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 sexist slimeballs!
Please tell me that is not a direct quote.
Is that really something that they said?
Not yet...
No, the faltering Wasington Post has no interest in the ties between Obama and the scabrous terrorist William Ayers. That would deter their political agenda. Note that there was no mention of the fact that the trooper in question reportedly used a taser on a ten-year old or that he allegedly threatened to kill Palin’s father. Inconvenient facts for the Post investigative team, just like when Bob Woodward “interviewed” a then-comatose CIA Director William Casey at his hospital bed about Iran-Contra.
You had me at hello.
Did one of them really say that? Please please post the link!! That is sexist as hell...besides..that’s a plus in my book. WE LOVE DICK CHENEY!!
LOL..stick a sock in it Obama!
Bring it on.....The cop that got fired was a serious nut job and was threatening his own children with a gun, Palin knew this to be true since the cop was her brother-in-law. The commissioner showed very poor judgement for not firing the cop who is obviously unstable.
BTW - does anyone hear Palin’s sister complaining, not no, but hell no...Palin is saving lives by these actions.
The media has a never ending love affair with Hussein and don’t even give her a honeymoon. That’s a great thing. It means they’re scared out of their wits.
At least she didn't take him to Ft. Marcy park
Where is the proof? Acucsations without proof are not news
Wooten used his taser on his stepson! The child was something like 10 years old.
If Palin hadn’t done anything, the WaPo would be calling her negligent.
Excellent assessment. Emily’s List denounces firing of wife beater and child abuser.
who actually said this? happen to have a link?
Charges against Wooten:
“Troopers eventually investigated 13 issues and found four in which Wooten violated policy or broke the law or both:
• Wooten used a Taser on his stepson.
• He illegally shot a moose.
• He drank beer in his patrol car on one occasion.
• He told others his father-in-law would “eat a f’ing lead bullet” if he helped his daughter get an attorney for the divorce. “
yet nothing on Wooten other then he was in a big custody battle with Palin’s sister in law???
let ‘em run with it and let the entire story get out...
“They are going to paint her a vindictive and using her power as governor to punish someone she dislikes.”
You mean their going to paint her as Hillary?
Nothing to see, just the left digging up crap!
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