There are several interesting aspects of this “trip”. First, it was not in the normal cycle where the governor and the staff line up their priorities and package them neatly for the representative or the two senators in DC to push them forward. This was a out-of-cycle effort. Who pushed the effort? The Public Safety Director.
Was this an emergency program that needed cash out of cycle? Nope...it was for a sexual-violence program only. Or at least this is what the Public Safety guy told the governor’s staff. When the guy finally did show up in DC....he came with a laundry list of things that went beyond the sexual-violence funding he wanted. Did the ABC News staff tell you that part? Nope. Did CNN tell you that part? Nope. Did the Newspapers of Chicago or Boston tell you that part? Nope.
What was the intentions of the Public Safety director? Well...the guy is lining up a bunch of federally funded projects that he can quickly run back to Alaska and claim credit for...and as money rolls in for his pet projects....he could claim more funding and more jobs for Alaska. So he was prep’ing his career up for governor, maybe in the next election or two. The guy needed more substance, to improve the voting record. Did Governor Sarah catch onto this act? Yes....she knew precisely what he was after in his efforts. Thats why they had a long chat with him before his trip. Evidentially, he didn’t understand a single thing that they discussed.
So would any of us fire this guy? Yes...after a 10-minutes discussion upon his arrival back in Alaska and confirmation from the senate staff in DC....I’d walked out and promptly fired him.
Would I fire a police officer who used his wife’s hunting license illegally? Yes. Would I fire a police officer who tasered his step-son as a “training” episode? Yes. Would I fire a police officer who knowingly drove around in his squad car drunk? Yes.
So lets turn the tables around....if you were a Democratic leader in this mess...you would have given a medal to the Public Safety Director for knowingly violating your instructions on a trip to DC? If I were a Democratic leader in this mess with a officer who tasers kids or drives squad cars in a drunken manner...I would have given the guy a payraise or a promotion?
I see a Republican ad here....and I’d even do the ABC news staff a favor and kindly reference their news bullets as part of the ad. What do Republican leaders do with incompetent public officials and what would a Democratic leader do? You get more votes for small town Republicans and even senators and representatives. Thank the good folks at ABC news for their hard work and display of journalism.
Great post. You really need to re-post it on the ABC site, it’s crammed to overflowing with lefties.
Thank you, thank you for putting this in perspective. Would make a great ad.
Great post. You’re dead on. I’d have fired this guy long before Palin did. It’s a crime that the trooper is still on the payroll.
It’s funny how the Democrats always accuse the GOP of dirty tricks when they’re the ones practicing them. As far as I can tell, the GOP dropped the practice with RINO Nixon, while the left has become 8th degree masters.
Nothing has illustrated the absolute breakdown and corruption of the press and the Democrat party like this election. I don’t particularly like McCain, but he MUST win.