as if we needed another headache.

Palin abused her power? Does that mean more democrats will be voting for her?

I bet this will get more air-time that BHO being in bed with Ayers and ACORN.

So the guy tasered a boy and threatened her family and it's abusing power because she fired the guy who should have reprimanded him? Bullshit.

I hear she eats puppies.

More BS from Palin haters.

I wonder if this explains McCains comments this afternoon (previous thread).
WTF, though. Palin broke no laws. She could fire the guy without reason.

[IF]

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!

--Rudyard Kipling

Quelle suprise!

Yawn.

Append "-gate" to something and suddenly it becomes a scandal -- where none existed before.

She fired some guy. Geez. Like, no other politician has ever fired somebody before, for all sorts of ridiculous reasons. And 99% of the time nobody cares. But because the Dems have their sights trained on Palin, they're blowing the merest hint of impropriety way out of proportion.

More BS.

When will a panel investigate Barack involving himself in Iraq negotiations against the law?

What?

Can't hear anything over these darn crickets!

re: #3 MandyManners

You'd win that bet standing on your head
I like how the report states that while she didn't fire the guy SOLELY because of family issues, because it was something of an issue, she's guilty.

What's the definition of 'is' is?

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A DEMOCRAT-CONTROLLED legislative committee investigating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has found she unlawfully abused her authority in firing the state’s public safety commissioner.

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.

FIXED, damn it!

Biden will release a statement saying that we have to fear Palin.

The report said she violated no laws, which shows this was clearly a witch hunt by pro Obama democraps to try to tar Gov Palin. If she gets rid of the same type of dead wood in the fed gov't as VP, that she did in Alaska the country would build a monument to her.

OT:

On the site of "The One", you can now sign up your kid to be an Obama kid!

Knowledge of the "Dear Leader" song and "Alpha Omega" chant considered a plus, but is not considered mandatory.

Come early, and ACORN will make sure your kids get their own home loans and get registered to vote!

I think the main stream media is abusing its powers with all their anti-right / pro-left propaganda.

But since it is the media who is in charge of what is news, this will not be news - ever.

re: #14 HelloDare

Biden will release a statement saying that we have to fear Palin.

His rally here today drew maybe 1000 losers.

Palin fired a guy that wouldn't fire a guy that tazed a kid.

Almost like Bush firing those U.S. attorneys.

A big nothing.

its the top story on abcnews.com and cnn.com
Suprise............not

How many disgruntled, pathetic losers on this panel? And each one can (just now) begin seeing his/her name in the brightly lit marquee of nowness.

You disgraceful bunch of pukes.

re: #16 gmsc

OT:

On the site of "The One", you can now sign up your kid to be an Obama kid!

Knowledge of the "Dear Leader" song and "Alpha Omega" chant considered a plus, but is not considered mandatory.

Come early, and ACORN will make sure your kids get their own home loans and get registered to vote!

What the FUCK? It's like the Hitler Youth!

re: #19 freedomplow

Palin fired a guy that wouldn't fire a guy that tazed a kid.

Almost like Bush firing those U.S. attorneys.

A big nothing.

I sure hope Alan Colmes can contain himself.

I'm officially changing my prediction from a McCain loss to an Obama landslide.
Bring on the socialism!

re: #19 freedomplow

Palin fired a guy that wouldn't fire a guy that tazed a kid.

Almost like Bush firing those U.S. attorneys.

A big nothing.

Agree. What the hell kind of state trooper tazes a 10 year old anyway?

re: #19 freedomplow

But but but but bush fired them because of politics and that's wrong. When Janet Reno fired every single US Attorney that was acceptable because....uh...well....they sucked....right?

re: #3 MandyManners

I've already seen 5 different news articles about this.

I thought it was Republican controlled - which was what was the only thing that made the story remotely interesting.

But Palin shook up the Alaskan govt under Murkowski and they're rearing their head now. Ready to chomp.

Lawmakers indicated they planned to release the report even though there was disagreement about its findings.

"I think there are some problems in this report," Republican state Sen. Gary Stevens. "I would encourage people to be very cautious, to look at this with a jaundiced eye."

This couldn't possibly be politically motivated, could it?

/anyway, so, now what?

Gateway Pundit has more on this story, including the phony soldier who lead the investigation.

Talking to Dick Morris, Alan Colmes claimed tonight that there was "no proof" of the state trooper tasering his step-son or making death threats to his inlaws.

re: #16 gmsc

Seattle, eh? They should have a pretty good turnout.

re: #19 freedomplow

Palin fired a guy that wouldn't fire a guy that tazed a kid.

Almost like Bush firing those U.S. attorneys.

A big nothing.

Not to mention he publicly came out in support of spending she had opposed. He called a freakin' press conference to show how he was giving her the middle finger. He was fired for just such insubordination.

re: #31 jaunte

Talking to Dick Morris, Alan Colmes claimed tonight that there was "no proof" of the state trooper tasering his step-son or making death threats to his inlaws.

He is a fucking liar!
The SOB admitted it but said the kid asked him to do it!

re: #25 nightlight

Agree. What the hell kind of state trooper tazes a 10 year old anyway?

Well - I think it was his stepson - so what's a little parental discipline?

/

re: #10 zombie

She fired some guy. Geez. Like, no other politician has ever fired somebody before, for all sorts of ridiculous reasons. And 99% of the time nobody cares. But because the Dems have their sights trained on Palin, they're blowing the merest hint of impropriety way out of proportion.

Deflect, deflect, deflect.

Ayers? Wright? Rezko?

lalalala *cover ears* I can't hear you! lalalalala

"A legislative committee"... is that their official name?

It's weird, because the report says she did nothing wrong. Now how can this be? Oh yeah, it's Democrats, should have allowed for that. The Stalinist wrote the news wire as well.

"The Republican-dominated Alaska Legislative Council unanimously voted to release the Branchflower investigative report which found that Sarah Palin 'abused her power as governor' in the firing of Monegan."

Yeah.

The grudge wasn't thh sole factor, but a contributing one... So, there were other, legitimate reasons, that alone and by themselves would warrant firing him? What's the problem. To me, because it was family, that's icing on the cake. As I said in the previous thread, it's a lose lose scenario. She gets him fired, she's culpable of abuse of power. She doesn't get him fired, she's guilty of ensuring her sister recieves a state paid alimony check for the rest of her sisters life. The democrat on the ethics board had her by the short hairs either way.

Apparently it is illegal to fire someone in this country now. Don't forget the obsession with impeachment hearings for Pres. Bush because he exercised his authority and fired those Federal Attorneys. Even though Clinton did the same damn thing (though more obviously political in the way it was done.)

re: #10 zombie

Yawn.

Append "-gate" to something and suddenly it becomes a scandal -- where none existed before.

She fired some guy. Geez. Like, no other politician has ever fired somebody before, for all sorts of ridiculous reasons. And 99% of the time nobody cares. But because the Dems have their sights trained on Palin, they're blowing the merest hint of impropriety way out of proportion.

she fired a guy. But it's ok for Obama to be in bed with all sorts of bad crazy.

We now know, thanks to the media, that Palin is guilty of firing a guy who wouldn't fire a guy that tazed a kid.

Don't worry folks, under the Obama administration all cops will be perfectly free to taze children, and can do so without fear of any retribution!

On the positive side, at least the report came out on Friday evening.
Allegedly that's what one does when one wants news to go unnoticed.

It's even more pathetic. Fox news reporting that she abused her power not because she fired the guy but because she allowed her husband to use government facilities/assets to continue pushing for him to be fired.

re: #34 Typicalwhitey

Colmes would find a way to deny a videotape and an admission live on his show, I think.

I just read that she had a right to dismiss him but that this factored in.

re: #38 bill-tb

Welcome to Lib-World, do nothing wrong and be drawn and quartered. Do everything wrong and become a respected government official. Do nothing whatsoever and become president.

I see that the AP is still doing their usual bang up job at journalism.
/sarc/

In our interview, Wooten rattled off a disturbing number of “mistakes” he’s made in his career. He admits tasering his stepson, illegally killing a moose and admits to multiple reprimands in his file. A state trooper investigation even found credible evidence he was drinking in his patrol car.

[Link: ac360.blogs.cnn.com...]

I want to know more about Monegan. Why isn't anyone investigating him? He was entrenched. I'll bet the worms under that rock are the size of my arm.

A legislative committee? made up of who?
are they like Canada's human rights commission?

re: #31 jaunte

i just cant understand how hannity continues to share a forum w/ colmes-does Fox make him do it?

Didn't the woman say that he husband threatened to kill her?

re: #32 Killgore Trout

Seattle, eh? They should have a pretty good turnout.

I think it would be funny to teach some kids, sign them up, and have them sing the "Dear Leader" song during the parade, preferably with a hypnotized look on their faces.

The media is preparing the way for the messiah. They are like an evil John the baptist.

Steal an election, not a story. Fire a bad administrator whose inaction could result in massive liability, priceless.

re: #50 Typicalwhitey

Keep that handy for everyone you know; I think there will be a lot more denials that anything was wrong about that guy from the Dem side.

re: #30 gmsc

Gateway Pundit has more on this story, including the phony soldier who lead the investigation.

Doesn't matter...you think anyone will hear about it?

These things happen in a Socialist takeover.

re: #42 FrogMarch

she fired a guy. But it's ok for Obama to be in bed with all sorts of bad crazy.

Clinton fired the entire travel office. And how many from Justice? Yeah, and Republicans were over-reacting then. Dems are just 'vetting' now, I reckon?

re: #58 jaunte

Keep that handy for everyone you know; I think there will be a lot more denials that anything was wrong about that guy from the Dem side.

That is from Anderson Cooper.

re: #19 freedomplow

Conservative: Obama consorts with unrepentant terrorists who plotted to destroy America and the capitalistic system.

Liberal: Oh yeah, well Palin tried to force a guy to fire a guy who tasered a little kid.

re: #53 mikeymom

Hannity might think Colmes makes him look better; I can't imagine he couldn't get the guy fired.

When Palin takes power, I want her to fire every single "multicultural" hack in the State Department, for no reason other than they are multicultural hacks.

Start flexing your firin' muscles, Sarah, 'casue I'm gonna want to see some wholesale firing come January!

So Illinois government cozies up to terrorist Ayers and works with him - THAT's OK. The bigger the thug the better - but try firing someone - and all hell breaks lose.

That's the biggest problem in corrupt schools and government - you can't get rid of the bad apples.

re: #41 Mars Needs Neocons

Apparently it is illegal to fire someone in this country now.

Actually - you nailed it.

re: #62 Typicalwhitey

That is from Anderson Cooper.

Wha?

re: #44 jwb7605

On the positive side, at least the report came out on Friday evening.
Allegedly that's what one does when one wants news to go unnoticed.

That's the excuse for Obama - bury leaving Reverend Wrong's creepfuck church on Friday. Bury, bury, bury - but you better believe the MSM will try to revive this on Sunday with the chatting Cathy circuit.

re: #24 Killgore Trout

I'm officially changing my prediction from a McCain loss to an Obama landslide.
Bring on the socialism!

? They're different?

re: #68 cblesz

Wha?

In our interview, Wooten rattled off a disturbing number of “mistakes” he’s made in his career. He admits tasering his stepson, illegally killing a moose and admits to multiple reprimands in his file. A state trooper investigation even found credible evidence he was drinking in his patrol car.

[Link: ac360.blogs.cnn.com...]

This story is by Anderson Cooper

What? I thought she had been rehabilitated.....................

Not to long ago here in Illinois the Gov was talking about sending the Natl Guard into Chicago because of all the violent crime.
Get ready for more of this folks if Obama is elected.

re: #29 Killian Bundy

This couldn't possibly be politically motivated, could it?

/anyway, so, now what?

They'll demand McCain take her off the ticket, of course. And they may demand he light the kindling under her stake himself.

Sarah is not being charged with abuse of power for firing anybody.

From the NYTimes:
“The evidence supports the conclusion that Governor Palin, at the least, engaged in ‘official action’ by her inaction if not her active participation or assistance to her husband in attempting to get Troooper Wooten fired [and there is evidence of her active participation].”

re: #64 jaunte

i cant omagine-hannitys america on the weekend is MUCH more powerful-what the f--- is hannity thinking keeping skeltor on the program?

Keep up the steady fire on the Obama campaign.

They won't quit until the poor woman is dead.
For the last g-d- time: she NEVER abused her power. She recommended that action be taken against a rogue law enforcement officer.

re: #5 Noam Sayin'

I hear she eats puppies.

And has a cape made of baby seals that she clubbed to death herself.

re: #61 kynna

Actually that was Hillary who had them fired, albeit through Bill.

re: #65 zombie

When Palin takes power, I want her to fire every single "multicultural" hack in the State Department, for no reason other than they are multicultural hacks.

Start flexing your firin' muscles, Sarah, 'casue I'm gonna want to see some wholesale firing come January!

My legs would be tingling so hard I would not be able to walk.

We're F#$ed.

We live in a country where the media is in bed with a 60's radical socialist who cheats in his elections, ignores truths, lies to cover them up, and makes counter-accusations.

Whether the guy was married to her sister or whoever, if he thinks he can go around the Governor on a budget issue, and she finds out, then it G##D@#n well IS her prerogative to fire him. Period.

Just like it's George Bush's Prerogative to fire U.S. Attorney's that don't want to investigate voter fraud. Never mind that hill-billy willy fired anybody (and his wife did, too) that crossed his party line....that sort of thing is okay with the Media.

We're F@#$ed.

These liberals are beyond logic, beyond reason, beyond engaging in debate. They have no class, no integrity, no respect. And they are so entrenched that I see NO way to dislodge the tumor that has malignantly affected this country.

We need a Reagan RIGHT NOW, and we don't have one.

We're F@##ed.

George Bush should have named names this morning. Traced the history from the Community Re-investment Act of 1977 (Carter) to Clinton's strong-arming banks to make loans to NON-qualified people, to the Congress saying "everything's alright" in the 2000's, to Raines, Gorelick, and several Democratic lackeys running from Freddie & Fannie with MILLIONS, and all we get is "we can make this work" with $700 BILLION we don't have, all right before an election with somebody who cheats, has no record to speak of other than encouraging cheating, and did nothing while Congress, Paulson, Bernanke, and Bush, and McCain struggled to do SOMETHING (despite doing NOTHING most likely being the best remedy) to fix this mess that people with "D"s after their names made in the first place.

We're F@#$ed.

We have kids, according to a FOX news report, who can't identify Bernanke, Paulson, or Ginsberg, Scalia, or other top Government Leaders YET they can identify Judge Judy.

We get what we deserve.

re: #75 Irene NYC

What a ludicrous sentence. Who wrote that crap?

re: #55 gmsc

The "I like turtles" kid is down here in Portland. Maybe we could ship him up for you.

re: #27 BignJames

I've already seen 5 different news articles about this.

It'll push BHO and Ayers and ACORN right off the front page and will be the lead of every broadcast.

Well knock me over with a feather: /minx.cc/?post=275348" target="_blank">minx.cc...] target="_blank">

"October Non-Surprise: Obama Partisans Determine Sarah Palin Guilty of Abuse of Power"

re: #83 godfrey

What a ludicrous sentence. Who wrote that crap?

THAT was the New York Times! (Which is why I linked it.)
;)

re: #70 rancher

It's a matter of degree.

No margin of error for Republicans.

Killer instinct.

re: #74 Salem

They'll demand McCain take her off the ticket, of course. And they may demand he light the kindling under her stake himself.

Might as well light the fire under his own ass. I hate McCain, Palin '12!

re: #75 Irene NYC

I'm curious if the words "abused her authority" are acxtually in the report or if they originated with the New York Times. "Official action" just doesn't have the same effect.

re: #84 Killgore Trout

The "I like turtles" kid is down here in Portland. Maybe we could ship him up for you.

I'm not sure - I think people might figure out he's a zombie right away.

re: #86 conservativeChick

Damn it stupid link: [Link: minx.cc...]

re: #91 jaunte

That was a quote directly from the report.

acxtually: channeling mayan

I'm sorry but I can't understand how anyone would vote for Obama. Troubled economy or not.

Crap, it's either read about all the ways McCain is fucking us or watch the 2 DVD's I bought from eBay which just got here- "Helter Skelter" about the Manson Murders and "To Catch A Killer" about serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
I guess I'll watch the DVD's since they'll be less depressing.

Charles....

Could we please have a "Wailing and Gnashing of Teeth" button?
Whimper.

(Don't get me wrong. I just filled out and mailed my ballot. I made my mark for McCain/Palin)

But still....

The scummy dems in Alaska sprang their scummy October surprise on Palin, and it'll be the whole subject of the scummy MSM instead of Ayers, Wright and Rezko.

Scum

re: #86 conservativeChick

Is there a way for me to delete this post.

re: #83 godfrey

What a ludicrous sentence. Who wrote that crap?

MISTAKE - I misspoke. The quote that I quoted above was the NYTimes quoting the actual report. Here's the link again.

Sorry for the confusion.

re: #13 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A DEMOCRAT-CONTROLLED legislative committee investigating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has found she unlawfully abused her authority in firing the state’s public safety commissioner.

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.

FIXED, damn it!

Isn't it convinient that her political enemies find her guilty of abusing her power a mere 3 weeks before the election. I guess the fact that he was insubordinate doesn't justify firing him.

this is nothing more than democratic horseshit, or more like donkeyshit.

re: #94 Irene NYC

That was a quote directly from the report.

It's like the writer had a bunch of disjointed extra words at the end of the month he had to use or he'd be fined, so he thrwe them all in the same sentence, then sat back, looked at it and said 'the dummies will think this is BRILLIANT"

We're damned, alright. If we don't drag Mac into office, the damage Obama and a Democratic Congress will do will be huge. Any Republican getting into office in '12 would have an enormous steaming pile to clean out of the barn. A McCain presidency would only result in a few piles here and there.

I'll take McCain, thanks. Not smiling about it, but determined nonetheless.

re: #90 rancher

Might as well light the fire under his own ass. I hate McCain, Palin '12!

Hopefullyy, they'll be some torch and pitchfork-bearing peasants in the next McCain crowd.

First of all this commission was not a group of non-biased folks that is for sure and they were not supposed to be the ones handling it.

I have read some of this and in particular pages 43-44. She sent an email saying that Trooper Wooten was not only a danger to her family but was a threat to others. If you read her email it is clear this guy feels like he is untouchable because he was not punished for any of the violations and that would include the tasering of her nephew. I see many parallels to Drew Peterson, who allegedly utilized his cop powers to allegedly kill two of his wives.

If there had been no personal connections from the Governor to Wooten then she would have been guilty of not upholding the laws of Alaska by protecting them from a wacko state trooper.

There so far seems to be no evidence that Governor Palin knew of all of the actions of her husband and last time I checked husbands and fathers have the right to protect their families if they feel endangered. But I am sure the MSMLSDS are going to go wall to wall on this while Bill Ayers is going to receive little if any coverage. Not to mention Khalidi, Odinga, ACORN, and all those Muslim meetings with folks from Hamas and Hezbollah.

IF this has gotten you down, buck up and fight like hell! This is not over and Americans never give up, NEVER!

What distinction does the investigation draw between "permissible pressure" and "impermissible pressure" in gauging the actions of a chief executive toward their subordinates?

This is the biggest load of bull I have ever heard! Serving at the will of the governor or president means just that, at the will of the governor or president! She could have fired him for not wearing the right tie or any other reason she saw fit. It happens all the time in government. She has pissed off both the Democrats and the Republicans in the Alaskan Legislature and this is nothing more than payback!

Horse manure.

They're shoveling it.

I think this is hilarious. Sarah Palin is being charged with - at worst - tacitly allowing her husband to defend their family against a crazed state trooper who admits to tasering a 10-year old by trying to get this miscreant fired.

WOW! Now that's a scandal if I ever heard one!

"Not the sole reason, but likely a contributing factor

re: #101 Irene NYC

MISTAKE - I misspoke. The quote that I quoted above was the NYTimes quoting the actual report. Here's the link again.

Sorry for the confusion.

Story won't last all that long. From the article:

The 263-page report does not recommend sanctions or a criminal investigation.

OT i am soo bummed tonight- my sis called- needs medical tests regarding female probs--she was on hormones for 30 yrs- caused her stroke in '03--recovereded from that---also my son called today from his job--solar electrician -was working a job in evergreen,co -saw a guy beat the crap outta a dog-called me to get number for animal control in that county--they arrived 3 hrs later--son was sooo upset--is gonna follow up if they need witnesses--and last but not least- my jewish dr neighbor put an obama sign i n yard--5 mc cain-- 1 obama

Front Page NY Times: 5..4..3...2..1...

re: #96 iceman1960

Because its cooool or so says my cousin who loves Obama and all of her talking points are from MSNBC. Then agian my brothers friend caught her smoking pot which to me says a lot. I my not be a 4.0 student like her but at least I have common sense and I don't smoke weed.

Maybe we should release a report saying that dodd and frank abused their power regarding FM/FM - only difference this would be accurate.