Jason Leopold: McCain VP Pick Has History of Clashes

[susu369]

The political career of Sarah Palin, Sen. John McCain’s vice presidential pick, has been marked by conflicts, score-settling and her own claim that she faces “enemies – powerful enemies.”

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Following her two terms as mayor of Wasilla, Palin made an unsuccessful bid for the Republican lieutenant governor nomination in 2002.

Then, as chairwoman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, she fell into a public spat with fellow commissioner Randy Ruedrich, the state’s GOP chairman.

In 2003, she reported Ruedrich to Gov. Frank Murkowski’s administration, saying she suspected him of an ethics breach in conducting work for the state GOP on government time.

To obtain evidence of Ruedrich’s alleged malfeasance, Palin hacked into his computer, an ethical lapse in its own right. She resigned from the commission in January 2004.

But Palin’s ethics complaint against Ruedrich gave her a reputation as an anti-establishment reformer at a time when the Alaskan Republican hierarchy was coming under scrutiny for corruption.

For two years, she stayed out of politics, acquiring a business license for a marketing and consulting company named Rogue Cou, “a classy way of saying redneck,” Palin told the Anchorage Daily News in a June 2005 interview.
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[RufusTFirefly]

1. Rogue Cou??

Whose spelling error is that? Leopold's? Or Palin's? It would be funnier if it were the latter.

(Should be Rouge Cou.)

[susu369]

3. Good catch

I'm afraid it appears to be a spelling error on Leopold's part. That said, the huge amount of important writing that Leopold produces, justifies giving him a little slack (IMHO).

[starroute]

4. It is Rouge Cou -- but she never even used it

http://dwb.adn.com/money/industries/oil/story/9244070p-9159409c.html

August 23, 2007

The filing also mentions a marketing and consulting startup company in Sarah Palin's name. According to state records, Palin received a business license for the company in April 2005 that she let expire at the end of last year.

The company's name, Rouge Cou, translates from the French to "red neck."

"She never used it," Leighow said. "She ran for governor."

[LaurenG]

2. "republicanism" at its finest...

this vice presidential pick is a train wreck just waiting to explode.