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Video: Sarah Palin on the Wooten “scandal” and on being VP
hotair.com ^ | July 31, 2008 | Allahpundit

Posted on 07/31/2008 6:53:40 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

Get yourself up to speed by reading this nifty recap from Monday’s Anchorage Daily News. Nutshell version: She fired Walt Monegan, her commissioner of Public Safety, for reasons that are unclear. Monegan claims it was because he refused to fire state trooper Mike Wooten, Palin’s former brother-in-law against whom she’s supposedly had a longstanding vendetta. What’s her problem with Wooten? Like I say, read the ADN piece, which is brimming with colorful nuance involving tasers and “f’ng lead bullets.” She insists the Monegan decision had nothing to do with family issues, but the state legislature voted this week to order a probe, which is probably enough to scare McCain away in case he was thinking of going in this direction.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: 2008veep; monegan; palin; palinattacks; palinrecord; troopergate; troopergateinalaska
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To: Free ThinkerNY


Political and Government Positions : Wasilla City Council; Wasilla City Mayor; President, Alaska Conference of Mayors; Alaska Municipal League Board; Chairman, Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission; Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission

Business and Professional Positions : Sigma Beta Delta Honor Society, APU ; Valley Hospital Association Board; former American Management Association; Alaska Outdoor Council; Alaska Miner’s Association; Alaska Resource Development Council; Youth Court Steering Committee;

Service Organizations : Lifetime NRA Member; Iditarod PTA; former Salvation Army Board; Various Chambers of Commerce; Valley Youth Sports Coach, Hockey Team Manager; Honorary Member, Rotary

Special Interests : Hunting; Fishing; Snowmachining ; Running; Alaskan History; Biographical Histories of U.S. Founders

Other : American Public Works Association, Alaska Chapter “Person of the Year” Award; State Chamber “Top 40 Under 40” Award


41 posted on 07/31/2008 9:18:00 PM PDT by papasmurf (This space left blank intentionly.)
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To: WilliamReading
I think she needs more seasoning.

I think not. "More seasoning" would make her just like the spineless wonders we already have in abundance in DC.

Obviously she appears threatening to the reigning corrupt class in AK and DC, because their mouthpieces are wasting no time getting in the early jabs.

42 posted on 07/31/2008 9:48:47 PM PDT by meadsjn (Socialists promote neighbors selling out their neighbors; Free Traitors promote just the opposite.)
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To: Plutarch

Dude, she is hard core conservative. Have no fear.


43 posted on 07/31/2008 9:55:46 PM PDT by vpintheak (Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. Prov. 25:26)
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To: Azzurri
Give her another 4-8 years before even thinking about throwing her on the national stage.

She's as capable as any of the leading contenders, perhaps more.

The real question is, can the nation survive another four or eight years of sell-out, foreign-controlled puppets before we get a pro-American in a leadership role?

44 posted on 08/01/2008 12:30:30 AM PDT by meadsjn (Socialists promote neighbors selling out their neighbors; Free Traitors promote just the opposite.)
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To: Azzurri
Sarah Palin is in no way qualified or ready to be Vice President.

As far as I'm concerned, lack of experience is a GOOD thing for someone who can potentially become president. Look at the last three experienced turds we've had as president.

45 posted on 08/01/2008 6:48:39 AM PDT by jmc813 (Scattered, smothered, covered, diced, chunked)
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To: meadsjn

Whom should Sen. McCain choose, for his running-mate? I think that, since he’s a westerner who has been a U.S. senator and representative, he should balance the ticket by choosing a conservative who has been a governor from a state that is in the eastern half of the U.S. John Ashcroft would be the perfect choice. Although he ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate and lost to a dead man, he was later the U.S. Attorney General for four years, during the war against terrorism. That experience would help him, as the running-mate and as the VP. Many Republicans think that McCain is too liberal, but they know that Ashcroft is conservative.

If McCain wins the election, whom should he nominate for some cabinet positions? I think that he should nominate these people: Secretary of State, Dirk Kempthorne; Sec. of Treasury, Ed Schafer; Sec. of Defense, Mel Martinez; Sec. of Homeland Security, Asa Hutchison; Attorney General, John Sweeney; Sec. of the Interior, Richard Pombo; Secretary of Agriculture, Frank Keating; and Chief of Staff, Newt Gingrich.


46 posted on 08/01/2008 7:36:22 AM PDT by PhilCollins
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To: PhilCollins
John Ashcroft would be the perfect choice.

Perfect choice for what? The perfect choice to ruin McCain's campaign? As you correctly pointed out, he lost an election to a dead man. He was largely unqualified to be Attorney General, and everyone knew that he was only appointed AG because he lost the Senate race and Bush was throwing him a bone for being a good party guy. He's generally regarded as a pretty poor AG.

More importantly, though, no one likes him! McCain needs to distance himself from the Bush administration, not embrace it.

47 posted on 08/01/2008 7:43:01 AM PDT by Publius Valerius
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To: Publius Valerius

Although you don’t like Ashcroft, many conservatives like him. Whom do you think McCain should choose?


48 posted on 08/01/2008 8:03:29 AM PDT by PhilCollins
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Palin as VP = victory of McCain.

Bank on it. That's why the MSM will try to rip her apart before then.
49 posted on 08/01/2008 8:11:57 AM PDT by Antoninus (Every second spent bashing McCain is time that could be spent helping Conservatives downticket.)
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To: PhilCollins
Although you don’t like Ashcroft, many conservatives like him. Whom do you think McCain should choose?

Doesn't matter what many conservatives think. We're trying to win an election here, and I'm honestly struggling to think of a worse candidate for vice-president than Ashcroft. Maybe Dick Cheney, but I'm not even sure of that. Karl Rove might be worse. Again, I'm not sure of that.

Who would I choose if I were McCain? I'd choose someone that added something to the ticket. Given that (very important) criterion, my choices are pretty slim. It's Romney, who might be able to get me Michigan, or Tom Ridge, who might be able to get me PA. No one else gets me anything that I don't already have.

If it were my choice, I like Mark Sanford a lot.

50 posted on 08/01/2008 8:20:27 AM PDT by Publius Valerius
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Bookmarked for later.


51 posted on 08/07/2008 12:09:16 PM PDT by GunRunner
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To: Free ThinkerNY
bump - this is resurfacing in the main stream media - now that Gov. Palin is McCain's choice for V.P. I just heard mention of this on the hourly news at the top of the hour on whatever radio station is on in my background.

See for example:


52 posted on 08/29/2008 7:14:28 PM PDT by ThePythonicCow (By their false faith in Man as God, the left would destroy us. They call this faith change.)
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To: None

mark for later read


53 posted on 09/17/2008 3:12:08 AM PDT by MathDoc
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