Palin’s Trooper’Gate: Beating MSM distortions to the truth

Flopping Aces ^ | 08/29/2008 | MataHarley

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

If the Rats are going to hang their hat on this story, then they will be in for a rude awakening after they see how the general public reacts to their implicit support of a wife-beater, child abuser, and corrupt cop, which Palin acted (rightfully) against.

[xzins]

I heard O’Reilly mention this last night, and I thought it was just an off-handed comment that said simply that there was some story in Alaska about this. I’d actually read almost exactly the same thing yesterday on Free Republic.

The gist was there’s something but no details as of yet.

The truth coming out is about a guy who tased his own child and abused others. It sounds like the Palins were involved because it was her sister. They made complaints.

I’d be more inclined to be upset with them if they had not complained. In most (all?) states there are “must report” laws regarding child abuse (tasing your own kid), and some have “must report” laws/encouragements regarding spouse abuse.

Threatening to put a bullet in someone should certainly bring about a call to the police.

[CRBDeuce]

During my career as a Police officer and Police Administrator in Maine, I had several cases where I had to terminate the employment of officers. In every case the fired officer and his loyal associates claimed it was “Personal” and an “abuse of authority”. This is the norm for these cases, which is why the administrator is routinely meticulous about fairness and documentation of the investigation. Union challenges and lawsuits are anticipated. The fact that the union could only get a token reduction in the suspension time means that the AST investigators dotted the “I’s and crossed the T’s”. The Dems and the MSM had better think twice before going too far down this road, because they will very likely highlight the picture of a sister, not a governor, blowing the whistle on an abusive cop who was abusing HIS power.

Thank you! Pretty much says it all, concisely, factually, and a good warning to LSM that they will ignore!... Yep, I read the article similarly, and found the operative phrase to be "the union". Unfortunately for this country, unions have degenerated into 'defenders of the criminal' and most have long overstayed their usefulness to the typical wage earner. When it's a police union, the negatives are magnified a hundredfold! Rogue cops are the norm in Mexico, we shouldn't have to suffer them here.

[airedale]

Depends on whether the MSM covers the story or plays it only as an abuse of power (firing someone who wouldn’t do what she wanted). You know which way they are going to try to go.

[longtermmemmory]

This is going to be the first time we can push back directly on the Drive By Media.

PUSH BACK HARD.

CNN is now trying to scare people by showing pickters of Palin shooting an m-16 (scarry “assault rifle”) every time they mention her.

[padre35]

True, and either way, the story does not have a happy ending for use as a smear

1. A AST had a vile temper and made threats that were documented, after a thorough investigation he was terminated.

2. Pallin, concerned for her sister’s safety took action to protect her sister from her violent husband.

So 1 being the case, it is a cross the “T” and dot “I” situation, if 2 took place, the alternative would be “She should have let her sister be abused” which would make for a absurd story line.

Not that the Media wouldn’t spin it like that, it would be impossible to sell that line of thought to anyone but Olberman viewers and the Koz Boyz...

[tbpiper]

Let them criticize and investigate all they want. Unlike Captain Kirk’s fake, McCain’s corbomite device actually works.

[230FMJ]

It’s going to be interesting to watch the Rabid Left use Sarah Palin to finish the job they’ve been doing to themselves over the past year or so with the Circular Firing Squad that was the Democrat Primary. They are too arrogant and angry to see that their specious, hypocritical attacks on her will only hasten their further marginalization. Keep it up, Karl Marx and Saul Alinsky would be proud!

[LIBERTARIAN JOE]

He should be fired...

Isn't this situation the same as when cops shoot innocent "civilians" - you know, as in "the officer stated that he was in fear for his life, and was cleared by the official (cop) investigation"

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

“O’Reilly is a mouthy moron and a bloviating buffoon” excellent description.

If BOR fails to get the facts out about this abusive Trooper ex brother in law who both threatened to kill his father in law and tasered his stepson - BOR is over. He already was in my book - but such an oversight on this the main story the Dems are firing out against Sarah Palin = will render BOR totally worthless.

[Jeff Head]

If Alaska is like Idaho...Monegan may well work at the pleasure of the Governor and could be fired by her. If that appointed position was not responding to direct knowledge that the governor had about an abusive, out of control employee...then I do not blame the governor in the least for firing him.

It seems to me that Sarah is shaking up the good old boy network and they do not like it in the least. In reality then, it is these others who are acting out of political interests and not Sarah.

[Jeff Head]

Amen and spot on.

[altura]

Since you mention Ayers, my memory of his activities was a little vague until the association with Obama came up.

I wonder why a guy who did what he did (and admits it) is not in prison???

Maybe I’ll look him up on Wikipedia.

Or does anyone know?

[tanknetter]

Wooten tasered an 11 year old family member, his step-son. He should be arrested for assault. He should be charged with child abuse. He should be fired and not provided with government weapons by law enforcement agencies to use against family members.

And what happens if (when?) this comes up in the VP debate and Palin looks across the stage and challenges the guy promoting his sponsorship of the Violence Against Women act to lay out his own opinion of a cop who tasers his own 11 year old kid as a "training" exercise?

The Dems really don't want to go anywhere near this, and I think the senior campaign and party leadership know this. But the nutroots are going to drag them there.

[popdonnelly]

As I’ve noted before, the same “news media” that couldn’t find anything negative in Obama’s past is suddenly adept at looking for negatives in Palin’s past.

But they’re working with the DNC and Obama campaign on that project, so it’s a lot easier.

[frankjr]

I believe he was never tried due to a technicality relating to prosecutorial misconduct.

[JessieHelmsJr]

ping

[tpanther]

This is the worst case scenario for them, they won’t find anything and come off looking even MORE stupid and like hypocrites in the process.

[tndarlin]

Are they really calling this a scandal?? An abusive husband who got botted and his boss who got booted for not booting the as**ole in the first place?

[FrankR]

I don't think arguing with the media does anything but spur them on to dig (read: fabricate] more crap.

The McCain camps attack (those brilliant ads) need to focus on Obamamamam and Token Joe...sending the MSM to the defense of those two clowns.

If the "McHalin" crowd gets on the defensive, it will send a signal that they are as thin-skinned as the chosen one, and we don't need that...always play from a position of strength.

Letting the press put the "McHalin" camp on defense would play right into their hands.

"McHalin" brings up the thought...if their campaign bought a vehicle to carry their stuff, would it be a "Van Halin"? (groannnnnnnn)