World government engineered by America and Europe.
George Bushs’ kind has the same goal,but the the Neo Cons old style Redneck bully,white American supremist attitude displayed around the world offended many people people of different ethnicities around the world(Who happened to start to see themselves as just as smart as Americans because of the emergence of their economies.)
The bottom line is that white american arrogance,ignorance,and intolerance is about to be a thing of the past.
October 10th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
I’m reading the full report now and unfortunately, there appears to be a lot of wiggle room for Palinesque spin. http://download1.legis.state.ak.us/DOWNLOAD.pdf
October 10th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
What has happened to Alan over the past month or so. His style has become much more annoying with lots of petty partisan interruptions of conservative guests — irritating many, angering others. It’s almost as if the producers told him to toughen up, and to act less gentlemanly. We don’t need another Hannity. Sometimes I wish they would both shut up and let some of their excellent guests speak.
October 10th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
It came out on Friday but it will be discussed on the Sunday morning shows and through next week. This has “legs” as they say. I agree it’s not earth shattering but definitely undermines her credibility with voters other than conservatives.
As Dick Morris just said, before he proceeded to defend her on Hannity and Colmes… “It’s not good.”
He’s right for once.
October 10th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Well that’s OK because anythings goes for the republican if it’s Palin/McCain. Palin won’t have to resign because that’s her charater using her power to get what she wants. If McCain is elected you will see him sitting in the rocking chair taking orders from Palin because she’s already stated that the VP should have just as much power. I bet McCain feels like kicking his own A$$ for choosing her. McCain today was defending Sen.Obama after helping Palin promote this violent campaign. Palin has gone against the trust of the Alaskcan’s ppls but the republican’s still think she’s qualified to be VP. How does this look for her charater. This situation concerning Ayers has been repeatly addressed for months but if Ayers was so bad why hasn’t the US forced him out. So why is the issue so important now @ least he’s living a productive life working with kids in education and also why did McCain accept the endorment from the leader of the Ayers project the Anneburg’s. Why the double standards? The McCain campaign is not showing the leadership by allowin his supporters to shout out “KILL HIM” and they did not say anything stop it.
October 10th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Sarah and Todd can get away with this folks.
I mean they’re a couple of mavericks, whadya expect? Honour in government? Don’t be silly. :-)
I’d like to applaud McCain’s campaign for their sensational job of vetting Palin. I genuinely think this campaign has been one of the worst run in recent memory. Schmidt has taken all of the bad from Rove - misleading ads, negative smears - and none of the good - message discipline, a strong ground game, and McCain deserves no sympathy for whoring his honour in the name of the Presidency.
October 10th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
You guys can’t possibly think that Palin’s abuse of the power of her office is going to significantly lower her favor amongst the vast majority of her supporters.
This will be spun as Palin ‘doing the right thing at her own personal political risk’ or some such nonsense.
October 10th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Hey, this is Palin ‘doing the right thing at her own personal political risk.
October 10th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
McCain is just weak weak weak He lets himself be pushed around by religious extremists, racist hicks from Alaska and Rove-ian dark forces within the Republican party. What kind of President would this weak-kneed failure be?
October 10th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
She did nothing wrong she had a right to fire the man . it is just they though she did not do enough to stop her husband . shut up you fraud
October 10th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
GROAN!!! No spin from this middle-of-the-aisle conservative. We might as well hold the elections tomorrow because it is pretty much over for McCain. I’ll bet Romney is looking better and better to the far-right who nixed him because he was Mormon - what a shame.
October 10th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
She broke the law. Not by the firing, but the pressure on the director was in violation of the statute on administrative powers.
October 10th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
“She did nothing wrong she had a right to fire the man . it is just they though she did not do enough to stop her husband . shut up you fraud
Posted by D Grace”
You are a victim of incorrect thinking.
October 10th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
She did use the excuse as part of the reasons she fired him, which was improper, but the major offense was the overt pressure she placed on others by using her husband and her position (directly).
Both situations are a violation of the public trust statute.
We also just got a very predictable response from the campaign. They ignore the violation and focus on the firing issue….sadly inadequate and in straight denial of the content of the report.
October 10th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
“You guys can’t possibly think that Palin’s abuse of the power of her office is going to significantly lower her favor amongst the vast majority of her supporters.”
The nutjobs screaming at her mob rallies are not a concern. He could burn crosses and they would still love her.
The independents and marginal people she was supposed to attract to the ticket are finding her distasteful…in fact her negatives far outweigh her positives (in the polls). Now, she has lost any shred of the “moral highground” to use as a springboard for her slime attacks. She is now a straignt drag on the aspect that McCain needed…proof that he made a great judgment call in selecting her as his running mate.
Bad idea, John…just one more instance of bad judgment.
Just like the judgment to hire Karl’s kids to guide your campaingn.
October 10th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
well i would like to give a shout out to old lefty, um cara, robert blair, bob the union man, mary and so on…. im not counting my chickens but when you have john mccain sayin barak obama is a good and decent man it kinda of under scores what their message was. keep up the good fight ladies and gentleman. your friend in the trenches. craig OBAMA/BIDEN 08
October 10th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Wow now Palin can run for Prez in 2012!
October 10th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Alan you have no shame to stand before the american public and say that Obama has no connect to Acorn when all the evidence is so clear a blind man can see it . I am disappointed that I have to watch you each night with Sean
October 10th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Yet another proof this fake folksy woman doesn’t know what the hell she’s doing!
October 10th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
D Grace you are a disgrace to intelligence….
October 10th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
I can’t believe this!
“Her reversal on the church funding is one small example of what both her critics and supporters in both parties in Alaska say is a trend in Palin’s political track record: She supports spending taxpayer cash on initiatives that tickle her fancy, even as she rails against funding for other — sometimes similar — projects and does little to slow overall government spending.”
That is why I am an independent!
October 10th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
Not Guilty doggone it!
October 10th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
If John exercises the same kind of judgement as President as he used in selecting PaLIN FOR HIS RUNNING MATE, WE COULD BE IN BIG BIG TROUBLE.
October 10th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
On November 5th I will see that Barack Hussein Obama will be elected and, oh you know what, ironically enough, I think I will go to sleep soundly for the rest of the days to come!….
October 10th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
You just betcha she’s as guilty as a doggone it hound dog!
October 10th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
John McCain is a woman. His middle name is a woman’s name…
October 10th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
For some reason Barack HUSSEIN Obama sounds better and more reliable to me everday no matter what people say about his name. So what, maybe as soon as he gets elected, they’ll be a bunch of newborn with their middle names as Hussein!
October 10th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Yeah, this is AMERICA. There are babies out there with the weirdest names, maybe people will follow Barack Hussein’s trend in exotic and different names.
THE names Sarah and John are just too BORING now!!!
October 10th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Oh, that’s right D Grace, its ACORN’s fault that Sarah Palin was busted. “Say it ain’t so Sarah” There you go again abusing power. Now let’s get back to the issue of bashing Obama. Let me go back and read the title of this story again.
“Sarah Palin Abused Power In Troopergate”
Oh, I can see how that ties to ACORN.
October 10th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
Wait, i just practically said Obama is some kind of change!
October 10th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
I do not think I want to have a president who has broken a law! She is really only a hearbeat away from becoming president of the U.S.
October 10th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
palin, please drop out.
October 10th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
The McCain Mob are (led by the Panama Kid) are already spinning her conviction as “political”. Same as the Keating 5 ruling i suppose.
October 10th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Hey, I’m from Alaska and I’m pretty much that small percentage that supports Obama over here. I don’t know how this race is going to turn out but I’ll be rooting for Obama until that final day!!!
Sarah did a poor job as mayor, a worse job as governor, and by gosh I won’t have any part in seeing her foul the job of VP, no siree Bob. And she was never that folksy either, now I see she is just as fake as her tattooed lipliner.
October 10th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
Conservatives don’t believe in hypocrisy, Jake. I think there’s something about that in the bible..
October 10th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
She does have that horrible tattooed lipliner job. As much as she fixes her face, she can’t fix her verbs, predicates and just all her sentences. She can’t fix the trouble she is in now either. Is she really capable of doing anything right?
This is ridiculous!
October 10th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Who is the REAL Sarah Palin?
October 10th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
What a pack of rabid dogs…if you want to read what is really going on…check out Hugh Hewitt’s blog at Townhall.com. Down, boys (and girls…although you are the most rabid of all towards a successful, conservative woman).
October 11th, 2008 at 12:06 am
You people need to get over your obsession with Sarah Palin. You have tried to find something on her ever since she was announced. She could committ the worst crime ever and still be a better person than Obama will ever be.
October 11th, 2008 at 12:12 am
She HAS committed the worst crime ever. She was given power by the constitution of the United States and abused that power in a disgusting, cynical criminal conspiracy to further her personal hateful agenda. How could she ever be trusted to hold public office after this?
October 11th, 2008 at 12:23 am
Yes, another nail in the McCain coffin.
What could McCain have been thinking when he brought her on???
October 11th, 2008 at 12:32 am
Jeorg Haider the leader of the neo-Nazi party in Austria was killed tonight in a car crash. With the Palin thing it looks like a very bad night for Republicans across the globe.
October 11th, 2008 at 12:37 am
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October 11th, 2008 at 12:40 am
Sarah Palin broke a “Rule”. Not a “Law” Stop with ridiculously trivial stuff. Here’s something REAL fo you to chew on.
http://africanpress.wordpress.com/2008/08/10/senator-barack-obama-in-kenya-obama-and-odinga-the-true-story/
October 11th, 2008 at 12:51 am
This was a bogus investigation… the so called “independent” investigator turns out to be a long time collegue of the so called victim for over twenty years.
October 11th, 2008 at 1:12 am
Her choice was a terrible one. It was a horrible ethical mistake. She really doesn’t know her ethics and therefore didn’t realize she was abusing her power. This is irresponsible and it’s just as bad as breaking a rule. We have to be conservative when it comes to rules and regulations but keep an open mind when it comes to deciding in the end who will be a better leader. In this case, Obama seems more mature about his “RECENT, NOW” decisions.
October 11th, 2008 at 1:15 am
Palin still thinks she’s in her pageant, cheerleading days. She needs to friggin wake up and smell the alaskan coffee and realize that the sun is coming out.
Obama/Biden ‘08
October 11th, 2008 at 1:17 am
THE OBAMA SUN!!
October 11th, 2008 at 1:19 am
This was a bogus investigation… the so called “independent” investigator turns out to be a long time collegue of the so called victim for over twenty years.
October 11th, 2008 at 1:21 am
“SHE didn’t break a law but if she would have gone to jail, it would have been the first time she would of been involved in a complete sentence!”
—I thought it was something funny Bill Mauher had mentioned in his show tonight!
October 11th, 2008 at 1:23 am
While she didn’t break the law, by Alaska law she did violate the public trust. So this totaly kills her argument that we can’t trust Barack Obama. Now how can we trust her? From now on her negative attacks will have absolutely no credibility, and to most independents and undecided voters she will seem like a drag on the ticket and these voters may finally decide to go with Obama.
October 11th, 2008 at 2:30 am
This was a bogus investigation… the so called “independent” investigator turns out to be a long time collegue of the so called victim for over twenty years.
October 11th, 2008 at 3:13 am
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Way Hey Goodbye!
October 11th, 2008 at 3:15 am
No, Sarah, please don’t go. Keep it up. LOL
October 11th, 2008 at 3:49 am
She “violated the public trust” according to the report. How does she have the gall to challenge Senator Obama’s trustworthiness?
Game Over man.
October 11th, 2008 at 7:22 am
Carepi,NJ,
Please enlighten us, in detail, on Senator Obama’s trustworthiness, just one more time so that we may fully understand the man.
October 11th, 2008 at 8:42 am
Martika,
Have you ever heard of B12. Try some without the coffee. It’ll do ya some good.
October 11th, 2008 at 8:47 am
If anyone blogging here has the ability of recollection they would recall the many times I’ve stated that I don’t support either candidate. One might consider it an opportunity on behalf of their candidate to do so. However, being a conservative, I’m the enemy and the possibilities are never considered. Yes, liberals are brilliant thinkers.
October 11th, 2008 at 9:10 am
If anyone blogging here has the ability of recollection they would recall the many time I’ve stated that I don’t support either candidate. One might consider it an opportunity to do so on behalf of their candidate. However, being a conservative, I’m the enemy and the possibilities are never considered. Yes, liberals are brilliant thinkers.
This has been rewritten to avoid any useless commentary.
October 11th, 2008 at 9:25 am
Actually, conservatives, too, are remarkable thinkers….or at least they used to be. I’m afraid that republicans are attempting to change the paradyme on what constitutes a conservative by introducing “folksiness” into the dynamic. Sad.
October 11th, 2008 at 9:38 am
The following quote is from the BBC. Perhaps someone can explain to me what the hell it means.
“I would encourage people to be very cautious, to look at this with a jaundiced eye.”
Alaska Senator Gary Stevens, giving a Republican party response after the report’s release
WHAT? Jaundiced eye? How does this work?
October 11th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Merrian Webster has 3 definitions for jaundice, one of which I wasn’t aware of. The following definition makes the Senator’s comment a little less gross.
“a state or attitude characterized by satiety, distaste, or hostility”
October 11th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Someone wrote that women have a problem w/Palin: a successful, conservative woman, etc. As a 48 yr old wife/mother, who, yes, is a democrat, I will tell you in as few words as possible what it is about Palin that is so disturbing. From the moment she came on the scene, I knew she was a dangerous, and yes, bigoted person. Now, when I see her crucify Obama in her rallies, and catch that glint in her eye when linking him to terrorists, I literally become sick to my stomach. Poor McCain, he used to be someone I respected. His campaign managers/and his VP choice are in bed with the Rove machine and America has finally seen the light. Sarah and Todd Palin are as dangerous to the freedoms we enjoy as Americans as Bill Ayers was 40 years ago. Don’t fool yourselves. She is a hate-monger, a war-monger and dishonest. thank you
October 11th, 2008 at 9:51 am
The vid of McCain wandering the stage. It’s hilarious.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/10/the-mccain-wander_n_133775.html
October 11th, 2008 at 9:59 am
Yes, yes, yes, and yes … BUT … is anyone else concerned (as I am) about what I feel is a real possibility that the R’s will steal this election–again?
Please talk me back from the ledge …
October 11th, 2008 at 10:21 am
This country is too divided to come together. The crowds at McCain’s rallies will be the army that kills the left in this country. And I will be proud to join.
October 11th, 2008 at 10:39 am
Now Palin is simply a Paling( a stake) for Mccain.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:44 am
Hey! the kkk have already tried to divide and kill this country.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:51 am
This was a bogus investigation… the so called “independent” investigator turns out to be a long time collegue of the so called victim for over twenty years.
October 11th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
What I want to know is when are you guys going to start demanding an exit strategy to Reagans war on drugs? How many billions have we spent and are still spending? It is definately a quagmire. Our prisons are so full of non violent criminals we don’t have enough room, or the money, to put our criminal politicians in. End the war on drugs, send the DEA to Afganistan.
October 11th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
IN greek Palingenesis means: Palin-again + genesis-birth. So Palin is the rebirth through reincarnation of souls into other bodies. So is she the rebirth of Cheney or Hannity?
October 11th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Please, note that all the defense statements strictly deal with the firing and NOT with the abuse of power. The two are separate issues in the report, however, even he firing (as stated in the report) includes the flavor of improper use of power being a factor in the issue.
In other words, she is guilty of abuse of power.
She is innocent of improper firing of an employee (of course, OJ was found innocent even though the evidence all lead people to the obvious conclusion).
October 11th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
William F. Buckley is rolling in his grave at the thought of Sarah Palin attempting to channel “Tail Gunner Joe” McCarthy. She just doesn’t have the savy, chops, or braincells to pull it off. Instead, she resorts to abusing whatever power she has to attempt to solve a family problem…..and it didn’t work.
The report was right, her abuse of power is a betrayal of the public trust…and we can’t take that chance again even though, apparently, it doesn’t seem to bother McCain….or, have they not awakened him from his nap?
October 11th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Dear Alan,
Just wanted to thank you for the good work you have done this year.
I don’t know the backstory but I thought last nights lack of Hannity was very telling. It did appear that John McCain saying “you don’t need to fear an Obama presidency” and the Troopergate verdict caused your partner to take the weekend off to work out his talking points for the rest of the election. Reminds me of Nancy Grace taking the night off when the Duke verdict was annouced.
October 11th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
this investigation is bogus… the so called “independent” investigator is a long time friend and collegue of Monegan…this is like Biden investigating Obama’s relationship to Acorn
October 11th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
nice try, nikec, but the investigation, the investigator, and the whole issue was conducted by republican majority….not politcal, nor really a bias issue….unless you consider idiots buying the line of crap that the McCain and Barbie on crack are laying out…..
October 11th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
You should know that Mikec has been spamming this board with the same post - cut and pasted - since the news of her conviction came out last night.
October 11th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
So, you are AFRAID of someone who thought it best not to have a trooper that has tasered a 10 year-old, by his own admission, on the payroll? But it is NOT SCAREY for a presidential campaign to intimidate radio stations and newspapers NOT to say anything negative about the candidate? (Does the word communision ring a bell to anyone) Boy, are you Obama supporters drunk with kool-aid. Please wake up. If he wins, you deserve the country he will control. God save the rest of us.
I have stayed away from the Liberaland blog website for a while because it breaks my heart to see such fools on here who don’t care for this great country and who are so anxious to give away all freedoms and who call anyone who disagrees with them such horrible names. This will be my last entry. God, please have mercy on the USA.
October 11th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
So Sarah abused her power.
She did say she’d like to gain more power as VP.
If she becomes VP, she’ll gain powers - this report proves that.
October 11th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
No the word “communision” does not ring a bell. Is that something like taking tax-payer money and doling it out to Republican party contributors.
October 11th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
this investigation is bogus… the so called “independent” investigator is a long time friend and collegue of Monegan…this is like Biden investigating Obama’s cocaine abuse
October 11th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
I have to join in. You just proved Peggy’s point, Jake. You are a Kool-aid drinker.
October 11th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
“If he wins, you deserve the country he will control.”
If he wins, would you consider moving to Canada?
“…it breaks my heart to see such fools on here who don’t care for this great country…”
On the contrary, some of us care a great deal about this country, but it isn’t the “country” you seem to inhabit.
October 11th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Speaking of William F. Buckley — his son, Christopher, is voting for Obama. He was a speechwriter for the older
Bush.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-10-10/the-conservative-case-for-obama/
October 11th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Can anyone say SPIRO AGNEW? The American people should feel fortunate that this is before the election and not after. McCain lost me when he chose Sarah Palin as his running mate. The more I read and researched about this woman, I began to get the feeling that “that woman” would probably have only served one term as gov. of Alaska.
When a vice presidential candidate can’t hit the ground running the day after a convention, you know something is wrong. Palin has been insulated since Day One by the McCain handlers and I believe everyone is finally catching on…Sarah is a fraud and a dangerous one. Her strongest asset is that she can lie and incite furor in a crowd and do it with a smile and a wink. This makes her a very dangerous person to hold office.
October 11th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Saw it coming with floodlights on !
Saw the bizarre debate style as a window to a ruthless governing style.
How could this have been tainted by Democrats if:
(a) the process started way before her nomination
(b) the investigative panel was mostly Republican
Her hometown popularity is a possible facade:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/10/11/sarah_palin_alaska/
October 11th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Carepi asks:
She “violated the public trust” according to the report. How does she have the gall to challenge Senator Obama’s trustworthiness?
She just reads whatever script has been given to her. It does not take ‘gall’, she just needs minimal memory skills. I’m sure she has plenty of space in her brain for memorization, it isn’t filled with current events or any other info that could be gleaned from newspapers or magazines.
October 11th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Peggy asks.
So, you are AFRAID of someone who thought it best not to have a trooper that has tasered a 10 year-old, by his own admission, on the payroll?
Nah, her apparent belief that the Antichrist is alive and amongst us, and that the rapture will take place within a generation are what scare me. I want a person with those beliefs as far away from our nuclear arsenal as possible.
I also want someone who has longer term plans for our nation than one generation’s life span.
October 11th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Jeves loves his country,
Hey Jeves, do me a favor and make those threats at one of Palin’s rallies. That way the secret service will be sure to keep an eye on you.
October 11th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
There were NO REPUBLICANS on the panel there were democrates with an R by there name quit lying it os absolutly pathetic. You Dems are not concerd with Obamas crazy associations but you are concerd with Srah Palin firing a crazy man wow you guys are absolutly moronic.
“If Democrates had a brain they would be republicans”
” If Republicans had brains they would be conservatives” Ann Coulter
October 11th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
ACORN is a fantastic organization. I have donated over $10,000 to them in past 10 years. They have been infiltrated with Republican moles to cause a stir. Even if this is not so, they have done more for America than say, groups like the NRA.
October 11th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Joe Biden’s plagiarism and countless lies about himself and his record get a pass in the mainstream media, yet the media are out to destroy Sarah Palin. I do not understand how liberals consider this a victory. Same thing with the widespread ACORN fraud - as long as the lies and corruption are in the Democrats’ favor, then there is no uproar. With the mainstream media on your side, the defamation and fraud brainwash the citizens. This is the America you wish for your children?
Alan, with your guy leading in the polls, you sure seem unhinged and angry on television lately.
October 11th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
I am wondering why Rep. Rangel, Sen. Dodd, Rep. Frank, etc., haven’t been investigated in similar fashion.
Clearly they abused their Office…
It is getting quite comical, as the fashion amongst the Partisan Mantra is so thick, Democrats are blind to the gross malfeasance within their own Party, as they joyously cheer the negligence of the Opposition.
It is getting really quite Pathetic.
But that is the Party of Clinton, Torricelli, Hastings, McGreevy, etc…
October 11th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
The Republicans were wrong to hassle Bill and Hillary for everyone they fired that they had a right to fire, but by the same token, it’s wrong to hang Palin for firing who she had a right to fire.
Remember, the bottom line is this trooper is an alcoholic wife-beater who tased his own stepson and drank while on duty. I never thought I would hear so called liberals who SAY they oppose abuse of women and children defending this scum and hating Palin. I guess values are relative to political correctness. This feminist applauds Palin for trying to get that abusive pig off the force. Why weren’t the Democrats in Alaska helping her? Maybe they don’t really care about rogue cops!
October 11th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Now that Palin has been exposed let see if Obama and his allies will be expose, Hmmmmmmmmm. He has yet to explain this
October 11th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Gail cryptically posts:
He has yet to explain this
Who has yet to explain what?
October 11th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
The Cop deserved to be Fired, he is too much a jerk to still be on the Force, drinking in the Police car. The Reason the Republicans in Alaska don’t like her is because she blew the whistle on their Corruption, that’s something Obama would never do, he does everything he can to Aid corruption. You all know Tony Rezko is talking, as he Rats on people and the FEDS talk to them they start spilling their guts, telling all.
October 11th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
There you go again Sean, only giving half the facts:
Branchflower wrote. “In spite of that, Governor Palin’s firing of Commissioner Monegan was a PROPER AND LAWFUL exercise of her constitutional and statutory authority to hire and fire executive branch department heads.”
Yes, he did find that she ‘abused’ her power but she did have pleanty of other reasons (which Alaska law doesn’t even require her to have) to remove him from his position, just like any supervisor:
“I find that, although Walt Monegan’s refusal to fire Trooper Michael Wooten was NOT THE SOLE REASON he was fired by Governor Sarah Palin, it was likely a contributing factor to his termination as Commissioner of Public Safety,”
[By the way, he was reassigned, not fired. He was the one who quit.] I also have to suggest that anyone with some connections will use them to benefit their families or themselves. (Why did Obama’s wife’s salary double once her hubby was senator? Hmmm, maybe someone was getting favors?)
Anyway, it is not like Monegan was a perfect employee and certainly Wooten was not. If they were, this would be a whole different story.
I have to point out that Branchflower may not have been so unbiased an investigator. He worked with the Police Department of Alaska and his wife worked for Monegan and spoke well of him. Now, it seems to me there is a bit of a conflict of interest, as usual.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
“I find that, although Walt Monegan’s refusal to fire Trooper Michael Wooten WAS NOT THE SOLE REASON he was fired by Governor Sarah Palin, it was likely a contributing factor to his termination as Commissioner of Public Safety,” Branchflower wrote. “In spite of that, Governor Palin’s firing of Commissioner Monegan was a PROPER AND LEGAL exercise of her constitutional and statutory authority to hire and fire executive branch department heads.”
It’s possible that he would have been REASSIGNED (he wasn’t fired, he chose to quit) even if there hadn’t been the incidences about Wooten.
Also, I have to suggest that Branchflower (the attorney) may not exactly have been unbiased. He had worked with the PD of Alaska as well as his wife being a detective under Wooten’s supervision. Now, would it be likely that he might have a conflict of interest?
And why this investigation anyway… I thought it was supposed to be, and is, carried out by the personnel dept.? Sounds political to me…just before the election.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
Is there a reason my post isn’t coming through?
October 11th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Navakorn,
Email webmaster@alan.com. The spam filter they are using is catching everybody’s posts. If we are all annoying enough, maybe they will get a new spam filter.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
what does that mean, spam filter? Some posts are coming through.
Thanks!
October 11th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
I am not surprised Alan has to put so much spin on the actual investigative finding to justify his position.
Alan said: “A legislative panel in Alaska has concluded that Governor Sarah Palin abused the power of her office in firing Alaska’s public safety commissioner, Walter Monegan.”
Not so, the report states in Finding Number Two: “I find that, although Walt Monegan’s refusal to fire Trooper Michael Wooten was not the sole reason he was fired by Governor Sarah Palin, it was likely a contributing factor to his termination as Commissioner of Public Safety. (Here is the bottom line) In spite of that, Governor Palin’s firing of Commissioner Monegan was a proper and lawful exercise of her constitutional and statutory authority to hire and fire executive branch department heads.”
October 11th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Helitac,
Who is spinning? First sentance from the AP report
Direct quote from the report itself:
This is from bloomberg, note exactly a left wing news source:
So Palin is unethical. And obviously many of her supporters have no problem with that. That’s fine - but don’t call it ’spin’ when Alan points it out. Just say that you have no problem with her being unethical.
October 12th, 2008 at 12:07 am
Navakorn,
They are using a piece of software called ‘Akismet’ to keep boob and penis ads off of the blog, a noble effort. Unfortunately, it also catches some legitimate comments. They are working to try to solve the problem, if you let webmaster@alan.com know what posts of yours are not getting through - it will probably help them figure out how to fix it.
October 12th, 2008 at 12:12 am
Whoops..sorry everyone for my repeat posts….I didn’t see that the previous ones went through. I thought they were lost in space.
October 12th, 2008 at 1:13 am
So let me get this straight, the new “Palin Standard”:
“A government official abuses his authority if he fails to stop a close family member from seeking to influence a government official.”
OK, so does this apply to all politicians, or just to Gov. Palin?
October 12th, 2008 at 1:29 am
Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art though Romeo,
Deny thy Palin and refuse to accept her abuse of power;
Or, if thou wilt not, be less critical of thine opponents,
And I’ll no longer be ridiculing thou.
Seriously, Romeo - she was found guilty of abusing the power of her office, of letting the first dude use her office to take care of some family business.
It isn’t a ‘Palin’ standard, it is the Alaskan state ethics rules. So to answer your question:
OK, so does this apply to all politicians, or just to Gov. Palin?
It applies to Alaskan politicians, not just Palin.
October 12th, 2008 at 1:41 am
Um, I’m Baaaaaaack!
October 12th, 2008 at 1:41 am
Amazing you all are after a woman who has a problem with a law enforcement officer who tased a young boy. But you support a man who has friend who is a known terrorist, a preacher who hates this country and help a thug get a million dollars in Africa, so this thug could put more people under Muslim laws. Laws that kill people for being gay or beat women who just express their opinion. Beware of what you wish for.
October 12th, 2008 at 2:44 am
Why didn’t “true-blue” working-class Joe Biden serve in the military during the Vietnam War?????
October 12th, 2008 at 2:51 am
I have only skimmed the Troopergate report, but already have found something jarring.
The investigator states on page 80 that he understands that, because of Alaska’s confidentiality laws, the Palins were frustrated and skeptical about whether the complaints against Trooper Wooten were being taken seriously. The “irony”, says the investigator, “is that the complaints were taken very seriously and a thorough investigation was underway”.
Now, according to the investigator, Todd Palin was putting unremitting pressure on Commissioner Monaghan regarding Trooper Wooten.
How then to explain this, from page 71: The investigator says that Monaghan sent a photo to Gov. Palin for an autograph. The photo was one of Trooper Wooten! The investigator claims, incredibly, that Monaghan did not know the photo was one of Trooper Wooten. It is impossible to believe (1) the governor’s husband was putting unremitting pressure on Monaghan about the Trooper Wooten matter while simultaneously believing (2) Monaghan could “accidently” send a photo of Trooper Wooten for the Governor’s autograph.
It seems in this report, the investigator does a lot of mind-reading — of both the Palins and their critics. Yet, he consistently mind-reads to the detriment of Gov. Palin.
I’ll keep reading.
October 12th, 2008 at 4:09 am
The report is a bunch of he said she said junk. If Palin was accused of the same stuff that cop did the left wing group that’s gathered here would be crying about the lack of justice.
October 12th, 2008 at 8:16 am
At the base of the matter is a trooper who used his taser on a 10 year old. I don’t know about anyone else, but I wouldn’t want this trooper to have police authority over me or my family. Todd Palin is right. Wooten should have been fired. Also, former Senator Gravel (D), no supporter of Sarah Palin, asked a liberal radio host whether we as a society are supposed to wait until somebody dies before we do something about situations like this, and I agree with that as well.
October 12th, 2008 at 8:53 am
From what I understand, the taser incident was not an issue for Palin when it happened, only after the divorce got ugly.
Perhaps they should have filed criminal charges against Wooten when it happened.
The issue here is did she abuse her power when SHE fired someone who would not fire Wooten, and that Todd was NOT elected, and had no business in it at all.
October 12th, 2008 at 9:11 am
I am amazed that it’s ok for Sen Obama to be associated with and accept funds from groups that lie, cheat and commit voter fraud. It’s ok for him to waffle on his positions and lie about his voting record. But it’s an impeachable offense to want a policeman fired because he was drunk on the job and tazered a 10 year old. If Gov Palin were a Democrat you would not be saying these things. The hypocrisy of the Democrat party continues to amaze me.
October 12th, 2008 at 10:32 am
After reading many of the comments from the left on this site, there really are two America’s. If the country begins to split it will be funny to watch the left fight with their lawyers and the ACLU. And my side mow them down in pride with our rifles. If you don’t think it’s coming just watch. I know many of my friends are gearing up for it.
October 12th, 2008 at 10:42 am
jeves,
Aren’t you the good German?
It sounds like you would VERY comfortable as a brownshirt in 1933, Germany.
By the way, what does Hannity, Limbaugh and G Gordon all have in common?
They ALL turned to the ACLU for help when THEY needed it.
October 12th, 2008 at 11:03 am
The only mowing you’ll be doing Jeves is your lawn.
Now be a good boy Jeves, put down your trusty little rifle before you accidently shoot your dog, and make yourself a nice hot cup of tea. It has a nice calming effect. Yoga is good too.
Just lookin’ out for ya! You Betcha!
October 12th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Jeves has a crush on Obama:
3) They both are good looking
Ah ha! So that’s why you don’t like Obama. He must have spurned your advances at some point. Well, buck up Jeves - there are other fish out there in the sea. He just isn’t gay, plus he is happily married. Don’t take it personally, I’m sure you are quite a catch.
You just get back out there and keep looking, Jeves. I’m sure the man of your dreams is waiting for you somewhere.
October 12th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
jeves,
Yeah, but Hitler was a right winger, and your side is the ONLY one hinting at violence.
Remember, that it was Palin who quoted Pegler, who bemoaned the unsuccessful attempt at FDR’s life and called for the assination of RFK.
Unfortunately, I fear that many of you have become so far removed from American principles, that don’t recognize the anti- Americanism in yourselves anymore.
You REALLY are more like the radical Muslims that you hate so much.
October 12th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Actually, Obama’s profile is more like Lincoln’s.
And NOBODY advocates violence except those at the Palin rallies. (and Limbaugh who said he was praying for riots at the Democratic convention).
October 12th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
First off, Hitler was a National Socialist, gee I guess that makes him a right winger. Second, here in Colorado, several McCain locations have been burned and vandalized. So don’t tell me who is going radical first. The left has a lot to answer for.
Is Bush worthless, yes. But so are the rest of the so called LEADER’s of this country, both right and left. As long as there is this much division in this country, we will all pay the price.
October 12th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Need to try posting in parts:
Adolf Hitler and Roehm, built what seemed to many conservatives a remarkable force in German Culture, which only years before had garnered less than 3% of the vote, but by the early thirties the majority. Roehm, considered even more radical and conservative than Hitler [although Hitler would later consider him 'too' socialist'] based upon his experience in WWI and later the Freikorps, built a para-military militia to ‘take back’ German from the influence of communism and the Catholic Socialist Party of the Weimar Republic, in an attempt to reinstill German values and Volkische culture in a defeated Germany.
October 12th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
From the first days of Hitler’s Third Reich, Jews, Socialists, Communists, and others were hounded, arrested, or assassinated, from the first days of Hitler’s power.
October 12th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
“Second, here in Colorado, several McCain locations have been burned and vandalized”
…………………..
Both sides say that in EVERY election.
I’m sorry, but the right has made such a mess of everything, they have nothing left but petty smears.
October 12th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Yes the right has made of mess of things, but so has the left. The funny thing is, you won’t admit to it.
October 12th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
The left hasn’t had enough power for enough time to mess things up.
I WILL predict that if the Democrats,(not necessarily the left), win the whitehouse AND make big gains in both houses AND have time to pack the courts, they also will become drunk on their own power.
October 12th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Oldlefty, I agree with your assessment, but the lefties are as fully responsible for the financial crisis as the republicans. And for somebody like Nancy Polosi to march out and say the DEM have no responsibility in this mess is what irritates the right.
October 12th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
More shocking information in the Troopergate report:
As I mentioned in my prior post about the Troopergate report, after Gov. Palin had been in office about a year, Commissioner Monegan sent her a poster of an Alaska state trooper saluting a police memorial, and asked her to autograph it. The trooper in the poster? None other than Trooper Wooten!
Monegan makes the incredible claim that he didn’t know who the trooper in the photo was. In the transcript of the investigator’s interview of Monegan, Monegan says, “I didn’t know he [Trooper Wooten] was, you know, the guy in the poster”. (Page 157 of the report.)
At this point it seems that the next question should be, “You’re saying that after a year of being badgered by the Governor’s husband and others about this Trooper that you didn’t know what he looked like?” Instead the investigator says, very sympathetically to Monegan, “You were just having a bad day, weren’t you?” (Again, page 157.)
What kind of investigator is this?
Later, on pages 182 and 183, the investigator asks Monegan if Palin was telling the truth when she said that Monegan never told her that he felt pressured by her husband or staff on the Wooten investigation.
“MR. BRANCHFLOWER: Okay. That’s what I want to ask you about. Now is [Gov. Palin's statement] correct? Did you ever go and say to her, governor, you’re pressuring me, or your husband’s pressuring me, or [long list of other possible 'pressurers'] is pressuring me?”
“MR. MONEGAN: I –”
One can feel the investigator nearly begging for an affirmative response!
“MR. BRANCHFLOWER: Did you ever do anything like that?”
Yes, “anything”! Did you ever give the Governor a sad look? A wink? A secret handshake — “anything like that?”
“MR. MONEGAN: I never did.”
And then, as though Mr. Branchflower can see his job opportunities in a future Obama administration going up in smoke, he follows up:
“MR. BRANCHFLOWER: Why not?
“MR. MONEGAN: Primarily because — part of my rationale for trying to keep her at arm’s length was to protect her from opening herself up to litigation by Wooten….”
The investigator failed to ask Monegan to explain this incredible rationale, though the answer makes no sense. If Monegan’s rationale for not complaining to Gov. Palin that her husband and staff were pressuring him on Wooten was to protect her from a civil suit by Wooten, then his answer should have been, “Yes, I talked with the Governor and warned her that this pressure from her husband and staff could result in litigation against her by Wooten”!
Something is rotten in Juneau.
I’ll keep reading.
October 12th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
I shall keep reading as well. Getting more and more interesting.
October 13th, 2008 at 3:43 am
Sarah Palin is a criminal. She violated the law abusing the power of her office.
“Governor Sarah Palin Abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act”
A duly constituted commission of 8 Republicans and 4 Democrats elected officials first finding was : “I find that Governor Sarah Palin Abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act … Compliance with the code of ethics is not optional…”
Here is the report:
http://download1.legis.state.ak.us/DOWNLOAD.pdf
This panel that oversaw the report was endorsed as constituted by Palin and it’s validity was confirmed by the Supreme Court of Alaska. It voted unanimously to release the report.
October 13th, 2008 at 4:15 am
Borack H. Obama Joined The Democratic Socialists of America in 1995 when they supported him for state senate.Why did they supported him? Because he was a member, that’s why. He answered 130 times with the word PRASENT. A new record for the state. Is that change? Is that leadership? When he did vote , he voted every time Ths Democratic Socialists of America Party line. Why? By the way, has he ever paid Hillary R. Clinton for her campaign debt if she supported him as he promised. Or is this another broken promise of Obama, like the one he made that he would spend only as much as McCain in the CAMPAIGN? He is spending 4to10 times as much as McCain in TV, Radio, Mailings,etc. Does he want to win the election with money or with the issues and charecter?
October 19th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
Anyone in the USA who believes that Palin is qualified to be POTUS is either on some serious drugs or from another planet.
October 20th, 2008 at 12:40 am
What a farse. The fact is that the party of Deceit, Nonsense, Corrupt also known as DNC and the party of screw ball Alan is behind this smear. America best wake up soon before we wake up and find that the corrupt Democrats have stolen ALL of our rights. The DNC only cares about their money and power.
October 20th, 2008 at 2:20 am
Does the USA really want to live in a Socialist economy??
I say it is time to press charges against those that voted over and over again to prevent Govt. oversight on Freddie and Fannie. Hey,,guess what,,it was the same Democrats that made tons of money payoffs from Freddie and Fannie that objected to Govt. oversight of Freddie and Fannie.
WAKE UP AMERICA!!!
October 20th, 2008 at 2:23 am
A vote for Obama is a vote for the Socialist deployed economy of America.
October 20th, 2008 at 2:24 am
Joe the plumber had it right. Obama is not to be trusted.
Obama is a Socialist. Obama is the ideal representation of the down-fall of America.
October 20th, 2008 at 2:26 am
Obama has never achieved anything. His ownly claim to fame is being elected to the U.S. Senate two years ago. One remarkable record Obama has in the U.S. Senate is to not be present.
October 20th, 2008 at 2:28 am
Every time I see Alan on TV…it makes me sick. Alan is a stupid person. His points to support the Liberal Agenda are simply idiotic. Alan is a fool.
October 20th, 2008 at 2:30 am
TO KTELL: BREAKING NEWS: Freddie Mac Republican headman Hollis McLoughlin paid under the table $2 million to DCI , a GOP consulting firm to kill the 2005 Regulation legislation, targeting Republicans to vote against it (Democrats thought it would hurt the housing market & was already against it. BEFORE 2004, Democrats ran Fannie Mae & Freddy Mac. AFTER 2004, Republicans ran fannie Mae & Freddie Mac. Hollis McLoughlin was Bush One’s Secretary of the Treasury. Freddie Mac gave $250,000 for the GOP convention. DESPICABLE!!!!!!
October 20th, 2008 at 2:40 am
Breaking story with this headline: From the Assocoaited Press: out late Sunday Oct 19, 2008……..
FREDDIE MAC PAID GOP CONSULTING FIRM $2 MILLION TO KILL 2005 LEGISLATION.
This was the 2005 regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that John MCain belatedly signed onto, wasn’t it? Even Republicans are calling it despicable. I would say it is the end of McLoughlin’s career. Wonder how much this contributed to the collapse of Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac, and if that $250,000 GOP donation for the convention was returned so taxpayers won’t foot that cost….. of course it was not returned, so in reality the taxpayers helped foot the bill for the GOP convention. Corruption on a grand scale. Screw the taxpayer, say the Republicans, they can afford it. Sounds like some big-money Republicans are going to prison! Again, DESPICABLE!!!!!!
October 20th, 2008 at 2:56 am
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