Was This Why Palin Fired Walter Monegan???

[kpete]

The story, at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/06/AR2008090603024.html?sub=AR

WASILLA, Alaska -- One Friday in June, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin joined the chief of the state prison system on a tour of the Point MacKenzie Correctional Farm, a 90-minute drive north of Anchorage. It was a routine visit but for the presence of the governor's infant son, Trig.

Palin held her baby in her arms as the warden drove a short distance around the facility, said corrections director Joe Schmidt, who sat next to Palin. A few days later, the governor got a warning from her public safety commissioner that someone had complained that she did not strap Trig into a car seat for the ride.

Palin dismissed the complaint as petty, and the commissioner, whom she appointed, took no formal action. But the incident shows the degree to which family and politics are bound together in Palin's career.

That Public Safety Commissioner was Walter Monegan, who she fired next month. This is a sign of a personal vindictiveness that is reminiscent of Dick Cheney. This is the kind of woman that reminds you of the mean girl in high school, the kind that would tear you down to get to what she wanted. It's a sign of the horrible judgement she would display as Vice-President.

more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/7/1161/33518/983/589896

[Hugin]

1. Apparently, he didn't show the proper level of 'deference' to the Holy Mother.

:eyes:

[madeline_con]

2. She should have received a ticket for not strapping Trig in. n/t

[LisaL]

6. Just watch the bunch of posters here defending it and

claiming not strapping the baby in is the most natural thing to do.

[madeline_con]

10. Already happened....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3941594&mesg_id=3941894

[BeyondGeography]

3. Another Spears family parallel with the car seat

And to think, the McCain campaign has already used Britney in an ad.

When everything else goes to shit, there's always irony.

[Miss Chybil]

4. Weird, isn't it? nt

[WhiteTara]

5. what was it that Olielly called them?

Pinheads?

[LisaL]

7. When Jamie Lynn got knocked up, O'Reily claimed it was her

parents fault because they can't control her.

[madeline_con]

8. This should be played up.

They have to go along with their Guru on this issue.

[slinkerwink]

9. thanks for reposting that diary here!

[asdjrocky]

11. That was the first thing I thought.

Why the hell isn't that baby in a car seat. Hell, if you try to do that in Ca you're pulled over. Doesn't she care about the safety of her infant?

[RC]

13. The baby with Down syndrome? What do you think?

Her God loves her, why would he saddle her with a imperfect child. Sarah is trapped by her own religion.
She had to have known the condition of her baby before it was born. The plane trip from Texas to Alaska after her water broke didn't do the trick.

[Morning Dew]

12. her explanation on his firing is contradictory

3:20 - 3:40 approx.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UojMnCgqVA&feature=related


In August, she said he wasnt doing enough about alcohol abuse and bootlegging.
In July she praises him in those areas.