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Alaska lawmakers vote to subpoena Todd Palin
Associated Press (excerpt) ^ | September 12, 2008 | GENE JOHNSON

Posted on 09/12/2008 5:13:56 PM PDT by HAL9000

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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA -The abuse of power investigation against Sarah Palin, Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate, took a potentially ominous turn for her party on Friday when state lawmakers voted to subpoena her husband.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: 2008veep; mccainpalin; mikewooten; palin; palinfamily; subpoena; toddpalin; troopergate; wooten
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To: PhiKapMom

“The brother-in-law already admitted to tasering his 10-year old stepson and threatening her father.”

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That’s threatening Sarah Palin’s father.
The renegade trooper’s exact words were,
He’ll Eat A F****n’ Bullet !”

Go for it, Axelrod. It’s just about your only chance.


61 posted on 09/12/2008 5:50:17 PM PDT by Eleutherios (The All-American Ticket vs. The Teleprompter Kid)
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To: CatOwner
Just because I choose not to go through this campaign with blinders on?

All of this has been debunked. The investigation began way before Palin was a twinkle in McCain's eyes.

62 posted on 09/12/2008 5:52:32 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: HAL9000

A disgusted national electorate finally threw out the perfidious Dem-lite Republicans in 2006.Alaskans did not have this option as the liberal GOP runs the state so they picked Sarah to straighten the crooked louts out—and she did..
Having the MSM attack dogs and their Obama masters giving them a means for revenge is gravy on the Alaska RINO mashed potatoes.
They lack the credibility or cojones to do it by themselves.
To find a real man in Alaska,look for a real woman!


63 posted on 09/12/2008 5:52:49 PM PDT by Happy Rain ("Yeltsin was the comedy relief between two evil bastards.")
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To: HAL9000

Let me see here. I found it. It’s right here in the democrat playbook, Page 15, paragraph 3. The Ronnie Earl indicts ham sandwich move.


64 posted on 09/12/2008 5:53:30 PM PDT by dancusa (For liberals there is no end to their rights and no beginning to their responsibilities.)
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To: PhiKapMom
The ex-brother-in-law has NOTHING bad to say about the Palins either and has turned down a lot of money from the media to tell all but said there is nothing to tell all.

The guy sounded very remorseful on a clip from CNN. I had visions of him being this huge A-hole, but it just didn't materialize. It appears he had some bad breaks and want to start from scratch. Hopefully, the guy will find some religion.

Total non-story, otherwise McCain wouldn't have picked Palin.

65 posted on 09/12/2008 5:55:36 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: HAL9000

0000000H I can’t recall. Oughta wirk.


66 posted on 09/12/2008 5:56:24 PM PDT by Waco ( G00d bye 0'bomber)
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To: HAL9000

Here’s a simple question:

What Was Governor Palin supposed to do?

A. The guy tasered a 10 year old, and threatened to taser her daughter.

B. They have multiple witnesses who saw him drunk and using his badge as an “out”.

C. They have multiple witnesses who heard him threaten to “put lead into” her father-in-law.

Why would a governor allow a state employee to remain on active duty given what they knew? If she HADN’T fired Monegan and Wooten had killed someone, Palin would be CRUCIFIED for protecting a family/former family member.

She was caught in a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t situation. They were erring on the side of caution, trying to get Wooten removed WITHOUT making it look like a personal vendetta.


67 posted on 09/12/2008 5:56:50 PM PDT by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right..........)
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To: CatOwner

It’s a non issue for a lot of reasons, including the fact that these department heads serve at the pleasure of the Governor. She can let them go for no reason, or just because she doesn’t like the color of their hair. They are political appointees.

This is highly analogous to the big Democrat brouhaha over Bush’s firing of several U.S. Attorneys. They are political appointees, as well. Clinton fired them all. It was a phony issue. They just hoped to catch someone lying about a non-issue in their “investigation,” when the underlying action was not a crime or misconduct in any way.

The Democrats in Alaska are trying the same thing with Palin.


68 posted on 09/12/2008 5:57:22 PM PDT by lady lawyer
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To: HAL9000

TASERGATE!


69 posted on 09/12/2008 5:59:37 PM PDT by montag813 (www.BoycottUsWeekly.com | Fight the Smears)
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To: HAL9000
They will stop at nothing to drag the Palin family through the mud, and probably succeed in finding some arcane legal problem.

Remember, the DNC circulated a memo with the objective of forcing Palin to quit immediately after the GOP convention.

70 posted on 09/12/2008 6:04:22 PM PDT by GVnana ("The American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery.")
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To: Chet 99
People just aren’t going to care if she tried to have someone, who tasered a 10 year old and threatened to kill her father, fired.

I think most people would want the same thing and wonder right along with her why that didn't happen! I know I do.

71 posted on 09/12/2008 6:06:40 PM PDT by pray4liberty (Stand up and pray up!)
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To: HAL9000

Former Maryland governor Bob Erlich went through four years of this type if treatment (for replacing political appointees) to the cheerleading of the Baltimore Sun. He lost to O’Malley in ‘06. Governor Bob is enjoying life as a spectator as O’Malley’s approval crashes. The Erlichs may be back for another try in 2010.


72 posted on 09/12/2008 6:06:41 PM PDT by jimfree (Dems beat up girls who don't toe the line.)
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To: HAL9000
Wasn't the guy a member of a union and if so, why weren't they able to get him reinstated?

On another note, if Alaska is an "At Will" state like my state of Michigan is then the employer has the right to discharge you "at will" for no reason whatsoever.......

73 posted on 09/12/2008 6:07:25 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Polar bears who suffer depression and anxiety due to the global warming threat are bi-polar bears)
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To: HAL9000

Is this their idea of making government fun again?


74 posted on 09/12/2008 6:08:34 PM PDT by lewislynn (What does the global warming movement and the Fairtax movement have in common? Disinformation)
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To: PhiKapMom
The ex-brother-in-law has NOTHING bad to say about the Palins either and has turned down a lot of money from the media to tell all but said there is nothing to tell all.

Bah. If he told "all" he would only undress himself in public. He's not the good guy here, and at least he's smart enough to know that much.

75 posted on 09/12/2008 6:09:53 PM PDT by pray4liberty (Stand up and pray up!)
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To: Prophet in the wilderness

I would substitute for # 16:

Behold I have created the Smith and Wesson that bloweth the fools into the fire,and that bringeth forth an instrument for His work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

Remember,God arms those who arm themselves.
The founders stated that the bill of rights contain those the creator has given us—the 2nd Amendment being second only to those it is intended to protect.


76 posted on 09/12/2008 6:16:28 PM PDT by Happy Rain ("Yeltsin was the comedy relief between two evil bastards.")
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To: CatOwner

We’ll have to point out that “Troopergate” is already taken. It belongs to Eliot Spitzer, who used state troopers to intimidate his enemies, rather than firing ones who are child and wife abusers.


77 posted on 09/12/2008 6:29:18 PM PDT by Styria
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To: GregoryFul
The problem is, we the people do not hold the scumbag legislatures to account. It is high time we begin, eviscerate them!

Which, not so coincidentally, is why there are Republicans in the mix here. They are friends, and cronies of the corrupt Republicans Governor Palin has already gone after. Doing the right thing can often be costly, but it *is* the right thing. Thus I support, and stand by the Governor of Alaska against the "good old boy" goons...

the infowarrior

78 posted on 09/12/2008 6:29:54 PM PDT by infowarrior (“Let the voters decide if Palin is laughable.”-Tublecane)
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To: Hot Tabasco
On another note, if Alaska is an "At Will" state like my state of Michigan is then the employer has the right to discharge you "at will" for no reason whatsoever.......

Most folks don't understand that the real facts demonstrate that nobody at all was fired, not the State Trooper Wooten, nor Mr Moneghan, who was the overall supervisor. Mr Moneghan was removed from his position, in which he served at the governor's pleasure, form reasons which were at best, only remotely related to Trooper Wooten. He was offered, by Governor Palin, another position, with no loss of pay, in another department she felt was more suited to his abilities. He declined, and resigned.

Those are the facts, and all the partisan witch-hunting they try will not change them. Mr. Moneghan, himself, is on the public record, as refuting that Governor Palin fired him at all, let alone because of Trooper Wooten...

the infowarrior

79 posted on 09/12/2008 6:37:48 PM PDT by infowarrior (“Let the voters decide if Palin is laughable.”-Tublecane)
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To: Jet Jaguar

>Her husband can not be compelled to testify against his wife<

That’s what I thought.

Seems like a subpoena would be kind of pointless, wouldn’t it?


80 posted on 09/12/2008 6:40:05 PM PDT by Califreak (Rome is burning and nobody cares)
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