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Once Elected, Palin Hired Friends and Lashed Foes
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/us/politics/14palin.html?hp ^ | sept 13,2008 | NY TIMES

Posted on 09/13/2008 5:43:10 PM PDT by samkatz

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To: samkatz
So when there was a vacancy at the top of the State Division of Agriculture, she appointed a high school classmate, Franci Havemeister, to the $95,000-a-year directorship.

the Clintons did the same thing... most politicians do this--hire people they know/trust... sheesh, even Lucille Ball did this with her sit-coms...

21 posted on 09/13/2008 5:54:02 PM PDT by latina4dubya (self-proclaimed tequila snob)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Agree....whats wrong with hiring people one can rely on to get the job done, trust based on past performance / record etc ?

I’d hire my neighbors kid as a landscaper before I’d hire Obama bin Biden to mow my lawn.


22 posted on 09/13/2008 5:54:08 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: gitmo

“Compare this to Travelgate.”

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Don’t forget the firing of every U.S. Attorney after taking office to get rid of one.

People don’t seem to understand that Palin was not the friend of the entrenched when she took office in AK.

Another non-story about the VP candidate = McCain win.


23 posted on 09/13/2008 5:54:54 PM PDT by volunbeer (Dear heaven.... we really need President Reagan again!)
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To: samkatz
Prior to Sarah coming on the scene Alaska was run by two men. Frank Murkowski and Ted Stevens. They are both corrupt. Sarah couldn't and shouldn't have gone to their cronies to fill state openings.
24 posted on 09/13/2008 5:55:28 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (Sarah Palin: Babies, Guns, Jesus. HOT DAMN!)
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To: samkatz
Sounds like Klinton. He fired like 250 attorneys general and Bush fired nine and you would have thunk that he bombed St. Louis.
25 posted on 09/13/2008 5:55:41 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (Obama's mama was a Seattle Marxist, trained him, thus he is a Marxist. A communist.)
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To: samkatz

No, samkatz, she doesn’t sound like Hilary. She sounds like a leader - someone who puts people she knows and trusts in positions of power and fires people who will get in the way of what she’s trying to accomplish. Hilary doesn’t simply fire people who get in her way; she destroys them. (Think White House travel office.)

Palin has accomplished a lot in her short tenure, and the people of Alaska love her.

Nossir! Sarah doesn’t sound like Hilary AT ALL.


26 posted on 09/13/2008 5:55:41 PM PDT by Wife of D28Man
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To: Lovebloggers

Note that Havemeister’s father-in-law owns a large dairy farm in Wasilla.

http://dwb.adn.com/news/alaska/matsu/mat_maid/story/8982770p-8897080c.html


27 posted on 09/13/2008 5:56:11 PM PDT by Lovebloggers (uate)
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To: samkatz

Read the piece.
Wow !!
Are we sure this isn’t from the McCain/ Palin campaign ?
What’s not to like ?
She doesn’t suffer fools.
She doesn’t tolerate corruption.
She hires people she knows and trusts.
She doesn’t blab.
She requires that those around her keep confidences.
The citizens love her.
She gets things done.
She’s quick and bright and ethical.
She doesn’t bow down to the media.
But,...there is a horrible revelation..she sometimes uses personal e mail for state business.


28 posted on 09/13/2008 5:56:18 PM PDT by Wild Irish Rogue
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To: donnab

Bingo.
This is Dem “opposition research” teaming with the Slimes to bring down Palin. Good news is this won’t change any minds. They had about a two week window to define her. They have failed. Voters are prepared for the sliming.


29 posted on 09/13/2008 5:56:39 PM PDT by davidtalker (David Gold - goldtalk.com)
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To: samkatz

You hire people you trust.

The republican and democratic bureaucracies were not on her side....in fact, they opposed her and wanted to bring her down.

So, you break new ground.

I have no problem with it at all.


30 posted on 09/13/2008 5:58:49 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain Opposing -> ZerObama: zero executive, military, or international experience)
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To: gitmo
Once clinton got in he tried to hire friends but they and even him could not pass security clearance.
31 posted on 09/13/2008 5:59:48 PM PDT by mountainlion (concerned conservative.)
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To: Wild Irish Rogue; samkatz
Read the piece.

Exactly. There are some snarks in there, and yeah it's from the NYT. They don't like here.

But I'm reading and thinking, "Please, please President McCain, put her in charge of personnel."

32 posted on 09/13/2008 6:01:33 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (Community Organizers for McCain-Palin now at http://www.cafepress.com/writeside)
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To: SkyDancer
Palin is a self made woman.

Hillary?... well... we know.

Palin is going to be a formidable foe. I am thinking that Obama has probably made the offer for Hillary to come back on the ticket. I am guessing she already told him to "stick it!"

33 posted on 09/13/2008 6:04:44 PM PDT by Northern Yankee (Freedom Needs A Soldier)
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To: samkatz

Probably a bunch of BS, but I’m hoping it’s true. I’m tired of the GOP walking around with a kick me sign on.


34 posted on 09/13/2008 6:05:33 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: davidtalker

Don’t underestimate them. Its going to get even uglier until November. They will pull out all the stops.
We need to keep reminding ourselves that a governor does not get an 80% approval for nothing. And remind ourselves that it means the 20% do not like her. We have to make sure that it is not the voice of the 20% we hear.


35 posted on 09/13/2008 6:06:16 PM PDT by donnab (some people use change to promote their careers...others use their careers to promote change.)
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To: samkatz

Nobody of importance reads the Gnu Yak Times anyway anymore. They know better.


36 posted on 09/13/2008 6:09:06 PM PDT by Shady (The Fairness Doctrine is ANYTHING but fair!!!!)
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To: Northern Yankee

Sorta like the jilted lover on the rebound ..... any body will do other than Biden ....


37 posted on 09/13/2008 6:10:36 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("I Believe In The Law Until It Interferes With Justice")
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To: Corin Stormhands

When Bob Ehrlich defeated Kathleen KENNEDY Townsend in the Governors race, he started getting rid of the deadwood that had built up in the course of 1 party in control for many years.
The Dems immediately put him under investigation and hounded him with it for his entire term.
Now just what do you suppose Martin O’Malley did when he ousted Ehrlich after 1 term?

This is just like McCain trying to ‘make nice’ with BO.
How come WE all know that it is fruitless, but McCain and Co apparently think it will help or even think the ‘voting public’ will pay any attention?


38 posted on 09/13/2008 6:11:01 PM PDT by xrmusn ( True gun control is hitting what you aim at.)
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To: samkatz
Instead, she huddled with her budget director and her husband, Todd, an oil field worker who is not a state employee,

Of course Hillary never gave Bill advice while in the Oral Office because she wasn't a federal employee or elected official.

What? You mean she did?/s
39 posted on 09/13/2008 6:12:45 PM PDT by RedMonqey
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To: samkatz

If she didn’t I’d lose a lot of respect for her!


40 posted on 09/13/2008 6:12:59 PM PDT by dalereed
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