GOVENOR Sarah Palin From Alaska under investigation

[mcg]

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[RobertSeattle]

1. Starts at about 0:34 in if you want to save some time

[avaistheone1]

2. 87% of Palin's constituents say she is lying.

There's that republican character for you.

Hey Sarah, the Amy Winehouse beehive is a nice touch. lol

[Erebus67]

18. She also has an 80% approval rating

So don't count your chickens.

Telegraph.co.uk link

[CitizenPatriot]

27. How does that 80% (if it is still that)

translate to the national level? It's going to be difficult to overcome the oil ties, what with the senator's problems and cheney's FBI problems now re this whole issue.

[Erebus67]

29. He had a blue collar job on an oil rig and now owns a fishing business.

I don't think you can call that "oil ties". Well you can, but I don't think it's very honest.

Time Article

[CitizenPatriot]

31. your definition of honesty needs a tune up

You've suggested that it is not very honest of me to suggest she has oil ties? Perhaps you have failed to do your homework, but that is no reason to so smugly accuse someone else of being dishonest. That's rude and inappropriate, not to mention inaccurate.

I don't know if your problem is your definition of oil ties, or what. You must have a VERY loose one. This sure looks like OIL TIES TO ME, and your response smacks of what the talking points of the day are -- Palin is working class, one of us, etc:

Palin is chairman of the Alaska's Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which regulates oil and gas resources.

http://us.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/29/palin.republican.vp.candidate/index.html

On March 2007, Palin presented the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA) as the new legal vehicle for building a natural gas pipeline from the state's North Slope. <27> This negated a deal by the previous governor to grant the contract to a coalition including BP (her husband's seasonal employer).

wiki
snip:

Palin favors opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas development, something McCain opposes. Her family even gets one of its paychecks from the oil industry: Palin's husband, Todd Palin, earned $46,790 last year as a facility operator for BP Alaska in Prudhoe Bay.
.......

Campaign contributions Palin collected earlier in her political career could also provide fodder for Democratic campaign ads, tying her to an Alaska Republican political scandal from which she has tried to distance herself.

Palin raised at least $4,500 for her unsuccessful 2002 campaign for lieutenant governor from executives of VECO Corp., an oil services contractor at the heart of a massive influence-peddling investigation. Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens is accused of accepting more than $250,000 in home renovations and gifts from VECO executives and failing to disclose them on his annual financial statements; the senator says he is innocent.

Palin received $500 each from nine VECO executives in December 2001, including then-CEO Bill Allen, who last year pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy, bribery and tax charges and agreed to cooperate in the corruption investigation.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080829/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_palin_vulnerabilities_1

and for the "some people say" portion of our program,

according to "insiders" (or, some people), her husband recently went on-leave so there wouldn't appear to be a conflict of interest while his wife runs office, since his co. BP has been paying Alaska off to do offshore drilling and her husband helps lobby to increase oil taxes for a living. sound familiar?

sorry, but these are oil ties any way you slice it.

it sounds like you're buying into the rw talking points I just heard, about how her husband is a middle class working man. Clearly, this is a sadly transparent account to attempt to be "one of the people" and not the man with 7 + houses.

They have oil ties, oil interests, and people say her husband indeed is a lobbyist, which if you are honest, makes sense. OF course the oil companies will pay her husband for her ear and her vote. A person doesn't have to be registered as a lobbyist to be working as an "advocate", but then, I'm not sure if her husband is registered or not as a lobbyist. Since almost all of mccain's campaign is full of top level lobbyists, it wouldn't surprise me.

Your post was disingenuous.

[unapatriciated]

3. so much for an open and transparent government

Listen to what McAllister had to say about open and transparent government.

Gov. Palin's communication director, Bill McAllister
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/129950#new

[lumpy]

35. McAllister thinks the public doesn't expect to have access to

any 'behind doors/e-mail' communication. What goes on in the back room is no body's business, in other words.

[boomerbust]

4. Sarah

Will fit right in for McCain/Bush Republican Lying Pukes.

[curiousdemo]

5. The DNC and Obama campaign are licking their

chops to get this information out to the public. 87% of her own people thinks she lying. :toast:

[Politicalboi]

6. A new playmate

For Cindy. They can do each others hair. And do comb overs for MaGoo. And she has a scandal to boot.

[ksimons]

7. Battle At The GOP Convention - You watch!

The Republican Convention is going to be a bloodbath when the party base realizes what John McCain has done.

I wouldn't be surprised if they kick both McCain and Palin out and shove Huckabee and Ralph Reed in for good measure. If they think the hurricane is going to be a problem, wait'll they get a load of the details of his choice. Start news footage <click>

[nachoproblem]

26. I wish.

If we are so lucky as to run against Ralph "Jesus Wants You to Rob the Indians" Reed, it's all in the bag.

[NorthCarolina]

8. Gov. Palin=Ann Coulter as a Brunette?

I don't know a lot about her, but what I have heard smacks of Ann Coulter style conservatism.

[Erebus67]

19. They said on Fox her high school nickname was Sarah Baracuda

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[hasssan1]

9. HERE IS THE ARTICLE , THIS SHOULD BE ON TOP THE WEBSITE AND EMAILED TO EVERY NEWS AGENCY

Investigation dogs Alaska governor By STEVE QUINN,

Associated Press Writer Thu Aug 14, 4:52 PM ET



Gov. Sarah Palin, a rising young GOP star mentioned as a possible running mate for John McCain, could see her clean-hands reputation damaged by a growing furor over whether she tried to get her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper.

A legislative panel has launched a $100,000 investigation to determine if Palin dismissed Alaska's public safety commissioner because he would not fire the trooper, Mike Wooten. Wooten went through a messy divorce from Palin's sister.

Palin has denied the commissioner's dismissal had anything to do with her former brother-in-law. And she denied orchestrating the dozens of telephone calls made by her husband and members of her administration to Wooten's bosses.

Palin said she welcomes the investigation: "Hold me accountable."

Still, the allegations she abused her office could prove embarrassing for Palin, who got elected in 2006 on an ethics reform platform.

"It could be a bit of a knock on the clean-government issue in Alaska she backed," said Shaun Bowler, a political scientist at the University of California at Riverside.

Referring to Republican Sen. Ted Stevens' recent indictment on corruption charges and the bribery-and-conspiracy scandal that has ensnared five former or current state lawmakers, GOP analyst John Feehery said: "Right now, in Alaska all you have to do is say the word 'investigation' and people are going to be running away."

Nevertheless, Palin is still riding high in Alaska, where she jump-started a project to build a natural gas pipeline and pushed through a plan to send every resident $1,200 from the state's oil-rich treasury to offset high fuel prices.

And based on what has come out so far, some GOP insiders and political scientists said they are not worried about the effect on her prospects for higher office. (Some analysts said that because of her relative inexperience, Palin never had any realistic chance of being picked for vice president.)

"I would be very surprised if Sarah Palin didn't become a larger figure within national politics and I would be very surprised if she wasn't a part of a McCain administration," said Todd Harris, a Republican aide on McCain's 2000 White House bid.

Up to now, GOP insiders and political analysts have marveled at Palin's ascent on the national scene, calling her fearless style, her reform efforts, her energy and her glamour refreshing.

The 44-year-old Palin has not been afraid to take on the Republican Old Guard in Alaska and has tangled with the oil companies over taxes and gas leases. Last year, the former beauty queen posed for a photo shoot in Vogue, and this spring she gave birth to her fifth child, who was found to have Down syndrome.

Palin's problems started a month ago when she fired Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan, saying she wanted the department to go in a new direction.

Monegan has said he does not know why he was fired. But he said pressure to get rid of Wooten had come from those around Palin, including her husband, Todd; her former chief of staff; and other top officials.

In 2005, before Palin ran for office, the Palin family accused Wooten of drinking a beer while in his patrol car, illegal hunting and firing a Taser at his 11-year-old stepson. The Palins also claimed Wooten threatened to kill Sarah Palin's father.

Wooten was suspended over the allegations for five days in 2006 but is still on the job. Monegan refused to comment on Wooten's situation, saying he could not discuss personnel matters.

More recently, Todd Palin said, he took his concerns over the governor's safety directly to Monegan. But he said he never told anyone to fire Wooten.

Wooten has refused to comment.

Attorney General Talis Colberg's conducted an investigation and found that 14 members of the Palin administration — including Colberg himself — made calls to Department of Public Safety officials about Wooten.

In one of those calls, Frank Bailey, director boards and commissions, was tape-recorded as saying: "Todd and Sarah are scratching their heads, why on earth hasn't, why is this guy still representing the department?"

On Wednesday, Palin said none of the two dozen or so calls were made at her direction.

Bailey, similarly, said he acted on his own. He said the only time he heard the governor discuss Wooten was during a security briefing shortly after she was elected.

"From that point on I've had a concern this person could fly off the handle and do something terrible to the governor, to her family or to the public," Bailey said.

[Better Believe It]

11. Link Please!

[RufusTFirefly]

17. Here's a link from the Kansas City Star's site

http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/749148.html

[nachoproblem]

25. (WARNING: tasteless joke inbound)

I hear "Hold me accountable!" is what Republican women scream during sex.

[meforprez]

30. so should this article

Palin said she welcomes the investigation: "Hold me accountable."

Perhaps most of you would prefer she just try to silence her detractors?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-obama-wgn-web,0,6714747.story

[Jack Rabbit]

10. It looks like another fine McCain job of vetting

It must have been the same group that vetted Hagee.

[ksimons]

12. hahahah - now THAT'S funny! I think we'll hear more about her hubbie's Big Oil connections soon n/t

[drgonzosghost]

13. Worry Not, Dear Fellow DU Brothers and Sisters

All we have to do is find some way to orchestrate a weekend alone with her and me and she will be firmly on our side of ALL the issues. She's just been led astray by all of the crapulence that is conservative politics, and that's where I am willing to take a hit for the team. In three days, she'll be humming "Patriot" by Jackson Browne and wearing hemp jewelry.

You're welcome...the things I do for you...

[Stapz]

14. What makes her qualified, must be the second X chromosome

She has a degree in journalism, she should be the one asking the questions and not making decisions

Experience:
-PTA member (whoo hoo),
-NRA member (Yeee haa),
-city council member,
-mayor (pop. <6000),
-governor (less than 2 years)

Ok so i overinflated the list a bit cut out PTA NRA city council and mayor and what is she left with, nice resume

Governor for more than a year and potential vice-president (imagine the possibility where McCain is in office and unable to serve; president palin)

[Auggie]

23. You left out the Beauty Pageant credential

[Oldtimeralso]

33. But, Was She a POW? n/t

[barack the house]

15. This is hillarious I love it. Great choice McCain. Lol.

[bullimiami]

21. just what i thought. well done mccain. HA HA HA HA......

[vinylsolution]

16. Could have been a lot worse....

... I thought McSame was going to pick Gingrich. Ouch.

[ksimons]

20. thinking out loud here, sorry but

thinking out loud here, sorry but could it be that there was some kind of internal fight behind the scenes between McCain and the Republican insiders and since he refused to pick THEIR nominee, he purposely chose someone who would take down the ticket, while at the same time annoying them to no end.

I know Rove was dictating in public there was NO WAY Lieberman was going to get it, so if Lieberman was who McCain really wanted and was his friend, he would probably throw himself on the grenade, just to do 'honor' to his friend Joe?

this just seems to nutty to think that he got much thoughtful advice on - i mean picking an anti-abortion woman and expecting to draw in Clinton women just makes NO sense. and i don't think it will pull in the blue collar men, so what does that leave you?

[dixiegrrrrl]

34. It leave ME wondering if there will be an election at all.

This too weird and strange.

The Repugs have fielded a nutty man and a scandal ridden woman....
do they really think this is a winning team?

What if it does not matter?

We laugh a lot at the "incompetence" of the WH, but a whole lot of Prez and VP friends are very competently making money hand over fist.

I am not underestimating f these right wing devils,,,something is not adding up.

[Hope And Change]

22. K & R!

[LaPera]

24. McCain trying to get the unhappy Hillary voters, as if it's all about gender...Perhaps,

it is, I suppose with some....But what I do know for certain is that the republicans are lying conniving, ruthless, corporate worshiping motherfuckers!!

[Voice for Peace]

28. how will she stand up in a debate w/biden?

????

[drm604]

32. Hey McCain campaign.

The word is vet.

http://www.tfd.com/vet

And it has nothing to do with animal doctors.

2. To subject to thorough examination or evaluation: vet a manuscript.

Maybe you should think about doing it before make important decisions like - oh, I don't know - choosing a VP candidate!

Dumbasses.