Giant Hole In Team Palin: "Caribou Ken, In The Conference Room, With A File"

[kpete]

Caribou Ken, In The Conference Room, With A File
By: Bustednuckles Thursday October 9, 2008 9:03 pm

Marcy just blew a giant hole in Team Palin, right at the waterline.
http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/10/09/either-todd-palin-or-walt-monegan-didnt-tell-the-truth/

On Jan. 4, 2007, a month into the Palin administration and his tenure as public safety commissioner, Mr. Monegan was called to the governor’s Anchorage office to meet Todd Palin. Mr. Palin was seated at a conference table with three stacks of personnel files.

That, Mr. Monegan recalled, was the first time he heard the name Mike Wooten. “He conveyed to me that he and Sarah did not think the investigation into Wooten had been done well enough and that they were not happy with the punishment,” Mr. Monegan said. “Todd was clearly frustrated.”

I cannot wait for the spin to come out of the McCain damage control team.

Someone please tell me how a spouse of any public office holder has the authority to drag public employees onto the carpet and badger them over subjects that are clearly regulated as to access, while having private employee employment files at their fingertips, literally.

Tell me how Todd Palin has any authority over anything except what to bring home for dinner.

http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/593

[msongs]

1. because HE is the real governor alaska and Sarah is merely a....prop nt

[Matariki]

6. I sort of get the feeling he's more of a dumb and vindictive guy

who leverages his wife's position in his own personal power games.

She actually seems pretty ambitious all on her own.

[roguevalley]

16. he can't have the files. its against the law, the nazi.

[LaurenG]

2. Ooo K and R nt

[Atman]

3. "...tell me how a spouse of any public office holder has the authority..."

It was freakin' Mooseville, Alaska. They never figured anyone else in the country even knew they were there, let alone cared about their petty little political shit.

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[redqueen]

4. I think it's their religion... she sumbits to him.

1. God, 2. Todd, 3. Sarah...

Isn't that how it works?

[renie408]

5. Because she's his best friend and he's hers. He helps her with her career and she helps him with his

You know, she helps him with fishing and oil rig type stuff and he helps her govern Alaska.

[Supersedeas]

7. Right Wing Neo-nazi Family Values

[groovedaddy]

8. Todd is the CHRISTIAN head of the household, giving him authority and dominion

over ANYTHING his wife is involved in.
I'd be willing to BETCHA that Alaskan voters were not clued into this aspect the Palin's relationship. And just one more good reason for sound thinking voters to reject the McPalin ticket.

[progressivebydesign]

9. the Shadow Governor emerges. WTF is going on up there?? n/t

[Raster]

10. "Mr. Palin was seated at a conference table with three stacks of personnel files."

Will the Legal-types among us please clarify for me: (1) Todd Palin had no legal right to possess or even view those personnel files, in fact broke the law by doing so; and (2) Todd Palin was in no legal position of authority to even meet with, much less question the Public Safety Commissioner. Are these two statements correct?

[Thorandmjolnir]

12. Yes.

[Thorandmjolnir]

11. I think it is real simple.

If she does not allow him to do what he eant's he will tell all about her affair with his business partner. That should sabotage all her political aspirations.

They both know that it's important to maintain the impression of the perfect family to advance both of their goals.

[louis-t]

13. "Caribou Ken, In The Conference Room, With A File"

Temba, his arms wide. Darmac and Jillard, at Tenagra.

What, no Star Trek TNG fans here? :shrug:

[Az_lefty]

14. I get the feeling that Todd is Sarah's Dick Cheney...

[weezie1317]

15. The McSame Media will brush this under the rug. :(