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Alaska's Palin Faces Probe - Star GOP Governor To Be Investigated For Abuse of Office
Wall Street Journal ^
Posted on 07/30/2008 6:08:56 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Alaska's Palin Faces Probe Star GOP Governor To Be Investigated For Abuse of Office By JIM CARLTON July 31, 2008
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- When Sarah Palin was elected governor as a Republican outsider in 2006, she didn't just take on an incumbent from her own party. She took on Alaska's Republican establishment.
Ms. Palin vowed to clean up a long-cozy political system that had been sullied by an FBI corruption investigation. She endeared herself to Alaskans by making good on her reform promises and showing homey touches, like driving herself to work.
Now, one of the bright new stars in the Republican Party has suddenly become tarnished. The state legislature this week voted to hire an independent investigator to see whether Ms. Palin abused her office by trying to get her former brother-in-law fired from his job as an Alaska state trooper.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: 2008veep; corruption; crookedenoughforjuan; donutwatch; palin; poorpoorrinos; sarahpalin
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To: Norman Bates
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posted on
07/30/2008 7:08:02 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: fieldmarshaldj
A non-story.
It darned well better be. This is very jarring to hear.
42
posted on
07/30/2008 7:11:11 PM PDT
by
Norman Bates
(Freepmail me to be part of the McCain List!)
To: rawhide
Go Figure.....(Eye Roll)
Nothing in the MSM on Edwards..yet it has all the juicy details that they ‘normally’ print with abandon when it comes to republicans!
43
posted on
07/30/2008 7:11:22 PM PDT
by
penelopesire
("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
To: Abbeville Conservative
44
posted on
07/30/2008 7:15:20 PM PDT
by
Norman Bates
(Freepmail me to be part of the McCain List!)
To: montag813
Sarah Palin was never a good choice. She is smart and tough, but when she opens her mouth, she sounds like the woman cop in the movie “Fargo”. Hey, I resemble that remark. There's nothing wrong with an Upper Midwest accent!!!
45
posted on
07/30/2008 7:17:17 PM PDT
by
Tamar1973
(Catch the Korean Wave, one Bae Yong Joon film at a time!)
To: chiller
“Normally we’d see something about favors to HIRE a relative, not fire one of ‘em.”
It’s an EX relative.
To: Sub-Driver
I like Sarah Palin.
Politically, if she is added to the ticket it willbe to attract women voters. Anybody who thinks this hurts her with that constituency is missing their cerebrum.
47
posted on
07/30/2008 7:19:24 PM PDT
by
jwalsh07
(Obama (Marxist), Manchuria)
To: Sub-Driver
After reading the article, and if it is true what Palin said about her brother-in-law, then yes, he deserved to be fired. And the lame police commissioner who would not do it, then that is insubordination, and he, too, deserved to be fired. Just sayin'.
48
posted on
07/30/2008 7:21:41 PM PDT
by
rawhide
To: Sub-Driver
Huh. Maybe JM is considering her.
To: montag813
Sarah Palin was never a good choice. She is smart and tough, but when she opens her mouth, she sounds like the woman cop in the movie “Fargo”. You choose style over substance? You must love Obama!
50
posted on
07/30/2008 7:23:27 PM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: Abbeville Conservative
The truth is the truth whether I have been here 2 months or 2 years.
To: jwalsh07
52
posted on
07/30/2008 7:26:41 PM PDT
by
enraged
To: montag813
To: Sub-Driver
Mr. Wooten told investigators he tested a Taser stun gun on the boy... The guy zaps his own 10 year old kid with a Taser???????
Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot!! Why is this goof still a cop? He should be in jail for child abuse. Tasers are not toys.
54
posted on
07/30/2008 7:28:56 PM PDT
by
Ditto
(Global Warming: The 21st Century's Snake Oil)
To: nutmeg
55
posted on
07/30/2008 7:30:29 PM PDT
by
Cacique
(quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
To: ASOC
What are you talking about ? Palin is very very conservative .
56
posted on
07/30/2008 7:31:46 PM PDT
by
ncalburt
To: rawhide
57
posted on
07/30/2008 7:36:44 PM PDT
by
DeLaine
(Accomplishments become realities one step at a time.)
To: fieldmarshaldj
Unfortunately, the media is good at making non-stories into political liabilities. Just ask Ernie Fletcher. Here's hoping that Palin is media savvy enough to withstand the media's “objective” reporting.
58
posted on
07/30/2008 7:39:23 PM PDT
by
yongin
To: DeLaine
This is nothing but a hit job by the DNC-they are really scared of Palin.
To: CedarDave
Yup nothing here in this article. Sour grapes from an ex-official.
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