AMERICAblog: Delusional Palin team: She's "vindicated" by the one part of the report we like, but ignore that unlawful abuse of power part
scytherius
· 1 year ago
Awesome! Means she is staying on the ticket. That's good for 60-62 Dem Senate seats and Barack Hussein (I say it proudly) Obama as Prez! Utterly awesome.
dad
· 1 year ago
cnn is carrying the same water
lark83
· 1 year ago
Well It would have been great if it had recommended impeachment, but just the finding that she violated state ethics laws is good too. And maybe its better to guarantee she stays on the ticket. Thats assuming they lose.
canuck55
· 1 year ago
It was within her constitutional powers for her to fire Monegan, but earlier this summer, she said that the brother-in-law was not a factor in the firing (and the report says it was a factor). In other words, she lied. It's always the cover-up, not the original crime, that bites you in the ass. Nixonian politics indeed.
houstonray
· 1 year ago
There's that creepy "they serve at the pleasure of..." statement we heard from the Bush administration.
Joe you were too nice, I say that bitch is just plain old bat shit crazy...
Busboy
· 1 year ago
As I understand it, he wouldn't fire a guy who tasered his own kid. That's about 30 years in Oklahoma. Is tasering of children allowed in your state or DC?
ndtovent
· 1 year ago
Hmmmmm... Dunno, but I'll check into it... There's some thug 'children' who terrorize our metro systems in certain areas I'd like to taze....
Busboy
· 1 year ago
Good point....
shanobama
· 1 year ago
I am sure you know more than the state troopers, who suspended Wooten.
And the judge who admonished Palin for child abuse if they did not stop harrassing the BIL. Sure, you know more than the Alaska lawmakers who looked into the case of the trooper Wooten..
Guess the rule of law means nothing to you, and they should have lynched the guy without a trial.
lynchie
· 1 year ago
back under the rock dick head
Busboy
· 1 year ago
I've been advised by monitors that I'm not allowed to respond in kind to your vituperative statements. And, although the sun doesn't shine everywhere; I'm sure you know where it will never shine......
Slim Cognito
· 1 year ago
If I went to your boss and told him you tasered me, would he fire you just on my word? The "tasering" episode, (just like the moose episode) happened while the couple was still together and nobody complained until the divorce two years later.
Busboy
· 1 year ago
The Moose episode?
Slim Cognito
· 1 year ago
Yea, the guy shot a moose out of season. The whole family, Palin included, butchered and ate it.. Two years went by before Palin decided to turn him in for it. (FYI I'm not defending the trooper, I think he's an ass, I'm defending Monagan. He had to work with what he could verify, not he said/she said accusations).
iWoman
· 1 year ago
Wrong. The Chief of the Alaska state police issued a letter of reprimand to the trooper, Wooten, and he served a five-day suspension as penalty. So the trooper was disciplined and the case closed. Monegan had not even been appointed yet. Palin appointed him when she took office. Months later, Palin fired Monegan for not disciplining Wooten for a SECOND TIME for the same incident.
They think personal vendettas are just part of the job, apparently.
Like having your spouse sit in on all your meetings and read all your emails, or your family be paid to travel with you.
Wild_Weasel
· 1 year ago
. . . so she's only partially pregnant?
An_American_Karol
· 1 year ago
Palin is guilty of lying, covering up, violating state ethics law, and betraying the trust of the people of Alaska; however, "...Lawmakers don't have the authority to sanction her for such a violation, and they gave no indication they would take any action against her". http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?st...
It's going to be up to the people of Alaska to impeach her, and it will be up to the people in the United States to send her packing back to Alaska where she belongs.
Busboy
· 1 year ago
They'll never touch her; now that we know she's related to Princess Di...
Ben Dover
· 1 year ago
Palin should step down as Governor of Alaska pending indictment and trial.
canuck55
· 1 year ago
Top of the page on the BBC News website is the headline "Palin abused Power, Probe Finds". Also another article on the page talking about, among other things: how Palin is the 10th cousin of Princess Di, goats wear condoms, the word "unbepissed" means not being urinated on, and Big Liebowski fans call themselves achievers. Gotta love that Brtish sense of humour.
Watch them spin this as if she has been exonerated and come out unscathed of this investigation. These Republicans have this delusional disease, and we have seen it from the Bush administration, and now from the McCain campaign. She has been found abusing her powers, and that is arrogance, and dangerous. So much like Bush and Cheney, no?
There's obviously some serious parsing going on here. She may well have "acted within her constitutional authority" and still broken the law. An analogy would be a cop, who has the authority to arrest people, but is not allowed to just arrest anyone willy-nilly without a good reason. Except in places like St. Paul during the RNC, of course. ;)
Busboy
· 1 year ago
What happened, SBT? your iceberg broke loose and you're headed to DC on this recriminatory blog?
SadButTrue
· 1 year ago
Contrary to rumors, I am allowed out at night Bushbot.
Busboy
· 1 year ago
accusations bandied back and forth = recriminations here in the lower 48, SBT. You've stumbled into a real jungle here, SBT. Might be best to latch an old Evinrude on that iceberg and try to get back to Canuckland.... ;-)
SadButTrue
· 1 year ago
BTW BushBot, I'm a bit bewildered by your use of the word recriminatory. Did you stumble across a dictionary that just had big words in it, but no definitions?
High Crimes & Misdemeanors
· 1 year ago
You know SBT, I was thinking the same thing. This does not sound like the BUSHYBOY I know and can't stand. This does not seem like his writing at all. Either someone has commandeered his handle or BUSHYBOY has been reading. Neither of which could probably have happened. He using some big words which he's never done before. Something is up, and it certainly isn't his intelligence quotient.
SGreen
· 1 year ago
What if McCain endorsed Obama and withdrew his candidacy? Wouldn't that make him a true maverick? That's the only thing left for McCain to save his so-called "honor," whatever fuck that is?
Zang
· 1 year ago
wow, not one peep of this on drudge (yes, i washed my hands)
SadButTrue
· 1 year ago
Countdown did a good job of explaining this report. The way they put it this phrase that the McCaveman/Pain ticket is going to focus on can be interpreted to mean that her firing of Walter Monegan was PROCEDURALLY legal. This does not diminish the fact that she was also found to have abused her office and was in breach of the public trust.
cowboyneok
· 1 year ago
The McCain - Palin supporters don't care. Most of them are busy trying to find ways to get away with shouting death threats agains Obama at their rallies. They wouldn't care if she were impeached over this. They still think she is some kind of KKKristian Prophet. They worship her... they really do.
cowboyneok
· 1 year ago
Watching the cable teevee newsreaders say the judgment is all so confusing. Anderson Cooper is reporting it says she broke a state ethics law, but she violated no laws. Uh, you either violate a law or you don't violate any laws. Thats like saying, "Well, she committed murder but she didn't violate any gun laws while doing it."
cowboyneok
· 1 year ago
TRUE: SARAH PALIN VIOLATED THE ALASKA STATE ETHICS ACT
TRUE: SARAH PLAIN VIOLATED THE LAW
Busboy
· 1 year ago
Cowboy, you having trouble with reading comp tonite? They said she did not break the law. Just like when Bush had the attorneys fired, like when Clinton got a blow job, like when FDR stacked the supreme court. Get it?
shanobama
· 1 year ago
Palin was found guilty of "abuse of power". Guilty of violating a State law in Alaska, Busboy.
She is just a poseur, unethical, and a oh so typical Republican in the Bush age.
Bush league violation, but a violation nonetheless.
The sad part is: Monegan tried to warn her she was in danger of an ethics violation and she did not listen. Just like Bush.
Apocalypstick. Palin/Putin '12
Busboy
· 1 year ago
"You really don't understand how this works"........John McCain You have to be charged and prosecuted for violations of state law. Neither of which is going to happen to Sarah... No commission or grand jury can find you guilty of anything.
MommaKat
· 1 year ago
Not true busboy, the legislature commissioned this committee with the investigation and they were given the following options: Close the probe, no further action necessary due to no findings of impropriety; Refer to another Committee to continue probe if found guilty of Abuse of Power and Ethics violation (breach of state statute), and this committee most likely would pursue the issue of impeachment, transfer the matter for criminal investigation based on evidence and report findings. Instead, they voted to publicly release the full report. (minus sections that breach confidentiality, so that's not really full, but still how it's being reported.)
My guess, they're being accused of a political witch hunt. Referring to a new committee keeps the report internal, and impeachment in the republican controlled Alaskan legislature is unlikely. Transfer for criminal investigation not only keeps report internal, but poses the scenario of Palin's likely replacement on the GOP ticket. Releasing the report, on the other hand, forces McCain to keep her on the ticket and defend her while the truth is released to the public. I'll take door number 4 thank you.
robertdsc
· 1 year ago
Heck of a job, Sarah. *thumbs up*
MommaKat
· 1 year ago
This just makes me think of this great graphic of a political button my 20 year old sent me today. It said:
Attention Sarah Palin Jesus Christ was a community organizer Pontius Pilate was a Governor.
Hurrycane
· 1 year ago
All that can fit on a button?
bacalove
· 1 year ago
Sarah Palin Caught (Wearing a Phone Earpiece)! by Nex Horus (Daily Kos Blogger) Oct 10, 2008
It looks like Sarah Palin has been using a Secret Service Earpiece (probably by brickhousesecurity.com) The thin white line coming down from her glasses appears to be a brickhousesecurity antenna. She plugged her left ear to hear from the earpiece in her right ear.
Reuters was refused earpiece checks before her debate with Joe Biden: http://www.youtube.com/...
Here's the actual product in detail... It was a Secret Service item until people like Sarah blew the cover. Now it's fair game for the public: http://www.youtube.com/...
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It's always the cover-up, not the original crime, that bites you in the ass.
Nixonian politics indeed.
Joe you were too nice, I say that bitch is just plain old bat shit crazy...
And the judge who admonished Palin for child abuse if they did not stop harrassing the BIL. Sure, you know more than the Alaska lawmakers who looked into the case of the trooper Wooten..
Guess the rule of law means nothing to you, and they should have lynched the guy without a trial.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Public_Safe...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Public_Safe...
Like having your spouse sit in on all your meetings and read all your emails, or your family be paid to travel with you.
It's going to be up to the people of Alaska to impeach her, and it will be up to the people in the United States to send her packing back to Alaska where she belongs.
Gotta love that Brtish sense of humour.
http://www.uclick.com/feature/08/10/10/sc081010...
She has been found abusing her powers, and that is arrogance, and dangerous.
So much like Bush and Cheney, no?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Lie
That's the only thing left for McCain to save his so-called "honor," whatever fuck that is?
TRUE: SARAH PLAIN VIOLATED THE LAW
She is just a poseur, unethical, and a oh so typical Republican in the Bush age.
Bush league violation, but a violation nonetheless.
The sad part is: Monegan tried to warn her she was in danger of an ethics violation and she did not listen. Just like Bush.
Apocalypstick.
Palin/Putin '12
You have to be charged and prosecuted for violations of state law. Neither of which is going to happen to Sarah...
No commission or grand jury can find you guilty of anything.
My guess, they're being accused of a political witch hunt. Referring to a new committee keeps the report internal, and impeachment in the republican controlled Alaskan legislature is unlikely. Transfer for criminal investigation not only keeps report internal, but poses the scenario of Palin's likely replacement on the GOP ticket. Releasing the report, on the other hand, forces McCain to keep her on the ticket and defend her while the truth is released to the public. I'll take door number 4 thank you.
Attention Sarah Palin
Jesus Christ was a community organizer
Pontius Pilate was a Governor.
It looks like Sarah Palin has been using a Secret Service Earpiece (probably by brickhousesecurity.com) The thin white line coming down from her glasses appears to be a brickhousesecurity antenna. She plugged her left ear to hear from the earpiece in her right ear.
http://www.youtube.com/...
Reuters was refused earpiece checks before her debate with Joe Biden:
http://www.youtube.com/...
Here's the actual product in detail... It was a Secret Service item until people like Sarah blew the cover. Now it's fair game for the public: http://www.youtube.com/...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTqdYQ46wMU
Is this why she won't go on Meet the Press, like every other Vice Presidential candidate who has gone before her?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081011/ap_on_el_pr...