Is THIS THE BIG SECRET NEWS?

[princehal]

'TROOPERGATE'
Warned by the Court

A judge repeatedly told Palin and family not to badmouth her sister's
ex
By Mark Hosenball | Newsweek Web Exclusive
Sep 9, 2008 | Updated: 7:36 p.m. ET Sep 9, 2008

An Anchorage judge three years ago warned Sarah Palin and members of
her family to stop "disparaging" the reputation of Alaska State Trooper
Michael Wooten, who at the time was undergoing a bitter separation and
divorce from Palin's sister Molly.

Allegations that Palin, her husband Todd, and at least one top
gubernatorial aide continued to vilify Wooten—after Palin became
Alaska's governor and pressured state police officials to take action
against him—are at the center of "Troopergate," a political and ethical
controversy which has embroiled Palin's administration and is
currently the subject of an official inquiry by a special investigator
hired by the state legislature.

Court records obtained by NEWSWEEK show that during the course of
divorce hearings three years ago, Judge John Suddock heard testimony
from an official of the Alaska State Troopers' union about how Sarah
Palin—then a private citizen—and members of her family, including her
father and daughter, lodged up to a dozen complaints against Wooten
with the state police. The union official told the judge that he had
never before been asked to appear as a divorce-case witness, that the
union believed family complaints against Wooten were "not job-related,"
and that Wooten was being "harassed" by Palin and other family
members.


http://www.newsweek.com/id/158140

[flamingdem]

1. Try putting lipstick on that wiggly pig nt

[amitten]

2. Or, a bad updo. n/t

[flamingdem]

5. A pig with a beehive hairdo, I love reframing Palin he he nt

[AkFemDem]

3. No, already posted. Lonestar says Sep Surprise is about McCain not Palin

(Remember McCain everyone? The name sounds vaguely familiar... ;) )

[Blackhatjack]

4. This is going to be really ugly when the full details come out...

Judges do not make these kinds of statements except in the most extreme cases.

Palin and hubby were obviously the initiators of numerous complaints against Trooper Wooten and continued to try and get him fired after she took the governorship.

Do we really want a vindictive person as our VP?

Hmmmmm.... no.

[dkf]

6. Damn. Just when you thought she sounded crazy enough.

She goes one step further.

[cliffordu]

7. Really, I thought she's plumbed the depths...I can't WAIT to see how this turns out...

[dkf]

I wonder if John McCain knew she'd be such great entertainment.

Her family life is simply WILD.

[Life Long Dem]

8. I never new it was questioned on what is, or isn't, a big news story

to use to attack Palin.

[dkf]

9. You must have missed this thread...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3952119

It was all the buzz last night.