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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-08 08:10 PM
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Palin Almost Recalled As Mayor
Did they even do anything CLOSE to vetting Sarah Palin?

The other day, I wrote about how Sarah Palin was nothing more than a two-bit hack, given the investigation into her abuse of power as Governor, firing the Public Safety Commissioner when he wouldn't fire her ex-brother-in-law, lied about pressuring the guy to do so, and then showed keen judgment by replacing him with someone who had to resign in two weeks because of sexual harassment problems.

Seems that Palin honed this skill back as Mayor of Wasilla, where she was nearly recalled, for firing the Police Chief and Library Director for not supporting her in her 1996 race for Mayor.

Yes, that's right. Hack n' Sack Sarah didn't even try to hide it. She didn't say the Police Chief and Library Director were doing a bad job. No, she fired them for "not fully supporting her efforts to govern" (i.e., not endorsing her for Mayor).

Seriously, though, we're coming off eight years of cronyism and inept leadership in the White House, which led to everything from Heck Of a Job Brownie to the US Attorney Firing Scandal. Sarah Palin's emerging record as Mayor of Wasilla and as Governor are almost a complete mirror of that (though closer to the Mayberry scale than leader of the free world).

But it is a glimpse into the type of "leader" she is. An inept hack, in the George W. Bush mold, who was so brazen with the little power she was given that she faced citizens trying to remove her from office. Did John McCain even ask her about this, the one time he talked to her on the phone before picking her?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-schmeltzer/palin-almost-recalled-as_b_122769.html
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-08 08:19 PM
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1. I would love to find out more about her fight with the Library Director.
I'm coming across a reference to Palin attempting to censor books, but all the references circle back to a quote from the Frontiersman that I can't find. I'd love to know the entire story.
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secondwind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-08 09:10 PM
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3. check with Huffington Post, their website has a ton of s***
on Palin..........am reading it all right now.
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SalmonChantedEvening Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-08 08:31 PM
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2. Bushian to the core. Loyalty First.
Ability Second.

The Country somewhere far down the line.
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-08 09:11 PM
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4. My head is spinning
Grampa's running the worst campaign ever.

Jesus, how much more is out there? I can't wait until the next hour so we can find the next new scandal on this gal.
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