Todd Palin Had Big Role in Sarah's Politics: 1,200 E-mails released to NBC News

[democracy1st]

Some 1,200 e-mails released to NBC News by the state of Alaska show that Todd Palin's role in policymaking was far-reaching. According to NBC News, "The governor's husband got involved in a judicial appointment, monitored contract negotiations with public employee unions, received background checks on a corporate CEO, added his approval or disapproval to state board appointments and passed financial information marked 'confidential' from his oil company employer to a state attorney."

NBC suggests that Palin and his wife sent many of the e-mails from private addresses outside the state system to try to put the information beyond the reach of public records laws.


The common perception of Todd Palin, often referred to as "the First Dude,'' had him spending his time racing snowmobiles, fishing for salmon and taking care of the Palins' children while his wife was in office. He was also seen as reluctant to dive into the nitty-gritty of the political world. But now that e-mail correspondence between Todd Palin and Alaska state officials has been released to NBC News, after a request was made under public records laws, that view may be up for revision.

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[HipChick]

1. A card-carrying member of the AIP was running a state..great vetting McCain

:sarcasm:

[niyad]

2. umm, maybe some people in AK thought that, but, from the minute we heard her name down here in the

lower 48, todd's "shadow government" role was pretty widely discussed.

[Bobbieo]

3. Where is Todd these days? I find it hard to believe, if they are still together,

that he is not running things from behind the scenes. They are ONE scary, greedy couple!!

[Bobbieo]

4. I find myself drawn to Sarah in a very bizarre way. She could be an identical

twin to my friend Betty - looks and political leanings. I considered Betty to be like a sister. I overlooked her faults and we were very close for many years and she was a good,loyal friend and was there when I needed her. She died about 20 years ago and I'm really grateful. If she were alive today, I would literally hate her.

I find it strange that most of my old friends were Republicans and my husband and I were solid Dems. Then it realy didn't make much difference as long as we never discussed politics. Now - WOW!

[Blue_In_AK]

5. I don't know where he is,

but he better be lawyering up.

Some of these things he was involved with were completely inappropriate for a private citizen, i.e., disclosing BP's confidential info. I can't imagine that they would be too pleased about that.

[AnnieBW]

6. I'll bet the whole "retarded" thing was to elicit sympathy

right before these e-mails came out. You betcha.