Sarah Palin: GUILTY of Abuse of Power

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Registered: 09-08-2008
Sarah Palin: GUILTY of Abuse of Power
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Fri, 10-10-2008 - 10:18pm

Sarah did it! The standing Governor of Alaska is found Guilty of Abuse of Power by letting First Dude have so much access to state information, state employees, and making over 19 calls to pressure a state official to fire her BIL out of revenge. It was unlawful, but no charges??

I knew it. She did it as Mayor and got away with it. The McCain camp is making excuses as usual, instead of taking responsibility for her/their actions. Details will be released soon.

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Registered: 01-12-2007
Fri, 10-10-2008 - 10:34pm

Well let's tell the whole story.


ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Sarah Palin "abused her power" as governor in the disciplinary case against a state trooper, according to a legislative panel's report released Friday, though it also found that her firing of a state commissioner was "proper and lawful."


The ethics inquiry, which Palin's supporters have called politically motivated, found that a family grudge was a factor in Palin's dismissal of Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan -- but not the sole factor. The report says Palin failed to keep her husband from meddling in the discipline of the state trooper, her brother-in-law, following a contentious divorce.


The panel of state lawmakers released its report Friday after spending more than six hours in a closed-door session reviewing the findings. At the heart of the investigation was the question of whether Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, had pressured Monegan to fire Trooper Mike Wooten.


Palin has said Monegan was fired as part of a legitimate budget dispute.


Investigator Stephen Branchflower, who drafted the bipartisan panel's report, found Palin in violation of a state ethics law that prohibits public officials from using their office for personal gain.


"Today's report showed that the governor acted within her proper and lawful authority in the reassignment of Walt Monegan," Meg Stapleton, a spokeswoman for the McCain-Palin campaign, said in a written statement.


Stapleton added that the panel's report shows that the inquiry was partisan and that Palin and her husband, Todd Palin, were "completely justified in their concern regarding Trooper Wooten, given his violent

   

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Registered: 09-08-2008
Fri, 10-10-2008 - 10:47pm

((Well let's tell the whole story.))

Sarah didn't tell the whole story, so you will NEVER know what else she did. Her story changes every day. There were 10 GOPers and 4 democrats on that panel, that is why that wishy washy language is found in it. She's guilty, and she lied about why she fired him again.

The funny thing is that Sarah was justified in her firing of Monegan. lol. But, that wasn't the reason that she was found guilty. No, the irony is that she allowed First Dude to throw himself under the bus for her and take the fall, and BECAUSE she ALLOWED First Dude so much ACCESS to gov't officials, information, and her office, the panel found her guilty.

She didn't even understand what she was being accused of, and so she sent out her front man - who turns out to be the heart of the investigation. lol. That's incredible.

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Registered: 08-31-2003
Fri, 10-10-2008 - 10:54pm

Considering none of these people testified, how did "the first dude" throw himself under the bus?

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Registered: 09-08-2008
Fri, 10-10-2008 - 11:07pm

((Considering none of these people testified, how did "the first dude" throw himself under the bus? ))

Ahhh, but everyone DID testify, because Sarah launched her own investigation and statements were recorded by Sarah's own buddies. So, when the panel needed information...they trotted over to Sarah's buddies and incorporated ALL of their statements. Then, First Dude laid out in detail, just how involved he was, and they realized that Sarah should not have allowed a non-gov't entity have full access to the office of the Gov. Wow. The dominos just fell right into place. Thanks, Sarah.

And it was Clinton's lying that got him impeached, not his sex act. So, what should happen to Sarah for lying about why she fired Monegan? That's actually a rhetorical question, because our votes in Nov. will answer that question.

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Registered: 10-20-2007
Fri, 10-10-2008 - 11:28pm
Alaska Inquiry Finding: Palin Abused Power
Alaska inquiry finds Palin abused power for personal gain in seeking the firing of ex-relative

Sarah Palin unlawfully abused her power as governor by trying to have her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper, the chief investigator of an Alaska legislative panel concluded Friday. The politically charged inquiry imperiled her reputation as a reformer on John McCain's Republican ticket.


http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=5999928


 

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Registered: 03-25-2007
Fri, 10-10-2008 - 11:37pm
Well...I guess McCain/Palin can't say much about the "lying" they perceive that Obama did about Ayers, because it appears that Palin did some lying of her own - and got caught.

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Registered: 02-10-2008
Fri, 10-10-2008 - 11:59pm

Palin worked hard to push the stereotype of Obama: the dangerous, violent black man. This from a woman who has issues with her children and personal messes that

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Registered: 07-29-2008
Sat, 10-11-2008 - 12:07am
Yeah, the adulterous McCain has been "pallin' around" with a lying, power abusing hypocrite.
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Registered: 09-08-2008
Sat, 10-11-2008 - 12:36am

Thanks. ((Palin attorney Thomas Van Flein disagreed with Branchflower's conclusions. "In order to violate the ethics law, there has to be some personal gain, usually financial. Mr. Branchflower has failed to identify any financial gain," he said.))

Didn't Sarah benefit financially, in reverse, by causing Monegan to LOSE income for those days he was fired? I bet she had a good laugh at his expense for not doing what she wanted him to do. And the undue stress and character assassination that she cause a guy that was loyal to her. Very cruel. His reputation will forever be tarnished. She destroys people. McCain has followed in her footsteps even though it was done to him and he denounced the practice. Talk about two-faced.

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Registered: 09-08-2008
Sat, 10-11-2008 - 12:52am

I remembered that First Dude is a sessionist...and Sarah gave him full access to a state government and it's power. Wow. That's really wrong. So, shouldn't we hear what the emials were that First Dude accessed? Did he instruct her to change policy? A former member of a sessionsist group with direct influence over a US governor, and Obama is lied on about hanging out with terrorists???

The original domestic terrorists, the klan, started in town halls not unlike McCain's town halls this week, and I don't appreciate that ignorant behavior or the people that condone it and make excuses for it. Their motives are certainly clear, but this is not 1964, either.

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