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Question on Palin's Brother-in-Law
8/30/08 | Thane

Posted on 08/30/2008 9:25:05 AM PDT by Thane_Banquo

On FoxNews, I thought I caught the tail end of the "brother-in-law-gate" scandal with Palin in Alaska. I thought I heard them mention that her brother-in-law had threatened to shoot someone, and that was why her people wanted him fired. Is that true?


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KEYWORDS: brotherinlaw; election; palin; taser
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1 posted on 08/30/2008 9:25:05 AM PDT by Thane_Banquo
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To: Thane_Banquo

He tasered an 11 y/o boy. Sarah had him investigated for that and he was eventually fired. Sounds like he deserved to be fired.


2 posted on 08/30/2008 9:27:59 AM PDT by Mogollon ($5/gal Gas....Kick the Jacka$$es Out!)
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To: Thane_Banquo

Yes. Also, the brother-in-law supposedly tasered his 11 year old son, drank beer in a patrol car, and other reckless behavior.


3 posted on 08/30/2008 9:29:00 AM PDT by GOPinCa (McCain/Palin 2008)
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To: Thane_Banquo

He threatened Sarah’s family, threatened her father in front of other family members (charges “dismissed” by judge on technicality that the father was not present, just other family)-

Charges he tasered his 10 yr old son as a form of “discipline” were proven

The guy is a state trooper and armed- not exactly the hapless victm of a political venedetta


4 posted on 08/30/2008 9:31:13 AM PDT by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: Mogollon

Sounds like the guy who refused to fire him deserved himself to be fired.


5 posted on 08/30/2008 9:33:14 AM PDT by Thane_Banquo (To paraphrase Garth Algar: "If Governor Palin was a President, she'd be Babe-raham Lincoln.")
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To: Mogollon

THis is just the libs trying out of desperation.


6 posted on 08/30/2008 9:34:01 AM PDT by nckerr (www.myspace.com/ArmyKerrFamily)
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To: Thane_Banquo

I don’t know much about the brother in law. Sounds like a potential news story.

Won’t affect Palin though. To the democrats, I say go for it.


7 posted on 08/30/2008 9:34:04 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (Reaganism lives--take a look at Sarah Palin)
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To: silverleaf

If this is all true it would have been negligent for a government officeholder or a citizen not to report this misconduct to the trooper’s supervisors.


8 posted on 08/30/2008 9:38:41 AM PDT by Tweeker
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To: Thane_Banquo

I think this is the gist of the so-called scandal

Why the state officials in charge of policing the police have dragged their feet to the point that alarmed members of Gov Palin’s staff urged her intervention


9 posted on 08/30/2008 9:39:05 AM PDT by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: Thane_Banquo

From what I’ve read, he threatened to “put a bullet” in Sarah’s father.......


10 posted on 08/30/2008 9:40:15 AM PDT by cincinnati65 (Lucky participant in 189 different Nigerian business deals......still waiting on payment.)
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To: Tweeker

The troopers supervisors are aware of all charges including those that have been proven

They have done nothing

God forbid you or a member of your family be threatened by a cop- the fraternity of brotherhood closes ranks to protect its own


11 posted on 08/30/2008 9:41:09 AM PDT by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: Mogollon

He tasered an 11 y/o boy.
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She should have used this guy for bear-bait.


12 posted on 08/30/2008 9:41:15 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: cincinnati65

....this was overheard by several witnesses, including Sarah’s nephew (the 10 year old Tazer victim).


13 posted on 08/30/2008 9:41:40 AM PDT by cincinnati65 (Lucky participant in 189 different Nigerian business deals......still waiting on payment.)
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To: Thane_Banquo

He did, he was and Palin does not need a reason to fire someone in that position. They serve at her whim...just like the attorney generals in the federal system.


14 posted on 08/30/2008 9:42:01 AM PDT by Stayfree (***************************************IF IT IS LEFT, IT CAN'T BE RIGHT!!)
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To: Thane_Banquo
This article helped me sort through all the "media" hype about this "Troopergate" non-starter. An outstanding profile of the Alaskan Governor.

http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB122002615833483595.html

15 posted on 08/30/2008 9:43:05 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (DemocRATS are a visible reminder of what it was like before people became civilized.)
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To: Thane_Banquo

Related http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071181/posts


16 posted on 08/30/2008 9:44:32 AM PDT by anglian
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To: Thane_Banquo

I think the DBM should pick this up with a pair of tongs, because it is about the po-lice and abuse of power, and about a violent husband/father. This is a lifetime movie plot, and a good one. They need to be careful how they deal with this.


17 posted on 08/30/2008 9:47:36 AM PDT by Kay Syrah
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To: Thane_Banquo
The real story is the SOB should have been fired but the “Good Ole’ Boys” were protecting him.
18 posted on 08/30/2008 9:47:52 AM PDT by chaos_5
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To: reasonisfaith; All

Actually, I saw some other comment on FOX that Palin was upset because after A YEAR - the guy had still not been disciplined (fired). Did I hear that she fired the supervisor because he didn’t fire the guy - and that’s what the whole “scandal” is about.

If that’s true .. I really like this gal .. she doesn’t mess around.

The fact he was a former brother-in-law didn’t seem to gain the guy any points with his former sister-in-law. I also heard (but can’t find data) that her sister divorced him because he had battered the sister. Knowing the story of his tasering his own son .. the battering doesn’t sound that far fetched.


19 posted on 08/30/2008 9:48:37 AM PDT by CyberAnt (Michael Yon: "The U.S. military is the most respected institution in Iraq.")
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To: Mogollon

http://www.floppingaces.net/2008/08/29/palins-troopergate-beating-msm-distortions-to-the-truth/


20 posted on 08/30/2008 9:53:02 AM PDT by Oldhunk
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