Panel: Palin Abused Her Power in Firing of Commissioner (But broke no laws!)

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[DocT111]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A state legislative panel has concluded that Sarah Palin abused her power in the firing of the state's public safety commissioner.

The findings were released after lawmakers emerged Friday from a private session in Anchorage where they spent more than six hours discussing a politically charged ethics report into the firing by Gov. Palin.

[mnehring]

A new Stargate Atlantis is on, Matt is tied up now.. :->

[Gondring]

The opinion is that
she broke a law by abusing her power in her actions WRT Trooper Wooten,
but that her actions WRT Commissioner Mongean did NOT break a law.

[Proudcongal]

How can you abuse power but not break the law? Branchflower just had to get that jab in there even though he knew there were no grounds that she broke the law.

[calex59]

Did you read the report? She was exonerated by the final finding but yet they claim she abused her power. You can’t be within your rights as a Governor,as the reports says, and still be abusing your power. The whole hearing was a setup and a hatchet job,she broke no laws,she did no wrong. The dems however abused their power when they held this Kangaroo court.

[Gondring]

I spoke too soon. CNN’s headline has now been changed to read “Panel: Palin abused power, broke law in trooper case”

That's correct.

BUT...if they were honest, they'd say, "Panel: Palin Abused Power, but Firing was Legal"

[diamond6]

“They rode to the ends of the earth (literally) to dig up dirt on this lady and this is the worst they can do? Hell, I’ve committed bigger sins since lunch and saying Hell is not included in that list, Gosh Darnit.”

Not a surprise. I knew this would be the result. They’ll never tie her directly to it.

They already had the result pre-ordained.

[Gondring]

She was exonerated by the final finding but yet they claim she abused her power.

Please read the thread. It has been explained many times that there were four findings, and you are combining two.

[diamond6]

You’re right. That’s what it should say, but the report went off topic, and it’s the MSM fortunate luck that they can spin it that way.

[xzins]

I find that, although Walt Monegan’s refusal to fire Trooper Michael Wooten was not the sole reason he was fired by Governor Sarah Palin, it was likely a contributing factor to his termination as Commissioner of Public Safety. In spite of that, Governor Palin’s firing of Commissioner Monegan was a proper and lawful exercise of her constitutional and statutory authority to hire and fire executive branch department heads.

There's the finding: "likely."

Not very "certain" is it?

Then they go on to say she had every right to fire the guy.

Rephrase: "We're not sure she did anything wrong, and her decisions are justifiable."

Political witch hunt.

P-M, I'm sick to death of this. Just sick of it.

[Turret Gunner A20]

Anybody remember Bill Clinton firing ALL 700 Us Attorneys, pardoning some 20 convicted Puerto Rican terrorists, and pardoning I forget how many dozens of convicted or wanted felons a day or so before he left the office he so disgraced?

And the dumbocraps will make a big issue of Governor Palin LEGALLY firing a wife-beter and a snake who would taser a 10 year old kid.

He should thank God she didn't go after him the way he deserved.

[diamond6]

Bingo.

And what was the investigation supposed to be about?

Moneghan’s firing!

[mnehring]

I don't see how hard this is to understand.In spite of that, Governor Palin’s firing of Commissioner Monegan was a proper and lawful exercise of her constitutional and statutory authority to hire and fire executive branch department heads.

You are reading into the opinion statement as a conclusion, ignoring the 'in spit of that' transitional statement. The opinion of 'abuse of power' was not a conclusion, it was a way for them to throw an opinion in there. The conclusion stated was she was within her rights under the law.

[redk]

“Regarding Troopergate: All the sheeple will remember will be: “Sarah Palin Abused Her Power” and will vote for Obama The Messiah. Mark my words...

Yeah, I’m really becoming a pessimist...”

It’s hard to be optimistic when people on this very board are cheerleading this because they want someone else in 2012.

[tiredoflaundry]

The DUmmies already got a hold of this one.

http://news.aol.com/elections/article/panel-finds-palin-abused-power/206951?icid=100214839x1210793196x1200686990

poll to freep

[EDINVA]

not as if this conclusion wasn’t know from Day One

I would like to see someone post a new thread “Alan Colmes Endorses Child Abue” since he is so very excited that Gov Palin and her husband intervened to fire the child abusing State Trooper ... according to Alan it was her abuse of power that was more important than the abuse of Monogan’s stepson.

[diamond6]

Yeah. They could impeach her.

Good luck with that!

She only has an 80% approval rating.

But they’ll probably try it.

[linn37]

She said,he said. She says she was within her rights to can him.

[supercat]

She needs to point out what the report is really saying: it would have been entirely proper for her to dismiss Monegan because of his efforts to undermine her policies. Once Wooten attacked Gov. Palin's family, however, and Monegan failed to do anything about it, then she should have been ethically obligated to keep Monegan.

That's really what this boils down to, and she should express it in those terms. Although liberals often accept such logic when it's concealed, even a liberal should recognize the absurdity of it when expressed in simple form.

[igoramus08]

Palin should announce she is going find out who is responsible for this economic crisis, and abuse her power by firing them all.

[mnehring]

That would be brilliant.