McCain camp blowing smoke to cover what is coming on Friday, October 10?

[npincus]

Among other reason for stirring up a debate about Obama's past associations, perhaps they want to make such a big stink that MSM won't notice the Troopergate SCANDAL finidngs coming out this Friday in Alaska. The report must be pretty damaging for Palin, otherwise why the fuss?


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/221903.php

Republican state legislators, at the behest of the McCain campaign, have now filed an emergency appeal with the Alaska Supreme Court trying to shutdown the 'Troopergate' investigation. The plaintiffs (echoing the Bush v. Gore decision) claim "the plaintiffs and Alaskans will suffer irreparable harm" if the Branchflower report is released, as scheduled, next Friday, October 10th.

Bear in mind, the people in charge of the investigation moved the release date up so as not to have it released on the eve of the election. That was the original schedule long before Palin was chosen as veep nominee. And the GOP lawyers the McCain campaign sent to Alaska have succeeded in having almost all the parties connected to Palin refuse to cooperate with the investigation. So it's not completely clear just what Branchflower is going to be able to come up with, either inculpating or exculpating.

But this is an opportunity to refocus our attention on something that has been lost in the nonstop coverage of Palin's campaign trail lies and botched interviews: her record in Alaska strongly suggests she lacks the character to be trusted with high office. Though the troopergate scandal is tied narrowly to Palin's firing of Alaska's top cop, Walt Monegan, the heart of the story is about a private vendetta that Palin tried to settle using her new powers as the chief executive of the state of Alaska. Thwarted in doing so, all evidence suggests she fired the public official who refused to execute her plan.

Nor is it the only example. Both as mayor and governor, Palin has shown the tell-tale signs of a politician who hires cronies and fires or blackballs critics. This part of Palin's record gets deep in the weeds. So it's not as flashy as the boffo interviews or and irresistible as the straight-up lies she's been caught in. But we need no closer example than the Bush administration to know that people like this are dangerous and corrosive to our public institutions.

[leftofcool]

1. Well, at least one trooper will suffer harm

tazering children, patrolling drunk, beating up his wife and all

[Submariner]

2. There is no doubt the guy is a sleaze bag

But let the courts admonish him, an under-handed abuse of power by a sleazy pol like Sarah can not stand.

[npincus]

3. what has that got to do w/the governor abusing her power

and using her office to carry out personal vendettas?

[stillcool]

5. Don't you think it's odd..

that Sarah thought that her brother-in-law was just fine until years after the event you cited happened, when her sisters marriage went down the tubes? Are you sitting in judgment of anyone else? I'd like to see your sources for 'beating up his wife', and 'patrolling drunk', and when this supposedly happened. Seeing how he was never fired and all.

[bunnies]

7. seconded.

Well said. :applause:

[dionysus]

12. once again, defending the GOP....

why are you here?

[roguevalley]

15. he was investigated and punished. if we are a nation of laws -- I

vaguely remember that being true once -- then we have to obey the outcomes even when we don't like it.

[DCBob]

4. "the plaintiffs and Alaskans will suffer irreparable harm" Huh??

What specifically does that mean? That Palin and McCain would lose if report came out. Tough.

[Jackpine Radical]

6. That "irreparable harm" line worked for Bush in the US SC, so why not

try it again?

Is the AK SC packed with wingnuts?

[sunnystarr]

8. Didn't the US Supreme Court forbid that Bush V Gore

could be used as a precedent?

[Jackpine Radical]

9. Yup. I was just noting the similarity in language.

Didn'rt they send Ted Olson up there to do damage control?

[npincus]

10. yes, he argued on behalf of Satan

[Jackpine Radical]

14. Well, at least he's always on the same side.

[DCBob]

11. Indeed. Now the latest is that First Dude plans to talk with the other bogus investigation ..

which is headed by people who are pro-Palin.

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Gov. Sarah Palin's husband is planning to speak to an investigator looking into abuse-of-power allegations against the governor, Todd Palin's lawyer said Saturday. He previously refused to testify under subpoena in a separate probe. Attorney Thomas Van Flein said he asked the investigator, Anchorage attorney Timothy Petumenos, to reserve the third week of October to interview Todd Palin, but a date has not been set because he is waiting to hear back from Petumenos. Todd Palin refused to testify under subpoena last month in a separate investigation by the Alaska Legislature. Petumenos is heading a parallel probe by the Alaska State Personnel Board into whether Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, acted improperly when she fired Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan this summer.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/wireStory?id=5953431
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The Palin/McCain campaign is desperately trying to defuse what may come out of the real investigation.

[RagAss]

13. think the MSM will chase this down?....Fuck No !

[npincus]

16. was going to re-post about the same, so why not kick instead?