Posted on 07/04/2009 5:43:22 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
There’s been an enormous amount of speculation from all corners as the the motivation behind Sarah Palin’s resignation as Governor of Alaska. The speculation has covered the full spectrum from the leftist talking points that she can’t take political heat to her supporters declaring that she’s preparing for national office. Her detractors have pretty much stayed on message, repeating over and over again that she’s weak, can’t take the heat and is deserting her post. However today a new twist has been revealed via Obama propagandist. The new twist is that the resignation came just before a Sarah Palin federal indictment on embezzlement charges.
Can it be true? The Huffington Post, Daily Kos, Max Blumenthal at The Daily Beast, and Andrea Mitchell at MSNBC have all come out with the same story at approximately the same time. One would almost think it had been sent out in a memo to the Obama media to disperse as truth for it to have been so well coordinated. I guess the ’she can’t take the heat’ argument wasn’t damning enough.
I’m sure that it goes without saying that they all site ‘unnamed sources close to Palin’. How convenient.
The Huffington Post writer, Shannyn Moore, is calling this the ‘iceberg scandal’. It has to do with the $12.5 million sports complex built while Palin was Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska. The accusation is that the Palin’s inflated the cost of the complex in order to use building materials from the construction of the complex to build their own home. The proof according to her accusers is that both buildings have the same windows, the same wood and the same products.
Palin used Spenard Building Supplies to build the sports complex. It is assumed, though there is no proof, that she also used them to build her own home. Todd Palin had stated during the presidential campaign that he had built the house himself with the help of some contractor friends. Considering that Spenard is the largest building supply company in Alaska, it doesn’t seem out of the realm of reason that they would have worked on both structures. Its also not out of the realm of reason that a person who oversaw the building of a multi-million dollar sports complex would end up being friends with and developing a level of trust with the builders and would then hire them to help with building her own home. It happens all the time.
According to reports, federal investigators have been looking into this since October 2008. Its also being reported that charges of public corruption and embezzlement are imminent, thus explaining her resignation.
Should these rumors (because that’s all they are at this point, no one reporting it has given any proof) prove to be true, then she will be ruined politically. She’s a Republican and Republican’s don’t tolerate bad behavior on the part of their peers. She could join the democratic party and the likes of Barney Frank, William Jefferson, Ted Kennedy and any number of other politicians whose careers were only enhanced by scandals.
If she IS indicted and the rumors are not true, then she has to defend herself against more vicious rumors and legal game playing. In which case, she was right to resign as Governor. The expense and time in defending against these types of situations, especially a federal indictment, would leave her little time to do her job.
We can see what happens to anyone with the guts to defy what Minnesota Rep. Michelle Bachmann calls ‘Obama’s Gangster Government’. South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has experienced it. Although he embarrassingly gave them plenty of ammunition, knowing that they were looking for something on him. Many other Conservatives have been targeted, certainly Palin has been. They have dug into every nook and cranny of her life and the lives of anyone remotely associated with her. Now this.
So the questions are these: Are the Left’s news outlets putting out rumors, knowing they’ll become fact if repeated often enough, regardless of whether this alleged Sarah Palin federal indictment every comes to fruition? Is she guilty and will there be Palin embezzlement charges? If they are not true, and charges are brought against her with no more proof than what is being reported, will the public see through that and turn on the accusers rather than the accused?
Frankly, the public is getting increasingly angry watching the destruction that is being perpetrated on anyone who crosses Obama’s people (remember Joe the Plumber who had every federal and state record in his life paraded in the media for the world to see because he asked Obama a question about Socialism?). If these kinds of Third World despot politics continues, there will be a backlash.
Oh, by the way, who paid for the Obama’s million dollar Chicago mansion? Has anyone seen his birth certificate yet? What about his college transcripts?
This addresses it pretty well http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2009/07/statement-from-gov-palins-legal-counsel.html
These people should be ashamed of themselves.
Keep throwing ship and something's bound to stick..........
More Commie BS from the Commie DemocRATS. They won’t be happy until she’s dead.
If the embezzlement charges being brought by the press are untrue — and I bet they are — I wonder if there could be a lawsuit BY Sarah Palin AGAINST the press that will more than cover her legal debts.
Well, speaking of popcorn...
This accusation sounds earily similar to the accusations made against Stevns that were eventually dismissed.
Has her attorney weighed in yet? I hear rumors a release is floating around to put a halt to the salacious rumors...
thanx
I hope this isn’t true.
parsy, who is waiting
“I wonder if there could be a lawsuit BY Sarah Palin AGAINST the press that will more than cover her legal debts.”
This is the USA, not the UK.
NY Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964) pretty much put an end to public officials suing for libel.
Becoming a private citizen, may allow her (and her family) to pursue litigation for defamation, slander, libel, etc. It’s going to be interesting.
Already proven false, someone please keep track of this BS so that Sarah can sue. She can make millions with all of this BS going on in a span of a few days. This crap all started in September, the left are terrified of this woman. They fear her like they feared Ronald Reagan. Remember what he went through, well Sarah is going through it but 10 times worse
As true as every other ethics complaint filed that was dismissed.
“This is to provide notice to Ms. Moore, and those who re-publish the defamation, such as Huffington Post, MSNBC, the New York Times and The Washington Post, that the Palins will not allow them to propagate defamatory material without answering to this in a court of law. The Alaska Constitution protects the right of free speech, while simultaneously holding those “responsible for the abuse of that right.” Alaska Constitution Art. I, Sec. 5. http://ltgov.state.ak.us/constitution.php?section=1. These falsehoods abuse the right to free speech; continuing to publish these falsehoods of criminal activity is reckless, done without any regard for the truth, and is actionable.”
It is so laughable at how this one woman frightens the left into crapping in their pants! Of course this is a coordinated attack no doubt coming straight from the White House! :-)
Can’t wait to hear what Sarah’s REAL story is—I have a sneaking suspicion THIS garbage ain’t it! ;-)
Of course, once she becomes a private citizen again, the rules change, and if the libel (etc.) continues, it could become very entertaining indeed. I expect the NYT knows the law well enough to stop the libel, at that time, but I expect that many others will just keep it up. This could be fun to watch.
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