Palin Spokeswoman, Alaska Lawmaker Face Off About ‘Troopergate’

[DogPoundPup]

Alaska state Rep. Les Gara and Megan Stapleton—who is a former Sarah Palin staffer, now part of the McCain-Palin campaign’s publicity team and a member of the “Palin Truth Squad”—exchange heated words in these clips filmed in Anchorage after the “Troopergate” report was released Friday.

While some of Gara’s and Stapleton’s argument may be too Alaska-centric for outsiders to follow, the clips offer a glimpse into how the Troopergate investigation has stirred up local legislators, media and representatives from either side of the dispute.

http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20081011_palin_spokeswoman_alaska_lawmaker_face_off_about_troopergate/

Palin spokesman Stapleton....spin...spin...spin... :puke:

[speedoo]

1. Wow, that woman Megan Stapleton, is a pathetic amateur.

No wonder Palin had her on her staff.

[merh]

2. I've found reading the Alaskan papers to be very informative.

Many of the people are not happy with her. The comments section after the articles really show how her image is tarnishing there. Some post as if she personally betrayed them, they trusted her to be different.

This is an interesting article, it seems that they are realizing all of her "good" was just political theater, and didn't have a whole lot to do with good governing.

Palin's much more mainstream than maverick
REGARDING BIG OIL: Governor's timing was just about perfect.
By CHRIS ADAMS
McClatchy Newspapers

Published: October 12th, 2008 12:15 AM
Last Modified: October 12th, 2008 12:44 AM

In November 2006, before Gov. Sarah Palin took office, a respected former Republican governor sounded the alarm against Alaska's powerful oil and gas industry.

"Alaska's governors must not be swayed by the wealth and political power of that industry," Wally Hickel testified in a hearing about a controversial plan to reclaim vital natural gas leases held by Exxon Mobil Corp. and others. "It's time to take those leases back. In fact, it's way past time."

The state did move against Exxon Mobil, starting a game of high-stakes legal chicken that continues to this day. And in the following years, the Palin administration took other aggressive actions against the industry -- something she and Sen. John McCain have repeatedly used to bolster her credentials as a self-described maverick.

However, a review of the Palin administration's record on big oil shows a stance that's in many ways less maverick than mainstream. Challenging the oil industry may have been somewhat unusual for a governor of Alaska, but Palin did it at a time when the public was clamoring for change. And she did so with the help of Democrats, even following their lead on a key oil tax issue.

"Her luck was to be in the right place at the right time," said Beth Kerttula, an oil and gas lawyer, a Democrat and the minority leader of the state House of Representatives. "It almost would have happened no matter who was governor."

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/553693.html

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3. I just posted this again, too,

from Shannyn Moore's blog. This is a much better recording than the one I posted on Friday from KTUU. Meg in all her "glory." She should be so ashamed of herself.