Have Gun, Will Travel. Sarah Palin a Good VP pick?

[Sixpence]

I'd hit it

[Toad]

See Rule #7

[Airscrew]

To top it off she's under investigation for firing the Commissioner of Public Safety because he reportedly wouldn't fire a State Trooper who was in the middle of a divorce with her sister. So yea she has it all, a prefect Republican..  

Pro Life
Likes Guns
Hubby is a BP oil exec
Is being investigated for abuse of power.

 

if you're gonna focus on the negative try to get more information.

On July 11, 2008, Governor Palin dismissed Walter Monegan as Commissioner of Public Safety and instead offered him a position as executive director of the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, which he subsequently turned down.   Monegan alleged shortly after his dismissal that it may have been partly due to his reluctance to fire an Alaska State Trooper, Mike Wooten, who had been involved in a divorce and child custody battle with Palin's sister, Molly McCann.   In 2006, before Palin was governor, Wooten was briefly suspended for ten days for threatening to kill McCann's (and Palin's) father, tasering his 11-year-old stepson (at the stepson's request), and violating game laws. After a union protest, the suspension was reduced to five days.

Governor Palin asserts that her dismissal of Monegan was unrelated to the fact that he had not fired Wooten, and asserts that Monegan was instead dismissed for not adequately filling state trooper vacancies, and because he "did not turn out to be a team player on budgeting issues."    Palin acknowledges that a member of her administration, Frank Bailey, did contact the Department of Public Safety regarding Wooten, but both Palin and Bailey say that happened without her knowledge and was unrelated to her dismissal of Monegan.    Bailey was put on leave for two months for acting outside the scope of his authority as the Director of Boards and Commissions.

In response to Palin's statement that she had nothing to hide, in August 2008 the Alaska Legislature hired Steve Branchflower to investigate Palin and her staff for possible abuse of power surrounding the dismissal, though lawmakers acknowledge that "Monegan and other commissioners serve at will, meaning they can be fired by Palin at any time."   The investigation is being overseen by Democratic State Senator Hollis French, who says that the Palin administration has been cooperating and thus subpoenas are unnecessary.   The Palin administration itself was the first to release an audiotape of Bailey making inquiries about the status of the Wooten investigation.

Wooten and the police union alleged that the governor had improperly released his employment files in his divorce case. However, McCann's attorney released a signed waiver from Wooten demonstrating that Wooten had authorized the release of his files through normal discovery procedures.

[Hap]

Toad, I think the Dems have smiles miles wide right now.  I disagree with you.  But, since I've a proven track record at being wrong, it might be a good thing for you!

[moot]

Feminists will hate this woman.. even tho she is everything they wish they could be (except hetro).

  Spot on.

[SpazMan]

I vote because if you don't then you have no right to complain.

BTW she goes icefishing....a women after my own heart......

Besides I read an article - in the O'club I think - that she was being considered. I thought it was a good choice back then....

[Hap]

oops

[crockett]

if you're gonna focus on the negative try to get more information.

I got the info from the same place you did..  Any "boss" can fire any employee at any time, so I'm not quite sure what your point is? As Gov of the state she is the boss over that position but still accountable to not discriminat against someone for personal reasons. You might be able to get away with that in a private business but govt employess are held accountable for that kinda stuff, hence the reason she is under investigation.  

So maybe you should think a little, when telling others to get more info..

[Kaw1000]

Game over!!!!!  Game over!!! 

[moot]

I got the info from the same place you did..  Any "boss" can fire any employee at any time, so I'm not quite sure what your point is? As Gov of the state she is the boss over that position but still accountable to not discriminat against someone for personal reasons. You might be able to get away with that in a private business but govt employess are held accountable for that kinda stuff, hence the reason she is under investigation.  

So maybe you should think a little, when telling others to get more info..

Just come out and say it.. You're at her cause she's republican.. Not because of her policies.

[Ripsnort]

Just come out and say it.. You're at her cause she's republican.. Not because of her policies.

Partisan politics at its ugliest.

If only more people voted the issues, this country would be better off.


Okay, really, I got to get out of here and catch fish. Damn wife is still not ready! 

[Mojava]

 Here's a good example of what going on from the other side of the aisle, http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/29/is-it-sarah-palin/ check out the comments.

[Mickey1992]

Hubby is a BP oil exec

He was hardly an exec.

"Todd has worked 18 years on the North Slope for BP, where he is now a production operator" (2006)
http://dwb.adn.com/news/politics/story/8334949p-8231037c.html

"Until recently, he earned hourly wages as a production operator in a BP-run facility that separates oil from gas and water. Palin was making between $100,000 and $120,000 a year before he went on leave in December to make more time for his family and avoid potential conflicts of interest. London-based BP is heavily involved in the gas pipeline negotiations with his wife's administration." (2007)

http://dwb.adn.com/news/politics/story/8924080p-8824177c.html

[Yeager]

Here's a good example of what going on from the other side of the aisle,

Great choice by McCain.  Biden looks like so much dead weight now.

[Fulmar]

Here's a good example of what going on from the other side of the aisle, http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/29/is-it-sarah-palin/ check out the comments.

lol, wow what a link.