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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It will get ugly, no doubt that the Dems will make sure of that. Whether there’s any substance to their smear attacks is another matter. Too, how many will fall for it?
You hit the nail on the head: “Disinformation.”
My Best Regards,
BR
If you’re an old fart, then so am I.
Hmmmm, 68 in a few days.
EXACTLY!!!
The Washington Post has done more investigative research in 12 hours on Palin than they have in four months of Obama.
BINGO!! wish i knew how to resize your text....that needs to be in big bold text!
Great post!
NO, the poster who wrote that was being sarcastic. They need not have made something like that up though — the real comments over on Democrat Underground are even WORSE!
I’m still waiting for Hussein’s real birth certificate.
IMO, a non starter. If she made it as far as the VP pick, she was vetted to the max.
The dims are nervous, scared and jumpy.
Jump you twits.
Maybe promote the officer!
Or, following the custom of his sister's Malay ancestors, cut the guy's head off or something.
You do know that there were still Malay people doing head hunting within historic recent times, so that's not at all farfetched.
She was in a position to fire someone ?
Sounds like executive experience to me.
Barry only fires up...ahem..with others in limos.
here come the Saul Alinsky Tactics, Chicago Thug tactics
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/hillary-clintons-idol-saul-alinsky-and-satan
I’m over there now. Still trying to read it and have a taste for cooking dinner all at once. Pretty tough.
Best Regards,
BR
Turned 63 first of the month, atom bomb day.
Keyboard - you owe me one!
You do know that there were still Malay people doing head hunting within historic recent times, so that’s not at all farfetched.
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Hey, Jesse James scalped Union soldiers.
True. But what the chief was saying made sense as well. If a criminal complaint is made about the patrolman by the actual victim, that’s a clearer case, yes? Of course, this could be a Democrat press release in all but name that doesn’t give us the whole story. That wouldn’t be too surprising.
The Washington Post has done more investigative research in 12 hours on Palin than they have in four months of Obama. Hildy
Agree.
HOW WILL THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN SAY THAT IT IS OK TO TAZE AN 11 YEAR OLD BOY....BUT NOT AN ISLAMIC TERRORIST AT GITMO?
HOW WILL LIBERAL WOMEN RELATE TO THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN SAYING THAT IT IS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO THREATEN WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES?
They are boxed in....just like they are on the ‘experience’ factor....LOL
You have fast fingers!
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