Palin pre-empts state report, clears self in probe (actual AP headline)

[Newsjock]

Source: Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — On the eve of a report on a legislative panel's abuse-of-power investigation into Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, campaign officials released their own report clearing her of any wrongdoing.

Palin, running mate to Republican presidential nominee John McCain, is the subject of two inquiries into whether she abused her power by firing her public safety commissioner. The commissioner says he was dismissed for resisting pressure to fire Palin's former brother-in-law, a state trooper.

Lawmakers are expected to release their findings Friday.

The report the McCain-Palin campaign released Thursday night says the firing was based on a budget dispute. Since then, the report says, the matter has been muddled with innuendo, rumor and politics.

Read more: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jOTk11gvqDAgD0cY3i4WjI_2YOxwD93NB6NG5

[MannyGoldstein]

1. Crap, You Beat Me To It

And it ain't The Onion. Holy moley.

[roguevalley]

18. she couldn't be more embarrassing if she tried.

[Up2Late]

22. I feel your pain, now you know what it's like to live in a state like Georgia...

...with our Diebold selected "governor" "Sonny" Perdue.

(I guess George Ervin Perdue III would just not sound hickish enough):pals:

[roguevalley]

26. Hugs, Up2Late. I hear ya.

[Bippity Boo]

41. She Who Dealt It Pre-Empts He Who Smelt It, Clears Self in Fart Probe

yay!

[smb]

50. She's Out Traveling The Country...

...looking for the real ethics violator. :rofl:

[texastoast]

2. She is a FUCKING LIAR

:crazy:

[gateley]

3. "...campaign officials released their own report clearing her of any wrongdoing."

That is just fucking surreal. I can't digest this.

[Delphinus]

57. Their campaign couldn't have it any other way.

But this headline is what was in the paper this morning - it is kind of telling, isn't it?

[UpInArms]

4. Ronald RayGun! Ronald RayGun!

(isn't that the new freak shield?)

[dhpgetsit]

5. Wow. Couldn't have seen that coming!

:sarcasm:

[MannyGoldstein]

6. Palin Pre-empts State Report, Clears Self in Probe

Source: The NY Times

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- On the eve of a report on a legislative panel's abuse-of-power investigation into Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, campaign officials released their own report clearing her of any wrongdoing.

Palin, running mate to Republican presidential nominee John McCain, is the subject of two inquiries into whether she abused her power by firing her public safety commissioner. The commissioner says he was dismissed for resisting pressure to fire Palin's former brother-in-law, a state trooper.

Lawmakers are expected to release their findings Friday.

The report the McCain-Palin campaign released Thursday night says the firing was based on a budget dispute. Since then, the report says, the matter has been muddled with innuendo, rumor and politics.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-Palin-Troopergate.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

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I shit you not - and this is the NY Times, not The Onion.

I can die now. I've seen everything.

[dflprincess]

7. Yeah, and Nixon said he wasn't a crook.

This sounds like a Colbert Report story.

[Up2Late]

8. Are you serious!?! This is so ridiculous!

Do they know they can't do that? Or do they just disrespect the people of Alaska and ALL Republic Party so much that they think they are all stupid enough to buy this crap?

[Not a robought]

9. Teh McLame campaign sez Flailin is clear of wrong doin?

Okey Doke my friends if they say so.

[FiveGoodMen]

60. That's what the military has been doing all these years...

..."We looked into and we didn't do anything wrong."

People keep falling for the same shit.

[rocktivity]

10. Rachel Maddow just announced it on her show

What was that Obama said--"erractic and uncertain leadership"? Well, maybe not uncertain--substituting self-policing for objective oversight has always been a Rethuglican (crime) family value.

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rocknation

[McCCain4retirment]

11. She learned from the best

[illuminaughty]

42. Love that pic!

I decided today that Obama is Xanax with a martini on the side cool. It's amazing. I get hot headed just reading the threads here and this guy really can keep his cool.

[BrklynLiberal]

12. Well, now we can stop worrying about THAT... NOT!!!

How could anyone in their right mind take this seriously????
Talk about the inmates running the asylum!!!!

[Blackhatjack]

14. They know what is coming ... this is all about 'fooling' their base ....

Similar to condemning any news event they don't like by saying it was reported in the New York Times.

That legislative investigatory report must be a humdinger!

It would be poetic justice for Palin to be censured BEFORE the election day! THat would be historic!

[carla]

46. I remember McCain'ts pre-empting of the first debate's outcome.

Slick little ad , flag-backed Mc. with the words McCain Wins Debate! This is par for the course.
McCain't and the Republican'ts are a hoot!

[Lugnut]

30. How cute.

Too bad it won't work.

[maddezmom]

13. anyone know anything about this? Why Were Tax Exempt Dollars Used to Try to Halt the Palin Investiga

Why Were Tax Exempt Dollars Used to Try to Halt the Palin Investigation?
Why Were Tax Exempt Dollars Used to Try to Halt the Palin Investigation?

Commentary By Lee Russ

Watching the Watchers

You don't have to be a lawyer to have an intuitive feel for what "charitable" means. And I'll bet that most people's intuition would say there's nothing "charitable" about trying to stop the Alaskan legislature's investigation into whether Sarah Palin abused her authority in what has become popularly known as "Troopergate" when she fired that state's top law enforcement official, Walt Monegan.


Yet charitable that seemingly partisan effort must be, since the primary legal effort to stop the investigation seems to be coming from none other than the Plano, Texas based Liberty Legal Institute (LLI). The story of the Alaskan Supreme Court's decision not to halt the investigation notes that "The state Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Texas-based Liberty Legal Institute and Anchorage attorney Kevin Clarkson, who filed the lawsuit on behalf of the Alaska Republican state legislators opposed to their colleagues' investigation. "
LLI is a 501(c)(3) organization, which describes itself this way:

Liberty Legal Institute (LLI) is a 501(c)(3) organization that was founded in 1997 to protect religious freedoms and First Amendment rights for individuals, groups and churches. LLI offers its assistance pro bono to ensure all individuals and groups can thrive without the fear of governments restricting their freedoms. Liberty Legal consists of staff attorneys and a network of over 120 dedicated litigators committed to successfully battling in the courts for:
Religious freedoms

Student's rights
Parental rights

The definition of family

These litigators donate their professional expertise and time to fight for these sacred freedoms. Liberty Legal Institute is headquartered in Plano, Texas with affiliate offices located in Dallas, Houston, Austin, Fort Worth, Midland and Lubbock.

more:http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7390132&mesg_id=7390132

[HughMoran]

15. Republicans are funny

"We can't break the law - because we are the law!

[Blackhatjack]

16. This Gives Faux News Something To Run While The Real Report Is Issued Tomorrow...

I can hear it now....

"We already got the report last night which fully and completely exonerated Gov Palin. THe rest of the MSM is just focusing on a partisan hack report engineered by a Democrat Hijacked Legislative Committee --which has no credibility whatsoever. Right Hannity?"

[dchill]

20. He'p me, he'p me...

I been Hann-o-tized!

[Anarcho-Socialist]

44. I think you're right

This is for her base to lap up because they're convinced the whole media is in the tank for Obama.

[morillon]

17. Just when I think this campaign can't get more surreal...

...someone goes and does even freakier shit than before.

While she's making all these unilateral proclamations, why doesn't she take that extra step and declare herself president? Isn't that what happens next?

[dchill]

19. **REAL OFFICIAL McCampaign Report Clears PALIN!**

Is that a real poncho or is that a Sears poncho?

[mikeytherat]

45. Well, Sarah did say her stereo was four-way, and I'd just love it in her room.

Right past the fuming incense stencher, to where she hung her castanets.

mikey_the_rat

[dchill]

63. She said she was...

A Magic Mama
And she could throw a mean Tarot
And carried on without a comma
That she was someone I should know...

I miss Frank.

[carla]

47. It looks strictly commercial to me.

[B3Nut]

55. Talk about unmitigated audacity

"gosh darn it, I'm gonna club that baby seal with my lead-filled snowshoe, you betcha!"

[FiveGoodMen]

61. Look here, brother...

[sattahipdeep]

21. ” That’s Sarah. She just has no respect for rules and regulations.”

Carney confronted Mayor Palin at a City Council hearing, and was shocked by her response.

“I braced her about it,” he said. “I told her it was against the law to make such a large expenditure without the council taking a vote. She said, ‘I’m the mayor, I can do whatever I want until the courts tell me I can’t.’”

“I’ll never forget it — it’s one of the few times in my life I’ve been speechless,” Carney added. “It would have been easier for her to finesse it. She had the votes on the council by then, she controlled it. But she just pushed forward. That’s Sarah. She just has no respect for rules and regulations.”

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/17/palin_mayor/index.html

An interview with the former chairman of the Alaskan Independence Party.

http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/politics/2008/10/10/blumenthal_chryson/index.html?source=video&aim=/ent/video_dog/politics

[EC]

23. And what newspaper or TV news show reported the report as if

it were the official report? Gee, I wonder...:sarcasm:

[FatDave]

24. Next time I get a speeding ticket...

(Yeah, you see where this is going, don't you?)

Anyway, I'm gonna show up in traffic court and say, "your honor, I've just released this report that clears me of all wrongdoing in the incident."

That'll work, right?

[jberryhill]

25. I'll give her this much....

At least she conducted the probe with dispatch.

I'm still waiting for the investigation of Katrina failures that Bush promised.

[Thom Servo]

27. Probably as fair, unbiased, and accurate as a used car dealership ad

Nah. Actually, probably less fair, unbiased, and accurate =)

[kellyflan1]

28. ummm....ok

Can anyone look at his and say "O.K., She didn't do it"? Palin really believes that the world is dumber than her? That would put us all in 1st grade based on her recent interviews. Maybe Todd taking ALL of the blame will distract the base besides the fact that he would also live in the white house. Maybe he and Sarah will live in Wasilla and charge per diem for 4 years.

[scytherius]

29. Can ANYONE explain to me

how it is possible to be that stupid? To actually say "you cleared yourself?" To actually do that? I mean . . . how is it possible?

[Richard Steele]

31. It's just astounding, isn't it? nm

[Richard Steele]

32. DDD (Duplicate/ D'OH!/ Delete) nm

[bjobotts]

33. Her main purpose is to distract attention away from the issues.

[bjobotts]

34. Palin is all about personality driven politics...her past behavior proves she's guilty in the probe

[bjobotts]

35. "I did everything I could think of to get him fired...but I wouldn't do that" yup yup

[carla]

48. Look up the word

"audacious" .

[SemperEadem]

36. yeah, but her saying she did no wrong isn't partial

A report from a bipartisan, mostly republican committee carries more weight in the real world.

She's been believing the batshit crazy hype her base has been farting to her for these past few weeks. Time for some reality to land on her head.

[bugisbug]

37. What?!?

We control the horizontal. We control the vertical. Do not
adjust your T.V.

Where are we? What reality did I just step into -
Bizarro-Earth? Where AwesomeMcCain knows where all evil-doers
dwell and Sassy McPalin can objectively clear herself with a
single bound...  I can't believe I'm reading this! Like Joe
said, you can't make this up.

Wow...just, wow.

[carla]

49. It gives a very weird twist

to the adage "Truth is stranger than fiction", no?

[Solly Mack]

38. I clear me of any wrongdoing....I'm so trying that one out

[Hugin]

51. I did nothing wrong... You can ask me and I'll agree.

That makes two of us!

[GinaMaria]

62. I've got lots of places I want to try that out

:bounce:

I clear me of any wrongdoing!

[gatorboy]

39. In other news, McCain's campaign officials have announced him the winner of the third debate.

[Piewhacket]

40. the tangled web...

Yet Clare's sharp questions must I shun,
Must separate Constance from the nun
Oh! what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive!
- Sir Walter Scott, "Marmion"

after looking at summaries of Todd Palin's testimony
it would seem Todd would rather his wife be viewed as
an incompetent executive than a felonious one.

alas, it seems a preposterous tale and some discrepancies
immediately appear suggesting a week was not quite enough
prep time for the "narrative" Todd has been developing with
his repuklien operatives.

so naturally, we'll want to be considering a few additional
angles to this troopergate thing.
perjury.
witness tampering.

"Oh! what a tangled web we weave"

[TXDemGal]

43. Now THAT'S what I call a Friday News Dump!!

She's a Rethug, that's for damn sure. }(

[livelongandprosper]

52. Hey Sarah! Why a lengthy report? Four words would do it

I'm not a crook.

You are wasting paper.

[VWolf]

53. Wow. The could easily have been

an Onion headline.

[Rosie1223]

54. "I am not a crook"

Look how well that worked out last time.

[rocktivity]

56. I hereby dub thee Senator McCrazy

Because if this report was his idea, he's crazy--and if it was someone else's idea, he's even crazier.

:crazy:
rocknation

[tom_paine]

58. All those people who say the Bushies are NOTHING like Nazis should read this.

Could there BE an action more Nazi-like that didn't involve harm to people or property?

Hitler clears self, says it's all the fault of "Liberal Media".

Some things never change. Totalitarian Monsters, apparently, is one of them that never changes.

The Bushies shed and re-shed their snake's skin, but never fundamentally change from the tryanny-worshippers they are.

[Barrett808]

59. So when does this report go live?

Inquiring minds want to know!

[Supersedeas]

64. She must have known that the Media would focus more on what she says that the ACTUAL findings

She abused her power.