Troopergate is Hitting the Fan in Alaska....

[fascisthunter]

per Thom Hartmann's show, McCain's campaign is twisting arms, threatening reporter's careers, and publicly attacking other Republicans speaking out against Palin.

[dana_b]

1. listening now

I HOPE someone in the MSM picks this up - it's huge!! scum bags....

[fascisthunter]

4. KO and Maddow should be Contacted

this needs to be exposed to all Americans.

[dana_b]

7. [e-mail]

I'm going- please do it too!!

[fascisthunter]

8. will do.... others should as well!

[gateley]

2. Did you just hear the Senator saying that they are hearing that reporters

printing negative McCain stuff have been threatened with losing their jobs?

I got the impression this isn't widespread, but there has been pressure apparently.

[fascisthunter]

5. yyyup.... I had no idea how bad things are there

[dana_b]

13. I just did it. Thanks for supporting this.

I don't know why their actions still surprise me but it does. The low levels that they sink to. Country First indeed!

Oops! I meant was repying to the people up above. So sorry!

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

3. Good! the reporters can report it and the Republicans can change sides

and now would be a good time to do it anyway if they anticipate having any kind of shelf life as a politician.

[EFerrari]

6. Of all the women he could have chosen, why did McMore choose this loser?

It's just unfathomable.

[fascisthunter]

9. the religious right probably chose her

it was most likely a deal he had made with the religious right to garner their support$$$$

Of course, that's a theory I have.

[EFerrari]

14. Maybe they didn't want to get a Congressional incumbent

and take a chance on getting a newbie elected this year.

[glinda]

18. Wish I had earmarked that page

read awhile back where they named five names of the people who choose her in a backroom during the Dem. Convention and at least 3-4 of them were top Religious Right Donors and Leaders. I am sure it is on the web somewhere. I will try to look.

[fascisthunter]

22. wow.... if so it was a good guess

McCain's 180 on the Religious Right did seem odd... notice how strongly they went after Obama's pastor....

[glinda]

23. This isn't it but a small part of it anyways

http://www.burningcane.org/2008/09/candidate-and-boys-in-back-room.html

[glinda]

26. 2nd reason she was chosen

http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/2008/09/Sarah-Palin-Big-Oil-Arctic.html

[greendog]

11. I don't think it was his choice.

I'd bet that the Theo-cons made him an offer he couldn't refuse.

[intheflow]

15. He went with his gut.

Unfortunately, his gut has shit for brains.

[hvn_nbr_2]

16. Based on that video of his wandering eyes...

I think maybe he was thinking a little below the gut. :snark:

[MrScorpio]

10. The uglier Palin makes this the more bridges she'll burn

Yes, I understand the irony

[Supersedeas]

34. does she?

[skooooo]

12. He'll be sorry he messed with Alaska..

They make Texas swagger look like kids' play.

[Blue_In_AK]

25. You bet, Skooooo

She's going to be in BIG trouble when she comes home on November 5. Everybody here is outraged at the way McCain's goons have come in here and are attempting to take over our state government.

[Cleita]

28. Maybe you guys should start impeachment against her or

recall her if you can in your state so when she comes home November 5th, she won't come home to the Governor's office.

[laststeamtrain]

17. Did anyone catch the name of the former federal prosecutor that's...

been sent there to squelch the investigation? Ed something? Ed Mc-something?

I want to look into that guy.

[glinda]

19. The guy that

was taken off terrorist prosecution assignment and put on Palin's problem?

[laststeamtrain]

24. Ed O'Callaghan

"O'Callaghan emerged publicly for the first time this week when he told reporters at a McCain campaign press conference, in Anchorage, that Palin is "unlikely to cooperate" with an Alaskan legislative inquiry into Monegan's firing because it had been "tainted" by politics. That new stand appeared to directly contradict a previous vow, expressed by her official gubernatorial spokesman on July 28, that Palin "will fully cooperate" with an investigation into the matter.

"But O'Callaghan (who resigned from the U.S. attorney's office at the end of July to join the McCain campaign) is doing more than just public relations when it comes to "troopergate." He told NEWSWEEK that he and another McCain campaign lawyer (whom he declined to identify) are serving as legal "consultants" to Thomas Van Flein, the Anchorage lawyer who at state expense is representing Palin and her office in the inquiry. "We are advising Thomas Van Flein on this matter to the extent that it impacts on the national campaign," he said. "I'm helping out on legal strategy." A McCain spokesman said Wednesday that, while Van Flein was originally hired last month by the Alaska Department of Law to represent Palin and her office, that arrangement has been changed over the past week and he is now being paid only by Palin and her husband — not state funds. He has not billed the state for his work, the spokesman said."

http://www.newsweek.com/id/159260

[malaise]

33. The Olsen gang from Florida 2000

is also there.

[Disturbed]

21. Gov Palin needs to be Impeached.

It is obvious that she is corrupt & has violated Ethics Rules & perhaps Laws.

[NashVegas]

20. I Am In Awe Of McCain's Stupidity

This is his defense of Palin?

The last straw, the McCain campaign said, was in July, when Monegan planned to travel to Washington to seek federal money for a plan to assign troopers, judges and prosecutors who could exclusively handle sexual assault cases — one of the state's most intractable crime problems.

In a July 7 e-mail, John Katz, the governor's special counsel, noted two problems with the trip: The governor hadn't agreed the money should be sought, and the request was "out of sequence with our other appropriations requests and could put a strain on the evolving relationship between the Governor and Sen. (Ted) Stevens."

Four days later, Monegan was fired. He said he had kept others in the administration fully apprised of his plans to go to Washington.


http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jOTk11gvqDAgD0cY3i4WjI_2YOxwD937N8L80

[tanyev]

27. Wouldn't it be illegal for a political campaign to interfere with a state investigation?

[dkofos]

29. Not if you are a repube. They are all above the law.

[FatDave]

30. Don't be silly!

The law doesn't apply to republicans!

[barbtries]

31. from 3 to 6 pm

alaskan time (that's 7 to 10 pm EST), you can listen to http://www.kudo1080.com/showdj.asp?DJID=46573
anchorage progressive talk radio. i've gotten hooked on CC's show and i'm in NC. last night and the night before the whole show was basically about the mccain campaign taking over alaska's government in order to obstruct the investigation into troopergate. i don't think they're going to get away with it. and i wonder if it's got any bearing on palin's canceling her CA campaign stop. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=30444&tsp=1
maybe she'll step down yet; i certainly think she should have never accepted the nomination.

[knowledgeispwr]

35. You're not the only North Carolinian that's started listening to CC

:hi:

CC's program is a good source of information. Palin has been a flash in the pan. She ignited the far-right religious folks, but at what cost, John McSame? It's positively delicious. :rofl:

[ColbertWatcher]

32. I wonder how all those Washington bullies are going over with those "libertarian" up there? n/t