There they go again....
Posted on 08/29/2008 5:27:33 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The July firing of Alaska Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan by Gov. Sarah Palin, who was announced as John McCain's running mate on Friday, has unearthed a stream of soap-opera-like details about Palin, her husband, her family and top state appointees. The controversy has also cut against Palin's reputation for holding an ethical line and standing up to colleagues in the Republican Party over matters of principle.
Monegan, 57, a respected former chief of the Anchorage Police Department, said in an interview with The Washington Post's James V. Grimaldi on Friday that the governor repeatedly brought up the topic of her ex-brother-in-law, Michael Wooten, after Monegan became the state's commissioner of public safety in December 2006. Palin's husband, Todd, met with Monegan and presented a dossier of information about Wooten, who was going through a bitter custody battle with Palin's sister, Molly. Monegan also said Sarah Palin sent him e-mails on the subject, but Monegan declined to disclose them, saying he planned to give them to a legislative investigator looking into the matter.
Palin initially denied that she or anyone in her administration had ever pressured Monegan to fire the trooper, but this summer acknowledged more than a half a dozen contacts over the matter, including one phone call from a Palin administration official to a state police lieutenant. The call was recorded and was released by Palin's office this month. Todd Palin told a television reporter in Alaska that he did meet with Monegan, but said he was just "informing" Monegan about the issue, not exerting pressure.
"She never directly asked me to fire him," Monegan said.
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What else is to be expected?
Best Regards,
BR
And here it begins...
In case others read it wrong, my post was written with sarcasm.
But nothing on Biden? Bill Ayers? Jeremiah Wright? Nothing???
He must be part of the 20% of Alaskan who don’t approve of her governing.
We know the whole story so they can’t get away with anything here.
But I figure that the Washington Post willbe coming out with some investigative journalism on Obama and his terrorist friend any minute now.
This was public some time ago, even on FR, and I’m sure (at least I hope!) the McCain campaign vetted it before making the decision.
I'm not sure I see the problem...;-)
GMTA.
This is certainly not an Ayers moment.....
Well.. it’s not every presidential aspirant who can
manage a Harriet Miers moment before they have even been nominated!
They are providing ammo for McCain to do just that, his master ad makers are at work now preparing to repeatedly nuke Obamao.
Is that really something that they said?
Whos speaking for Obama Mel Gibson?
This is hardly a story.
lol
So she wanted some ex brother in law cop fired.
From what I understand he was a loose cannon and threatened violence.
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/127318
If what I heard is correct, then there are some details that WaPo decided to leave out. Wooten was beating his wife, Todd Palin’s sister. If I am the governor and one of my employees who is responsible for law enforcement, is beating his wife, regardless of whether they are related to me, I would, if it was within my power, fire the SOB myself.
Let’s hope this gets some play. Will the feminists rally behind someone who beats up on women? (Actually they kind of have a track record of doing just that. REmember Juanita Brodderick?)
That didn’t take long.
::::::shakes head with exasperation::::::
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