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That damn internet blogger!
Oh, and the MSM!
14 minutes ago
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A legislative committee investigating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has found she unlawfully abused her authority in firing the state's public safety commissioner.
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The investigative report concludes that a family grudge wasn't the sole reason for firing Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan but says it likely was a contributing factor.
The Republican vice presidential nominee has been accused of firing a commissioner to settle a family dispute. Palin supporters have called the investigation politically motivated.
Monegan says he was dismissed as retribution for resisting pressure to fire a state trooper involved in a bitter divorce with the governor's sister. Palin says Monegan was fired as part of a legitimate budget dispute.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081011/...5VYWHW0PFh24cA
That damn internet blogger!
Oh, and the MSM!
Would be hilarious if this actually makes any waves...
where are all the right wingers in this thread? Where's whott?
Sarah can abuse me anytime she wants. Heh heh.
I really, really feel sorry for her.
Since she had the authority to fire him for any reason she chose, I absolutely couldn't care less....or IOW, I care an infinite amount more about this than you do about the massive multistate voter fraud your party is engaged in.
Good choice, whottt. Declare that you don't care and change the subject.
Thanks...I really don't care at all. I cannot state emphatically enough how little I care. How absolutely and totally I don't care. Even if it was the entire reason she fired that guy, and not merely part of it...I wouldn't care. In fact I'd respect her even more if it was entirely the reason she fired that guy.
Meanwhile...massive voter fraud.
Admit you don't care, or , admit you wish they hadn't been caught...it's the truth, so you might as well admit it. At least then you'll be honest....like I was.
if it was not the sole reason it was legal
this is just a political move because the investigator will not vote for maccain
he is abusing his power!
I do care, and I think Democrats are ing bags just like their Republican brethren. It's common sense that Palin abused her power here, and that she's a wolf in sheep's clothing when talking about how different she is from the Washington status quo.
I guess in the common sense side of things, it would be too obvious to say that a governor should be able to get a state employee fired if said employee was making threats against their family (this would go for any publicly elected official in my book).
We even have a few laws on the books for like this in Texas. But don't let me get in the way of the Democraptic circle jerk that is sure to commence...
Dude...it's not clear at all that she abused her power. Do you realize that the dismissal of this trooper had been reccomended before she was even elected Governor? And their Union protected him?
She didn't abuse her power, she had the right Monneghan for any reason she chose.
And that is a partisan commitee that found she abused her power.
Your mock outrage over this is hilarious. People are going to care about this about as much as they care about the Keating 5.
Your mock claim that it is a partisan panel is hilarious. It's four Democrats and ten Republicans. So it is partisan -- in favor of Palin.
Just another in a long line of disingenuous statements that show how much you actually care.
so dems are defending a trooper that drank on the job, and tasered his 10 year old son..
smooth move dems.. I guess you do support anything up to waterboarding..
Don't forget threatening the life of a family member of the governor of the state...
Anyone think that if some DPS trooper made threats against someone in Perry's family that they'd still have their job?
"forget threatening the life"
who made this claim? Is it just hearsay, he-said, she-said?
Tasering has become mere entertainment for law-enforcement bullies. How many have lost their jobs for tasering, to death, non-violent citizens?
The charge against pitbull and First Turd is not that the didn't have the power to terminate, but that she abused that power in a personal vendetta.
But for you right-wing fascists, ins utions (pitbull under the governor's hat) always has the right to crush citizens, who have no power to defend themselves.
Last edited by boutons_; 10-11-2008 at 11:03 AM.
Yawn. All the way around -- yawn.
Second comment is a totally unnecessary deflection, because your first is valid enough. I think it raises character issues, a little Cheney-esque, but she didn't break laws worthy of prosecution, sanctioning, or even censure outside the report. She brought her personal life too close to the office, but was also totally at liberty to fire a cabinet member. There are bigger fish to fry right now.
So why didn't they press charges and get him thrown him in jail?
Love this response from the woman going to change how things are done in Washington:
And here is the part that really bothers me:The investigator's report states Palin's efforts to get Wooten fired broke a state ethics law that bars public officials from pursuing personal interest through official action.
The lawyers representing Palin and her husband, Todd Palin, issued a three-page attack on the investigative report, including the contention that Ethics Act violations can only involve financial motives and financial "potential gain, or the avoidance of a potential loss."
"Here, there is no accusation, no finding and no facts that money or financial gain to the governor was involved in the decision to replace Monegan," the lawyers said.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/...ion/index.htmlPalin and her husband have consistently denied wrongdoing, describing Wooten as a "rogue trooper" who had threatened their family -- allegations Branchflower discounted.
"I conclude that such claims of fear were not bona fide and were offered to provide cover for the Palins' real motivation: to get Trooper Wooten fired for personal family reasons," Branchflower wrote.
The Branchflower report states Todd Palin used his wife's office and its resources to press for Wooten's removal, and the governor "failed to act" to stop it. But because Todd Palin is not a state employee, the report makes no finding regarding his conduct.
No one is defending him or his actions. What he did really is not pertinent. What matters in THIS investigation are the actions of her and her husband through the abuse of her office.
Because it wasn't a black kid that he tasered. That white boy must have had it coming.
abuse of office... would you think bush was abusing his office if he tried to get rumsfeld to remove agents that were torturing suspected terrorist... and then fired rumsfeld... I mean if your going to stand on principle..
haha dude your such a i don't think anyone takes your posts seriously
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