Shadow Governor... Palin's creepy husband:

[truthisfreedom]

http://www.andrewhalcro.com/shadow_governor


Shadow Governor?

Coming Thursday: The Shadow Governor

In the aftermath of the Walt Monegan firing, one question keeps surfacing over and over again; why does the governor's husband, Todd Palin appear to hold so much power?

After all, Nancy Murkowski or Susan Knowles were never accused of pressuring a commissioner or inappropriately sitting in on meetings that should have been private.

The stories started last year when Representative Ralph Samuels told me about going into a meeting, he thought would be private, with Governor Sarah Palin. Much to his surprise, Todd Palin was there and proceeded to sit through the entire meeting.

Other lawmakers have shared similar stories and were shocked at how inappropriate Todd's presence was at meetings with the governor. Yesterday on the Dan Fagan Show, Representative Jay Ramras mentioned that Todd was working lawmakers offices during the ACES debate.

But more importantly, Todd's fingerprints on trying to impact personnel decisions appear to go beyond the current scandal revolving around State Trooper Mike Wooten.

Consider the story of one of Governor Palin's former trusted advisors, John Bitney.

Bitney grew up with the governor, often telling the story of being in the same band class. He served as her Issues Coordinator during her successful gubernatorial campaign in 2006, spokesman for her transition team after the election and on December 1, 2006 he was named her Legislative Liaison.

Bitney was respected as a hard worker by people who knew him and worked with him. In six months, Bitney guided the governor's policies through the legislature, including her hallmark legislation; AGIA.

But John Bitney made the fatal employment mistake; he got on the bad side of Todd Palin.

In June of 2007, it became known that Bitney was dating the soon to be ex-wife of Todd Palin's good friend. Palin reportedly began demanding that Bitney be fired.

MUCH MUCH MORE AT LINK.

[Graybeard]

1. If the MSM do their job and start digging into this stuff...

...a very different picture will emerge of this "reformer".

[speedoo]

2. They are nasty... both of them. nt

[KittyWampus]

7. they sound VERY petty and vindictive

[RamboLiberal]

20. What McSame forgot is the blogs will drive this to the MSM

If there's enough dirt he is going to look like and even bigger fool.

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. The more I know about her the more I know we are gonna win

Just from this morning not knowing a thing.

She is a straw doll that McCain picked to play with this election.

[roguevalley]

4. bookmark andrew's blog. he's kicking crap in alaska and people

tell him stuff that is ahead of the news. you won't regret it.

[eshfemme]

5. Oh God, I really hope that's not true.

It makes it even sadder that instead of just being someone who skated by on her looks alone, she's a fucking PUPPET. I didn't even realize just how insulted I could be by a female VP but I am.

[Hope And Change]

6. K & R!

[EC]

8. I guess she is a good fundie wife

allowing the husband to be the authority...

[FatDave]

21. Exactly right.

See this thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x379663

[sunnystarr]

9. Please take the time and read the whole article and then

read the comments. It's extremely enlightening. In addition to all the firings just the fact that her husband sat in on state government meetings and was copied on confidential email negotiations takes away any credibility of her VP nomination.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

10. Apparent Palin character flaws DEFINITELY unwanted a heartbeat away from the red phone

Browsing throu the comments halfway through your link ( http://www.andrewhalcro.com/shadow_governor ), I found this one most disturbing and most deserving of FOLLOW-UP by all those researching Palin for Obama-Biden:

"SARAH'S HISTORY......

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2008-07-25 00:19. this is from a blogger on the Frontiersman and I thought it perfectly descibed Miss Sarah:

"I have known Sarah as long as many who have see her in action as mayor. It is disturbing that over the years her behavior and reaction to trouble and crisis is the same.....

(1)FIRST, make yourself a savior and reformer

(2) NEXT, bully and control those who do not comply

(3) LASTLY, cry "victim" and deflect blame to other people when caught in a lie."

Folks...that pretty much sums Sarah up---think back over the last year and a half---she reacts this very same way every time someone pressures her. Classic. Seems like some sort of character flaw.... Remember what her dad said about her in the new "Sarah" book...regarding her STUBBORN streak and that once she made up her mind, NO ONE could get her to change her mind."

[CitizenPatriot]

11. Palins are highschool level vindictive

sounds like they belong in the party, at least.

thought this post from his blog was interesting: (in response to someone who suggested palin's friend's ex wife's new boyfriend was fired due to some policy in govt re coworkers dating):

snip

There is no such state policy. Even if there were, Debbie Richter was not Bitney's co-worker. He worked in the Governor's Office in the Capitol Building and she works in the Dept. of Revenue in another office building. This was not a matter of any state policy being breached. This is an incident right out of high school--"You're seeing my ex-girlfriend and me and my gang will get you." The Palins decided to go after Bitney because Scott Richter, Todd's friend and Sarah's ex-boyfriend asked them to. Richter is also a business partner with the Palins in investment property in the Mat-Su Valley. The Palins and Scott Richter would not let it go after John Bitney was hired by Rep. Harris. Richter wanted him fired from his new job and the Palins tried to apply pressure to make this happen. They underestimated Rep. Harris who is tough and honorable--qualities foreign to the Palins. This tawdry affair should sicken Alaskans who care about their State. We elected an individual with no moral compass, no education, no background, no experience, just a blinding need to be the most popular girl in school. "Cute" can only take you so far then the veneer starts to peel.

and another one:

his is from a blogger on the Frontiersman and I thought it perfectly descibed Miss Sarah: "I have known Sarah as long as many who have see her in action as mayor. It is disturbing that over the years her behavior and reaction to trouble and crisis is the same..... (1)FIRST, make yourself a savior and reformer (2) NEXT, bully and control those who do not comply (3) LASTLY, cry "victim" and deflect blame to other people when caught in a lie." Folks...that pretty much sums Sarah up---think back over the last year and a half---she reacts this very same way every time someone pressures her. Classic. Seems like some sort of character flaw. She really should resign...this really is not going to get any better for any of us as she will just never, ever admit even to a tiny mistake. Remember what her dad said about her in the new "Sarah" book...regarding her STUBBORN streak and that once she made up her mind, NO ONE could get her to change her mind.

..Remember Nixon's three step plan with Watergate; Deny it, blame your enemies, resign...AH

[tinrobot]

12. He's a regular Jeff Gillooly

[Tennessee Gal]

13. Go to the home page, then click on:

Palin tapped as McCain's VP choice

Read the comments below.

[CitizenPatriot]

14. palin is just like bush...

another

(sounds like the people of alaska are having same trouble we are having with bush, et al)

KTVA is my new channel of choice..the reporting was very different. KTVA-complete, much more detail , including an email the woman in Kenai sent to the Governor on July 13 regarding Mr. Kopp. It is all there in black and white and here it is the 25th. Suddenly Palin is "disappointed?" why must she always divert the blame from herself to others. And then to constantly put Sharon Leighhow out front for the tough questions. Sharon...come on...you "didn't know what was in the email" when speaking to a reporter today? Do you think we are all stupid? This governor's lies have finally caught up with her and people want answers and the TRUTH for a change. The missing 78 pages of emails should be a start---what are you hiding? Well, perhaps we should all just call TODD and ask him what was in all those emails, e....


On Monday, for the first time since the Sheffield impeachment hearings in the early 80's, the legislature will appoint a special investigator to look into charges of official misconduct.

..Remember Nixon's three step plan with Watergate; Deny it, blame your enemies, resign...AH

another

Andrew The emails that were asked for were those sent through the state system. I would venture a bet that if you were ask for the same stuff but with a more recent date you would find that no one is talking on the state system. This is because all those involed have gone to using private email providers that are free from the pubilc eyes under the FOIA. Once again.... where is the open and transparent government she promised

[PA Democrat]

15. Well someone better ask if she intends to let him "sit in" on

national security issues. Palin looks worse and worse the more I see and hear about her.

[Graybeard]

16. kick

n/t

[justiceischeap]

17. "...no moral compass, no education, no background, no experience..."

We elected an individual with no moral compass, no education, no background, no experience, just a blinding need to be the most popular girl in school. "Cute" can only take you so far then the veneer starts to peel.
-Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 2008-07-26 11:31.

This is a great quote that should be repeated ad nauseum.

[Stern21]

18. Thanks for the link.

Pretty damning. K&R

[RamboLiberal]

19. Good stuff - who is Andrew Whalcro?

Just curious about his reliability.

We're all getting a good education today on AK politics. I'm starting to think there could be enough dirt on her that McCain may be forced to oust her before the election.

On edit answered my own question:

In 1998, he ran for the Alaska House of Representatives as a Republican, winning both the primary and the general election. In 2000, he won the Republican primary by a 2-to-1 margin and was unopposed in the general. During his term in office, he earned a reputation as a maverick who sometimes put his foot in his mouth, as when his comments on what he saw as Bush Alaska's dependency on government funding earned him criticism from across the political spectrum. On another occasion, he publicly criticized legislators who were members of his own party for taking too many junkets at taxpayer expense, which resulted in the loss of his position as chair of the House Transportation Committee. In 2002, he chose not to seek re-election, and returned to Anchorage to run his company and serve on Mayor Mark Begich's transition team.

Since losing his gubernatorial bid, Halcro has dedicated his blog site to discussing Alaska political issues, including the Governor's Administration, the State Legislature and election issues.


Gubernatorial race
Halcro announced his candidacy for the 2006 Alaska gubernatorial election on January 24, 2006. Although he was a registered, lifelong Republican, he ran as an Independent because he did not believe that he could win a party nomination in the Alaska Republican Party's closed primary system.

His platform included fiscal responsibility, cutting legislators' salaries, increasing the number of trade agreements between Alaska and foreign nations, constructing a pipeline for natural gas, enacting strict campaign finance reform laws, and enacting "equitable taxation."

Although he had originally selected former Republican state legislator and Soldotna mayor Ken Lancaster as his running mate, Lancaster left the race in mid-September, citing health issues. He was replaced with former Anchorage Assemblywoman Fay Von Gemmingen. Halcro's slogan was "ThinkHalcroGovernor", and he aired television advertisements that used humor to emphasize what he said was the nonpartisan nature of his candidacy, his availability to ordinary Alaskans, and his stances on the issues. He was widely regarded as the winner of the several debates in which he participated with Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Tony Knowles.

On Election Day, Halcro received 22,443 votes, or about 10% of the total. Palin won the election with 114,697 votes, or about 48%

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Halcro