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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I’m sorry, but I don’t understand your post. Who is SIG?
She's allowed to call whoever she wants.
Sorry. World’s Deadlist Catch, a television program I watch and Sig is a crab fisherman in Alaska. Last season he had a blood clot travel from his leg to his lung but refused to go to the hospital until his crew had pulled all the fishing pods they had sat. Sig was spitting blood and was in a lot of pain. Any way, he’s a tough man and he doesn’t take much crap off anyone.
But nothing on Biden? Bill Ayers? Jeremiah Wright? Nothing???
They’re not attractive females running for Republican Vice President. The media & the all loving all caring liberals only attack women and African Americans who stray off the reservation.
Whoa! Sig sounds like a very tough guy. Thanks for explaining. Now go get the Obamamonster! LOL!
Thanks for the additional info. It looks like this guy is a real sleaze bag and a back stabber. I’m sure she’s sorry she ever appointed him in the first place. He can’t be trusted.
As I said in an e-mail to Rush, there is a certain group of Hillary supporters who would secretly admire Palin for going after a rotten, no-good brother-in-law. I call them the “EOB”s - Embittered Old Broads. They view all men as the enemy and they make up a large percentage of Hillary fans.
I’m joking... sort of.
Would it be completely inappropriate to say that as a bachelor, the bottom line for me is that she has a sister?
Stop the tape right there. Any time I hear that word 'respected' come from the left (including the MSM), I know that it is BS.
If this is true, Democrats ought to be elated that the Republican VP choice is someone who wields the power of government like a Democrat.
Palin Could Be Deposed in Probe ( Alaska Legislature Probe into claims that she abused her office )
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His boss wasnt doing their job firing a dangerous loose cannon. So it becomes the bosses problem. Palin fires him for not doing HIS job, well within her rights as governor to fire people.
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